Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Cytotoxic, antioxidant, and enzyme inhibitory activities of Centaurea stapfiana extracts and their HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS profiles: Insights into an unexplored Centaurea species, Gokhan Zengin, Álvaro Fernández- Ochoa, María de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea, Sanam Iram Soomro, Francisco-Javier Leyva Jiménez, Abdullahi Ibrahim Uba, Gunes Ak, Maruf Balos, Ugur Cakilcioglu, Maria João Rodrigues, Catarina G. Pereira, and Luísa Custódio
Ambulatory blood pressure levels in individuals with uncontrolled clinic hypertension across Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Anqi Zhu, Truls Ostbye, Aliya Naheed, H Asita de Silva, Imtiaz Jehan, Mihir Gandhi, Nantu Chakma, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Zainab Samad, and Tazeen Jafar
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Between life and death: How do Muslim terminal patients in Pakistan cope with hepatitis c utilizing their beliefs and social support?, Akhlaq Ahmad, Muhammad Asim, Nazia Malik, Muhammad Rizwan Safdar, Falak Sher, and Malik Muhammad Sohail
Public sector rehabilitation services for physical disabilities in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan: A qualitative study, Naveed Ahmed, Saeed Ahmed Shaikh, Atif Riaz, Farid Midhet, and Nukhba Zia
Early recognition and management of maternal sepsis in Pakistan: A feasibility study of the implementation of FAST-M intervention, Sheikh Irfan Ahmed, Ghulam Kubra Rind, Raheel Sikandar, Amir Raza, Bakhtawar M Hanif Khowaja, Arshia Jahangir, Sadia Shakoor, Rubina Barolia, Lumaan Sheikh, and Sarah Saleem
Exploring healthcare-related challenges for children with autism spectrum disorder: Perspectives of parents and healthcare providers at public & private tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Muhammad Ahsan Akhtar
Factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and practices related to HIV, STI family planning, and pregnancy among adolescents, Alijan Inayat Ali
Role of resilience in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among undergraduate health sciences students in Karachi,, Farheen Ramzan Ali
Childbirth experiences: Exploring perspectives of women with disability and maternity service providers, Fariha Ali
COVID-19 pandemic impacted internet use and anxiety among general public during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Malik Muhammad Hamza Khan, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani, Ghazal Peerwani, Muhammad Talha Nawaz, Ayesha Nasir Hameed, Meher Angez, Aspara Ali Nathwani, and Syed Iqbal Azam
Exploring the perceptions about dietary habits of young adolescents aged 10-14 years: A qualitative descriptive study in public and private schools, Karachi., Mehwish Ramzan Ali
Widowhood, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Anum S. Hussaini, Parveen Ali, and Michaela M. Rogers
Can marburg virus be the next global pandemic, Raheel Allana and Asad Allana
Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries, Ala Alwan, Reza Majdzadeh, Gavin Yamey, Karl Blanchet, Alemayehu Hailu, Mohamed Jama, Kjell Arne Johansson, Mohammed Yusuf Ahmed Musa, Omar Mwalim, and Sameen Siddiqi
Spousal preference for child's sex and factors associated with marital satisfaction - A cross sectional study, Fizza Ansar
Support, networks, and relationships: Findings from a mixed-methods evaluation of a mentorship programme for early career women researchers in sexual and reproductive health and rights, Muhammad Asim, Peter Muriuki Gatheru, Joy J. Chebet, Mehr G. Shah, Anna Thorson, and Vanessa Brizuela
Promoting supportive and respectful maternity care in public health facilities in sindh, Pakistan: A theory-informed health system intervention, Bilal Iqbal Avan, Waqas Hameed, Bushra Khan, Muhammad Asim, Sarah Saleem, and Sameen Siddiqi
Understanding the mechanisms of change in the supportive and respectful maternity care intervention in Sindh, Pakistan: Provider perspectives, Bilal Iqbal Avan, Waqas Hameed, Bushra Khan, Muhammad Asim, Sarah Saleem, and Sameen Siddiqi
Understanding the Mechanisms of Change in the Supportive and Respectful Maternity Care Intervention in Sindh, Pakistan: Provider Perspectives, Bilal l Iqbal Avan, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Asim, Sarah Saleem, Sameen Siddiqi, and Bushra Khan
Supratotal resection: An emerging concept of gliomablastoma multiforme surgery—systematic review and meta-analysis, Peer Asad Aziz, Salma Farrukh Memon, Mubarak Hussain, A Rauf Memon, Kiran Abbas, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, and Riaz A R Memon
Decision-making processes for essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries, Rob Baltussen, Omar Mwalim, Karl Blanchet, Manuel Carballo, Getachew Teshome Eregata, Alemayehu Hailu, Maryam Huda, Mohamed Jama, Kjell Arne Johansson, and Teri Reynolds
Novel putative biomarkers for infective endocarditis by serum proteomic analysis: A comprehensive review of literature, Afreen Begum
Factors associated with continuation of hormonal contraceptives among married women of reproductive age in Gilgit, Pakistan: A community-based case-control study, Fazila Bibi, Sarah Saleem, Shafquat Rozi, and Shiyam Sunder Tikmani
Assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused resource-orientated approach (DIALOG+) to improving the quality of life for people with psychosis in India and Pakistan-a cluster RCT, Victoria Jane Bird, Sana Zehra Sajun, Renata Peppl, Sara Evans-Lacko, Stefan Priebe, Swaran Singh, Lakshmi Venkatraman, Padmavati Ramachandran, Aneeta Pasha, Ashar malik, and Onaiza Qureshi
Urbanization and physical activity in the global prospective urban and rural epidemiology study, Kwadwo Boakye, Marit Bovbjerg, John Schuna Jr, Adam Branscum, Ravi Prasad Varma, Rosnah Ismail, Olga Barbarash, Juan Dominguez, Yuksel Altuntas, and Romaina Iqbal
Isolated small airways obstruction predicts future chronic airflow obstruction: A multinational longitudinal study, Ben Knox Brown, James Potts, Valentina Quintero Santofimio, Cosetta Minelli, Jaymini Patel, Peter Gj Burney, Andre FS Amaral, Najlaa Mohammed Abass, Dhiraj Agarwal, and Asaad A. Nafees
Epidemiology of hip & knee replacement across Pakistan according to Pakistan National Joint Registry: Multicenter cross-sectional study, Syed Imran Bukhari, Asad Allana, Kazim Rahim Najjad, Syed Shahid Noor, and Amin Chinoy
Appeal to the WHO Executive Board on election of regional directors, Kent Buse, Vivian Kwang Wen Lin, Sameen Siddiqi, and Helen Clark
Clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes are linked to a limited set of taxa within gut microbiome worldwide, Peter J. Diebold, Matthew W. Rhee, Qiaojuan Sh, Nguyen Vinh Trung, Ngo Thi Hoa, Fayyaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Syed Asad Ali, and Ilana L. Brito
Integration of human papillomavirus associated anal cancer screening into HIV care and treatment program in Pakistan: Perceptions of policymakers, managers, and care providers, Muslima Ejaz, Anna Mia Ekström, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Mariano Salazar, Alyan Ahmed, Dania Ali, Ayman Haroon, and Sameen Siddiqi
Mother’s exposure to mass media and its relationship with wasting in children under 5 years of age in Pakistan: PDHS 2017-2018, Muhammad Taha Faruqui
Assessing priority-setting for polio eradication initiative (pei) Pakistan: Stakeholders’ perspective and contextual analysis, Nadia Fatima
Perception, attitude, and preference of trainees towards workplace-based assessment in dental education at a tertiary care institute in Multan, Pakistan, Saman Fatima, Malik Zain Ul Abideen, Ammar A. Siddiqui, Faris Farooq Saeed Khan, Syed Gillani, Muhammad Waqar Hussain, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, and Hassaan Anwer Rathore
Neurodevelopment, vision and auditory outcomes at age 2 years in offspring of participants in the 'Women First' maternal preconception nutrition randomised controlled trial, Michelle Fernandes, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott, Antoinette Tshefu, Adrien Lokangaka, Melissa Bauserman, Ana L. Garcés, Lester Figueroa, Sarah Saleem, and Sumera Aziz Ali
Maternal and perinatal outcomes of women with vaginal birth after cesarean section compared to repeat cesarean birth in select South Asian and Latin American settings of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research, Lester Figueroa, Margo Harrison, Manolo Mazariegos, Shivaprasad Gouda, Avinash Kavi, Richard Derman, Archana Patel, Prabir Das, Sarah Saleem, and Farnaz Naqvi
Assessment of the quality of physical rehabilitation services at secondary and tertiary health facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan: A mixed method study, Mohammad Kabir Gawhari
Data usefulness in determining cause of stillbirth in South Asia, Robert Goldenberg Goldenberg, Kay Hwang, Sarah Saleem, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, S Yogeshkumar, Vardendra Kulkani, Najia Ghanchi, Sheetal Harakuni, Imran Ahmed, and Zeeshan Uddin
Improving maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes in low-resource settings: Translating research evidence to practice - report from the third international conference on maternal, newborn and child health, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Nancy F. Krebs, Richard Derman, Sarah Saleem, and Elizabeth M. McClure
COVID-19 antibody positivity over time and pregnancy outcomes in seven low-and-middle-income countries: A prospective, observational study of the global network for women's and children's health research, Robert L. Goldenberg, Sarah Saleem, Sk Masum Billah, Janet L. Moore, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Rashidul Haque, Lester Figueroa, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
The PURPOSe cause of death study in stillbirths and neonatal deaths in India and Pakistan: A review, Robert L. Goldenberg, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Janet Moore, Gowdar Guruprasad, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sidrah Nausheen, Shazia Masheer, Najia Bano Ghanchi, and Imran Ahmed
Pregnancy outcomes in preterm multiple gestations: Results from a prospective study in India and Pakistan (PURPOSe), Gowdar Guruprasad, Chaitali R. Raghoji, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Kay Hwang, S Yogeshkumar, Manjunath S. Somannavar, and Sayyeda Reza
A model for integrating social protection measures with TB control in Pakistan, Shifa Salman Habib, Muhammad Uzair, Anny Dhanwani, and Khudaija Sohail
Social determinants of low uptake of childhood vaccination in high-risk squatter settlements in Karachi, Pakistan - A step towards addressing vaccine inequity in urban slums, Shifa Salman Habib, Shehla Zaidi, Atif Riaz, Hasan Nawaz Tahir, Lala Aftab Mazhar, and Zahid Memon
Inequalities in utilisation of essential antenatal services for women with disabilities in Pakistan: Analysis of a cross-sectional demographic and health survey of Pakistan 2017-2018, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Asim, Sarah Saleem, and Bilal Iqbal Avan
How can tuberculosis services better support patients with a diabetes co-morbidity? A mixed methods study in the Philippines, Lauren Oliveira Hashiguchi, Sharon E. Cox, Tansy Edwards, Mary C. Castro, Mishal Khan, and Marco Liverani
Estimating the frequency of inpatient adverse events using a two-step retrospective chart review: A study protocol, Syed Sabih Ul Hassan, Fozia Asif, Ghazal Haque, Farwa Ayub, Tahir Munir, F. Khan, Sameen Siddiqi, and Asad Latif
Protecting and promoting the rights of the 'reserve army of labour': A policy analysis of structural determinants of migrant worker health in Pakistan and Qatar, Sarah Hawkes, Mireille Evagora-Campbell, Aysha Zahidie, Fauziah Rabbani, and Kent Buse
Prevention of maternal and neonatal death/infections with a single oral dose of azithromycin in women in labour in low-income and middle-income countries (A-PLUS): A study protocol for a multinational, randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial, Jennifer Hemingway-Foday, Alan Tita, Elwyn Chomba, Musaku Mwenechanya, Trecious Mweemba, Tracy Nolen, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Sarah Saleem, and Shiyam Sunder Tikmani
Listening to caregivers: narratives of health seeking for children under five with pneumonia and diarrhea: Insights from the NIGRAAN trial in Pakistan, Maryam Huda, Fauziah Rabbani, Wafa Aftab, Kausar S. Khan, Leah Shipton, and Maria Giulia Marini
Children learning about secondhand smoke (CLASS III): A protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based smoke-free intervention in Bangladesh and Pakistan, Rumana Huque, Kamran Siddiqi, Mariam Khokhar, Cath Jackson, Mona Kanaan, Catherine Hewitt, Ian Kellar, Charlie Welch, Steve Parrott, and Romaina Iqbal
The quality of life of HIV positive transgender and homosexual population in Karachi, Pakistan, Aneela Hussain, Anum Rahim, and Fozia Rajput
Post-intervention acceptability of multicomponent intervention for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka- a qualitative study, Tazeen H. Jafar, Saeideh Tavajoh, H Asita de Silva, Aliya Naheed, Imtiaz Jehan, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Nantu Chakma, Maryam Huda, and Helena Legido-Quigley
Trends and immediate outcomes of syncope during pregnancy: A narrative review, Rafael Cortorreal Javier, Parth Vikram Singh, Jeena Shrestha, Rasha Abdalla, Punay Narang, Humayun Shahzad, and Kiran Abbas
Telemedicine policy in Pakistan: Progress, barriers and way forward, Samrah Jawed
Trends over time in the knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women related to COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey from seven low- and middle-income countries, Saleem Jessani, Sarah Saleem, Elizabeth Fogleman, Sk Masum Billah, Rashidul Haque, Lester Figueroa, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, and Avinash Kavi
The role of self-efficacy and risk perception in willingness to respond to weather disasters among emergency medicine healthcare workers in Pakistan, Bee-Ah Kang, Daniel J. Barnett, Ume-E-Aiman Chhipa, Amber Mehmood, Badar Afzal Khan, Junaid Razzak, and Nargis Asad
COVID-19 symptoms and antibody positivity among unvaccinated pregnant women: An observational study in seven countries from the global network, Avinash Kavi, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Janet L. Moore, Richard J. Derman, Sarah Saleem, Seemab Naqvi, Sk Masum Billah, Rashidul Haque, and Lester Figueroa
Aspirin delays the onset of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among nulliparous pregnant women: A secondary analysis of the ASPIRIN trial, Avinash Kavi, Matthew K. Hoffman, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Mrityunjay C. Metgud, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Janet Moore, Eleanor Nielsen, Norman Goco, Saleem Jessani, and Sarah Saleem
Social media addiction and body dysmorphic disorder among Pakistani university students– An analytical cross-sectional study, Shayan Khakwani
District healthcare system flood preparedness for malaria and dengue control: A mixed-methods study in matiari, Sindh, Shiza Khalid
Risk factors for stroke in the young (18-45 Years): A case-control analysis of INTERSTROKE data from 32 countries, Maria Khan, Mohammad Wasay, Martin James O'Donnell, Romaina Iqbal, Peter Langhorne, Annika Rosengren, Albertino Damasceno, Aytekin Oguz, Fernando Lanas, and Nana Pogosova
Exploring the relationship between intimate partner violence during pregnancy and stillbirths, Khaula Khatlani, Iqbal Azam Syed, Muhammad Baqir, Amber Mehmood, and Omrana Pasha-Razzak
Factors associated with Diabetes Empowerment among patients with type 2 diabetes, at OPD setting, Karachi, Pakistan, Mohiba Ali Khowaja, Shafquat Rozi, Sobia Sawani, and Asma Ahmed
The association of spirometric small airways obstruction with respiratory symptoms, cardiometabolic diseases, and quality of life: Results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study, Ben Knox-Brown, Jaymini Patel, James Potts, Rana Ahmed, Althea Aquart-Stewart, Cristina Barbara, A. Sonia Buist, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Meriam Denguezli, and Asaad A. Nafees
Small airways obstruction and its risk factors in the burden of obstructive lung disease (BOLD) study: A multinational cross-sectional study, Ben Knox-Brown, Jaymini Patel, James Potts, Rana Ahmed, Althea Aquart-Stewart, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, Meriam Denguezli, Mohammed Elbiaze, Asma Elsony, Asma Elsony, and Asaad Ahmed Nafees
Lipoprotein(a) in clinical practice: A guide for the clinician, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Neil Sagar Maitra, Adham H. El-Sherbini, Nishant Shah, Carl J. Lavie, Michael D. Shapiro, and Salim S. Virani
Comparing the effectiveness of mother-focused interventions to that of mother-child focused interventions in improving maternal postpartum depression outcomes: A systematic review, Divya Kumar, Waqas Hameed, and Bilal Iqbal Avan
The state of integrated disease surveillance in seven countries: A synthesis report, A C K Lee, B G Iversen, S Lynes, A Rahman-Shepherd, N A Erondu, Mishal S. Khan, A Tegnell, M Yelewa, T M Arnesen, and E S Gudo
Parents knowledge & practices for imparting sex education to adolescents: A mixed method study, Vijwanti Lohana
Diagnostic accuracy of ASQ for screening of neurodevelopmental delays in low resource countries, Albert Manasyan, Ariel A. Salas, Tracy Nolen, Elwyn Chomba, Manolo Mazariegos, Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Sarah Saleem, Farnaz Naqvi, K Michael Hambidge, and Norman Goco
Effects of screen-time on the “health-related quality of life” among school-going Pakistani adolescents, Sarah Mansoor
Enhancing willingness-to-respond to disasters and public health emergencies among Health care workers using mHealth intervention: A multidisciplinary approach, Amber Mehmood, Daniel J. Barnett, Bee-Ah Kang, Ume-E-Aiman Chhipa, Nargis Asad, Badar Afzal Khan, and Junaid Razzak
Diet, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 80 countries, Andrew Mente, Mahshid Dehghan, Sumathy Rangarajan, Martin O'Donnell, Weihong Hu, Gilles Dagenais, Andreas Wielgosz, Scott A. Lear, Li Wei, and Romaina Iqbal
Exploring oral cancer screening services in health system of Karachi, Sindh, Marium Mohsin
Fine particulate matter and its chemical constituents' levels: A troubling environmental and human health situation in Karachi, Pakistan, Omosehin D. Moyebi, Zafar Fatmi, David O. Carpenter, Muhayatun Santoso, Azhar Siddique, Kamran Khan, Jahan Zeb, Mirza M. Hussain, and Haider A. Khwaja
State of gaseous air pollutants and resulting health effects in Karachi, Pakistan, Omosehin D. Moyebi, Fatim Sannoh, Zafar Fatmi, Azhar Siddique, Kamran Khan, Jahan Zeb, Mirza M. Hussain, David O. Carpenter, and Haider A. Khwaja
A global analysis of one health networks and the proliferation of one health collaborations, Athman Mwatondo, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Lara Hollmann, Scott Chiossi, Josphat Maina, Karishma Krishna Kurup, Osama Ahmed Hassan, Beatrice Coates, Mishal Khan, and Julia Spencer
Byssinosis and lung health among cotton textile workers: Baseline findings of the multiTex trial in Karachi, Pakistan, Asaad A. Nafees, Muhammad Zia Muneer, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Sean Semple, Sara De Matteis, Peter Burney, and Paul Cullinan
The Global network COVID-19 studies: A review, Seemab Naqvi, Sarah Saleem, Sk Masum Billah, Janet Moore, Musaku Mwenechanya, Waldemar A. Carlo, Fabian Esamai, Sherri Bucher, Richard J. Derman, and Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Prevalence of dental caries and its association with behavioral and oral hygiene practices in adolescents of Tando Muhammad khan. A cross-sectional study, Syeda Kanza Naqvi
Immunomodulatory therapy for giant cell myocarditis: A narrative review, Muhammad Wahdan Naseeb, Victor O. Adedara, Muhammad Talha Haseeb, Hareem Fatima, Swapna Gangasani, Kamaljit R. Kailey, Moiz Ahmed, Kiran Abbas, Waleed Razzaq, and Muhammad M. Qayyom
Feasibility of a peer-supported, WhatsApp-assisted, lifestyle modification intervention for weight reduction among adults in an urban slum of Karachi, Pakistan: A mixed-methods, single-group, pretest-post-test, quasi-experimental study, Sabahat Naz, Kaniz Amna Haider, Ali Jaffar, Umber S. Khan, Iqbal Azam Syed, Amna Siddiqui, and Romaina Iqbal
Cohort profile: The Pregnancy Risk Infant Surveillance and Measurement Alliance (PRISMA) - Pakistan, Sabahat Naz, Ali Jaffar, Muhammad Kashif, Zaid Hussain, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Fyezah Jehan, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Emily Smith, Fouzia Farooq, and Uzma Khan
Evaluation of patterns of labor progression in Pakistani nulliparous women with spontaneous onset of labor, Sumaira Naz
Policymakers’ perspectives on taxation of smokeless tobacco in Pakistan; An exploratory study., Alina Safdar Nensey
Couple concordance in diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in urban India and Pakistan and associated socioeconomic and household characteristics and modifiable risk factors, Jannie Nielsen, Roopa Shivashankar, Solveig A. Cunningham, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Viswanathan Mohan, Romaina Iqbal, Km Venkat Narayan, Mohammed K. Ali, and Shivani Anil Patel
Perspective of patients about the role of technology in the management of Diabetes mellitus for improved health outcomes: A mixed method study, Sarosh Noorallah
The impact of risk factors on aspirin's efficacy for the prevention of preterm birth, Emily E. Nuss, Matthew K. Hoffman, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Manjunath Somannavar, Avinash Kav, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Melissa Bauserman, Saleem Jessani, and Sarah Saleem
Can the date of last menstrual period be trusted in the first trimester? Comparisons of gestational age measures from a prospective cohort study in six low-income to middle-income countries, Archana Patel, Carla M. Bann, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Sowmya R. Rao, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Melissa Bauserman, Lester Figueroa, Nancy F. Krebs, and Sarah Saleem