Muhammad Naseem Khan

Dr. Muhammad Naseem Khan graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Peshawar (Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad), Pakistan (2002). He did his Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) from Quaid-i-Azam University (Health Services Academy), Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2009. Following his MSPH, he achieved the prestigious Higher Education Commission Ph.D., scholarship award in 2010. He completed his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, the United Kingdom in 2014. After completing his Ph.D. in 2014, Dr. Muhammad Naseem Khan was involved in collaborative research for his Post Doc from the University of Liverpool (2014-2016). This was two and a half year project to adapt and evaluate a community intervention to improve maternal mental health based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) in post-conflict settings in Pakistan. He was the site Principal Investigator (PI) of this large research trial and led to peer-reviewed publications. He taught Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Research Methods for more than 8 years in Peshawar and Islamabad in Pakistan. He served as the Director Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar for around 2 years. As an administrator, he worked very hard to improve the curriculum of the Master of Science of Public Health, Master in Health Research & MS Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs being taught at the Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences. He served Khyber Medical University for almost six years before moving to Islamabad to join his alma mater i.e. Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan as a Professor of Public Health. He also served as Chairman Curriculum Review Committee, and Member of the Syndicate and Academic Council at Health Services Academy Islamabad, Pakistan. In August 2022 he joined Qatar University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine at the College of Medicine. Areas of his research interests include public mental health with a special focus on maternal mental health and the impact on their children. He also has research interests in the areas of nutrition, early childhood developments, violence against healthcare, and the health system. He has published around 30 papers in highly rated international journals. The pioneer Ph.D. student of Dr. Muhammad Naseem Khan has achieved his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Public Health & Social Sciences Khyber Medical University Peshawar recently (2021) in Public health. During his supervision, his first Ph.D. student published four peer-reviewed publications with more than 20 impact factor. He is currently supervising four Ph.D. Students. Apart from these, he has supervised many postgraduate master's students in public health.