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Dr. Philippe M. Frossard Professor and Chair
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Aga Khan University
Stadium Road, P.O. BOX 3500
Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Phone: 92-21-4864540 or 4930051 Ext. 4540
Appointments: 4864541 (Direct line) or 4930051 Ext. 4541
Fax: 92-21-4934294
Email: philippe.frossard@aku.edu |
Academic Qualification and Training
BSc 1974 Strasbourg, France
MSc 1976 Strasbourg, France
MPhil 1977 Strasbourg, France
PhD 1979 Strasbourg, France
DSc 1996 Strasbourg, France
Training
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1979-1981.
- Medical Fellow, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 1981-1983.
Discipline
Molecular Genetics
Research Interests
Genetic architecture of complex human traits
Honors and Awards
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Unesco's Young World Scientist, 1971
Selected Publication
- Saleheen D, Frossard PM. Cardiovascular diseases and hyperhomocysteinemia (Letter). JCPSP. 2005; 15(1): 60-62.
- Saleheen D, Frossard PM, Ozair MZ, Kazmi SA, Khalid H, Khealani B (Clinical Vista). The "eye of the tiger sign" sign. Can Med Assoc J. 2005; 172(1):38.
- Kureshi N, Ghaffar S, Siddiqui S, Salahuddin I, Frossard PM. Head and neck cancer susceptibility: a genetic marker in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol-Relat-Spec. 2004; 66(5): 241-245.
- Saleheen D, Frossard P. CAD risk factors and acute myocardial infarction in Pakistan. Acta Cardiol. 2004; 59(4): 417-424.
- Mahmood S, Mian ZSU, AfzaL A, Frossard PM. G-protein beta-3 subunit gene 825C>T dimorphism is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy but not essential hypertension. Med Sci Monit. 2004; 11(1): CR6-9.
- Saeed M, Frossard PM, Parvez HS. Alzheimer's disease: from bench to bedside. Biogenic Amines. 2004; 18(3-6): 177-196.
- El-Hayek M, Lestringant GG, Frossard PM. Xeroderma pigmentosum in four siblings with three different types of malignancies simultaneously in one. J Ped Hematol Oncol. 2004; 26(8): 473-475.
- Iqbal MP, Mahmood S, Mehboobali N, Ishaq M, Fatima T, Parveen S, Frossard P. Association study of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene G2350A dimorphism with myocardial infarction. Exp Mol Med. 2004; 36(2): 110-115.
- Ahmad U, Saleheen D, Frossard PM (Rapid Response to Pearce et al., BMJ. 2004; 328:1070-1072). Paving the path for gene therapy: Importance of studying linkage and its disequilibrium. BMJ.
- Saeed M, Khan AN, Siddiqui S, Saboohi K, Ali SO, Frossard PM. Association of ACE gene haplotype with essential hypertension (Letter). J Hum Hyperten. 2004; 18: 913-914.
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