Education
PhD, Medicine, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia (July 4, 2019)
Training
Department of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar (6 Months each) October 1990- October 1991
Resident Medical Officer, Department of Medicine (October1992-September 1993), Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Pakistan
Research interests
Breast cancer screening mammography
Breast cancer & vitamin D
Breast cancer and lifestyle risk factors
Risk factors associated with different molecular subtypes of breast cancer
Screening for breast cancer in adult Pakistani women.
Avoidable factors related to diagnostic delay of breast cancer (patient- and system-related) in tertiary care hospitals.
Assessment of the interaction of mammographic dense breast with other breast cancer risk factors
Epidemiological risk factors of Preeclampsia
Quality of informed consent in clinical trials in Pakistan
Experience
Assistant Professor, Section of NCD & MH Department of Community Health Sciences, AKU Karachi, Pakistan Nov 15, 2019 till date
Senior Instructor Epidemiology and Biostatistics division, Department of Community Health Sciences, AKU Karachi, Pakistan, July, 2007- October 15, 2018
Instructor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics division, Department of Community Health Sciences, AKU Karachi, Pakistan October 3, 2005- June 2007
Medical Officer, Community Health Center Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Pakistan, 1997-2000
Professional associations
Research collaboration with UCSF, California, USA, & University of Adelaide, Australia
Awards and honours
Received Adelaide Scholarship International Award 2013 for PhD in Medicine from University of Adelaide, Australia.
Al Razi Research Ethics Fellowship in John Hopkins School of Public Health Baltimore USA funded by USAID and Higher Education Commission in 2008.
IMCHRT University of Alabama (UAB) USA Scholarship for MSc Epidemiology Biostatistics thesis in 2004.
Distinction of being awarded 2nd Best graduate MBBS 1984-1989
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