Prof. Dr. Saima Sharif
Professor
Department of Zoology
LCWU
- Profile
- Research Publications
Experience
- Professor Since 30-12-2020
- Tenured Associate Professor: 11-11-2016 to 29-12-2020
- Assistant Professor (TTS): 02-08-2010 to 10-11-2016Department of ZoologyLahore College for Women university, Lahore
Honor and Awards
- HEC-Indigenous Ph.D. scholarship.
- HEC Approved Supervisor.
- Awarded HEC travel grant to present paper in Brisbane, Australia and London, UK.
Memberships
Life fellow Zoological Society of PakistanMember BOS, Department of Zoology, LCWU
Member TTS standing Committee of LCWU
Member Departmental Tenure Track Review Committee of Zoology Department
Member Doctor committee of Zoology Department
Membership for promotion of Science and technology (SPST)
Membership of International Society of Zoological Sciences
Member Departmental Purchase Committee
Member BS Admission committee
Member Convocation Procession committee
Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students
Years Degree Name
2019 BS Shabina Waris
2019 BS Shama Farmish
2019 BS Nimra
2019 BS Amina
2019 BS Farah Khan
2019 BS Qurat- ul-ain
2018 BS Nida Ghaffar
2018 BS Durr-e-Nayab
2018 BS Aqsa Yasin
2018 BS Fizza Tanveer
2018 BS Khadija Khan
2018 BS Maria Haroon
2018 M.Sc Zonia Gull
2018 M.Sc Amina Ibad
2018 M.Sc. Fazila Jahangir
2018 M.Sc Sobia Irshad
2017 M.Sc Maria Ilyas
2017 M.Sc Ayesha Noor
2017 M.Sc Hira Fatima
2017 BS Kash- ul-Farasat
2017 BS Maria Amjad
2016 BS Zahra Jamil
2016 BS Rida Iram
2016 BS Rida Shahid
2015 BS Amina Saleem
2015 BS Misbah Manzoor
2014 BS Mehwish Tanveer
2014 BS Hafiza Mariya Faiz
2014 BS Ayesha Aslam
2013 BS Raheela Tabasum
2013 BS Saba Ghaffar
2012 BS Naureen Anwar
2012 BS Sidra Islam
2011 BS Ammara Umar
2011 BS Hamna Shoaib
2011 BS Wasqa Ijaz
2018 MS Zahra Jamil
2018 MS Rida Shahid
2018 MS Sadia Ashraf
2018 MS Iram Bokhari
2017 MS Misbah Manzoor
2017 MS Rabia Abbas
2017 MS Amina Saleem
2016 MS Shadab Izhrar
2016 MS Maha Maqsood
2015 MS Saira David
2015 MS Qura tul Ain
2014 MS Naureen Anwar
2014 MS Samia Pervaiz
2014 MS Sadaf Bashir
2014 MS Ayesha Jamil
2012 MS Muneeza Zafar
2011 MS Nargis Fatima
2018 onward Ph.D Saira Rafaqat
2018 onward Ph.D Faiza Yasir
2016 onward PhD Maha Maqsood
Service Activity
Currently serving as Tenured Associate Professor at Department of Zoology, LCWU, engaged in teaching and Research activities at graduate and post graduate level
Brief Statement of Research Interest
Molecular Physiology/ clinical Endocrinology and biomedical Sciences
Publications
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Cheema, A.M., Bashir, T., Sharif, S. and Roohi, N. 2005. Status of thyroid hormones during menstrual cycle. Pak. J. Sci. Res., 57 (1-2): 1-5. HEC Recognized.
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Malik, k., Munir, F., Khansa, Fakhar-un-Nisa, Naz.S. Sharif, S. Rashid.F and Awan.K., 2012. Biotoxicity assay of Bacillus thuringinesis against Tribolium castaneum. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 6(18), pp3980- 3983. I.F 0.5
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Malik,K. Lone.K.P, Khansa, Rashid,F., Fakhar-un-Nisa, Naz S. Sharif, S. Awan.K., 2012. Effect of feeding rapeseed meal on the liver weight and hepto-somatic index (HIS) content of liver of Japanese Quail. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 6(9), pp1918 -1923. I.F 0.5
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Saima Sharif, A.M. Cheema. M.N. Khan, 2012. Anthropometric correlates of blood pressure in hypertensive subjects in Lahore, Pakistan. South East Asian journal of public health. 2(2): 22-27. International and Indexed
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Saima Sharif, N. Fatima, T. Farasat and A. A Latif. 2012, Effect of Nicotine on Reproductive Hormones in Adult Male Mice (Mus musculus). Journal of Vetianary and Animal Science.,. 2: 83-88. ISSN 2072-820. Indexed , HEC Recognized
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Saima Sharif, Abdul Majeed Cheema., Muhammad Naeem Khan, 2012. Significant high lipid profile in prehypertensive subjects as compare to stage 1 and stage 2 hypertensive subjects. Medical Forum Monthly. 23 (12) 37- 41. Indexed , HEC Recognized
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Farzana Rashid, Nadia Sharif, Ijaz Ali, Shagufta Naz, Saima Sharif and Fakhar - un – Nisa. 2013. Antimicrobial potential of Lactococcus lactis bacteriocin against Salmonella typhi. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 7(6). 436- 439. I.F 0.5
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Saima Sharif, Tasnim Farasat, Hamna Shoaib, Muhammad Saqib and Sabiha Fazal, 2013. Vitamin D levels among Pregnant and Lactating Women. Journal of the College of physician and Surgeons Pakistan. 23 (12): 862-865. I.F = 0.301.
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Shagufta Naz, Absara Hameed, Saima Sharif, Samina Kosar, Farzana Rashid, Amber Shehzadi, Tasnim Farasat and Sabiha Fazal. 2013. Blindness and Visual Impairment in Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Pakistani Eye Hospital-Based Study. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 45(4), pp. 1147-1150. I.F= 0.309
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Saima Sharif, Naureen Anwar, Tasnim Farasat, Shagufta Naz. 2014. ABO blood group frequency in Ischemic heart disease patients in Pakistani population. Pak J Med Sci. 30 No. 3. I.F = 0.231
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Saima Sharif, Tasnim Farasat, Nargis Fatima, Ayesha Farooq, Shagufta Naz, 2014. Effect of Nicotine on Hematology, lipid profile and liver enzymes in adult Male mice (Mus musculus). Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 2(4): 222-225. GIF: 0.547
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Tasnim Farasat, Saima Sharif, Shagufta Naz, Sabiha Fazal, 2015. Significant association of serum creatinine with HbA1C in impaired glucose tolerant Pakistani subjects. Pak J Med Sci 2015 Vol. 31 No. 4 pp 991-994. I.F = 0.231 ISSN 1681-715X
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Mehwish Iqtedar, Uzma Sarwar, Roheena Abdullah ,Afshan Kaleem, Mahwish Aftab, Shagufta Naz, Fakhar-un Nisa, Saima Sharif, Saima Aftab and Shagufta Naz., 2015 . Increasing Shelf Life of Pakistani Peaches Using Gamma Irradiation to Overcome Quarantine Barriers in Fruit Exports From Pakistan. JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, May 2015. Vol. 9(Spl. Edn. 1), p. 313-318. I. F: 0.073
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Shagufta Naz, Saima Sharif, Hafsa Badar, Farzana Rashid, Afshan Kaleem, Mehwish Iqtedar. Incidence of environmental and genetic factors causing congenital cataract in Children of Lahore., 2016. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 66 (7): 819- 822. I.F = 0.488.
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Tasnim Farasat, Saima Sharif, Sadaf Farasat, Farkhanda Manzoor and Zubia Bilal. Interleukin- 6 Is Significantly Associated With Body Mass Index And Insulin Resistance In Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Subjects. Journal of Innovative Sciences, 2015;1 (2); 54-62, ISSN: 2411-2240
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Muhammad Yousaf Rajpoot, Farkhanda Manzoor, Saima Sharif, Muhammad Anwar Choudhary and Saleem M. Rana. Dog Bite: A Public Health Problem, Magnitude and Determinants In Hassan Abdal, Dist. Attock. Journal of Innovative Sciences, 2016;2 (2);41-48 , ISSN: 2411-2240
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Muhammad Anwar, Abdul Majeed, Rana Muhammad Saleem, Farkhanda Manzoor, Saima Sharif. 2016 Assessment of infection control practices in teaching hospitals of Quetta. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 66 (8): 947 - 951. I.F = 0.488
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Tasnim Farasat, Saima Sharif, Sadia Tobsuum, Farkhanda Manzoor, Shagufta Naz, 2017, Relationship of Serum C-Reative protein with Indices of Metabolic Syndrome among type 2 diabetic Pakistani Subjects. Diabetes and Obesity International Journal. Vol: 2(1). 000146. ISSN: 2574-7770
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Tasnim Farasat, Saima Sharif, Farkhanda Manzoor, Muneeza Zafar and Shagufta Naz. 2017. Prevalence of retinopathy Detected by fundoscopy among newly diagnosed type 2 Diabetic Patients visiting a local hospital in Lahore. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 49(1), 345-349. F: 0.478. ISSN: 0030-9923
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Saima Sharif, Shagufta Naz, Rida Iram, Farkhanda Manzoor, Tasnim Farasat & Muhammad Saqib. 2017. Prevalence of Anaemia in Children of Rural Areas of Punjab. Biologia. 63 (2), 211-215. ISSN: 0006-3096
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Saima Sharif, Tasnim Farasat, Saira Rafaqat, Shagufta Naz, Farkhanda Manzoor, Muhammad Saqib. 2017. Association patterns of Atrial Fibrillation with symptoms of metabolic syndrome. Advancement in life Sciences. ISSN: 2310-5380.
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Saima Sharif, Muhammad Saqib, Shagufta Naz, Misbah Manzoor, Afshan Kaleem, Mehwish Iqtedar. 2018. Relationship of IGF-1 and CKMB in Ischemic heart disease subjects. Endocrinol Metab Int J. 2018;6(5):331‒334. International and Indexed
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Saima Sharif, Shagufta Naz, Zahra Jamil and Tasnim Farasat. 2018, Prevalence of ABO blood group in diabetic nephropathy in population of Punjab-Pakistan., Pure Appl. Biol., 7(2): 1021-1025. ISSN: 2304-2478
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Sadia Iftikhar, Mehwish Iqtedar, Mohammad Saeed Akhtar, Roheena Abdullah, Afshan Kaleem, Ayesha Aihetasham, Asma Chaudhry, Shagufta Naz, and Saima Sharif. 2018. Bacillus mojavensis BTCB15-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles with Mosquito Larvicidal Activity Against Vector-Borne Diseases. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 10, 943–949. I.F= 1.07 1941-4900 (Print); EISSN: 1941-4919 (Online)
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Shaguta Naz, Saima Sharif, Haiba Kaul, Afshan Kaleem, Amina Tehseen. 2018, Prevalence of stromal corneal dystrophies in Lahore. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 68 (4). 663-665 I.F = 0.606 ISSN: 0030-9982.
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Asma Shahzad , Hamid Saeed, Mehwish Iqtedar , Syed Zajif Hussain, Afshan Kaleem, Roheena Abdullah, Saima Sharif, Shagufta Naz, Faiza Saleem, Ayesha Aihetasham, and Asma Chaudhary . Size-Controlled Production of Silver Nanoparticles by Aspergillus fumigatus BTCB10: Likely Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Effects. Hindawi. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2019, Article ID 5168698, 14 pages ISSN: 1687-4110 (Print) ISSN: 1687-4129 (Online) I.F: 2.23
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Saima Sharif, Shagufta Naz, Farkhanda Manzoor, Ayesha Noor, Zahra Jamil, Relationship of lung functions with obesity in healthy subjects. 2019, Biologia, 1-7 HEC Recognized.
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Saima Sharif, Maha Maqsood, Shagufta Naz, Farkhanda Manzoor, Shah Jahan, Tasnim Farasat. 2019. Expression of GSTT1 in type 2 diabetic retinopathic subjects. Critical Reviews™ in Eukaryotic Gene Expression, 29(1):47-50. ISSN: 1045-4403. I.F 1.841.
Research Grants and Contracts.
Entries should include:
Date Title Agency / Organization
2011 Functional Status of Vitamin D and its Relation to Bone Health in Local population HEC
Total Award Amount 0.5 M
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Funded and in progress
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In review
Selected Professional Presentations
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Oral presentation on Study of Adiponectin polymorphism in diabetic Nephropathy on World Conference on Diabetes and Endocrinology held in London, UK 3rd -4th June, 2019.
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Oral presentation on “Molecular Study of Oculocutanous Albinism Through Linkage Analysis” in 39th Pakistan Congress of Zoology (International), Islamia College University Peshawar 4-6 March 2019.
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Oral presentation on “Prevalence of Insulin Resistance in obese adolescents” in 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Natural Sciences II: Public Health, Food Nutrition and Safety, 24 - 26 October, 2018
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Poster presentation on Assessment of Insulin Resistance in Thyroid Dysfunction Subjects in 1st Annual Health Research Conference ‘Health Research- A step Towards Attaining SDGs 2030” September 24-25, 2018, Islamabad.
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Oral Presentation on Relationship of Kidney Function with Obesity in our Local population in 38th Pakistan Congress of Zoology (International) University of the Punjab, Lahore Feb, 27 –March 1st, 2018
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Increased Expression of Myocardin in Dilated Cardiomyopathy. ISER 206th International Conference on Science, Health and Medicine (ICSHM), 4-5 August, 2017, Brisbane, Austrailia
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Oral presentation on Expression of GSST1 in type 2 diabetic Retinopathic Subjects in 37th Pakistan Congress of Zoology, Department of Zoology, GC University Faisalabad. Feb 28 – March 2, 2017.