Uzma Rahim Khan

Assistant Professor (Research)
Department of Emergency Medicine

Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine 

Telephone: 92 21 34861142

Publication

Introduction

Dr. Uzma Rahim Khan is a graduate of Masters in Epidemiology and Biostatistics program at AKU. She was appointed as Research Fellow in 2007 and later appointed as Senior Instructor in January 2009. She was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in October 2020. She is the current Research Director of Department of Emergency Medicine. 

Education

MSc in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2006
MBBS, Sind Medical college, 2002

Training

Goran Sterky Fellow, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2011 - 2012
Fogarty Finklea Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, US, 2011

Research interests

Emergency Medicine, Injury, Trauma

Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, October 2020
Senior Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, January 2009
Research Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2007 - 2008

Publications

  1. Ali A, Malik MA, Khan UR, Khudadad U, Raheem A, Hyder AA. Helmet Wearing Saves the Cost of Motorcycle Head Injuries: A Case Study from Karachi, Pakistan. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research. 2021;13:573-581.
  2. Khan UR, Ahmed N, Naeem R, et al. Heat emergencies: perceptions and practices of community members and emergency department healthcare providers in Karachi, Pakistan: a qualitative study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021;18(9):4736. 
  3. Nihan K, Makda A, Salat H, Khursheed M, Fayyaz J, Khan UR. Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of child abuse amongst health care professionals working in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of family medicine and primary care. 2021;10(3):1364.
  4. Khan UR, Razzak JA, Wärnberg MG.Global trends in adolescents’ road traffic injury mortality, 1990–2019.Arch Dis Child.2021
  5. Lakhdir MPA, Farooq S, Khan UR, Parpio Y, Azam SI, Razzak J, Laljee AA, Kadir MM.Factors associated with child maltreatment among children aged 11 to 17 years in community settings of Karachi, Pakistan, using Belsky Ecological Framework.Journal of interpersonal violence.2021;36:1-2:297-313.
  6. Ahmed A, Afshan G, Khan RI, Afzal B, Jamali S, Farooq N, Saleem S, Naeem R, Khan UR. Managing acute pain in HIV+/AIDS patients: knowledge and practice trends among emergency physicians of major tertiary care centers of a developing country. BMC Research Notes 2020;13:255. IF: 1.34
  7. Bano S, Akhtar S, Khan UR. Pediatric congenital heart diseases: Patterns of presentation to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(3):333-7. IF: 0.36
  8. Lakhdir MPA, Akber Ali N, Hasnani FB, Farooq S, Parpio Y, Khan UR, Azam SI, Kadir MM.Physical maltreatment and its associated factors among adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan.Journal of interpersonal violence.2019:0886260519842177.
  9. Van der Linden N, Longden T, Richards JR, Khursheed M, Goddijn WMT, van Veelen MJ, Khan UR et al. The use of an 'acclimatisation' heatwave measure to compare temperature-related demand for emergency services in Australia, Botswana, Netherlands, Pakistan, and USA. PLoS One. 2019;14(3):e0214242. IF:2.776
  10. Maul KM, Naeem R, Khan UR, Mian AI, Yousafzai AK, Brown N. Child abuse in Pakistan: A qualitative study of knowledge, attitudes and practice amongst health professionals. Child Abuse Negl. 2019;88:51-7. IF: 2.899
  11. Ismail S, Awan S, Naeem R, Siddiqui S, Afzal B, Jamil B, Khan UR. Occupational exposure to HIV in a developing country: assessing knowledge and attitude of healthcare professional before and after an awareness symposium. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11(1):131. IF:0.835
  12. Ahmad H, Naeem R, Feroze A, Zia N, Shakoor A, Khan UR, et al. Teaching children road safety through storybooks: an approach to child health literacy in Pakistan. BMC Pediatr. 2018;18(1):31. IF:2.765
  13. Bhatti JA, Razzak JA, Khan UR, Jooma R. Helmets and traffic injury outcomes: Findings from a setting lacking legislation on proper wearing and quality assessment. Cogent Medicine. 2018;5(1):1434031. IF: 0.39
  14. Kerai SM, Khan UR, Islam M, Asad N, Razzak J, Pasha O. Post-traumatic stress disorder and its predictors in emergency medical service personnel: a cross-sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan. BMC Emerg Med. 2017;17(1):26. IF:2.046
  15. Kerai S, Pasha O, Khan U, Islam M, Asad N, Razzak J. Association of post-traumatic stress disorder and work performance: A survey from an emergency medical service, Karachi, Pakistan. World J Emerg Med. 2017;8(3):214-22. IF: 1.4
  16. Chong SL, Khan UR, Santhanam I, Seo JS, Wang Q, Jamaluddin SF, et al. A retrospective review of paediatric head injuries in Asia - a Pan Asian Trauma Outcomes Study (PATOS) collaboration. BMJ Open. 2017;7(8):e015759. IF: 2.376
  17. Saeed M, Siddiqui SM, Khan UR, Swaroop M. Perceptions regarding helmet use: a cross-sectional survey of female pillions in Karachi, Pakistan. J Surg Res. 2017;211:261-5. IF: 2.187
  18. Khan NU, Khan UR, Feroze A, Khan SA, Ali N, Ejaz K, et al. Trends of acute poisoning: 22 years experience from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2016;66(10):1237-42.IF: 409
  19. Khan U, Hisam B, Zia N, Mir M, Alonge O, Jamali S, et al. Uncovering the burden of intentional injuries among children and adolescents in the emergency department. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S6. IF: 0.75
  20. Khan I, Khan N, Naeem R, Kerai S, Allen K, Zia N, Shahbaz S, Afridi SQ,  Siddiqui EU, Khan UR, et al. Bomb blast injuries: an exploration of patient characteristics and outcome using Pakistan National Emergency Departments Surveillance (Pak-NEDS) data. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S7. IF: 0.7
  21. He S, Lunnen JC, Zia N, Khan U, Shamim K, Hyder AA. Pattern of presenting complaints recorded as near-drowning events in emergency departments: a national surveillance study from Pakistan. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S4. IF: 0.7
  22. Fayyaz J, Wadhwaniya S, Shahzad H, Feroze A, Zia N, Mir M, Khan UR, et al. Pattern of fall injuries in Pakistan: the Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance (Pak-NEDS) study. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S3. IF:1.39
  23. Khan N, Perez-Nunez R, Shamim N, Khan U, Naseer N, Feroze A, et al. Intentional and unintentional poisoning in Pakistan: a pilot study using the Emergency Departments surveillance project. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15 Suppl 2:S2. IF: 0.7
  24. Alonge O, Khan UR, Hyder AA. Our Shrinking Globe: Implications for Child Unintentional Injuries. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2016;63(1):167-81. IF:2.12
  25. Ismail S, Zia N, Samad K, Naeem R, Ahmad H, Raza A, Baqir SM, Khan UR. Prehospital Airway Management in Emergency and Trauma Patients: A Cross-sectional Study of Ambulance Service Providers and Staff in a Low- and Middle-income Country. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(6):606-12.  IF: 1.010
  26. Zafar W, Khan UR, Siddiqui SA, Jamali S, Razzak JA. Workplace Violence and Self-reported Psychological Health: Coping with Post-traumatic Stress, Mental Distress, and Burnout among Physicians Working in the Emergency Departments Compared to Other Specialties in Pakistan. J Emerg Med. 2016;50(1):167-77 e1. IF: 1.175
  27. Khan UR, Sengoelge M, Zia N, Razzak JA, Hasselberg M, Laflamme L. Country level economic disparities in child injury mortality. Arch Dis Child. 2015;100 Suppl 1:S29-33. IF: 3.258
  28. Khan UR, Bhatti JA, Shamim MS, Zia N, Razzak JA, Jooma R. Clothing-related motorcycle injuries in Pakistan: findings from a surveillance study. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2015;22(4):308-13. IF: 0.875
  29. Khan NU, Mir MU, Khan UR, Khan AR, Ara J, Raja K, et al. The Current State of Poison Control Centers in Pakistan and the Need for Capacity Building. Asia Pac J Med Toxicol. 2014;3(1):31-5.
  30. Fayyaz J, Rehman A, Hamid A, Khursheed M, Zia N, Feroze A, Khan UR. CT scan in children with acute bacterial meningitis: experience from emergency department of a tertiary-care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2014;64(4):419-22. IF: 0.409
  31. Khan NU, Fayyaz J, Khan UR, Feroze A. Importance of clinical toxicology teaching and its impact in improving knowledge: sharing experience from a workshop. J Pak Med Assoc. 2013;63(11):1379-82. IF: 0.409
  32. Razzak JA, Baqir SM, Khan UR, Heller D, Bhatti J, Hyder AA. Emergency and trauma care in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study of healthcare levels. Emerg Med J. 2015;32(3):207-13. IF: 2.307
  33. Khan NU, Shakeel N, Makda A, Mallick AS, Ali Memon M, Hashmi SH, Khan UR. Anaphylaxis: incidence, presentation, causes and outcome in patients in a tertiary-care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. QJM. 2013;106(12):1095-101. IF: 3.131
  34. Zafar W, Siddiqui E, Ejaz K, Shehzad MU, Khan UR, Jamali S, et al. Health care personnel and workplace violence in the emergency departments of a volatile metropolis: results from Karachi, Pakistan. J Emerg Med. 2013;45(5):761-72.IF: 1.247
  35. Khan UR, Chandran A, Zia N, Huang CM, Stewart De Ramirez S, Feroze A, et al. Home injury risks to young children in Karachi, Pakistan: a pilot study. Arch Dis Child. 2013;98(11):881-6.IF; 3.258
  36. Razzak JA, Khan UR, Zia N, Azam I. A child an hour: burden of injury deaths among children under 5 in Pakistan. Arch Dis Child. 2013;98(11):867-71.IF: 3.258
  37. Fayyaz J, Khursheed M, Umer Mir M, Khan U. Pattern of emergency department visits by elderly patients: study from a tertiary care hospital, Karachi. BMC Geriatr. 2013;13:83.IF: 2.866
  38. Khan UR, Bhatti JA, Zia N, Farooq U. School-based injury outcomes in children from a low-income setting: results from the pilot injury surveillance in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan. BMC Res Notes. 2013;6:86. IF: 0.835
  39. Chandran A, Khan UR, Zia N, Feroze A, de Ramirez SS, Huang CM, et al. Disseminating childhood home injury risk reduction information in Pakistan: results from a community-based pilot study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013;10(3):1113-24.IF: 2.468
  40. Khan NU, Khan UR, Ejaz K, Ahmad H, Zia N, Razzak JA. Intubation in emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in a low-income country. J Pak Med Assoc. 2013;63(3):306-9.IF: 0.95
  41. Bhatti JA, Khoso AK, Waseem H, Khan UR, Razzak JA. Variations in sub-national road traffic fatality trends in a low-income country. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2013;3(1):25-30.IF: 0.409
  42. Khursheed M, Khan UR, Ejaz K, Fayyaz J, Qamar I, Razzak JA. A comparison of WHO guidelines issued in 1997 and 2009 for dengue fever - single centre experience. J Pak Med Assoc. 2013;63(6):670-4.IF: 0.409
  43. Bano S, Akhtar S, Zia N, Khan UR, Haq AU. Pediatric endotracheal intubations for airway management in the emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012;28(11):1129-31.IF: 1.119
  44. Hyder AA, Chandran A, Khan UR, Zia N, Huang CM, de Ramirez SS, et al. Childhood unintentional injuries: need for a community-based home injury risk assessments in pakistan. Int J Pediatr. 2012;2012:203204.IF: 3.890
  45. Zia N, Khan UR, Razzak JA, Puvanachandra P, Hyder AA. Understanding unintentional childhood home injuries: pilot surveillance data from Karachi, Pakistan. BMC Res Notes. 2012;5:37.IF: 0.835
  46. Razzak JA, Khan UR, Jalal S. Application of geographical information system (GIS) for mapping road traffic injuries using existing source of data in Karachi, Pakistan--a pilot study. J Pak Med Assoc. 2011;61(7):640-3.IF: 0.409
  47. Razzak JA, Khan UR, Azam I, Nasrullah M, Pasha O, Malik M, et al. Health disparities between Muslim and non-Muslim countries. East Mediterr Health J. 2011;17(9):654-64.IF:0.663
  48. Shamim MS, Khan UR, Razzak JA, Rasheed J. Injuries due to fall make summer time power outages a potential public health issue. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2011;4(1):147-8.IF: 147-8.
  49. Razzak JA, Bhatti JA, Ali M, Khan UR, Jooma R. Average out-of-pocket healthcare and work-loss costs of traffic injuries in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2011;18(3):199-204.IF: 0.875
  50. Shamim S, Razzak JA, Jooma R, Khan U. Initial results of Pakistan's first road traffic injury surveillance project. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2011;18(3):213-7. IF: 0.8
  51. Khan NU, Razzak JA, Saleem AF, Khan UR, Mir MU, Aashiq B. Unplanned return visit to emergency department: a descriptive study from a tertiary care hospital in a low-income country. Eur J Emerg Med. 2011;18(5):276-8. IF: 0.90
  52. Moin O, Khan U, Khan NU, Khursheed M, Razzak J. Comparison of predictive protocols in chest pain patients in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. The Internet Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2011;6(2):1.
  53. Khan UR, Razzak JA, Saleem AF, Ahmed A, Jalal S. Diagnosis of enteric fever in the emergency department: a retrospective study from Pakistan. Int J Emerg Med. 2010;3(1):33-7.IF: 754-61.
  54. Khan UR, Janjua NZ, Akhtar S, Hatcher J. Case-control study of risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in hospitals of Karachi-Pakistan. Trop Med Int Health. 2008;13(6):754-61. IF: 1.24
  55. Khan NU, Razzak JA, Ahmed H, Furqan M, Saleem AF, Alam H, Huda A, Khan UR, et al. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: outcome and its predictors among hospitalized adult patients in Pakistan. Int J Emerg Med. 2008;1(1):27-34.
  56. Razzak JA, Hyder AA, Akhtar T, Khan M, Khan UR. Assessing emergency medical care in low income countries: a pilot study from Pakistan. BMC Emerg Med. 2008;8:8. IF: 1.26

Grants and research activities

  1. Design and implementation of a Video-based School children road injury prevention tool (V-SCRIPT) in Karachi: A quasi experimental study (PI: Dr. Uzma Rahim Khan, Co-PI: Dr. Afzal Ahmed, Dr. Umer Farooq, 2020, Euro 5,000, RTIRN, decision pending)
  2. Johns Hopkins – Afghanistan Pakistan International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training (JHU-AfPak ICTIRT) Program. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) funded by National Institute of Health. Amount: $500,000 Role:Co-I, (20% in Year I, 40% in Year II and III, 10% in Year IV and 40% in Year V) (2016 – 2021)
  3. Improving Acute Hypertension Management through Emergency Department Checklist. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) funded by National Institute of Health. Amount: $103,026, Role: Co-PI, 20% for the entire period of grant, (2018 – 2020)
  4. Heat Emergency Awareness and Treatment (HEAT): A cluster randomized trial. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) funded by Save the Children Fund (“SCUK”), by the Department for International Development (“DFID”) and the Wellcome Trust (the “Donors). Amount: $ 107,620, Role: Co-PI, 10% in Year I and II and 20% in Year III (2016-2019)
  5. Resuscitation Academy (RA) 10-Step Implementations in the Pan Asian Resuscitation Outcome Study Group. Singapore Clinical Research Institute Amount: $ 30,000, Role: Co-PI, 10% for entire period of grant, (2017 – 2019)      
  6. Tranexamic acid for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding: an international, randomized, double blind placebo controlled trial. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Amount: 4488, Role: Co-PI, (not started, project withdrawn)
  7. Pan-Asian resuscitation outcomes study (Paros) cardiac arrest registry. Singapore Clinical Research Institute. Amount: $ 22,525, Role: Co-PI, 2% for the entire period of grant, (2015-2016) 
  8. HIV supplement of International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training (ICTIRT). Johns Hopkins University (JHU) funded by National Institute of Health. Amount: $ 18,900, Role: Co-PI, (2015)             
  9. Johns Hopkins – Pakistan International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training (JHU-AfPak ICTIRT) Program. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) funded by National Institute of Health. Amount: $619,971 Role: Program Manager, 5% for last two years of grant  (2011 – 2015)
  10. Urban School Children Travel patterns in Karachi, Pakistan. Small grants program by Fogarty-Johns Hopkins-Pakistan International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training grant. Amount $ 4,691, Role: PI, (2013)
  11. Global Childhood Unintentional Injury Surveillance Study. Johns Hopkins University. Amount: $30,000, Role: PI, (2012)
  12. Global Child Hood Unintentional Injury Surveillance Study. Johns Hopkins University. Amount: $18,992 Role: PI, (2010)

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