Name
Prof. Dr. Saeed Khan
Designation
Professor / Program Director: Provincial Public Health Reference Lab / Sindh Consultant & Section Head: Molecular Pathology / Chairperson: Institutional Biosafety Committee / Chairman Committee of Disposal of Assets
saeed.khan@duhs.edu.pk
Office
Molecular Pathology Lab, Serobiology Building, 1st floor, DDRRL, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha campus
Qualifications
- PhD
- Postdoc (USA)
Research
Microbiology, Virology, Infectious disease, Genetics, Pathology, Molecular Biology, Immunology
- ResearchGate/ORCID link
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0910-4095
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saeed-Khan-6
- List of Selected Research Publications (with DOI citation)
International Publications
| Authors | Title | Journal | Year | Impact Factor | DOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Noor Ul Huda, Muhammad Sohail, Zulfiqar Ali Mirani, Qurat Ul Ain Hyder, Saeed Khan | Source tracking of extensively drug resistant Salmonella Typhi in food and raw vegetables using molecular approaches | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries | 2024 | 2.512 | doi:10.3855/jidc.18289 |
| | Bilal A Khan, Saif Ullah, Saeed Khan, | The impact of novel E1:M407I mutation on replicative fitness of the Chikungunya virus ECSA-IOL strain during infection of mammalian and mosquito cells | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 2023 | 4.2 | doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.706 |
| | Aasiya Bano, Saida Abrar, Elisa Brilli, Germano Tarantino, Ali Akbar Bugti, Marco Fabbrini, Gabriele Conti, Silvia Turroni, Mahroo Bugti, Fauzia Afridi, Shah Mureed, Hakeem Zada, Ikram Din Ujjan, Saadia Ashraf, Aamir Ghafoor, Saeed Khan and Amjad Khan | A comparative absorption study of sucrosomial® orodispersible vitamin D3 supplementation vs. a reference chewable tablet and soft gel capsule vitamin D3 in improving circulatory 25(OH)D levels in healthy adults with vitamin D deficiency—Results from a prospective randomized clinical trial | Frontiers in Nutrition | 2023 | 6.59 | 10.3389/fnut.2023.1221685 |
| | Sofia Ali Syed,Muhammad Asif Qureshi,Saeed Khan,Rajesh Kumar,Iqbal A. Muhammad Khyani,Bilal Ahmed Khan andJawad Safdar | Differential Regulation of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Human and Murine Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2023 | 6.208 | 10.3390/ijms24021627 |
| | Ikram Din Ujjan, Saeed Khan, Roohi Nigar, Hammad Ahmed, Sagheer Ahmad and Amjad Khan | The possible therapeutic role of curcumin and quercetin in the early-stage of COVID-19—Results from a pragmatic randomized clinical trial | Frontiers in Nutrition | 2023 | 6.01 | 10.3389/fnut.2022.1023997 |
| | Irfan A. Khan ,Ishrat I. Ali ,Saeed Khan, Sagheer Ahmed | Analytical Validation of TaqMan™ Assays on the OpenArray™ Platform Using Applied Biosystems QuantStudio™ 12K Flex for the Rapid Identification of Nail Microbiota | Advanced Gut & Microbiome Research | 2022 | 0 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5143833 |
| | Shaheen Ahmed, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Uzma Bukhari, Mehak Anis & Muhammad Nouman Mughal | Expressional variations of Kaiso: an association with pathological characteristics and field cancerization of OSCC | BMC Cancer | 2022 | 4.4 | doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-10014-7. |
| | M.Z. Haroon, U. Farooq, S. Ashraf, S. Zeb, S.Y. Gillani , S. Malik, R. Ali, R. Irshad, Z. Mehmood, Y. Abbas, A. Masood, A. Ghafoor, A.T. Khalil , H. Asif , Saeed Khan, I.D. Ujjan , R. Niga, S. | Colchicine anti-inflammatory therapy for non-intensive care unit hospitalized COVID-19 patients: results from a pilot open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial | Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology | 2022 | 2.273 | doi: 10.26402/jpp.2022.3.09. |
| | Sidrah Asgha, Ayaz Ahmed, Saeed Khan, Amanullah Lail, Muhammad Shakeel | Genomic characterization of lytic bacteriophages A¥L and A¥M infecting ESBL K. pneumoniae and its therapeutic potential on biofilm dispersal and in-vivo bacterial clearance | Microbiological Research | 2022 | 5.415 | DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127104 |
| | Sofia Ali Syed, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Saeed Khan, Rajesh Kumar, Yusra Shafique, Bilal Ahmed Khan, Jawad Safdar | Development of a murine model of oral carcinogenesis: an accelerated tool for biomarker and anti-tumor drug discovery | Ecancer medical science | 2022 | 2.078 | doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1413. eCollection 2022 |
| | Yamina Usmani, Ayaz Ahmed, Shaheen Faizi, Muhammad Ali Versiani, Shumaila Shamshad, Saeed Khan, Shabana U Simjee. | Antimicrobial and biofilm inhibiting potential of an amide derivative [N-(2', 4'-dinitrophenyl)-3β-hydroxyurs-12-en-28-carbonamide] of ursolic acid by modulating membrane potential and quorum sensing against colistin resistant Acinetobacter baumannii | Microbial Pathogenesis | 2021 | 3.79 | doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104997 |
| | Fakhur Uddin, Syed Hadi Imam, Saeed Khan, Taseer Ahmed Khan, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Muhammad Sohail, Ashraf Y Elnaggar, Ahmed M Fallatah, Zeinhom M El-Bahy | NDM Production as a Dominant Feature in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from a Tertiary Care Hospital | Antibiotics | 2021 | 4.639 | doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11010048 |
| | Sagheer Ahmed , Saeed Khan , Imran Imran, Fadwa Al Mughairbi, Fahad Sultan Sheikh, Javid Hussain, Ajmal Khan, and Ahmed Al-Harrasi | Vaccine Development against COVID-19: Study from Pre-Clinical Phases to Clinical Trials and Global Use | Vaccines | 2021 | 3.641 | doi: 10.3390/vaccines9080836 |
| | Francesco Di Pierro, Somia Iqtadar, Amjad Khan, Sami Ullah Mumtaz, Mohsin Masud Chaudhry Snr, Alexander Bertuccioli, Giuseppe Derosa, Pamela Maffioli, Stefano Togni, Antonella Riva, Pietro Allegrini and Saeed Khan | Potential Clinical Benefits of Quercetin in the Early Stage of COVID-19: Results of a Pilot, Randomized, Controlled and Open-Label Clinical Trial | International Journal of General Medicine | 2021 | 2.445 | doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S318949 |
| Francesco Di Pierro, Giuseppe Derosa, Pamela Maffioli, Alexander Bertuccioli, Stefano Togni, Antonella Riva, Pietro Allegrini, Amjad Khan,Saeed Khan, Bilal Ahmad Khan,Naireen Altaf, Maria Zahid,Ikram Din Ujjan, Roohi Nigar, Mehwish Imam Khushk, Maryam Phulpoto, Amanullah Lail, Bikha Ram Devrajani, Sagheer Ahmed | Possible therapeutic effects of adjuvant quercetin supplementation against early stage COVID-19 infection: A prospective, randomized, controlled, and open-label study | International Journal of General Medicine | 2021 | 2.445 | doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S318720 | |
| | Mehwish Sajjad, Syed Ali, Samina Baig, Shaheen Sharafat, Bilal Ahmed Khan, Saeed Khan, Nouman Mughal, Syed Hani Abidi | HBV S antigen evolution in the backdrop of HDV infection affects epitope processing and presentation | Journal of Medical Virology | 2021 | 20.69 | doi: 10.1002/jmv.26711 |
| | Fakhur Uddin, Muhammad Sohail, , Qurban Hussain Shaikh, Sagheer Ahmed, Saeed Khan, Kerry Roulston, Timothy McHugh | PCR and microarray analysis of AmpC and ESBLs producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from intensive care units | Gene Reports | 2021 | 1.51 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101178 |
| | Sagheer Ahmed, Sidrah Tariq Khan, Muhammad Kazim Zargaham, Arif Ullah Khan, Saeed Khan, Abrar Hussain, Jalal Uddin, Ajmal Khan, Ahmed Al-Harrasi. | Potential Therapeutic Natural Products against Alzheimer's disease with Reference to Acetylcholinesterase | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy | 2021 | 7.419 | doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111609 |
| | Sagheer Ahmed , Saeed Khan , Kholood Janjua, Imran Imran, Arif Ullah Khan | Allelic and genotype frequencies of major CYP2B6 polymorphisms in the Pakistani population | Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine | 2021 | 15.27 | doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1527 |
| Francesco Di Pierro, Amjad Khan, Alexander Bertuccioli, Pamela Maffioli, Giuseppe Derosa, Saeed Khan, Bilal A Khan, Roohi Nigar, Ikram Ujjan, Bikha R Devrajani | Quercetin Phytosome® as a potential candidate for managing COVID-19 | Minerva Gastroenterology | 2020 | 3.186 | doi: 10.23736/S2724-5985.20.02771-3 | |
| | Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Sohaib Tauheed, Sofia Ali Syed, Ikram Din Ujjan, Amanullah Lail, Shaheen Sharafat1 | Pan-Cancer Multiomics Analysis of TC2N Gene Suggests its Important Role(s) in Tumorigenesis of Many Cancers | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention | 2020 | 2.514 | doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.11.3199 |
| | Ali Zohaib, Jingyuan Zhang, Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Ammar Athar, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Jing Chen, Awais-Ur-Rahman Sial, M Haleem Tayyab, Murrafa Batool, Saeed Khan, Yun Luo, Cecilia Waruhiu, Zeeshan Taj, Zulfiqar Hayder, Riaz Ahmed, Abu Bakr Siddique, Xinglou Yang, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Ikram Uddin Ujjan, Amanullah Lail, Iahtasham Khan, Sajjad-Ur-Rahman; Tao Zhang, Fei Deng, Zhengli Shi, Shu Shen | Serologic Evidence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Related Viruses in Pakistan | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 2020 | 16.16 | doi: 10.3201/eid2607.190611 |
| | Sagheer Ahmed, Nadeem Altaf, Mahnoor Ejaz, Aisha Altaf, Aneela Amin, Kholood Janjua, Arif Ullah Khan, Imran Imran & Saeed Khan | Variations in the frequencies of polymorphisms in the CYP2C9 gene in six major ethnicities of Pakistan | Nature Scientific Report | 2020 | 4.996 | doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76366-x. |
| Syeda Uzma Naqvi, Saeed Khan, Ayaz Ahmed, Amanullah Lail, Saima Gul, Sagheer Ahmed | Prevalence of EBV, CMV, and HPV in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients in the Pakistani population | Journal of Medical Virology | 2020 | 20.69 | doi: 10.1002/jmv.25791 | |
| | Samreen Sarwar, Sadaf Ilyas, Bilal Ahmed Khan, Danielle C. Lohman, Saleha Haffez, Madiha Rafique, Faizan Rashid, Junaid Akhtar, Saeed Khan, and Aurora O. Amoah | Awareness and Attitudes of Research Students Toward Dual-use Research of Concern in Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Questionnaire. | Health Security | 2019 | 3.074 | doi: 10.1089/hs.2019.0002 |
| Ali Zohaib, Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Ammar Athar, Jing Chen, Awais-ur-Rahman Sial, Saeed Khan, Zeeshan Taj Halima Sadia, Usman Tahir, Muhammad Haleem Tayyab, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, et.al | Countrywide Survey for MERS-Coronavirus Antibodies in Dromedaries and Humans in Pakistan | Virologic Sinica | 2018 | 1.033 | doi: 10.1007/s12250-018-0051-0 | |
| | Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Tehseen Nawaz , Zulfiqar Ali Mirani , Saeed Khan, Yasir Raza, Shahana Urooj Kazmi | Study of class 1 integrons in multidrug-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from different hospitals in Karachi | Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences | 2018 | 2.532 | DOI: 10.22038/IJBMS.2018.28807.6966 |
| | Samina Baig, Syed H. Abidi, Zahid Azam, Shahid Majid, Saeed Khan, Muhammad R. Khanani, Syed Ali | Evolution of HBV S-gene in the backdrop of HDV co-infection | Journal of Medical virology | 2018 | 20.69 | doi: 10.1002/jmv.26711 |
| | Saeed Khan, Maria Zahid, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Noman Mughal, ikram Din Ujjan | HIV-1 genetic Diversity, geographic linkages and antiretroviral drug resistance among individuals from Pakistan | Archives of Virology | 2018 | 2.574 | doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3564-1 |
| | Sobia N Shaukat , Saeed Khan , Afheen Raza, Rafiq Khanani, Azra Ghayaz, Shahana U Kazmi | Prognostic markers in HIV mono-and co-infected patients- A Multicenter study from Pakistan | Journal of Infection and Public Health | 2017 | 7.19 | doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.07.027 |
| | Bushra Sikandar; Muhammad Asif Qureshi; Saima Naseem; Saeed Khan; Talat Mirza | Increased Tumour Infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T-Lymphocytes in Patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer Suggests Susceptibility to Immune Therapy | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention | 2017 | 2.514 | doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.7.1827 |
| | Yasir Raza, Adnan Khan, Asif Iqbal Khan, Saeed Khan, Shakeel Akhter,Muhammad Mubarak, Ayaz Ahmed, Shahana, Urooj Kazmi | Combination of Interleukin 1 Polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori Infection: an Increased Risk of Gastric Cancer in Pakistani Population | Pathology & Oncology | 2017 | 3.201 | doi: 10.1007/s12253-017-0191-9 |
| | Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Talat Mirza, Saeed Khan, Bushra Sikandar , Maria Zahid , Marium Aftab, Sehrish Mohsin , Shaheen Sharafat , Lubna Avesi, Saba Hassan | Cancer patterns in Karachi (all districts), Pakistan: First results (2010–2015) from a Pathology based cancer registry of the largest government-run diagnostic and reference center of Karachi | Cancer Epidemiology | 2016 | 2.984 | doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.08.011 |
| | Yi Mou, Muhammad Ammar Athar, Yuzhen Wu, Ye Xu, Jianhua Wu, Zhenxing Xu, Zulfiqar Hayder, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Israr Nasir, Yiqun Liao, Qingge Lia | Detection of Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Drug Resistance Mutations Based on Multicolor Melting Curve Analysis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2016 | 11.68 | doi: 10.1128/JCM.00439-16 |
| | Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Saeed Khan, Ikram Uddin Ujjan, Asif Iqbal, Ramsha Khan, Bilal Ahmed Khan. | Quantitative Analyses of Esophageal Cancer Research in Pakistan | Asian Pasific Journal of Cancer Prevention | 2016 | 2.514 | 2016;17(7):3117-22 |
| | Aziz Aliya, Nawaz FH, Rizvi JH, Naru TY, Saeed Khan and Syed Ali | HPV Adjunct Testing to VIA as an Alternative to Cytology for Cervical Cancer Screening in Pakistan | Gynecology & Obstetrics | 2015 | 4.982 | DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932.1000295 |
| | Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Saeed Khan, Maria Zahid and Zain Ali | HIV/AIDS Registration In Pakistan: Meaningful Actions Needed On Urgent Basis | The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2015 | 71·421 | doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00024-9 |
| | Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Talat Mirza, Saeed Khan and Bushra Sikandar | Cancer registration in Pakistan: A dilemma that needs to be resolved | International Journal of Cancer | 2014 | 7.396 | doi: 10.1002/ijc.2925 |
| | Yasir Raza ,Adnan Khan, Amber Farooqui, Muhammad Mubarak. Alex Facista, Syed Shakeel Akhtar, Saeed Khan | Oxidative DNA Damage as a Potential Early Biomarker of Helicobacter pylori Associated Carcinogenesis | Pathology & Oncology | 2014 | 3.201 | doi: 10.1007/s12253-014-9762-1 |
| | Mohammad R. Khanani, Amna Ansari, Saeed Khan, Mehreen Somani, Shahana U. Kazmi, Syed H. Ali | Concentrated epidemics of HIV, HCV, and HBV among Afghan refugees | Journal of Infection | 2010 | 38.637 | doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.08.009 |
| | Mohammad R. Khanani, Amna Ansari, Saeed Khan, Mehreen Somani, Shahana U. Kazmi, Syed H. Ali | Prevalence of single, double and triple infection of HIV, HCV and HBV co-infection among HIV- positive MSM in Pakistan | Journal of Infection | 2010 | 38.637 | doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.09.035 |
| | Mohammad A. Rai, VR. Nerurkar, Saeed Khan, Mohammad R. Khanani, Yanagihara and Syed H.Ali | Evidence for founder effect among HIV-1 infected injection drug users in Karachi, Pakistan | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2010 | 3.714 | doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-7 |
| | Adnan Ali, Sohail Awan, Shehzad Gghaffar, Ifthikar Salahuddin, Saeed Khan, Vikram Mehraj and Shahid Pervez. | Human papillomavirus infection in oral squamous Cell carcinomas: correlation with histological variables and survival outcome in a high risk population | Surgery | 2008 | 3.356 | doi: 10.1067/mhn.2001.116979 |
| | Suhail Khoja, Peter Ojwang, Saeed Khan, Nancy Okinda, Reena Harania and Syed Ali | Genetic Analysis of HIV-1 Subtypes in Nairobi, Kenya | PLoS ONE. | 2008 | 3.752 | doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003191 |
| | Alefiyah Rajabali, Saeed Khan, Haider J. Warraich, Mohammad R. Khanani and Syed H. Ali. | HIV and Homosexuality in Pakistan | Lancet Infectious Diseases. | 2008 | 71·421 | DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70183-X |
| | Saeed Khan Mohammad A. Rai, Adnan Khan, Amber Farooqui, Shahana U. Kazmi and Syed H.Ali. | Prevalence of HCV and HIV in Earthquake 2005 Affected Northern Areas of Pakistan. | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2008 | 3.714 | doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-147 |
| | Saeed Khan, Nadeem N. Jaffer, Mohammad Nasherwan Khan, Mohammad A. rai, Majid Shafiq, Adnan Ali, Shahid Pervez, Nusrat Khan, Aliya Aziz and Ayed H. Ali | Human papillomavirus subtype 16 is common in Pakistani women with cervical carcinoma | International Journal of Infectious Diseases. | 2007 | 7.759 | doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.06.007 |
| | Saeed Khan, Mohammad A. Rai, Mohammad R. Khanani, Mohammad N. Khan and Syed H. Ali. | HIV-1 subtype A infection in a community of intravenous drug users in Pakistan. | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2006, | 3.714 | doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237560 |
| | Mohammad A. Rai, Muhammad N. Khan, Saeed Khan, Mohammad R. Khanani and Syed H. Ali. | Pakistan/India open borders . . . to HIV! | AIDS | 2006 | 4.632 | doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000210624.98577.b6 |
| National Publications |
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| Sahar Iqbal, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, Bilal Ahmed Khan, Sidra Zaheer, Hafsa Faruqui and Abdul Wahid Rajput | Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients During the Delta-Omicron Wave with Risk Assessment of Adverse Outcomes | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan | 2023 | 1.022 | doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2023.03.297. | |
| | Maria Zahid, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Yasir Raza | Subgenomic sequence analysis reveals emergence of new circulating recombinant forms of HIV-1 in Pakistan | Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences | 2022 | 2.34 | doi: 10.12669/pjms.38.7.5591 |
| | Yusra Shafique, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Saeed Khan, Talat Mirza | Differential Immune Landscape of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Suggests Potential role of Macrophages in Hepatocarcinogenesis | Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences | 2021 | 2.34 | doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.3.2973 |
| | Bilal Ahmed Khan, Saifullah, Amanullh lail, Saeed Khan | Sub-genomic analysis of Chikungunya virus E2 mutations in Pakistani isolates potentially modulating B-cell & T-Cell immune response | Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences | 2020 | 2.34 | doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.1.3236 |
| | Bushra Sikandar, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Talat Mirza, Saeed Khan, Lubna Avesi | Differential immune cell densities in ductal carcinoma In-Situ and invasive breast cancer: Possible role of leukocytes in early stages of carcinogenesis | Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences | 2015 | 2.34 | doi: 10.12669/pjms.312.6481 |
| | Talat Roome and Saeed Khan | Communicable Infections in Pakistan: A Battle to Confront | Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences | 2015 | 0.13
| https://jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1447 |
| | Faraz Ahmed Baig, Talat Mirza, Rafiq Khanani and Saeed Khan | Detection of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus in Prostate Biopsy Samples | Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons | 2014 | 0.711
| 2014 Sep;24(9):636-9. |
| | Saeed Khan, Fatin Zehra, Noorulaine Maqsood, Maria Zahid, Bilal Ahmed | Biosafety Practices in Different Clinical Laboratories in Karachi, Pakistan | Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences | 2014 | 0.13
| https://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/14 |
- Previous/Current Research Funding (Including VCSFI funding)
- Title of the Grant
- Funding Agency
- Start and End Date (Years only)
- Total Funding
RESEARCH GRANTS
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| Tittle | Grant Authority | Grant Amount | Year |
| | To investigate bridging of HIV transmission between the high-risk groups and general population in Pakistan and to study the drug resistance pattern. | Funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) | 500000/- Rs. | 2012 |
| | Identification of Different Mutations in Globin Gene Responsible For Thalassemia By Using PCR And Sequencing | Funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) | 4661879/- Rs. | 2017 |
| | Association of hTERT Expression and Promoter Mutation in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer in Pakistan | Funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) | 2550315/- Rs. | 2019 |
| | Characterization and modulation of innate lymphoid cells in breast carcinoma. | Funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) | 4661879/- Rs | 2017 |
| | Identification of biomarkers for the diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome | Funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) | 8,718,460/- Rs | 2019 |
| | Investigating role of Kasio target proteins expression in the field cancerization and tumor progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) | (VCSFI) DUHS | 250,000/- Rs | 2019 |
| | Association of polymorphism in cytochrome P450 3A4 and deoxycytidine kinase gene in the adverse effect by cytarabine in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic/ myeloid leukemia | (VCSFI) DUHS | 250,000/- Rs | 2019 |
| | Association of SARS-COV-2 and its variants with the disease outcome and laboratory parameters among hospitalized patients. | (VCSFI) DUHS | 250000/- Rs | 2021 |
| | Subgenomic Mutation Analysis of Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein | (VCSFI) DUHS | 250000/- Rs | 2021 |
| | Ambassador Project Fund 2021 | American Society for Microbiology, USA | US $200 | 2021 |
| | Ambassador Project Fund 2022 | American Society for Microbiology, USA | US $1000 | 2022 |
| | Genomic predictor of oral squamous cell carcinoma OSCC metastasis and malignant transformation in oral submucous fibrosis OSF; Expression of PLOD2 gene and miRNA 26a and 26b | National Institute of Health (NIH), Health Research Institute (HRI) | 1698600/- Rs | 2022 |
| | Fecal Microbiota Profiling and Molecular Biomarker for Colorectal cancer screening at early stage: A Way Towards the Non-Invasive, Cost-Effective, and Accurate CRC Screening Assay for local Patients | Local Challenge Fund – (LCF –HEDP) | 21,206,000/- Rs | 2022 |
| | Source tracking of XDR Salmonella Typhi in Karachi and development of diagnostic method for its detection using Molecular Approaches | National Institute of Health (NIH), Health Research Institute (HRI) | 1623000/- Rs | 2022 |
| | Ambassador Project Fund 2023 | American Society for Microbiology, USA | US $1000 | 2023 |
| | Molecular Investigation of Increasing Trend of HIV and its drug resistance in Sindh for Better Management and Treatment | VCSFI (DUHS) | 1,500,000/-Rs | 2023 |
