AGENDA
Conference Day
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Venue: Auditorium, Aga Khan University
Time Programme Presenter
8:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00– 09:05 Tilawat-e-Quran Pak Student
Dr. Imran Nisar
Vice Chair and Associate Professor
09:05 – 09:15 Overview of Paediatric Research Portfolio Department of Paediatrics and Child
Health
Session: Nutrition & Early Childhood Development
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Shelina Bhamani, Aga Khan University
Dr. Batool Fatima, Aga Khan University
09:15 – 09:20 Introduction to session and session chairs Moderator
Dr. Kirsty Donald
Keynote: Professor, Paediatric Neurology
09:20 – 09:40
“Context matters: using scalable tools to understand brain health Deputy Director Neuroscience Institute,
and development in early life” University of Cape Town
Oral presentations
09:40 – 10:20
(10 mins each) “Strengthening Nutrition Resilience in Early Childhood: A Dr. Dua Khan
Community-Based Approach to Food Security in Low-Income Urban Fellow
Households” Liaquat National Hospital
Dr. Junaid Iqbal
“Impact assessment of folic acid fortification in addressing folic acid
Assistant Professor
deficiency in women of reproductive age (15–49 years) in Punjab,
Aga Khan University
Pakistan”
“Predictive Validity of Global Scales for Early Development GSED “D” Dr. Ambreen Nizar Merchant
Scores at ages 3.5 and 5 years using IDELA: A prospective study across Senior Instructor
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Tanzania” Aga Khan University
“Efficacy of Zinc Fortified and Fermented Wheat Flour (EZAFFAW): A Ms. Rahima Yasin
randomized controlled trial” Research Coordinator
Aga Khan University
10:20 – 10:30 Question and Answers session
Tea Break and Poster Viewing Session
Session: Technology and Digital Health
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Maryam Mustafa, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Dr. Fahad Umer, Aga Khan University
11:00 – 11:05 Introduction to session and session chairs Moderator
Dr. Maryam Mustafa
Keynote: Assistant Professor
11:05 – 11:25 “Designing for Care: AI-Driven Solutions for Maternal and Child Health” Lahore University of Management
Sciences
Oral presentations
“Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-Transplant Predictors of Dr. Sabahat Hafeez
Mortality in Paediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Resident
Transplantation Using Machine Learning” Aga Khan University
11:25– 11:55 Ms. Sunita Bahadur Ali
“Smart Care: Using AI to Uncover Early Deterioration – AI’s Role in
(10 min each) Clinical Nurse Specialist
Saving Lives Through Early Detection”
Aga Khan University
“Comparison of Masimo Total Hemoglobin SpHb Non-Invasive Ms. Nida Salman Yazdani
Hemoglobin Monitoring Device with Complete Blood Count Research Specialist
Measurement: An Observational Cohort Study in Pakistan, Kenya, and Aga Khan University
Zambia”
11:55 – 12:05 Question and Answers session
Lunch Break and Poster Viewing Session
13:00 – 13:10 TibUrduology - Tongue Twister in Medical Style Moderator
Session: Clinical Research
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Nadeem Zuberi, Aga Khan University
Dr. Saqib Hamid Qazi, Aga Khan University
13:10 – 13:15 Introduction to session and session chairs Moderator
Keynote: Prof Masood Sadiq - Recorded
13:15 – 13:35 “Advancing Child Health Through Contextual Clinical Research: Building President
Evidence, Capacity, and Equity in Pakistan” Pakistan Pediatric Association
Oral presentations
Dr. Burhanuddin Shabbir
“Anemia in children with asthma: A predictor of disease control” Resident
13:35 – 14:15 Aga Khan University
(10 min each) “Sepsis Epidemiology and Association Between Inadequate Oxygen Ms. Haania Rizwan
Delivery Index and Mortality in Children with Sepsis in a Low-Middle Research Fellow
Income Country” Aga Khan University
“Prescribing Patterns of Antibiotics in Pediatric Wards of Secondary Dr. Afia Tariq Butt
Care Centers: A Retrospective Study Based on WHO Senior Instructor
AWaRe Classification” Aga Khan University
Ms. Erum Salman
“Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Blood Cultures of Hospitalized Research Coordinator
Neonates with Possible Serious Bacterial Infection (PSBI)” Aga Khan University
14:15 – 14:25 Question and Answers session
Session: Immunization & Infectious Disease
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Shafi, Dow Medical College DUHS
Dr. Saqib Ali Shaikh, Director General Health, Sindh
14:25 – 14:30 Introduction to session and session chairs Moderator
Dr. Sajid Maqbool
14:30 – 14:50 Keynote: Professor Emeritus
“Immunizations and Antimicrobial Resistance” University of Child Health Sciences,
The Children’s Hospital Lahore
Oral presentations
“A Multi-center, Open-labelled, Randomized Controlled Extended Phase Ms. Syeda Mah-e-Jabeen Zehra
III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Immunogenicity and Tolerability of Research Specialist
Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Vero cells), Inactivated, Sabin Strains Aga Khan University
administered with or without Routine Infant Vaccines”
14:50 – 15:20
(10 min each) Mr. Naveed Ahmed
“Enterics for Global Health (EFGH): Shigella Surveillance Study in Manager
Pakistan, 2022-2024” Aga Khan University
Ms. Tooba Zafar
“Postmortem Surveillance of Stillbirths and Under-5 Child Deaths in
Research Coordinator
Pakistan: Findings from the CHAMPS Network, 2023–2025”
Aga Khan University
15:20 - 15:30 Question and Answers session
Tea Break and Poster Viewing Session
Closing Ceremony
Dr. Fyezah Jehan
16:00 – 16:20 Prize and certificate distribution Chair & Professor, Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health
Dr. Imran Nisar
16:20 – 16:30 Vote of Thanks
Chair – Paeds Annual Research Week
