UHS considers thesis reports

LAHORE

The 116th meeting of Advanced Studies and Research Board of University of Health Sciences (UHS) was held here on Thursday with Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Junaid Sarfraz in the chair.

According to a press release, the board considered the thesis reports of Dr Sania Asif, MPhil, anatomy, Dr Ayesha Samad Dogar, MPhil, haematology, Sumra Batool, MPhil, human genetics, Dr Maryam Nazar, MPhil, oral pathology, Hira Shahid, MPhil, pharmacology, Dr Samra Sulaiman, MPhil, pharmacology, Dr Nilofar Shahzadi, MHPE and Dr Mona Mazhar, MPhil, physiology.

The following synopses were also considered for registration of students in various postgraduate courses: “Salivary irisin level and its expression in patients with chronic periodontitis and healthy individuals” by Dr Safi Ullah Khan, MPhil (Oral Biology), “Expression of HER2/neu in different grades of urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder” by Dr Muhammad Kashif Sarfraz, MPhil  (Morbid Anatomy & Histopathology), “Expression of cyclin D1 in renal cell carcinoma and its association with Fuhrman’s nuclear grading” by Dr Muhammad Rizwan Rasheed, MPhil  (Morbid Anatomy & Histopathology), “Comparison of OSCE results with Internal Assessment of Final Year BDS Students in the Subject of Prosthodontics” by Dr Zahid Iqbal MHPE, “Comparison of different isolation techniques of ova of intestinal parasites from stool” by Dr Saera Tufail, MPhil (Microbiology), “Association of blaVIM genes with multidrug resistance in locally isolated strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii” by Dr Sonia Tahir, MPhil (Microbiology), “Antimycobacterial activity of linezolid against MDR/XDR  Mycobacterium tuberculosis” by Adeel Ahmad, MPhil  (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Microbiology), “Synergism of antibiotics by using efflux inhibitor verapamil against multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates” by Fizza Mushtaq, MPhil  (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Microbiology), “csgD promoter analysis in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections” by Rehmat Younas, MPhil  (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Molecular Pathology & Cytogenetics), “Role of csgD in rdar morphotype development and multi drug resistance in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections ” by Irfan Ali, MPhil  (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Molecular Pathology & Cytogenetics), “Coronary artery bypass grafting – Impact of preoperative low ejection fraction on outcome as compared to normal ejection fraction” by Dr Khayyam Hafeez, MS (Cardiac Surgery) and “Comparison of pneumatic and ultrasonic lithotripsy in percutaneous nephrolithotomy for kidney stones” by Dr Muhammad Sohail, MS (Urology).