Introduction

Department of P & D is a recent addition to University of Health Sciences. The department has been created with an objective to sail through the growth phase of University of Health Sciences in a coordinated and structured manner. Once the growth phase is over, the department will steer the university into expansion phase. A road map approved by Higher Education Commission for this growth and expansion phase has been developed

Working

• Planning and Development
• Research and Development
• Foreign Faculty Hiring Program
• Litigation
• Coordination with other departments for Planning, Research and Monitoring
• Representing the organization at various forums

Planning and Development

This assignment is most significant for our recent new born university. New projects are conceived and developed in consultation with academia of university to improve research and teaching facilities.

A brief resume of development projects of UHS is;

S #	Project Title	Cost (M)	Project Status	Targets
1	Establishment of Resource Lab. for Basic Medical Sciences	36.250	Completed	Promotion of Research
2	Establishment of Department of Medical Education	21.788	In Progress	Capacity building of Medical & Health Sciences Teachers
3	Computerization and Networking	33.596	In Progress	To develop IT based UHS systems
4	Establishment of the Department of Allied Health Sciences	33.670	In Progress	Promotion of Allied Health Sciences
5	Establishment of Computer Resource Lab. at UHS Constituent Colleges	34.802	In Progress	To promote online connectivity between UHS and its affiliated colleges
6	Establishment of Institute of Nursing	38.880	In Progress	Promotion of Nursing Sciences
7	Hostel for Visiting Faculty	17.860	In Progress	Facilitating the Research and academic scholars
8	Strengthening of Basic Medical Sciences Departments	295.917	Notified on April 13, 2007	Strengthening of Basic Medical Sciences Departments at University of Health Sciences, Lahore

Research and Development

Research is the soul and spirit of quality academic institutions. The department coordinates and assists the academic colleagues in developing Research projects. The department looks after the managerial and technical aspects i.e. project writing, release of funds and report writing.


Foreign Faculty Hiring Program (FFHP)

The department is the focal point for Higher Education Commissions initiative of hiring foreign faculty for UHS. The department liaises with other university departments for proper placement of HEC foreign faculty members. At present we have following foreign professors;

S #	Name	Specialty
1	Dr. Abdul Ghaffar	Immunology
2	Dr. Muhammad Arslan	Physiology
3	Dr. Ilyas Qayyum Mirza	Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
4	Dr. Mazhar Hassan Khan	Cardiology
5	Dr. Nauman Tarif	Nephrology

Litigation

The department is looking after the litigation proceedings of University of health Sciences. The assignment is;

• To research into and generate responses to arguments of petitioners
• To coordinate with the legal Advisors

Dr. Asad Zaheer Head of Department MBBS, MBA
Nauman Aziz Assistant Director MSc (UK), PGD (UK)	Qaisar Hafeez Assistant BSc