Multi-disciplinary Research Units (MRU), a central research facility established at University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital through the Department of Health and Research (DHR) and ICMR, Government of India to strengthen the Public Health Research/Clinical Research in India. The scheme was approved and implemented in the Government medical colleges/research institutions to fulfill the prime functions of the department especially to promote basic, applied and clinical research.
Aim of the establishment of MRU :
To encourage and reinforce the environment of research in medical colleges.
To encourage the young scientists / clinicians to the clinical / health research by supporting with MRU research projects.
To bridge the gap between basic research and the clinical / health research in the medical colleges
To ensure the basic research infrastructure to all major public health organizations to facilitate the health / clinical research.
To improve the overall health status of the Indian population by generating diagnostic procedures / methods.
UCMS- MRU-DHR has following roles :
To undertake research projects as recommended by the External Research Advisory Committee of MRU-UCMS in non-communicable diseases
To fully utilize the MRU facility established at UCMS by funding intramural MRU-DHR projects.
To conduct the local research advisory committee meeting time to time for smoothly implementation of research projects and timely submission of progress report to the DHR-ICMR.
MRU Staff :
Name
Designation
Dr. Shukla Das
Director Professor, Department of Microbiology, Co-ordinator & Nodal Officer
Dr. Mohammad Ahmad Ansari
Research Scientist-II
Dr. Gargi Rai
Research Scientist-I
Ms. Kanchan Rawat
Lab Technician
Mr. Sourav K Yogesh
Lab Technician
Mr. Digvijay Singh
Lab Assistant cum DEO
CRL Staff :
Name
Designation
Mr. Diwesh Chawla
Sr Technical Assistant
Mr. Deepak Kumar
Lab Attendant
External Research Advisory Committee :
Name and address
Designation
Dr. B. C. Koner
Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC)-Delhi
(Chairperson –MRU)
Dr. Sujata Chakrabarti
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS)-Delhi
(Co-chairperson-MRU)
Dr. Asha Tyagi
UCMS & GTB Hospital-Delhi
(Member –MRU)
Dr. Vinita K. Jaggi
Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI)-Delhi
(Member –MRU)
Dr. Showket Hussain
National Institute of Cytology and Preventive-Noida
(Member –MRU)
Dr. Amir Maroof Khan
UCMS & GTB Hospital-Delhi
(Member –MRU)
Dr. Shukla Das
UCMS & GTB Hospital-Delhi
(Nodal Officer –MRU)
Local Research Advisory Committee :
Name and address
Designation
Dir Prof SV Madhu
Head, Deptt. of Endocrinology
Member
Dir Prof Sanjay Gupta
Head, Deptt. of Surgery
Member
Dir Prof Vinod Kumar Arora
Deptt. of Pathology
Member
Dir Prof Archana Singal
Deptt. of Dermatology
Member
Assoc Prof Mohit Mehndiratta
Deptt of Biochemistry
Member
Assoc Prof Rajarshi Kar
Deptt. of Biochemistry
Member Secretary
Dir Prof Shukla Das
Deptt. of Microbiology
Co-ordinator & Nodal Officer
Revised Guidelines for Sponsored Research Projects for UCMS w.e.f. 01st April, 2023
Research Projects Running at MRU Facility :
Completed Research Projects Ongoing Research Projects Instrumentation Facilities
Photographs of Multi-disciplinary Research Unit :
Central Research Laboratory Sorting Facility HPLC Facility General Facility Cell Culture Facility PG Molecular Training Workshop – Flow Cytometer International Day of Immunology
User request form :
Annexure: user request form
Upcoming activities:
An invited lecture on “How vaccines shape the epidemiology of communicable disease?” Scheduled on 29/04/22 (Tentative)
A workshop on “ Research proposal” Scheduled on 30/07/22 (Tentative)
A workshop on “Cell Culture Methodologies” Scheduled on 10/12/22 (Tentative)
“Molecular Training of PG students” Scheduled every other month
Disclaimer
Note:
The information on this website is based on the reports and write ups received from various departments and sections. They are responsible for the correctness of the information.
