Department of Medical Research

In 1963. several possible names were sorted out, like the “Medical Research Institute of Burma‟; “National Institute of Medical Research, Burma‟; and many others. Finally,“Burma Medical Research Institute‟ was selected.

When the Government Departments were reorganized and renamed in 1972, the Burma Medical Research Institute became the “Department of Medical Research”

Later,the Department was re-designated as the Department of Medical Research (Lower Myanmar) when the Department of Medical Research (Upper Myanmar) was established in 1999 and the Department of Medical Research (Central Myanmar) in 2013. In celebrating the Golden Jubilee-the 50th year- of the founding of the DMR was celebrated and the collaborators from its predecessor institutions were attended.