{"id":11105,"date":"2024-09-27T15:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/?page_id=11105"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:54:53","slug":"foreign-faculty-hec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/?page_id=11105","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Faculty HEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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FOREIGN FACULTY APPOINTMENTS BY HEC (2003-2011)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Sajida Hassan<\/B>
\n01-10-2004 to 15-10-2010<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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University of Washington Seattle | UW \u00b7 Department of Laboratory Medicine<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWell-qualified and technically-proficient Research Scientist with more than sixteen years laboratory experience and excellent academic qualifications especially in the field of molecular\/cell biology, neuroscience, microbiology, immunology, gene expression\/regulation, signal transduction, gene silencing, infectious diseases and cancer biology.\nExpertise in sophisticated research techniques and technologies, project management, data collection\/analysis, critical thinking, resolving unanticipated challenges and problem solving.\nOrganized, take-charge professional with exceptional follow through abilities and detail orientation; able to plan and oversee projects from concept to successful conclusion.\nDemonstrated ability to efficiently prioritize a broad range of responsibilities in order to achieve maximum level of operating effectiveness.\nExtensive experience working with cross-functional scientific research teams and developing scientific collaborations.\nRespected graduate-level educator who nurtures students in the intricacies of medical research.\nExperience in writing grants, manuscripts, poster presentation, annual reports, developing standard operating procedures (SOP) and preparation of regulatory\/compliance documents.\nSpecialties: Biosafety levels II\/III with GLP practices, cGMP compliance, Cloning, Site-directed mutagenesis, DNA Sequencing and computer analysis, Transfection (stable and transient), CAT reporter assay, Immunohistochemistry, ELISA, FACS, Mice brain micro-dissections, Gene silencing using siRNA, PCR, RT-PCR, DNA, RNA and protein isolation, Southern\/Northern\/Western blots, Genomic mapping, Foot-printing, Nuclear extract isolation, Gel shift assay, Preparation and infection of Hepatitis C virus in cell culture, Hepatitis C virus patient blood, serum and tissue handling, cDNA synthesis, DNA microarray array technology (cDNA, Affymetrix, Agilent and Illumna platforms), Familiarity with DNA methylation, Gene editing and NGS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ishrat Waheed, PhD
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Saba University School of Medicine<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr.\u00a0Ishrat Waheed has over twenty-five years of\u00a0experience\u00a0working as an educator, researcher, consultant, and administrator, in North America, Asia, and\u00a0the Caribbean.<\/p>

Dr.\u00a0Waheed received her doctorate in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, and completed her research fellowships at the National Institutes of Health, USA, and the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada. She also holds medical education and academic management certificates from Penn\u00a0State, Stanford, and Harvard Universities.<\/p>

Prior to joining Saba,\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Waheed had held senior academic and administrative positions at several institutions\u00a0and\u00a0taught\u00a0Biochemistry, Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology, Immunology, and Virology, at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Additionally,\u00a0she has served as a consultant and advisor for various international organizations.<\/p>

Dr.\u00a0Waheed\u2019s research\u00a0interests include cancer vaccines, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, allergic asthma, and infectious inflammatory disorders.\u00a0 She has mentored over 20 numerous MS\/PhD scholars. She has published several articles in high-ranking\u00a0journals and\u00a0presented her research findings at prestigious medical conferences and workshops. She has also served as an editorial board member of numerous medical research journals.<\/p>

In her free time,\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Waheed likes to travel and explore nature, for medicinal plants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Fridoon Jawad Ahmad
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Professor and Head of Physiology and Cell Biology Department
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Prof. Fridoon Jawad Ahmad received his Bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Human Genetics. He continued his education at the same university and earned a PhD. in cellular and molecular biology. He later joined Northwestern University and then Drexel University. His research interests include stem cell based therapy to repair damaged organs, cell architecture and force generation. He has published several research papers in prominent research journals and authored Encyclopedia of Life Science (Macmillan Publishers, London). He is currently serving University of Health Sciences as Professor of Physiology & Cell Biology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Mohammad Ishtiaq Qadri
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Professor and Head Medical Biotechnology at King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Ishtiaq Qadri is a Professor at the King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia\u00a0where his research is focused on the broad areas of viral hepatitis and associated\u00a0hepatocarcinoma. He has also been enthusiastically involved in the study of cellular\u00a0adaptive responses, hepatic gene expression and regulation during insulin resistance,\u00a0hepatic steatosis, type -2 diabetes in the context of viral infection. He is heading a group\u00a0of energetic and vibrant scientists from multidisciplinary background under Medical
Biotechnology group to cover various areas of investigation for the eventual control of\u00a0viral induced diseases, antiviral and vaccine research. The cell, cell resources, gene and\u00a0gene promoters are utilized to conduct academic research and to produce pharmaceutical\u00a0products for the prevention of human diseases. Dr. Qadri is the recipient of over 28\u00a0international R & D grants covering numerous areas of investigations which were funded\u00a0from the National Institute of Health USA, American Liver Foundation, Colorado League\u00a0of Cancer, US-State Dept, Bio-Safety Engagement Program of US, Pasteur Institute of\u00a0France, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Ministry of Science and Technology\u00a0of Pakistan and Pakistan Science Foundation. All these grants were funded to carry out\u00a0pivotal work on DNA re-arrangements, Transposable Elements, mapping of genetic\u00a0architecture hepatic gene expression, molecular mechanisms of liver path physiologic\u00a0status and viral gene regulation, virus interaction replication, translational control of\u00a0human viruses such as herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) , human cytomegalovirus\u00a0(HCMV), Dengue virus (DEN), Epstein Barr virus (EBV), Hepatitis E Virus (HEV),
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Dr. Gulzar Ahmed Niazi (Late)
23-05-2006 to 30-06-2011<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Muhammad Sarwar
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FOREIGN FACULTY APPOINTMENTS BY HEC (2003-2011) Dr. Sajida Hassan 01-10-2004 to 15-10-2010 University of Washington Seattle | UW \u00b7 Department of Laboratory Medicine Well-qualified and technically-proficient Research Scientist with more than sixteen years laboratory experience and excellent academic qualifications especially in the field of molecular\/cell biology, neuroscience, microbiology, immunology, gene expression\/regulation, signal transduction, gene silencing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96739698,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/96739698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11105"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17734,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11105\/revisions\/17734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}