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The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Yaba, Lagos state, Nigeria is a medical research institute established by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the research institute establishment act of 1977, to promote national health and developments. Until the establishment of National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and ...
Amy Nimr (1898–1974), Egyptian-born artist, writer and patron of the arts; Faris Nimr (1856–1951), Lebanese journalist; Khaled Nimr (born 1978), Jordanian footballer; Mek Nimr (died 1846), last mek (king) of the Ja'alin tribe of Shendi, Sudan; Nimr al-Nimr (1959–2016), Saudi Arabian Shia cleric beheaded for criticizing his country's ...
The institute has a set of 10 scientists, nine technical experts and is supported by 28 administrative and support staff. The areas of research are Cardiovascular disease , chronic respiratory diseases, environmental health, nutritional disorders, cancers, injury & trauma, mental illnesses including substance abuse, genetic diseases and other ...
The council's research priorities coincide with National health priorities such as control and management of communicable diseases, fertility control, maternal and child health, control of nutritional disorders, developing alternative strategies for health care delivery, containment within safety limits of environmental and occupational health ...
The Medical Research Council, founded in 1913, was immediately charged with establishing a central research institute in London. Later that year, premises at Hampstead were acquired and the National Institute for Medical Research was founded. [citation needed]
The institute was inaugurated on 27 December 1974, establishing it as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act to lead in the area of medical service and research in the country. On 14 November 1994, NIMHANS was conferred a deemed university status by the University Grants Commission with academic autonomy.
Tata started his scientific career as a postdoctoral fellowship at Sloan-Kettering Institute between 1954–56 and then moved to NIMR (National Institute for Medical Research, London) in 1956. [1] He spent most of his career at NIMR, except for a two-year spell as visiting scientist at the University of Stockholm (1960-1962).
Briscoe was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University with Thomas Jessell. [4] [5] In 2000 he moved to the National Institute for Medical Research to establish his own research group and in 2001 he was elected an EMBO Young Investigator.