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Faculty
and Staff Circle the Globe in 2003
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At
the 103rd annual meeting of the American Society of Microbiology,
in Washington DC,
USA,
in May, Dr. Anita Zaidi (MBBS '88), Associate Professor,
Department of Paediatrics and Microbiology, participated
in a workshop on Molecular Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance. |
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Dr.
Hammad Ather, Assistant Professor, Section of Urology,
Department of Surgery, delivered a talk on "Does
Size and Site Matter in the Treatment of up to 30mm Renal
Stones in Children Treated by Extra Corporeal Shock Wave
Lithotripsy", at the 14th European Society of Paediatric
Urologist meeting in Madrid, Spain, in March. |
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Dr.
Aamir Jafarey, Lecturer and Consultant General Surgeon,
Department of Surgery, and Programme Coordinator, Pakistan
Bioethics Programme, presented a paper in June on "Pakistan
Bioethics Programme: Gateway to the Islamic World",
at the Third National Congress of Medical Ethics in Bursa,
Turkey. |
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In
February, Dr. Pervaiz Hashmi, Associate Professor, Section
of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, spoke on "Reimplantation
in Extremities", and supervised a one-day workshop
on suture technique and microanastomosis under magnification
loupes, at the Bangladesh Orthopaedic Association Conference
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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Dr.
Masood Umer, Senior Instructor, Department of Orthopaedics,
won the Best Consultant Paper Award at the International
Conference of the Pakistan Orthopaedic Association at
Faisalabad, Pakistan,
in January, on "Methotrexate-induced Suppression
of Linear Growth in Mice with Folinic Acid". |
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In
June, Dr. Javaid A. Khan, Professor, Section of Pulmonology,
Department of Medicine, was invited by the World Health
Organization as an advisor to discuss tuberculosis control
in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, at a meeting held
in Rabat, Morocco. |
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"Advanced
Practice Nursing: Perspectives and Challenges", was
the topic of the keynote presentation by Madrean Schober,
visiting faculty at AKU-SON, at a symposium sponsored
by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Authority in Hong Kong,
in February. |
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Raisa
Gul, Assistant Professor and Director, Diploma programme,
was invited as a panellist to share the development of
AKU-SON's MScN programme in the session on "New Initiatives
and Developments in Advance Nursing Practice and Nurse
Practitioner Roles", at the International Council
of Nurses Conference, in Switzerland, in June.
The theme of this three-day Conference was Building Excellence
Through Evidence. |
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Syed
Shamim Raza, Senior Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy
Services, spoke at the 23rd International Congress of
Chemotherapy on Emerging Threats, Global Solutions in
June in Durban, South
Africa, on "Managing
Inappropriate Vancomycin Usage by Hospital Published Guidelines". |
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In
March, at the Comparative and International Education
Society Conference in New Orleans,
USA,
Dr. Muhammad Memon, Professor at AKU-IED, gave a talk
on "Context Based Professional Development Approaches
for Capacity Building of Non-governmental Organizations
in Pakistan". |
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Senior
Research Associate Amima Sayeed from AKU-IED, spoke on
"Changing Lives Through Professional Development
of Teachers: Muneeza's Story", and Sadaf Rizvi, Senior
Research Associate, on "Strategies for Enhancing
Female Participation in Education -- Some Achievements
and Challenges", at the Comparative and International
Education Society Conference in New Orleans, USA,
in March. |
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Dr.
Nelofer Halai, Associate Professor at AKU-IED, presented
a paper on "Munazza's Story: Understanding Science
Teaching and Conceptions of the Nature of Science in Pakistan
Through a Life History Study", in March at the National
Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference
in Philadelphia, USA. |
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Farid
Panjwani, Senior Instructor, Institute for the Study
of Muslim Civilisations, travelled to Plymouth, United
Kingdom, in April to deliver a presentation on "Religious
Education in Pakistan: Salvation or Subjugation?"
at the Conference on Discourse, Power, Resistance in
Education: New Directions, New Moves.
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