Afza Rasul
Lecturer
Department of Statistics
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Qualification
Degree |
Institution |
Years |
Ph.D Statistics |
GC University, Lahore-Pakistan (1-year Research fellowship at MPIDR-Rostock) |
2019- under process |
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M.Phil Statistics |
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan |
2006-09 |
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M.Sc. Statistics |
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan |
2003-05 |
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B.Sc. Mathematics A&B, Statistics |
Govt. College for Women Sheikhupura-Pakistan |
2001-03 |
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Date |
Title |
Organization |
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1st Nov 2010 to date |
Lecturer
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Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan |
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21st December 2022 to 22 November 2023 |
Guest Researcher |
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPDIR), Rostock-Germany |
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23rd April 2009 to 31st Oct 2010 |
Lecturer |
Government Degree College (W) Ferozewala, Sheikhupura |
Honor and Awards
- Achieved LCWU Research Productivity award 2022
- Achieved HEC Faculty Development Scholarship (FDP) for PhD Studies
- Achieved merit scholarship in MSc. Statistics
Graduate Students/ Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students
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Year |
Degree |
Student Name ---Thesis Title |
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2015-17 |
MS |
Amna Shahjhan The Impact of Student Satisfaction, Study Hours, Class Size and School Type on Student’s Result: An Analysis Using Multilevel Linear Modeling |
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2013-15 |
MS |
Sehrish Hussain Structural Equation Modeling to Measure Health Status of Children in Pakistan |
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2015-19 |
BS |
Bisma Asghar Effect of Dietary and Psychological Habits on Weight: A Cross-Sectional Study on Female Students of Lahore |
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2014-18 |
BS |
Faiza Shahid Factors affecting the menstrual cycle of college and university students |
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2011-15 |
BS |
Maira Ahsan Khan Effect of Parental Choice Regarding their Children's Career |
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2010-14 |
BS |
Fayaka Bint-e-Nasir Reading Habits and Reasons for the decline among students of LCWU |
Service Activity
More than 10 years of teaching experience at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels. Courses taught since 2009 are: Basic Statistics at intermediate levels, Applied Statistics, Inferential Statistics, Regression Analysis, Biostatistics, Generalized Linear Models, and Software in Statistics (SPSS and MINITAB) at the Graduate level.
Brief Statement of Research Interest
My research interest is applications of Statistics in medical and demographic data. As I am at a learning stage, I want to gain in-depth knowledge of Regression Analysis, Biostatistics, Statistical Demography, Fertility, and Population studies.
Research Publications
Articles published by refereed journals.
- Afza Rasul, Jamal Abdul Nasir, Domantas Jasilionis, Dmitri A. Jdanov (2025) “Quality of reported ages: A robust re-modification in Total Modified Whipple’s Index”. PLoS One 20(8): e0330519.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330519 - Muhammad Shahid, Iram Amin, Rabia Nawaz, Samia Afzal, Afza Rasul, Muhammad Umer Khan, Fatima Arshad Butt and Muhammad Idrees (2024). A Comparative Analysis of Baseline Variables in Responder and Non-Responder Groups of Chronic Hepatitis C patients. Pakistan J. Zool., 56: 3597-3600.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20230119060159 - Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Idrees, Afza Rasul, Iram Amin, Samia Afzal (2023). “Identification of Predictive Factors in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Non-Infected Individuals: A Comparative Analysis”. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 55(3):1065-1071.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20210805100855 - Afza Rasul, Jamal Abdul Nasir, Sohail Akhtar, Andrew Hinde (2022). “Factors associated with female age at first marriage: An analysis using all waves of the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey”. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0264505. DOI: https://.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264505
- Asifa Kamal, Sadaf Malik, Hafsa Batool, Afza Rasul (2021). “Influence of Individual and Community-Level Associates of Contraceptive Use in Pakistan: A Multi-Level Mixed Effect Analysis (PDHS 2017-18)”. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 9(3) 764-775.
DOI: https://.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2021.9375 - Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Idrees, Azeem Mehmood Butt, Syed Mohsin Raza, Iram Amin, Afza Rasul, Samia Afzal (2020). “Blood-based gene expression profile of oxidative stress and antioxidant genes for identifying surrogate markers of liver tissue injury in chronic hepatitis C patients”. Archives of virology, 165(4) 809-822.
- Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Idrees, Azeem M Butt, Syed M Raza, Iram Amin, Afza Rasul, Samia Afzal, Sadia Zahid, Rabia Nawaz (2019) “Hepatitis C and G virus coinfection in Punjab, Pakistan: incidence and its correlation analysis with clinical data” European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 31(3) 389-392.
- Iram Amin, Shagufta Naz, Muhammad Shahid, Samia Afzal, Usman Ashraf, Asif Rasheed, Afza Rasul, Rabia Nawaz, Sadia Zahid, Iqra Almas, Khadija Zahid, Farkhanda Manzoor, Muhammad Idrees (2016). Inhibitory Effects of Thiazolide Compounds against Hepatitis C virus: in vitro Study. International Journal of Virology and Molecular Biology.6, 5(2): 27-33.
- Shahid M, Butt A, Amin I, Afza Rasul, Idrees M (2015) Gene expression profiling of human oxidative stress and antioxidant genes in patients with hepatitis C virus-induced liver fibrosis. J. Viral Hepat.: 22.
- Shahid, M., Idrees, M., Nasir, B., Raja, A.J., Raza, S.M., Amin, I., Afza Rasul, Tayyab, G U. (2014) “Correlation of biochemical markers and HCV RNA titers with fibrosis stages and grades in chronic HCV-3a patients” European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology. Volume 26(7), 788-794.
Papers Published as Working Papers.
- Rasul, A., Nasir, J. A., Jdanov, D. A. (2024). “New adjustment procedure for distortion in age distribution” MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-001. https://doi.org/10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2024-001.
- Rasul, A., Nasir, J. A., Jasilionis, D., Jdanov, D. A. (2023). “Quality of reported ages: a robust re-modification in total modified Whipple’s index. MPIDR Working Paper WP 2023-043. https://doi.org/10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2023-043
- Rasul, A. and Nasir, J. A. (2022, March 17-19). Pattern and Differentials of Male Age at First Marriage in Pakistan. [Paper Presentation]. 19th International Conference on Statistical Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad-Pakistan
- Rasul, A. and Nasir, J. A. (2022, March 9-10). Modeling Waiting Time to the First Conception of Women in Pakistan. [Paper Presentation] Second International Conference on Statistical Sciences Government College University, Lahore-Pakistan.
- Rasul, A. and Nasir, J. A. (2019, December 21-24). Pattern and Differentials of Age at First Marriage in Baluchistan-Pakistan. [Paper Presentation]. The 15th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-15), Conference Theme: Statistics for Social Justice with Healthy Living, at Lahore Institute of Science & Technology ad, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan
- Rasul, A., and Chand, S. “Statistical study of risk factors of smoking among students of the University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan” (2006) First International Conference on Statistics and Operations Research Proceedings Vol: 1 pp:286-290 (Conference Publications)