Dr. Maria Zahid

Research

Microbiology, Virology, Infectious disease, Public Health, Pathology, Molecular Biology, Immunology

1. ORCID link
2. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-2503

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Saeed Khan, Hafsa Faruqui, Maria Zahid, Sharjeel Chaudhry, Zaira Rehman, Hamza Noor, Manaal Naushad Tracking the Pandemic Through Molecular and Sequencing Tools:
   A Story of SARS-CoV-2 Over Five Years, Lessons Learned, and Further Directions BMC Infectious Diseases 2025
2. Saeed Khan, Maria Zahid, Hafsa Faruqui, Muhammad Faisal, Muhammad Asif Syed Border Health Surveillance of Mpox in Sindh, Pakistan: Implications for Regional
   Public Health and Global Health Security Submitted
   (Lancet Global health) 2025
3. Maria Zahid, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Asif Qureshi,
   Yasir Raza Subgenomic Sequence Analysis Reveals Emergence of New Circulating Recombinant Forms of HIV-1 in Pakistan: Emergence of New Circulating Recombinant Forms of HIV-1 in Pakistan Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 2022
4. Javed Muhammad, Samreen Sarwar, Tariq Khan, Shamsul Arfin Qasmi, Aamer Ikram, Ghufran Ahmad, Maria Zahid, et.al A Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Biorisk Management System in Research and Diagnostic Laboratories in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
   Frontiers in Public Health, section Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2021
5. Francesco Di Pierro, Giuseppe Derosa, Pamela Maffioli, Alexander Bertuccioli, Stefano Togni, Antonella Riva, Pietro Allegrini, Amjad Khan,Saeed Khan, Bilal Ahmad Khan,Naireen Altaf, Maria Zahid, Ikram Din Ujjan,. Et.al Possible therapeutic effects of adjuvant quercetin supplementation against early stage COVID-19 infection: A prospective, randomized, controlled,
   and open-label study International Journal of General Medicine 2021
6. Saeed Khan, Maria Zahid, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Noman Mughal, ikram Din Ujjan HIV-1 genetic Diversity, geographic linkages and antiretroviral drug resistance among individuals from Pakistan Archives of Virology 2017
7. Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Talat Mirza , Saeed Khan , Bushra Sikandar , Maria Zahid, et.al Cancer patterns in Karachi (all districts), Pakistan: First results (2010–2015) from a Pathology based cancer registry of the largest government-run diagnostic and reference center of Karachi Cancer Epidemiology 2017
8. Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Saeed Khan, Maria Zahid, Zain Ali; HIV/AIDS Registration In Pakistan The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2015
9. Almina Shafiq, Muhammad Roman, Faheem Shahzad, Romeeza Tahir, Khursheed Javaid, Muhammad Bilal Sarwar, Muhammad Asif Naveed, Maria Zahid, Seema Aftab, Shah Jahan Levels of Cytokines In SARS-Cov-2 Infected Patients Microbiological & Immunological Communications 2023
10. Fatima Khan, Maria Zahid, Amanullah Lail, Najeeb Ur Rehman Hepatitis B-Virus Genotype D is Prevalent in a Multi-Ethnic Population of Karachi, Pakistan Microbiological & Immunological Communications 2022
11. Hafsa Faruqui, Maria Zahid, Irfan Ali Khan, Seema Aftab Risk And Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Healthcare Workers of Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi Pakistan Microbiological & Immunological Communications 2022
12. Saeed Khan, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Sameer Qureshi, Maria Zahid, Bilal Ahmed Khan Analysis of HIV-1 Drug Resistance in Gulf Countries Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences. 2017
13. Saeed Khan, Fatin Zehra, Noorulaine Maqsood, Maria Zahid, Bilal Ahmed; Biosafety Practices in Different Clinical Laboratories in Karachi, Pakistan Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi 2014
ABSTRACT PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
14. Saeed Khan, Fatin Zehra, Maria Zahid and Zain Ali Analysis of HIV-1 Drug Resistance In Gulf Countries Pathology Journal
    (Official Journal of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia) 2014

HONORS & AWARDS

1. Participated in 2025 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in USA, with the theme of “Tackling
   Waterborne and Vector-borne Diseases to Strengthen Health Sector Resilience” on June 14 – July 5, 2025.
2. Awarded Trael award by Health Security Partners, USA to attend Global Voices Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, on January 20-24, 2025
3. Selected to participate in Professional Development Courses on BSL-3 Operations and Management at 67th Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Hybrid Conference in November 1-6, 2024.
4. Awarded bursary to attend the XXXV International Academy of Pathology Congress, in Cancun, Mexico from 27th – 31st October 2024.
5. Global Health Security 2024, Awarded Travel award to attend and present research at Global Health Security 2024 Conference and meeting to be held in Sydney, Australia 18- 21 June 2024
6. Awarded gold Medel for 3rd Position in Oral Presentation 44th Annual Conference of Pakistan Association of Pathology and 9th Joint conference of Societies of Pathology held on 17th- 18th November 2023 at PC, Lahore, Pakistan
7. Awarded to attend “The 2023 Pakistan Responsible Research Fellowship cohort” yearlong program hosted by Health Security Partners (HSP) in collaboration with the Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 25 – 27 September 2023.
8. Awarded Travel Award for Applied Bioinformatics Training in Bangkok, organized by U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center on September 17-21, 2023.
9. Awarded Travel Award for Responsible Conduct in Genomic Sciences Training in Bangkok, organized by U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center on September 11-15, 2023.
10. “Certified Biorisk Management Professional” after passing the exam for International Federation of Biosafety Associations: IFBA
11. Served as a Training/Expert in Train the Trainer Workshop “Biological Risk Mitigation” by Pakistan Biological Safety Association on 11-13 May 2023 in LUMHS, Jamshoro.
12. Fogarty International Center, (NIH/FIC) USA, Johns Hopkins University, USA, Institut Pasteur, Tunis and PBSA granted training and travel award to attend “Bioinformatics for Genomic Epidemiology Workshop at Abu Dhabi on 25-29 July 2022.
13. Successfully qualified for the ISO 15189 Assessor Course Exam in September 2021.
14. Awarded for extraordinary contribution for the “Anti COVID-19 Intravenously Administered Immunoglobin (C-IVIG) Projects”
15. CRDF Travel award to attend 7th Annual ABSANZ Biosafety and Biocontainment Conference Sea World Resort and Conference Centre Gold Coast, QLD, 30 October to 3 November 2017.
16. CRDF Travel award to attend XXXI International Congress of the IAP and the 28th Congress of the ESP at Cologne, Germany on 25th to 29th September 2016
17. APACC Travel Grant to attend 1st Asia Pacific AIDS & Co-infections Conference (APACC) at Hong Kong on 17th -19th May, 2016.
18. PAP Travel Award to attend 2015 – 38th Annual/ 3rd Joint Conference of Societies of Pathology in Collaboration with the Royal College of Pathologists & British Association of Pakistani Pathologists, Lahore from 6-8 November 2015.
19. Poster “Detection of Her2/Neu Gene Amplification by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Technique” selected for media presentation at 114th ASM General Meeting at New Orleance, USA.
20. Awarded as a member of the 2015 cohort of the Health Security Futures Fellowship.
21. HSP Travel award to participate in 7th International Conference on Health Issues in Arab Communities at Al-Bustan Palace in Muscat, Oman from March 1st to March 7th, 2015.
22. ASM Travel award to participate in Asia-pacific Biosafety Association 9th Annual Biosafety Conference Co-Organizer the Biosafety Association Thailand, held in Thailand on 3-6 Nov 2014.