Syed Ziaur Rahman is a permanent member of 'Board of Trustees' and Chair of the Advisory Council (Section 3),
International Association of Medical Colleges
International Association of Medical Colleges (IAOMC) is a professional association, basically meant for peer evaluation of the medical education and maintaining uniform standards and recognition of physicians qualifications provided by individual ...
(IAOMC). He also serves as elected secretary of IAOMC and
Society of Pharmacovigilance, India The Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI), is an Indian national non-profit scientific organisation, which aims at organizing training programmes and providing expertise in pharmacovigilance and enhance all aspects of the safe and proper use of ...
(SoPI).
Family background and education
Syed Ziaur Rahman's father
Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman is an Indian scholar of Unani medicine. He founded Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences in 2000. He had earlier served as Professor and chairman, Department of Ilmul Advia at the Ajmal Khan Tibbiya Colleg ...
, grandfather Hakim Syed Fazlur Rahman and great grandfather
Hakim Syed Karam Husain
Hakim Syed Muhammad Karam Hussain (1870–25 June 1953) ( ur, ) was an Unani practitioner from Tijara, Alwar.
Biography
Education
After initial education from his hometown 'Tijara', he moved to Meerut at the age of 14 years. In Meerut, he to ...
were all physicians of
Unani medicine
Unani or Yunani medicine (Urdu: ''tibb yūnānī'') is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific. The Indian Medical Association describes Un ...
.
He earned his
matriculation
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Australia
In Australia, the term "matriculation" is seldom used now ...
in 1987 from
Minto Circle
Syedna Tahir Saifuddin School, better known by its initials STS School, and by its former name Minto Circle, is a K–12 semi-residential high school under Aligarh Muslim University at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established by Sir Syed Ahmad ...
, graduation (
MBBS
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Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...
, India. His
PhD thesis
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was a part of the project on health, medications and lifestyle factors in relation to self-rated memory from UWS School of Medicine,
University of Western Sydney
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, Australia.
Contribution in medical science
Rahman contributed in the area of
Alternatives to animal testing
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There is widespread agreement that a reduction in the number of animals used and the refinement of testing to reduce suffer ...
. 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
Medical Council of India
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(MCI), and after getting survey related to the attitude of undergraduate medical students towards
Alternatives to animal testing
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There is widespread agreement that a reduction in the number of animals used and the refinement of testing to reduce suffer ...
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
Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the ...
with special reference to
Unani medicine
Unani or Yunani medicine (Urdu: ''tibb yūnānī'') is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific. The Indian Medical Association describes Un ...
. While working on
morphine
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de-addiction properties of
medicinal plants
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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
Term Given By Tushar Sharma (UPES Batch 2025)
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 pharma ...
and
Pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the uses and effects of drugs in well-defined populations.Porta M, editor. Greenland S, Hernán M, dos Santos Silva I, Last JM, associate editors (2014). "A dictionary of epidemiology", 6th. edition. New York: O ...
. 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 The Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI), is an Indian national non-profit scientific organisation, which aims at organizing training programmes and providing expertise in pharmacovigilance and enhance all aspects of the safe and proper use of ...
(SoPI) in 2003 – "Journal of Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety ()"
Medico-social services
Rahman is a
Trustee
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of
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences (IAMMS) ( ur, ) is a trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, formally inaugurated it on 21 April ...
. 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
World AIDS Day
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,
World Health Day
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In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. Th ...
and
World Tuberculosis Day
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.
Rahman is a fellow and member of many professional academic bodies such as 'Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy' (FIMSA), 'Fellow of
National Academy of Medical Sciences
National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), better known by its acronym, NAMS, is a nodal agency under the Government of India, which acts as an advisory body to the Government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a ...
(FAMS), 'Elected Member of
National Academy of Medical Sciences
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, India' (MAMS), 'Fellow of IMA Academy of Medical Specialties (FIAMS),
Indian Science Congress Association
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,
Indian Medical Association
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,
Safety Pharmacology Society
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, Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists,
International Society for Neurochemistry The International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) is a professional society for neurochemists and neuroscientists throughout the world.
History
The idea of an organization like the ISN began in the mid-1950s as scientists began to devote more att ...
,
International Brain Research Organization
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, 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,
Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network ...
, 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,
Western Sydney University
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, Australia, 2009-2012
* 14th Prof. M. Nasim Ansari Oration,
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences (IAMMS) ( ur, ) is a trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, formally inaugurated it on 21 April ...
, World Health Day 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 The International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) is a professional society for neurochemists and neuroscientists throughout the world.
History
The idea of an organization like the ISN began in the mid-1950s as scientists began to devote more att ...
(ISN), France, 2004
*
WHO
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* World Health Organization
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Fellowship, Second International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM 2004), Thailand, 2004
*
WHO
Who or WHO may refer to:
* Who (pronoun), an interrogative or relative pronoun
* Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism
* World Health Organization
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* Who, a creature in the Dr. Seuss book ''Horton Hear ...
Fellowship, 2nd Asian Course on Problem-Based Pharmacotherapy Teaching,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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, Malaysia, 2003.
* APSN Fellowship, 6th Biennial Meeting of the Asia Pacific Society for Neurochemistry, 2004, Hong Kong.
* SPS Junior Scientist Award,
Safety Pharmacology Society
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, 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.
Pharmacovigilance
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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 pharma ...
*
Alternatives to animal testing
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There is widespread agreement that a reduction in the number of animals used and the refinement of testing to reduce suffer ...