We facilitate the institutional research process and encourage the staff and students to participate in original research activities.
About Us
The Ibn Sina National College Research Center (ISNC-RC), a multi-program research initiative, was initiated in 2014 by the Dean of ISNC under the executive authority entrusted to him by the Faculty Board. Extensive planning efforts have taken place since then, including development of a strategic plan. The ISNC-RC serves and is currently represented by four programs at the institution namely, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing Program.
Investigations by the researchers of these programs include, but are not limited to biomedical, clinical, educational and public health. These areas give ample opportunities to ISNC‐RC, to pursue research, education and community service to serve the mission of the Institution.
The ISNC-RC collaborates between four different programs across the college campus, with the aim of advancing research and outcomes in the field of health sciences
The mission of ISNC-RC is “To facilitate the institutional research process and encourage the staff and students to participate in original research activities”
Goals and objectives to achieve the research mission.
| Goals | Objective | |
| 1 | Institutional excellence in faculty and student research | Enhance the collegiate services for support and administration of research grants |
| 2 | Encourage inter‐disciplinary research approach within and outside the institution | 1. Encourage the students to participate in the faculty‐directed research and scholarship activities
2. Encourage faculty to get intramural and extramural grants to support the continuing research |
Executive team
The executive team members include the chairmen of institutional human (IHEC) and animal ethics committee (IAEC), heads of the four program research teams (PRT). The activities of the Operations Committee are broad and encompass all aspects of the ISNC-RC function including education, potential joint equipment purchases, progress of seminar/work shop series, and all the administrative aspects of the center
Ethical committees
The institutional ethical committee human and animal along with the research committee are charged with the responsibilities of overseeing research activities and compliance with the ethical standards of research at ISNC. The institutional Ethical Committee’s follow the National Committee of Medical and Bioethics, approved by the Royal Decree on 18/5/1422 H guidelines
Program Research Teams
ISNC-RC comprises of our programs (medicine, clinical pharmacy, dentistry and nursing), each of these four program is represented by Program Research Team (PRT) with a heads. The PRT heads have a joint leadership in the ISNC-RC.
Research Governance
Facilitate the institutional research process and encourage the staff and students to participate in original research activities. Screen new proposals submitted by the staff and students for internal grants and external aid. Ethical committee to evaluate, approve and monitor the proposals received for their compliance. Compilation of publications of the institution as a database for future reference. Integration of research in teaching Medicine, Dentistry, Pharm. D. and Nursing programs aspirants at the institution .
Research Integrity
Guidelines of research practices at ISNC
“National Policy for Science and Technology” by Ministry of Economy and Planning and Code of Ethics for Healthcare Practitioners by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Department of Medical Education and Postgraduate Studies, these provide general principle, guidelines and standards of good practices for individual and organizational research in the kingdom.
The research governance at ISNC and ISNC-RC uses these principles, guidelines and standards as a framework to build its own internal guidelines, revise or redraft them when required. Therefore these internal guidelines are a set of guiding principles and practices to inform researchers at ISNC.
These internal guidelines apply to all research work carried at ISNC, both staff and students. The ISNC research committee encourages all its staff (supervisors) to apply these guidelines even to courses with research component in them.
Research Ethics
ISNC is committed to high ethical standards for the benefit of both the researcher and the participant, therefore it is mandatory to obtain ethical approval for all research involving human and animals participants. Ethical approval is mandatory for all studies involving human subjects including use of data derived from them in the form of questionnaires. Any research work requiring ethical approval, must not begin without full ethical approval. Conducting research in absence of a written ethical approval is considered as research misconduct. .
Please note ethical approval shall never be granted in retrospect. Data can be collected ONLY after obtaining a formal written ethical approval, any data collected before the written approval cannot be used
How to apply: Refer to research proposal submission booklet.
Review procedure
Pre-proposal
Pre-proposals must be submitted to the office of research center for review and authorization in event of one of the following
1. The sponsoring agency requests a institutional signature.
2.The sponsor requires a detailed budget of the proposal.
Full Proposals:
Full proposal processing includes processing at the program level followed by processing at the research center level. Refer to research proposal submission booklet.
Minimal risk proposal
Application under minimal risk proposal is for registration before data collection commences and for auditing purposes. The institutional ethics committees do not carry out formal review of the proposal. The minimal risk process relies, that the applicant and their supervisor (where appropriate), are able to determine via the checklist within the ethical committee form, the research fits in the minimal risk category. Therefore the responsibility of ethics review is entrusted to the applicant and their supervisor (where appropriate).
Who reviews the research proposal?
Research at ISNC requires ethical committee approvals for all research work as deemed appropriate (human/animal ethics committee). The ethical committees at ISNC comprise of Institutional Human Ethics Committee (IHEC) and Institutional Animal Ethics Committee. The institutional ethics committees have in place established policies and procedures to review and monitor the research work within ISNC or to be carried out elsewhere by the ISNC’s staff and students.
Researcher External to ISNC:
External researcher who want to recruit staff or student of ISNC should refer to internal guidelines for research at ISNC. The procedure is a permission granting process to ensure only ethically acceptable research can be carried out using staff and/or students and ISNC’s premises.
The external researcher shall provide written responses to the following items,
- Provide brief description of the proposed research work including any other specific documents relevant to the proposed research work such as informed consent sheet, survey questionnaire etc.
- Provide written ethical approval from the relevant approving body for the proposed research.
- Provide assurance that the participant data will be shared freely with ISNC.
ISNC’s staff undertaking research work outside ISNC
The staff undertaking research work outside ISNC and intend to recruit staff or students, in such circumstances the research work should carried out as per ISNC’s acceptable research guidelines. Refer to internal guidelines for research work at ISNC.
How do I apply?
Email signed application to Research Center at researchcenter@ibnsina.edu.sa
Click here download the permission request letter
Who gives the permission?
The Dean of ISNC gives the permission to the researcher external to ISNC following an expedited review by the research center and the ethical committees and their recommendation.
Research misconduct
At ISNC research misconduct means falsification, fabrication, distortion, plagiarism, or deviation from universally accepted norms in the scientific community and ISNC for proposing, conducting, reviewing such research work including reporting the research data and authorship issues.
ISNC supports and encourages staff and student to conduct research and publish the research work with high degree of integrity. To secure this goal ISNC has policies in place to curb research misconduct.
1. Policy on research misconduct
2. Policy on reviewing alleged misconduct
3. Policy on protection of whistle blower
It is an obligatory responsibility of all employees or individuals associated with ISNC to report suspected, observed or apparent research misconduct
to the head of research center, chairman of the ethical committees
(human and animal) and/or program research team heads. Report of suspected research misconduct can also be made directly to the department chair or the Dean.
Contact
1. Head Research Center Tel No. 012 Extn: 363,441 Email: researchcenter@ibnsina.edu.sa
2. Chairman Human Ethics Committee
Tel No. 01263680621 Extn: 237
Email: myyjan@yahoo.com
3. Chairman Animal Ethics Committee Tel No. 01263680621 Extn: 340
Email: m_moselhy64@yahoo.com
4. Program Research Team Head, Medicine Program
Tel No. 01263680621 Extn: 261
Email: hod2000_egypt@hotmail.com
5. Program Research Team Head, Clinical Pharmacy Program
Tel No. 01263680621 Extn: 276
Email: fadiahm@yahoo.com
6. Program Research Team Head, Dentistry Program
Tel No. 01263680621 Extn: 367
Email: drsabarinath@gmail.com
7. Program Research Team Head, Nursing Program
Tel No. 01263680621 Extn: 337
Email: nelkarout@ibnsina.edu.sa
Research at ISNC
ISNC is a conglomerate of programs giving different discipline of health sciences. Currently research environment at ISNC is conducive for inter-disciplinary/inter-program research. This provides an opportunity to put together cross-cutting themes of research and also bringing together clinicians and academics within the institution.
Definition:
At ISNC undergraduate research is aimed at providing training and opportunities to develop research capabilities to undergraduate students. These are aimed at enhancing personal, professional and career skills, with basic courses as well as provide opportunities to participate in staff initiated research projects. ISNC believes in research informed teaching therefore ISNC provides students with generic courses to teach research through class/course-work activities. ISNC considers mentored research skills build in a stepwise manner ranging from “knowledge – create” learned through class/course work and participation in staff initiated research.
“Undergraduate research is a process of inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student to enrich the learning experience and to foster the life-long learning process.”
The research themes identified by ISNC Research Center (ISNC-RC) include,
- Biomedical science
- Clinical medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing
- Educational
- Public health
The identified research areas
Medicine Program
Prevalence and determinants of allergic disorders in Makkah region.
Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis.
Gynecological issues in Saudi Arabian teenagers.
Self-directed learning in medical school.
Pharm. D. Program
Clinical / Community Pharmac
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Learning and teaching
Dentistry Program
Cephalometrics and advanced imaging in craniofacial morphology assessment
Methods of skeletal age and dental age estimation
Pulpal diseases and pulp revascularization strategies
Effectiveness of periodontal therapy
Oral health related quality of life
Effectiveness of technology enhanced learning
Community based epidemiological studies of dental caries and periodontal diseases
Nursing Program
Our Research
Undergraduate Research opportunities at ISNC
Medicine Program
| No. | Title of the Project | Name of Principal Investigator | Contact Information |
| 1. | Foot Injuries and ulcers Among Hajj Pilgrims; a cross sectional study. | Dr. Yasar Bakr | |
| 2. | Overweight and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among young adult medical students. | Prof. Fathi El-gamal | hod2000_egypt@hotmail.com |
| 3. | Study of impact of Resit Examination on Progression Rate in an integrated curriculum of Medicine Program. | Dr. Suban Gouse | dr.subanmd@gmail.com
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| 4. | Effectiveness of Assessment Planning Tool: A tool for content validity. | Dr. Suban Gouse | dr.subanmd@gmail.com
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| 5. | Study of formative use of summative assessment in clinical pharmacy program. | Dr. Dibya sunder Panda | dibyapanda1974@gmail.com
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| 6. | Basic life support knowledge of healthcare professionals in general hospitals In Makkah region | Prof. Fathi El-gamal | hod2000_egypt@hotmail.com |
| 7. | Student perception on the effectiveness of Problem Based Learning in MBBS curricula in Saudi Arabia. | Dr. Shabbir Ahmed | dr.shabbir@rediffmail.com |
| 8. | Awareness of postpartum psychological reactions | Prof. Mahmoud Yousef | mahmoud_abdalla53@yahoo.com
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| 9. | Adolescent awareness of Diabetes Mellitus in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. | Ms. Soumya Ponnan | soumyaponnan@gmail.com
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| 10. | Measurement of program learning outcomes (Medicine) | Dr. Suban Gouse | dr.subanmd@gmail.com |
| 11. | Quality of antenatal care in Makah region | Prof. Mahmoud Yousef | mahmoud_abdalla53@yahoo.com |
| 12. | Factors affecting self-medication in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. | Dr. Anand Prakash | anandprakash72@yahoo.com
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| 13. | Non- clinical factors affecting trustworthiness of health clinicians. | Dr. Anand Prakash | anandprakash72@yahoo.com
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| 14. | Trends and clinical presentation of outpatient visits to primary health care settings, Jeddah city, KSA | Prof. Fathi El-gamal | hod2000_egypt@hotmail.com |
| 15. | Awareness of Mothers about infantile health in Jeddah. | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 16. | Relation between Caffeine consumption and Developing Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Community-Based Study in the City of Jeddah, SA | Dr. Hani Atwa | doctorhani2000@yahoo.com |
| 17. | Relation between Sleep Disorders and Developing Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Community-Based Study in the City of Jeddah, SA | Dr. Hani Atwa | doctorhani2000@yahoo.com
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| 18. | Reference Values For Pulmonary Function Tests In Saudi School Children aged 12 to 18 Year old. | Prof. Nasr Arafat | nasrarafat@hotmail.com
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| 19. | Factors affecting educational achievement of medical students at Ibnsina medical college, Jeddah, KSA | Prof. Fathi El-gamal | hod2000_egypt@hotmail.com |
| 20. | Study of Knowledge ,Attitudes and Stated Behaviors of Nursing staff of El-Jeddani Hospital Group about Hepatitis B Infection | Prof. Asma Abdulaziz | asmanassieb@hotmail.com
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| 21. | Relationship of exclusive breast-feeding to infections among Saudi Children | Dr. Marwa Hosini | dr.marwahosni@yahoo.com
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| 22. | A cross sectional questionnaire based study on the Knowledge of Colorectal Cancer awareness and screening among Saudi Population of above 40 years of age in Jeddah, Makkah Province | Dr. Suban Gouse | dr.subanmd@gmail.com
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| 23. | Awareness of diabetic foot care amongst Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its impact on reducing diabetic foot complications | Dr. Mohamed EL Sayed Hussein Seif | seifalyazl1976@gmail.com
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Clinical Pharmacy Program
| No. | Title of the Project | Name of Principal Investigator | Contact Information |
| 1. | Synthesis and in vitro antimicrobial activity of a dichalcone compound and its novel derivatives | Prof. Ekhalas Nassar | ekhlass_nassar@hotmail.com |
| 2. | Chalcones and their derivatives from paracetamol: Synthesis, antimicrobial and anticonvalsunt activities. (old, incomplete) | Prof. Ekhalas Nassar | ekhlass_nassar@hotmail.com |
| 3. | Access from Paracetamol to Novel Drugs with Versatile Biological, Physical, Electrochemical and Computational Applications | Prof. Ekhalas Nassar | ekhlass_nassar@hotmail.com |
| 4. | Satisfaction of the patients in using insulin pump therapy over conventional insulin therapy and glycemic control , HB A1C in type1 diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 5. | Cost effectiveness survey of insulin pump therapy Vs conventional insulin therapy. | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 6. | Pattern of prescription of drugs in geriatric population | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 7. | Awareness about the roles and responsibilities of Pharmacists | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 8. | Job satisfaction, role and responsibilities of Pharmacists and Pharmacy as a career-A survey. | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 9. | Awareness about the complications f dermal fillers among health care professionals and beauticians in Jeddah. | Prof. Mohammed Moselhy | m_moselhy64@yahoo.com
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| 10. | Awareness about the medication waste management among population in Jeddah. | Prof. Mohammed Moselhy | m_moselhy64@yahoo.com
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| 11. | Awareness about the sports and exercise in health care among health care professionals, students and community at large in Jeddah. | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 12. | Awareness about the diabetic complications among nurses in Jeddah. | Dr. Akondi Raju | drraju2020@gmail.com |
| 13. | Prevalence of Rickets in Pregnant Women & Adolescent School Girls in Jeddah. | Dr. Rasheed Ahmed | drrasheed2016@yahoo.com
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| 14. | Awareness about prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in both the genders including pregnant women, school children and relationship with nutritional status. | Dr. Rasheed Ahmed | drrasheed2016@yahoo.com
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| 15. | Applied pharmacogenomics in Drug-drug interaction with Hormonal. | Dr. Amal Bhafi | alibahfi@hotmail.com
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| 16. | Pharmacist’s Awareness On Evidence Based Practice (EBP), In Western Region, Saudi Arabia: Cross Sectional Study. | Dr. Heba Ashraf | hooobyrose@hotmail.com
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| 17. | Pattern of prescription of drugs in pregnant women | Dr. Tasneem | dr.tasneem1431@gmail.com |
| 18. | The Reasons behind poor patient compliance with antibiotics: A cross sectional study in Makkah region | Dr. Dibyasunder Panda | dibyapanda1974@gmail.com |
| 19. | Prevalence of Methotrexate toxicity and role of Pharmacist in Medication therapy management service | Dr. Mohammed Altaf | altafpharm@yahoo.co.in
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| 20. | Hospital perinatal care statistics, A Retrospective study | Dr. Mohammed Altaf | altafpharm@yahoo.co.in
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| 21. | Synthesis and biological evaluation of some novel sphingolipid derivatives | Dr. Ekhlas Nasar | ekhlass_nassar@hotmail.com |
| 22. | Availability of Oral Sustained Release(SR) Formulations in the market of Saudi Arabia | Dr. Syed Ahmed Iizhar | iizharahmedsyed@gmail.com |
| 23. | Development of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a systematic review | Prof. Khaled R.A.A | khaledeishemy1@yahoo.com
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| 24. | Microbial Contamination of Contact Lenses and Adherence To Lens Care Guidelines Among IbnSina Female Students. | Dr. Sherin Helmy | shmicro@hotmail.com
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| 25. | A Survey on disposal and storage of household medication, habits among western region population, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | Dr. Amal Bahafi | alibahfi@hotmail.com
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Dentistry Program
| No. | Title of the Project | Name of Principal Investigator | Contact Information |
| 1. | Lip print patterns in Saudi Arabian subjects-A cross sectional teaching hospital based study. | Dr. Irfan Adil | drirfanadil@yahoo.com
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| 2. | The relationship between obesity and dental trauma in 12-14 year-old Saudi Arabian children-A cross sectional study. | Dr. Fazeena Ali | fazeenaadil@yahoo.com |
| 3. | An experimental investigation into the utility of proprietary software generated interactive lessons in dental students performance of tasks in the psychomotor domain. | Dr. Sabarinath Prasad | drsabarinath@gmail.com |
| 4. | Awareness of Forensic Odontology among General Dental Practitioners in KSA – A Cross-sectional Study web based survey study. | Dr. Sabarinath Prasad | drsabarinath@gmail.com |
| 5. | Success rates of pulpotomies in primary teeth using ferric sulphate, MTA and biodentin. | Dr. Amit Vanka | amitvanka@rediffmail.com
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| 6. | Barriers of restorative care among the patients attending dental hospital for treatment. | Dr. Shanti Vanka | shanthiamit@rediffmail.com
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| 7. | Pattern of antibiotic prescription during oral implantology among dentists in Saudia Arabia (western area). | Dr. Khalid Kohley | alkoley@hotmail.com |
| 8. | Comparative Evaluation of the Mesiodistal width and shade of Six Maxillary Anterior Teeth in a selected Saudi Population | Dr. Eman Farhan | dr.emanfrhan@gmail.com |
| 9. | Study of the most frequent natural tooth colors in a selected Saudi population using spectrophotometry. | Dr. EmanFarhan | dr.emanfrhan@gmail.com |
| 10. | Golden proportion assessment between maxillary and mandibular teeth In a Selected Saudi population. | Dr. EmanFarhan | dr.emanfrhan@gmail.com |
| 11. | Oral health status and treatment needs among factory employees in Jeddah. | Dr. Irfan Adil | drirfanadil@yahoo.com |
| 12. | Practice of Occlusal Contact Reduction during Endodontic Treatment among Dental Practitioners in Jeddah , Makkah , Taif region | Dr. Suhail Sharief | drsuhail.5@gmail.com
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| 13. | Pattern of edentulism among patients reporting to ISNC, Jeddah, KSA | Dr. Naren Basuthkar | docnaren28feb@gmail.com
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| 14. | Dental Students’ Perspective on Implants | Dr. Shanti Vanka | shanthiamit@rediffmail.com |
| 15. | Prevalence of early childhood caries and associated dental behavior among the 3-5 year old children in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Dr. Shanti Vanka | shanthiamit@rediffmail.com |
| 16. | A Comparative Study between Single and Multiple Visit Root Canal Retreatments with reference to post operative pain, flare-up incidents and total success rate of the whole procedure by two different rotary retreatment systems. | Dr. Sami Jehad | samijehad@hotmail.com
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| 17. | Prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need in Jeddah schoolchildren | Dr. OM Kavita | dr.omkavitha@gmail.com
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| 18. | Oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior among medical, pharmacy and nursing students at IbnSina National College, Jeddah, KSA. | Dr. Afnan Abdulal | dr.afnan.abdulaal@gmail.com |
| 19. | Association between caffeine intake and periodontal health. | Dr. Mohammed Helaili | |
| 20. | Oral health behavior and its determinants among post graduate dental students. | Dr. Noura Mansour | drnooramansour@gmail.com |
| 21. | Prevalence of dental anomalies on panoramic radiographs at IbnSina Medical College, KSA. | Dr. Mohammed Al-Zabidi | dr_moha31_5@hotmail.com |
| 22. | Efficacy of Ibuprofen and Ibuprofen/Acetaminophen on Postoperative Pain in Symptomatic Patients with a Pulpal Diagnosis of Necrosis in ISNC clinics | Dr. Suhail Sharief | drsuhail.5@gmail.com
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| 23. | The relationship between oral health status and depression in Jeddah | Dr. Noura Mansour | drnooramansour@gmail.com |
| 24. | The anesthetic efficacy of 4% Articaine and 2% lidocaine in dental implant patients- A randomized ,double blind clinical study | Dr. Sarvanan | sarav_omfs@yahoo.com
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| 25. | Efficacy of Articaine and lidocaine as a supplemental buccal infiltration in surgical removal of impacted third molar | Dr. Sarvanan | |
| 26. | Students perception on learning psychomotor skills related to Landmarks & Techniques of Local anaesthesia on Electronic Local anaesthesia training models and actual patients | Dr. Sheetal Kumar | sheetal00723@rediffmail.com |
Research Newsletter
ISNC-RC’s newsletter is a semiannual publications that aims to provide a great opportunity to promote achievements, stories, announcements or events related to research in the institution. It highlights the accomplishments of our faculty in research, publication of books, journal articles and conference presentations etc. in each semester of the academic year. We welcome your comments, ideas, and participation to further enrich this effort.
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Research Support
- Facilities and equipment:
Laboratory equipment in the labs at the institution,
Laboratory and clinical facilities in Ibn Sina teaching Hospital, New Al Jedaani Hospital, Gulail and Al Jedaani Hospital, Al Safa.
- Library research support:
ISNC’s library services supports learning, teaching and research activities of the institution. Print and digital library facilities are available to all the researchers equally on both male and female sides of the campus.
- Research funding
The office of research center supports research by granting internal financial support to scientific research at ISNC as a “start-up” or “pilot”
investigation to develop initial data for subsequent external funding to further the general aims of the research topic under consideration.
ISNC-RC also facilitate its faculty’s efforts in seeking for external research grants.
- Reward for publications
ISNC encourages and supports original research of staff and student. In doing so it encourages publications in journals of high repute, this effort is recognized in the form of financial rewards. It recognizes and rewards research active staff members by rewarding high quality research publications.
ISNC follows a set policy to consider reward for publications, these include,
Publications in journals of health sciences indexed by NCAAA
Publications of journals of health sciences indexed in Thomson Reuters/ISI Web of Science List.
- Others:
Journal table of content (TOC): Journal TOC is one of the largest collection of table of contents of scholarly journals. It is free and conveniently searchable table of content of journals.
Citation alerts: this could be useful service to subscribe for quick information from e journals and citation data bases (Google scholar, Penn libraries guides, Springer, ISI)
Conference alerts: following specialized societies of your area of interest is the best way to stay updated on your relevant subject conferences, but you could also use free conference alert services to receive free email conference alerts in your chosen field.