Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Maternal, Child Health and Primary Health Care &
Co-Director PhD Public Health Program at APPNA Institute of Public Health,
Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Interests: Public Health and Epidemiology – Global Health, Health Services Research, Maternal and Child Health,
Sexual and Reproductive Health, Contraceptive Use, Health Systems Strengthening, Health Policy and Management,
Health Economics, Epidemiology, Research and Innovation in Public Health,
Program Evaluation, Community-Based Interventions, Health Equity, Family Planning,
Health Communication, Implementation Science, and Health Technology.
Classification:
- Decision Analysis & Research Methodology – Epidemiological Methods and Statistics, Health Risk Analysis,
Research Assessment, Research Design, Program Monitoring & Evaluation.
- Epidemiology & Public Health Sciences – Social Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology, Disease Surveillance,
Behavioral & Social Aspects of Health, Ethnic Epidemiology, Long-Term Care, Geriatric Care,
Prison Medicine, Veteran Care.
- Healthcare Systems & Policy – Health System Strengthening, Health Economics, Health Financing, Policy Landscape Analysis,
Health Quality and Accreditation, Health Workforce Management.
- Sexual & Reproductive Health – Contraception and Family Planning, Women's Health, Health Screening,
Community-Based Health Programs, Health Promotion and Awareness.
- Healthcare Services & Technology – Digital Health Innovations, AI in Healthcare, Telemedicine,
e-Health and m-Health Applications, Clinical Trials, Biostatistics, and Predictive Analytics.
(MBBS, DCH, MRCPI, FRCP, FRCPCH, MScCH)
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada l
General Pediatrician, Scarborough Health Network, Canada l
President, Canada Pakistan Research Development Council (CPRDC) l
Founder & CEO, KidsTrust Paediatrics.
Interests: Global Health, Pediatric Emergency Care, Pediatrics Research, Pediatrics Health Policy, Clinical Research Mother and
Child Health.
Classification: Global Health, Nutrition, Community Pediatrics, Health Policy.
Research and Programe Advisor, Marie Stopes Society, Karachi, Pakistan.
Interests: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexuality, Mother and Child Health, Family Planning, Human Rights,
Transgender Health and Rights, Women and Adolescent Health and Empowerment, Health Insurance.
Classification: Gender and Human Rights, Health Care Access and Financing, Health System, Health and Inequality, Qualitative
Research and Innovative Research Methodologies
ON POSITION SINCE 07th December 2024
Previous Managing Editor: Dr Shahkamal Hashmi (till 06th December 2024)
SECTION HEAD (WOMEN HEALTH SECTION)
(MBBS, MPH, PhD)(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Ziauddin University's College of Public Health, Karachi, Pakistan.
Interests: Women's Health, Sexual and Reproductive health, and Women and Child Nutrition, Human rights, gender,
Population Health.
Classification: Surveys, epidemiology, research methods.
SECTION EDITORS (WOMEN HEALTH)
(Pakistan)
Advisor, Community Engagement Interactive Research & Development, (IRD)
Pakistan, Visiting Faculty (Aga Khan University, Pakistan).
Interests: Malnutrition, Gender Equity, Poverty, Social Determinants of Health, Human Rights, Health Society/Culture.
Classification: Participatory Research methods, Qualitative Research, Ethnography, Social determinants of Health.
SECTION HEAD (CHILD HEALTH SECTION)
DR MARIA ATIF (MBBS, MPH, PhD)(Pakistan)
Assistant Professor-Public Health, School of Public Health, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive health, Mental health of vulnerable populations, Public Health
Intervention Research.
Classification: Health Policy, Epidemiology, Research Methods, Surveillance, Monitoring and evaluations, Project Management,
Capacity Building.
SECTION EDITORS (CHILD HEALTH SECTION)
(MBBS, MSc. Health Policy and Management)(Bahrain)
Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
Interests: Women's Health, Health System.
Classification: Monitoring and evaluations, capacity building, project management, epidemiology.
SECTION HEAD (GLOBAL WOMEN AND CHILD HEALTH SECTION)
(MD, MSPH)(Burkina Faso)
Project Coordinator (REDISSE)/General Coordinator World Bank Projects, World Health Organisation (WAHO)
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Interests: Health System Evaluations, Program Management and Evaluations, Women and Child Health, Health Policy.
Classification: International Health, Monitoring and evaluations, Project Management, Capacity Building, Epidemiology.
SECTION EDITORS (GLOBAL WOMEN AND CHILD HEALTH SECTION)
1. DR. PHILIP ADEWALE ADEOYE (MBBS, MPH, MWACP, MRSPH)(Community Health)(Nigeria)
Senior Registrar, JoS University Teaching Hospital, JoS, Nigeria
Interests: Women's Health, Child Health, Health Policy.
Classification: Community Maternal and Child Health, epidemiology, Contraception, project management.
SECTION HEAD (ADOLESCENT HEALTH SECTION)
SECTION HEAD (ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE SECTION)
DR SYEDA SADAF AKBER (PhD)(Infectious Diseases)(Pakistan)
Dean Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (Faculty of Allied Health Sciences) Malir University
Interests: Women's Health, Child Health, Health Policy.
Classification: Monitoring and evaluations, capacity building, project management, epidemiology.
SECTION EDITORS (ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE SECTION)
SECTION HEAD
DR SHAHKAMAL HASHMI (PhD)(Social Determinants of Health)(Pakistan)
Principal, College of Public Health, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan
Interests: Women's Health, Child Health, Health Policy.
Classification: Monitoring and evaluations, capacity building, project management, epidemiology.
SECTION EDITORS
SECTION HEAD
DR. SADAF AHMED
(BSc, M.Sc., CRCP, CPD, CBT (P), PhD)(Mental Health)(Pakistan)
Interests: Women's Health, Child Health, Health Policy.
Classification: Monitoring and evaluations, capacity building, project management, epidemiology.
SECTION EDITORS
DR. SHAMOON NOUSHAD
(BSc, M.Sc., CRCP, CPD, CBT (P), PhD)(Mental Health)(Pakistan)
SECTION HEAD
DR. NOOR SABAH RAKHSHANI
(MBBS, MPH, DrPH)(Health System)(USA)
Technical Director, Global Health, Precision Health Consultants Global Health.
Interests: Women's Health, Child Health, Health Policy.
Classification: Monitoring and evaluations, capacity building, project management, epidemiology.
DEPUTY SECTION HEAD
Dr. Mutaz Ahmed Mohamed Abdelkarim
(BDS, MSc. Health Informatics, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, UK
Membership in Health Informatics)(Health Informatics)(Saudi Arabia)
Deputy Medical director of Ayoun Aljawa hospital, QASSIM HEALTH CLUSTER (MINISTRY OF HEALTH).
Interests: Telehealth and virtual health services , Hospital Information Systems (HIS),
Data Science & Medical Analytics.
Classification: Healthcare Administration, capacity building, project management.
SECTION EDITORS
DR. ZIA MOHI UD DIN
(PhD)(Biomedical Engineering)(Pakistan)
Prof. Biomedical Engineering Department, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(MSc, MS, PhD, CHPE)(Pakistan)
Director (Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization),
Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Interests: Biostatistics, Research Methods, Bioethics.
(MBBS, MSc, Master in Healthcare Analytics and Information Technology)(United States)
Deputy Director Global Health (Precision Health Consultant-PHC United States)
ORCID ID:
Interests: Biostatistics, Research Methods, Bioethics.
DR ANNA ASKARI (United States)
Medical Education Manager, Secure The Match, Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
Interests: Maternal and child Mental health, Neurodegeneration, Mental Health Policy.
Classification: Health Innovation, Technology, Maternal and Child Health, Research Methods
PROF. DR. KASHIF SHAFIQUE
(MBBS, MPH, PhD-Public Health)(Epidemiology & Biostatistics)(Pakistan)
DR. BABAR TASNEEM SHAIKH
(MBBS, MBA, MPH, PhD, FRCP Edin, FRSPH)(Health System Research)(Pakistan)
PROF. DR. FARID MIDHET
(MBBS, MPH-Epidemiology, PhD-Population and Health)(Women & Child Health)(Pakistan)
DR. QURATULAIN BAKHTEARI
(BA, MS, PhD)(Social Sciences)(Pakistan)
DR. DURRE-SAMIN AKRAM
(MBBS, MPh, MD, FAAP)(Women & Child Health)(Pakistan)
PROF. MEHTAB KARIM
(MS, MA, PhD-Demography & Sociology)(Demography)(Pakistan)
PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD ZAFAR IQBAL HYDERI
(MBBS, Diploma in Diabetes Mellitus, MPhil, MPhil, PhD,
Post doctorate)(Communicable Diseases-Diabetes Mellitus)(Pakistan)
DR. BILAL AHMED (PhD)(Health Economics)(Pakistan)
PROF. DR. WAH YUN LOW
(BA, MSc. PhD-Psychology)(Psychology)(Malaysia)
PROF. DR. DRG. NYOMAN ANITA DAMAYANTI
(MS, Dr PH)(Women & Child Health)(Indonesia)
PROF. DR. VICTOR HOE CHEE WAI
(MBBS, MPH, MPH-Occupational Health, MS, PhD)(Occupational Health)(Malaysia)
DR. MOHAMMED ASHRAFUL ISLAM
(B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD-Medical Statistics)(Biostatistics)(Saudi Arabia)
DR. ABDULAZIZ FARHAN T ALHARBI
(MBBS, MBA, SBFM)(Family Medicine)(Saudi Arabia)
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