Department of Zoology

Prof. Dr. Saima Sharif
Prof. Dr. Saima Sharif

Professor
Department of Zoology
LCWU

Experience

  1. Professor Since 30-12-2020
  2. Tenured Associate Professor: 11-11-2016 to 29-12-2020
  3. 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 Pakistan

Member 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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.

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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)

  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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

Segment the list under following headings:

  • Completed

  • Funded and in progress

  • In review

Selected Professional Presentations

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. Increased Expression of Myocardin in Dilated Cardiomyopathy. ISER 206th International Conference on Science, Health and Medicine (ICSHM), 4-5 August, 2017,  Brisbane, Austrailia

  7. 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.