Research interests
Cancer Biology and Signal transduction Pathways dysregulation
Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell research
Grants and research activities
2023 – 2024 Wellcome Leap grant (USD 1.5M) – Paternal Epigenetic Association with Infant Birth Weight (Co-PI)
2021 – 2022 Dr Aleem Saeed Qureshi and Kulsum Aleem Fund for Medical Discovery (PKR1.4 million) - Identification and Targeting of Dysregulated mTOR/PI3-kinase/AKT Pathway Axis and XIAP Expression in Colorectal Carcinoma from Pakistan – (Co PI)
2021 – 2022 Student and Trainee Initiated Research (STIR) – AKU MBBS Class of 1988 Gift (PKR400,000) - Determining the expression of DNA repair genes in sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosed at a single institution from Pakistan – (Co PI)
2021 – 2022 Student and Trainee Initiated Research (STIR) – AKU MBBS Class of 1988 Gift (PKR342,000) - ALDH1, TMIGD1 and Sporadic Early Onset Colorectal Cancer– (Co PI)
2015-2017 External Grant: Funded by KACST for SAR 2 million for a period of two years 2015-2017, KACST Project 10-BIO963-20 "The Role of FoxM1 in Saudi Arabian Epithelial Ovarian Cancer"
2014-2016 External Grant: Funded by KACST for SAR 2 million for a period of two years 2014-2016, KACST Project 11-BIO2219-20 "Role of XIAP in Pathogenesis of Saudi Arabian Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma"
2014-2016 External Grant: Funded by KACST for SAR 2 million for a period of two years 2014-2016, KACST Project 10-BIO959-20" Prognostic Significance of CARD10 in Saudi Colorectal Cancers "
2010-2012 External Grant: Funded by KACST for SAR 2 million for a period of two years 2010-2012, Project 08-MED478-20 (RAC 2080 029) "Cyclooxygenases: Target for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Treatment"
2010-2012 External Grant: Funded by KACST for SAR 2 million for a period of two years 2010-2012, Project 08-MED482-20 (RAC 2080 031) "Role of c-Met in Saudi Arabian Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma for Novel Therapy"
2010-2011 External Grant: Funded by SANAD for SAR 300,000 for 1 year, 2010. Realtime PCR assay of Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT) for detection of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in cerebrospinal fluid.
