Education

Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK, 2000

Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK, 1993
PhD (Subject Immunology), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, 1990
MSc (Medical Microbiology), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & The Royal Post Graduate Medical School, University of London, 1983
MBBS, University College Hospital, University of London, 1980

Research interests

Infectoius Diseases 

Tuberculosis
Antimicrobial resistance

Experience

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, Mar 2010 to date
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, Jul 2004-Mar 2010
Associate Professor and Section Head Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, Jul 1997-2004
Clinical Attachment, Departments of Microbiology and Virology, University College and Middlesex Hospitals, London, UK, Aug 1992-Jun 1993
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan, Apr 1991–Jun 1997

Professional associations

Registration: General Medical and Dental Council UK
Registration: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
Registration: Royal College of Pathologists UK
(Specialist Registration: Medical microbiology and virology)

Member American Society of Microbiology USA
Member Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Member Scientific Board, Asian-African Society of Mycobacteriology
Member Pakistan Association of Pathologists
Member Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan

Member International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases

Awards and honours

Aga Khan University Excellence in Research Award, November 2019

Included amongst the top ten health science researchers in Pakistan by the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, December 2016-2017.

Fellow Pakistan Academy of Sciences 2011 to-date

Endowed Professor: The Abdulaziz Hussainali Shariff Professor, AKU, July 2010 to-date

Honorary Professor, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, June 2005 to-date

Created on:04/26/2016 Last modified:04/27/2021