· ACADEMICIAN: Faculty teaching in different Public Health institutions.
· RESEARCH:
- Research–Designing, supervising and monitoring Public Health Research Projects related to Maternal and Child Health domain, primarily, with particular focus on Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Service delivery (SD) and Health Services Research.
- Teaching skills: Postgraduate and Undergraduate Teaching. (Almost 7.8 years of teaching postgraduate level for Public Health.)
- Postgraduate and Undergraduate Research Supervision
- Research skills: Mix methods (Quantitative and qualitative)
- Implementation Research
- Project Management
- Grant Writing
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Peer reviewer for national and international peer-reviewed journals.
Key speaker in different research conferences.
AFFILIATIONS:
1. Canada Pakistan Research Development Council (CPRDC)-Executive Member
2. "National Maternal and Child Health Registry of Pakistan (NMCHRoP)".
3 "Maternal Health Registry of Pakistan (MHRoP)".
4. “Centre of Maternal and Child Health Research Division (CoMCHR)”.
5. "Health Advocacy Council for Women and Children (HACWC)".
6. Head and Chair of the ethics committee at AEIRC & SZABIST.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
· Child Health Epidemiology,
· Child Mortality & Survival,
· Health Systems Research, and System Strengthening
Social determinants of Health
(Departmental involvement)(01st November 2021-Present) Journal of Independent Studies and Research – Health and Biological Sciences (JISR-HBS) (https://jisrhbs.szabist.edu.pk/home/Editorial_Board) Duties: Assisting senior editors with tasks related to the publication, checking the content, spelling, style, and grammar of submitted work, performing research and fact-checking on topics for the company, assisting with page layouts and publication design tasks, providing guidance to other staff members on writing conventions and style, collaborating with designers, writers, and photographers, performing editing and proofing on submitted articles, updating social media and other online content, filing and archiving submissions, scripts, and writing pieces for the company.
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology University (SZABIST University) in the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Life Sciences (https://szabist.edu.pk/life-sciences/) Duties: Developing Research Collaboration, Research Grant and Funding processes, Trainings, etc.,
Duties: Supervising public health modules (as a Course Director) and teaching on Research Methodology, Epidemiology; Health Policy and Preventive Medicine; Reproductive Health, Health promotion etc. Supervising Undergraduate and Postgraduate (MSPH, MPhil) students on research-based projects. Thesis evaluation and internal examiner for MSPH students research assignments. Developing and conducting problem-based learning sessions (PBL); Developing and conducting interactive small group sessions (SGS); Curriculum development.
“Centre of Maternal and Child Health Research” at AEIRC-Pakistan: Advance Educational Institute of Research Centre (http://aeirc-edu.com/research/) is a non-governmental organization where I am involved as a visiting consultant supervising different research projects. Involvement: Supervising and Monitoring Public Health Research Projects supported by CoMCHR in collaboration with different (local as well as international) Public Health organizations; Management and Supervision of Different Health Care Facilities in Karachi (under the umbrella of CoMCHR); Academic and Research advisor of Public Health Research students; Member of Ethics Committee at AEIRC.
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology University (SZABIST University) in the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Life Sciences (https://szabist.edu.pk/life-sciences/) Duties: Planning course curriculum, offering the course to the faculty members every semester, prepare the course portfolio, recommend adjunct Faculty members for teaching, student academic issues, track student performances and provide references, advising the students and interacting with the parents as needed, ensure appropriate offering of the courses to every student based on the program requirements, participate as a member of Academic Committee and other internal Committees for Department/University.
KARACHI VASA CHILD MORTALITY INQUIRY: Team Lead, Child Survival Study of Karachi.
Role: Team Lead/Lead researcher. Responsibilities: Conceptualization, Inception, Ethics approval Quantitative and Qualitative tools development and validation, Project implementation, Supervision of PDA based data collection, Hiring and training of staff, Quality control, monitoring and evaluation, budgeting and accounts supervision, Report writing etc. Collaborating Organization/s: University of Malaya, AEIRC.
Duties: Supervising public health modules (as a Course Director) and teaching on Research Methodology, Epidemiology; Health Policy and Preventive Medicine; Reproductive Health, Health promotion etc. Supervising Undergraduate and Postgraduate (MSPH, MPhil) students on research-based projects. Thesis evaluation and internal examiner for MSPH students research assignments. Developing and conducting problem-based learning sessions (PBL); Developing and conducting interactive small group sessions (SGS); Curriculum development.
Research Project on “Health Care in Danger” (HCiD) Project, funded by “International Committee of the Red Cross” (ICRC). (http://tinyurl.com/HCID-Karachi-Report).
Project Director HCiD Project. Responsibilities: Ethics Application, Quantitative and Qualitative tools development, Project inception and implementation, Supervision of data collection, Hiring and training of staff, Quality control, monitoring and evaluation and supportive supervision, budgeting, and accounts supervision, etc. Collaborating Organization/s: International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), Jinnah Sindh Medical University. Report: https://tinyurl.com/drbilals-Hcid
Duties: Diagnosing and managing the patients attending outpatients as per protocol of Ministry of Health KSA; As a Technical Director, I was involved in conducting audit reports on disease burden; making policy (in collaboration with M.o.H.) on trainings of health care providers and focusing interventions to reduce disease burden; Direct communication with the local Municipal Corporation and Ministry’s Disease surveillance and communicable disease team for reducing epidemics in Jizan Province.
Duties: Supervising public health modules (as a Course Director) and teaching on Research Methodology, Epidemiology; Health Policy and Preventive Medicine; Reproductive Health, Health promotion etc. Supervising Undergraduate and Postgraduate (MSPH, MPhil) students on research-based projects. Thesis evaluation and internal examiner for MSPH students research assignments. Developing and conducting problem-based learning sessions (PBL); Developing and conducting interactive small group sessions (SGS); Curriculum development.
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital - (with Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta), Karachi (Pakistan) (https://www.aku.edu). Duties: Supervising paediatric clinical and community-based research projects; Supervising Field supervisors; Management of Primary Healthcare Centre Administration; Supervising Data Management Unit; Quality control and quality assurance of field activities.
Duties: Being an employee of National Health Services (NHS), I was involved in management of patients’ confidential clinical data enrolled in Health Care surgeries. Conducting monthly audit report on the disease burden of surgery based on the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF).
Duties: Attending outpatients as well as inpatients; Class-based and bedside teachings to the undergraduate students.
Duties: Attending medical patients in outpatient, ward and emergency departments; Attending medical conferences, group discussions and training workshops.
Duties: As an observer, attending paediatric patients in outpatients, wards, and in emergency departments; Attending medical conferences and group discussions.