UHS considers thesis reports

LAHORE

The 109th meeting of Advanced Studies and Research Board of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) was held on Thursday with Vice Chancellor Prof Muhammad Aslam in the chair.

According to a press release issued on Thursday, the board considered the thesis reports of Dr Alia Amin MPhil (Anatomy), Dr Mohtasham Hina MPhil (Anatomy), Dr Sidra Afaq M.Phil (Anatomy), Dr Ali Murtaza MPhil (Haematology), Bushra Mubarak MPhil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Immunology), Sabrina Rashid MPhil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Immunology), Dr Farhat Khurshid MPhil (Microbiology), Madiha Shakoor MPhil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Molecular Pathology & Cytogenetics), Dr Usman Saeed MPhil (Pharmacology), Dr Hafiz Muhammad Waseem M.Phil (Physiology), Dr Naghmana Lateef MPhil (Physiology), Dr Alia Bashir MHPE, Dr Muhammad Tayyab MD (Cardiology), Dr Muhammad Ayaz Khan MS (Neurosurgery), Dr Muhammad Amin MS (Plastic Surgery), Dr Muhammad Anish Ahmad MS (Urology), Dr Nadia Naseem PhD (Morbid Anatomy & Histopathology), Dr Aisha Muhammad MPhil (Anatomy), Rao Waqas Akhtar M.Phil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Microbiology), Ayesha Afzal MPhil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Molecular Pathology & Cytogenetics), Dr Ayesha Zaheer MPhil (Physiology), Dr Nadeem Hafeez Butt MHPE, Dr Syed Qaisar Abbas MS (Cardiac Surgery) and Dr Amoulk Ijaz MS (Orthopaedic Surgery).

The following synopses were also considered for registration of students in various postgraduate courses: "Comparison of morphological changes in coronal and radicular pulp at 2 mm depth of tooth preparation" by Dr Amna Ahsan MPhil (Oral Biology), "Comparison of human dental pulp response using calcium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide modified with chlorhexidine and Salvadora persica as direct pulp capping agent" by Dr Rabia Dastgeer MDS (Operative Dentistry), "Significance of Neuropilin-1 (CD 304) expression in pediatric B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia" by Dr Moizza Sahar MPhil (Haematology), "CDK4 gene mutations in exon 5 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma" by Dr Arooj Akhtar MPhil (Oral Pathology), "Detection of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae by comparing a phenotypic Ampc disk method with genotypic method using multiplex PCR" by Dr Saeed Ahmad MPhil (Microbiology), "Comparative study of antihyperglycemic effects of flowers and stem bark of Pongamia Pinnata (Sukhchain) on diabetic rabbits" by Dr Rashid Mahmood Khan M.Phil (Pharmacology), "Relationship of carotid artery stenosis as assessed by carotid Doppler ultrasound with coronary artery disease" by Dr Manoj Shrestha M.D. (Cardiology) "Comparison of left ventricular mass index and QT interval in type II diabetic patients with and without microalbuminuria" by Dr Deepen Maharjan MD (Internal Medicine), "Optimal duration of corticosteroid in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" by Dr Muhammad Sharif Malik MD (Internal Medicine), "Comparison of polyvinyl siloxane gel and spherical polymethylmethacrylate implant in evisceration: A randomised control trial" by Dr Fahd Kamal Akhtar M.S. (Ophthalmology) and "Comparison of closed reduction and percutaneous cross versus parallel K wire fixation in supracondylar fracture of humerus in children" by Dr Hafiz Muhammad Nasir MS (Orthopaedics).