Dr. Mudassar Azhar

Dr. Mudassar Azhar has received his B. Pharm. degree in 2006 from the Faculty of Pharmacy, and Ph. D. degree (Pharmacology) from International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi. He did his post-doctoral training in Behavioral Pharmacology from Animal Research Center, Hunan, China during 2016. He was awarded “Science and Technology Talent Award” from the Liuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changsha, China. He is also serving as a member of Board of studies, and Institutional review board of both universities and hospitals. He has several national and international research publications to his credit with total impact factor of more than 60.

Post-Doctoral Training: “Safety Evaluation of Medicinal plants on the basis of Behavioral Studies” at Hunan Animal Research Center, Changsha, China during Jan, 2016- Feb, 2017.

Internships

• “GIST Internship Program 2008, Korea”. Aug 29, 2008 – Nov 25, 2008

Nanomedicine and Biomaterials Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

• “On the job-training” as a Trainee Pharmacist, Pharmacy services, Liaquat National  Hospital (LNH). Karachi, Pakistan. Aug, 2006 – Feb, 2007

Funding and Projects

• “Evaluation of aerial parts of Daphne mucronata for its protective effects against doxorubicin induced cardiac toxicity”. Reference # NRPU-7075

Funding by: HEC, Pakistan (Duration: 2019-2021) Amount: Rs. 1.71 million ($12500)

• “Safety Evaluation of Halloysite for Medicinal Application using in vitro and in vivo Models”.

Reference # 0505-2015 Funding by: Young Scholar Award, ICCBS (Duration: 2017-2018) Amount: Rs. 0.2 million ($4100)