Syed Ziaur Rahman is a permanent member of 'Board of Trustees' and Chair of the Advisory Council (Section 3), International Association of Medical Colleges (IAOMC). He also serves as Chairman, Department of Pharmacology,

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, Elected Secretary of IAOMC and Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI).

Family background and education

Syed Ziaur Rahman's father Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, grandfather Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman and great grandfather Hakim Syed Karam Husain were all physicians of

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. He earned his

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in 1987 from Minto Circle, graduation (

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) in 1995 and postgraduation (MD) in 2000 from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, a part of

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, India. His PhD thesis was a part of the project on health, medications and lifestyle factors in relation to self-rated memory from UWS School of Medicine,

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, Australia.

Contribution in medical science

Rahman contributed in the area of

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. He believed in the philosophy of '3Rs" of Russell and Burch" on humane experimental pharmacology. He gave series of lectures during 2004 at "Alternatives, Animal Welfare and the Curriculum – A training Seminar and Workshop" in different cities of India. He addressed in the meetings of International Network for Humane Education (InterNICHE) and International Centre for Alternatives in Research and Education (I-CARE). On the recommendation of

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(MCI), and after getting survey related to the attitude of undergraduate medical students towards

and Animal experiments, he initiated and established a separate lab on "Alternatives to Animal Experimentation" in the Department of Pharmacology at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. This was the first attempt in any medical college of India to have an exclusive lab where experimental work on animals was demonstrated by Computer aided education. In addition, he edited "A guide to alternatives to animal experiment in pharmacology", which was included in the curriculum of second professional MBBS course. He even translated few papers into

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in the field of Alternatives to animal testing. Rahman also works in the field of

Traditional medicine Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) refers to the knowledge, skills, and practices rooted in the cultural beliefs of various societies, especially Indigenous groups, used for maintaining health and treatin ...

with special reference to

. While working on

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de-addiction properties of

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, he proposed a modified method for moderately and severely induced morphine dependent rats. He specifically screened Delphinium denudatum for its protective activity in morphine induced physical dependence. His other field of works is

Pharmacovigilance Pharmacovigilance (PV, or PhV), also known as drug safety, is the pharmaceutical science relating to the "collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention" of adverse effects with pharmaceutical products. The etymological roots ...

and Pharmacoepidemiology. In the field of Pharmacovigilance, he gave the concept of Pharmacoenvironmentology and differentiated the term Ecopharmacology from Pharmacoenvironmentology. However, some scientists also suggest the term, 'EcoPharmacovigilance' and 'PharmEcovigilance' in place of Pharmacoenvironmentology. He started as editor-in-chief, the official journal of the Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI) in 2003 – "Journal of Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety ()"

Medico-social services

Rahman is a

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of Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences. He bequeathed his ancestral property worth of crores of rupees to this Academy. In the Academy, he arranged many medical camps on the occasion of

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World Health Day World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as other related organizations. In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. Th ...

and

World Tuberculosis Day World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.5 million di ...

. Rahman is a fellow and member of many professional academic bodies such as 'Fellow of

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' (FFPM), 'Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy' (FIMSA), 'Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), 'Elected Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India' (MAMS), 'Fellow of IMA Academy of Medical Specialties (FIAMS), 'Fellow of Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences' (FIABS), Life member of Indian Science Congress Association, Indian Medical Association, Safety Pharmacology Society, Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, International Society for Neurochemistry, International Brain Research Organization, IndiaCLEN (Regional network of INCLEN), Indian Science News Association (Science and Culture), Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, Indian Pharmacological Society and Academics of Indian origin, Australia.

Selected awards

*International Alumni Leadership Award,

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, Australia, 2018 * Mewat Ratan Award 2022 (Literary and Social Contribution)- Global Welfare Foundation, Haryana, India, 2.1.2023 * Pharma Ratan Award 2017 - Excellence in Healthcare, RDM, India, 26.11.2017 * International Postgraduate Research Scholarship,

, Australia, 2009-2012 * Dr. S. B. Pandey Oration, International Pharmacology Conference (IPC) & 54th Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society (IPSCON-2024), 29-30 November 2024

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* Prof. M. Nasim Ansari Oration, Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences, 14th World Health Day Celebration 2022 * ISN Fellowship, 20th Biennial Meeting of the ISN-European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN), Austria, 2005. * ISN Fellowship, First Special Neurochemistry Conference, International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN), France, 2004 *

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Fellowship, Second International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM 2004), Thailand, 2004 *

Fellowship, 2nd Asian Course on Problem-Based Pharmacotherapy Teaching,

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia The National University of Malaysia (, abbreviated as UKM) is a public research university located in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), ...

, Malaysia, 2003. * APSN Fellowship, 6th Biennial Meeting of the Asia Pacific Society for Neurochemistry, 2004, Hong Kong. * SPS Junior Scientist Award, Safety Pharmacology Society, USA, 2005 & 2006.Young Scientist Winner

, Safety Pharmacology Society, USA * The African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST) Scholarship, Kenya, 2003 * John Autian Travel Award, Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, India, 1998 and 2002.

Selected publications

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References

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