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Visiting PhD Student
=<span dir="auto">Nadia Farooqi</span>===<span id="Education" class="mw-headline">Education</span>==* BS (Hons), Health Biotechnology, University of Malakand, Pakistan, 2008-2012
* PhD, Health Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Pakistan, 2016-Present
HEC Fellowship under International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP), Pakistan
==<span id="Research_Interests" class="mw-headline">Research Title and Research Interests</span>==* Human heart (cardiomyocytes and proteins)
* Identification and characterization of gene variants involved in Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) using Whole Exome Sequencing technique
* Environmental Factors involved in Dilated Cardiomyopathy (Metabolic disorders and DCM)
* Diagnosis and management of DCM (home remedies, cardiac bio-markers, medical and device treatment)
* Exclusion Studies of ''GJB2'' gene in patients with Hearing Impairment using Sequencing Technique
* In-silico and Phylogenetic Analysis using various bioinformatics bioinformatic tools (including various Protein Modelling Modeling techniques)
* TORCH screen and TORCH Agents; (Toxoplasma gondii, rubella Rubella virus, cytomegalovirus Cytomegalovirus and herpes Herpes simplex virus), role in abortion
* Zoonotic Diseases; Epidemiology of Brucellosis in cattle and in-contact individuals in District Malakand, Pakistan
==PublicationsPersonal statement==Aftab Ali Shah, * Ms. Nadia Farooqiis enrolled as PhD scholar in Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Hazir Muhammad Pakistan under the supervision of Prof. Syed Fazal Jalil, PhD in Immunogenetics and Murad Khan Human Molecular Genetics. Dr. Fazal was awarded HEC scholarship to work with Dr. Kamboh (2014Professor and Chairman) ''In silico'' MicroRNAs target identification within under NIH funded project at the ''GJB2'' ''Gene''Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, USA. ''International Journal * Ms. Nadia is currently a Visiting PhD Scholar at Prof. Suzanne M Leal<sup> </sup>Lab, Center for Statistical Genetics where she will work on the Whole Exome Sequencing Analysis of Biosciences ''''(IJB)'' 4 (7): 38-49Pakistani DCM families to find some interesting variants in DCM genes under the guidance of Prof. Isabelle Schrauwen. The following is a short list of her publications in which her main research focus is Genetic Disorders.
==Publications==* Aftab Ali Shah, Nadia Farooqi, Hazir Muhammad and Murad Khan (2014) ''In silico ''MicroRNAs target identification within the ''GJB2 Gene''. ''International Journal of Biosciences (IJB)''4 (7): 38-49.* Hazir Muhammad, Nadia Farooqi, Aftab Ali Shah and Ghulam Nabi (2015) An Overview of Brucellosis. ''American Research Thoughts'' 1 (8).* Aftab Ali Shah, Hazir Muhammad, Nadia Farooqi, Nigar Gul, Ayaz Ali Khan, Ghulam Nabi and Shah Nawaz Khan (2015) Association of TORCH Agents with Spontaneous Abortion in Patients with Bad Obstetric History. ''World Journal of Zoology''10 (4): 291-294.* Hazir Muhammad, Aftab Ali Shah, Ghulam Nabi and Nadia Farooqi (2015) Male infertility: Etiological Factors [A Review]. ''American-Eurasian Journal of Toxicological Sciences''7 (2): 95-103.* Nadia Farooqi*, Qayum Khan and Syed Fazal Jalil (2017) Review Studies of GJB2 gene in Patients with Hearing Loss in Pakistan. ''Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine ''11:4.* Diagnosis and Management of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (review in progress)* Phylogenetic analysis of DCM gene in human and orthologous species using bioinformatic tools (in progress)* Sero-prevalence of Brucellosis in cattle and in contact individuals in district Malakand, Pakistan (in progress)