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BIOSKETCH 

Dr. Fauziah Rabbani 

Updated August 2010 

Dr. Fauziah Rabbani, MBBS (Karachi), MPH (USA), FCPS (Community Medicine) from College of 

Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, FRCP (Edin) and PhD (Health Systems Research) from Karolinska 

Institutet Sweden is a Professor at the Dept of Community Health Sciences (CHS) Aga Khan 

University Karachi (AKU-K). She is the recipient of Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences Gold 

Medal Award and Commonwealth Award of Excellence for Good Practices in Women’s Health in 

connection with Urban Health Program (UHP) of AKU. UHP was awarded MacJannet prize for 

Global Citizenship in 2009 for its exceptional university civic engagement by the Talloires Network 

and the MacJannet Foundation and also enjoys recognition from the World Health Organization 

(WHO) in the form of UNISOL (Universities in Solidarity for the Health of Disadvantaged) initiative 

for which Dr. Rabbani was the Principal Investigator (www.who.int/mipfiles/2362/UNISOL.pdf). 

Acting as a WHO consultant she designed and delivered a week’s course at Cairo, Egypt on Health 

Systems Research for members of all EMRO countries. Besides being nominated as a scholar and 

receiving Faculty Development Award at AKU, Dr. Rabbani has also received a scholarship from 

Dept of Education & Research, Swedish Insitute (Si). She was awarded a year’s sabbatical in 2005 

from AKU to work at the Dept. of Public Health Sciences Karolinska Institutet (KI) Sweden in 

collaboration with Professor Goran Tomson (www.phs.ki.se/ihcar/hsp/staff/rabbani.html). 

Dr. Rabbani has been acting chair CHS, January –December 2004 and is the interim chair since 

January 2009 to date. Previously she has headed Health Systems Division and MSc Health Policy 

Management program at AKU. CHS comprises of approximately 40 FTE faculty and 170 staff. The 

department plays a pivotal role in undergraduate MBBS and graduate teaching and is approved by 

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan for four years residency in Community Medicine. Dr. 

Rabbani is working towards curriculum development of PhD in Health Sciences. Currently CHS has 

responsibility of executing several intramural and 23 extramural grants along with collaborative 

academic linkages within and outside AKU. 

Dr. Rabbani is a member of International Association of University Women (AAUW), Technical 

Expert Network (TEN), Swedish South Asian Network (SASNET), Asia Pacific Network of Social 

Sciences and Medicine (APNET), Towards Unity for Health (TUFH), WHO Network of Community- 

Oriented Educational Institutions, Health and Development Research Network, MRC, South Africa, 

Population Association of Pakistan (PAP), Pakistan Public Health Network (PPHN) and is on the 

panel of experts, Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC). 

Her scholarly work consists of obtaining grants (WHO-EMRO, WHO-UNISOL, AKU- University 

Research Council , and Swedish South Asian Network --SASNET to mention a few), presenting 

papers in international and national conferences by invitation, and serving in national & international 

forae (e.g. WHO) as technical advisor. Dr. Rabbani is leading the Swedish South Asian Network on 

Health Administration Research and Training in collaboration with IHCAR, Dept of Public Health 

Sciences and Medical Management Centre Karolinska Institute (www.sasnet.lu.se/sspmreport06.pdf). 

She has more than 50 peer reviewed publications to credit. 

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1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 

Curriculum Vitae 

Dr. Fauziah Rabbani 

fauziah.rabbani@aku.edu 

August 2010 

PhD Health systems research, Karolinska Institutet Sweden 2010 

FCPS Community Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi, 

1997 

MPH University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, 1993 

MBBS University of Karachi, 1987-88 

2. MEDICAL LICENSURE (COUNTRY) 

Registered with Medical and Dental Council of Pakistan (PMDC) Reg. No.15943. 

3. INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION BY CREDENTIALS 

FRCP (Edin) Community Medicine (2008) 

4. AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS 

� Received scholarship from Dept of Education & Research, Swedish Institute (SI), 

Stockholm, Sweden 2006-07 

� Received Aga Khan University (AKU) Faculty Development Award (FDA) in 2006 

� Approved sabbatical from AKU (January-December 2005) to work with Health Systems 

and Policy group IHCAR, Division of International Health, Dept. Public Health Sciences 

Karolinska Institutet Sweden 

� Pakistan Association of Medical Sciences (PAMS) Junior Gold Medal Award for 

Research, January 2002 

� Commonwealth Award of Excellence on Good Practices in Women's Health, 1998 

� Dean's List University of Alabama at Birmingham, August 1993 

� AKU Scholar, Community Health Sciences 1992 

5. MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS (last 5-7 years) 

University level 

� Academic Council, member 

� AKU Appointments and Promotion Committee, member 

� Board of Graduate Studies, member 

� Dean’s Search Committee for chair BBS, member 

� Dean’s Search Committee for chair Anesthesia, member 

� Committee and sub-committee for Integrated health systems for AKUH 

� Centre of Excellence Steering Committee, member 

� Continuing Education Taskforce, member 

� University Research Council: technical reviewer project proposals 

� Medical College Committee for Graduate Programs (MCCGP) member 

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� Faculty of Health Sciences Budget Advisory Committee (FHS BAC) , member 

� Health Sciences Centre Committee (HSCC) , member 

� Medical College Faculty Council (MCFC) , member 

� Oversight Committee for Tawana Pakistan Project, member 

� AKU Curriculum Renewal Task Force, member 

� Advisory Committee for Faculty Development (CFD), member 

� Mental Health Research & Development Forum (MHRDF) in collaboration with Dept. of 

Family Medicine, AKHSP, Psychiatry, member 

� Health Sciences subcommittee on Recruitment and Retention, member 

� AKU Examination and Promotion Committee, member 

� PBL Module Subcommittee on GI, Nutrition & Metabolism, member 

� Organizing Committee for AKU 7 th National Symposiums , member 

� Organizing Committee AKU Newsletter, member 

Department level (last 5 years) 

� Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC)-chair 

� Committee, for Health Systems Division (HSD),-chair 

� Planning Committee MSc. Health Policy and Management Program (MSc. HPM) 

� CHS Combined Program Committee (CPC) 

� Operational Committee Tawana Pakistan Project 

� Technical Committee University of Alabama, MCH Global Network, National Institutes 

of Health (NIH) Project on Maternal and Perinatal Health 

� Community Medicine Residency Committee (CMRC) 

Other Associations and Networks 

� Member Technical Expert Network (TEN), Singapore 

� Member American Association of University Women (AAUW) 

� Member Health System and Policy (HSP) group, IHCAR, Division of International 

Health Dept. Public Health Sciences Karolinska Institutet Sweden 

� Swedish South Asian Network (SASNET) 

� Asia Pacific Network of Social Sciences and Medicine (APNET) 

� Towards Unity for Health (TUFH), WHO Network of Community-Oriented Educational 

Institutions 

� Health and Development Research Network, MRC, South Africa 

� Population Association of Pakistan (PAP) 

� Pakistan Public Health Network (PPHN) 

� Panel of experts , Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) 

6. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND 

From January 2009 to date 

Professor and Interim chair, Department of Community Health Sciences Aga Khan University 

Karachi 

2003 to 2009 

Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), AKU, Karachi, Pakistan 

1999 to 2003 

Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), AKU, Karachi, Pakistan 

1995-1999 

Senior Instructor, Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), AKU, Karachi, Pakistan 

1989 to 1994 

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Instructor, Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), AKU, Karachi, Pakistan 

1988-1989 

Intern, National Institute of Child Health, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan 

7. PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS (past 5-7 years) 

7.1. TEACHING 

Curriculum Development of PhD Health Sciences (emphasis: Public Health) 

Developed the curricular content in 2007-08 especially related to advanced courses in health 

policy and management, quality care evaluations, health system reforms and health 

administration. 

MSc. Health Policy and Management (HPM), AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

A two years Master of Science program designed to train professionals from Pakistan and the 

EMRO region in strategic and operational planning, policy analysis, institutional management, 

health systems research and development. I teach in several of these courses 

As an internal reviewer of MSc. HPM thesis (2006-07) reviewed ten theses and submitted an 

extensive report to the chair with a SWOT analysis in order to assist in national and international 

accreditation of this program 

MSc. Epidemiology& Biostatistics, AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

� Thesis Committee Member 

� Member interviewing panel for Research Officers Training Program (ROTP) 

Undergraduate Medical Education, AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

� Interview panel for MBBS class of 2014 & 2015 

� Involved in initial extensive review exercises /workshops aiming to implement a 

university wide problem- based curriculum as a member of 

o University Task Force on Curricular Renewal 

o Module Sub- committee GIT, Nutrition & Metabolism 

� Delivering lectures to undergraduate medical students 

� Facilitator for Phase II (4 weeks), Phase III (12 weeks) research rotations in Community 

Health Sciences. Students conceive a research question, write a protocol, collect analyze 

data and submit a report 

� CHS examiner for MBBS Part one, Phase III clerkship, final year MBBS 

Teaching and facilitation of short courses 

At AKU 

� Key Organizer for a course; Procedures for processing and approval of development 

projects in Pakistan, Arjumand & Associates, January 2003 

� Facilitator of lectures/ projects: continuing education modules of CHS-Continuing 

Education Program (CEP) in Health Systems Management and Evaluation, 

Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Community Based Social Development for mid-level 

health and development workers, managers, researchers and planners of government, 

NGOs, and International Agencies 

� Taking sessions and facilitating projects in the District Health Officers and Lady Health 

Workers Training Programs organized by CHS 

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Outside AKU 

� As Principal Investigator of WHO project UNISOL compiled a training manual for 

community-based health providers and delivered a series of training modules to enhance 

their skills in maternal and newborn care (2003-04). 

� As a Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) , facilitated 

modules on “Reproductive Health” at the CPSP Karachi, 2000-2002 

� Member CPSP Inspection & Certification Team for Residency programs in Community 

and Family Medicine 2002 

CHS Community Medicine Residency (CMR) Program, AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

This is a four years residency program to develop comprehensive knowledge and competence in 

Sciences of Community Medicine and application of these skills to a broad range of community 

health issues in the socio-economic, cultural, political and ethical context of Pakistan 

� As a pioneer member of CHS-CMR Committee involved in selection, project placements 

of residents, curriculum review and audits of the program 

Others 

� Faculty advisor for undergraduate medical students 

� Facilitating projects of national and international elective students and interns 

Innovation in teaching 

� Developed complete proposal and coursework in 2007-08 for a track in hospital 

administration at AKU. Also developed linkages with national and international 

academic institutions in this regard 

� Developed curriculum, organized and facilitated a regional short course on “Health 

Administration: Strategic Planning and Performance Management”, November 22-24, 

2006, AKU, Karachi; sponsors WHO-EMRO & SASNET. This was the first course of 

this type in the region in which besides AKU (CHS, Dept of Medicine, Medical 

Director’s office) hospitals all over Karachi and managers from AKHS-Kenya were also 

involved (AKHUWAT Online Issue No_ 65.mht) 

� Designated Principal Investigator in 2004 by WHO’s Department of Injuries and 

Violence Prevention to develop and pilot test a modular curriculum for the teaching of 

core public health competencies in the area of injury prevention and violence 

� As a WHO consultant developed curriculum and delivered a one week regional 

workshop for members of all WHO-EMRO country representatives on “Health Research 

Proposal Development”, Cairo, Egypt 15-19 June, 2003 

7.2. SERVICE & ADMINISTRATION: LEADERSHIP POSITIONS 

Interim Chair Dept. of Community Health Sciences, AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

(From January 2009 to date) 

CHS is one of the largest university departments with approximately 40 FTE faculty and 170 

staff. It has various structurally organized units/divisions contributing to education, research 

and service. These are Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Systems, Environment and 

Occupational Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Reproductive and Population Health 

and Community Health. Besides coordination of regional short courses through its Continuing 

Education Program (CEP) and undergraduate MBBS education (UGME), CHS has prime 

responsibility of approximately 70 students enrolled in MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 

MSc Health Policy and Management, Masters in Clinical Research and four year residency 

program in Community Medicine approved by CPSP Karachi. CHS executes several AKU 

URC funded and 23 internationally funded research grants. The department has 

several collaborative academic linkages within and outside AKU. Majority of them 

are large population-based studies and community based trials. 

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Acting Chair Dept. of Community Health Sciences, AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

January –December 2004. 

Head Health Systems Division (HSD), AKU Karachi, Pakistan (2002 to2004; 2006- 2008) 

This division aims to develop relevant, effective, equitable and sustainable health services 

delivery models in disadvantaged urban and rural communities with particular emphasis on 

primary health care. HSD is taking the lead in the graduate programs (MSc Health Policy & 

Management and MSc Hospital Administration) and is the focus of funded community-based 

research and development in CHS. Support for Community Health Nursing is based in this 

division. The division comprises of 12 full time faculty, 50 staff and many visiting, part-time 

and honorary lecturers. 

Director MSc Health Policy & Management Program (2002-2005) 

As program director involved in: 

� Delivering lectures, facilitating tutorials, placement and theses 

� Contributing towards process of academic policy formulation 

� Involved in recruitment process of faculty and students 

� Serving as placement mentor and thesis supervisor and committee member 

Head Urban Health Program (UHP: 1996-2004), AKU Karachi, Pakistan 

Supported by core AKU funds for community oriented teaching, this is the largest project 

within HSD with components of service delivery, teaching and research. The project caters to 

a population of approximately 100,000. UHP was the recipient of “Common Wealth Award 

of Excellence on Good Practices in Women’s Health” in 1997 -1998 and one of the 12 

selected sites in 2001 around the world for the WHO-UNESCO sponsored UNISOL 

(Universities in Solidarity for the Health of the Disadvantaged) project. UNISOL aimed to 

mobilize the widest possible spectrum of talents within participating universities to further the 

well being and health of the disadvantaged. UHP was also awarded the MacJannet prize for 

Global Citizenship in 2009 for its exceptional university civic engagement by the Talloires 

Network and the MacJannet Foundation 

Member Academic Council & Board of Graduate Studies AKU 

Presented various deliberations related to CHS proposal on PhD Health Sciences (Public 

Health emphasis: ongoing) 

Chair AKU Technical Committee (TC) for Global Network Research Unit (GNRU) Project 

funded by National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (2002-2003) 

This project is a partnership between the University of Alabama (UAB) USA and the Aga 

Khan University (AKU) Karachi, around a series of studies aimed at improving maternal and 

child survival in Pakistan. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, this five-year 

project would contribute significantly to further strengthen the research capacity of the 

Community Health Sciences Department in particular and the Aga Khan University in 

general. 

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7.3. RESEARCH 

Peer reviewed journals 

1. Rabbani F, Lalji S, Abbas F, Jafri W, Razzak J, Nabi N, Jahan F. Ajmal A, Petzold M, 

Brommels M, Tomson G. Understanding the context of Balanced Scorecard 

Implementation: a hospital -based case study in Pakistan. Implementation Science 

(accepted July 2010). 

2. Rabbani F, Jafri SMW, Abbas F, Shah M, Azam SI, Shaikh BT, Brommels M, Tomson 

G. Designing a balanced scorecard for a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan: A modified 

Delphi group exercise. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2010; 

25 (1): 74-90. 

3. Shaikh BT, Rabbani F, Safi N, Dawar Z. Contracting of primary health care services in 

Pakistan: is up-scaling a pragmatic thinking? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 

2010; 60(5): 387-389. 

4. Rabbani F, Jafri W, Abbas F, Pappas G, Jahan F, Syed NA, Syed IA, Brommels M, 

Tomson G: Culture and quality care perceptions in a Pakistani hospital. International 

Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 2009, 22:498-512. 

5. Rabbani F, Jafri W, Abbas F, Pappas G, Brommels M, Tomson G: Reviewing the 

application of the balanced scorecard with implications for low-income health settings. 

Journal for Healthcare Quality 2007, 29:21-34. 

6. Shaikh, B. T., Mobeen, N., Azam, S. I. and Rabbani, F. Using SERVQUAL for assessing 

and improving patient satisfaction at a rural health facility in Pakistan. Eastern 

Mediterranean Health Journal 2008, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp 447 - 456 

http://www.emro.who.int/Publications/emhj/1402/article24.htm 

7. Rabbani, F., Qureshi, A. F. and Rizvi, N. Perspectives on domestic violence: case study 

from Karachi, Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2008, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp 

415-426. http://www.emro.who.int/Publications/emhj/1402/article21.htm 

8. Shaikh, B. T., Reza, S., Afzal, M. and Rabbani, F. Gender sensitization among health 

providers and communities through transformative learning tools: Experiences from 

Karachi, Pakistan. Education for Health, 2008 Vol. 7 No. 118, pp. 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18080960 

9. Abid, S., Rizvi, N., Jahan, F., Rabbani, F., Islam, N., Khan, H. M., Masood, R. and Jafri, 

W. Poor glycemic control is the major factor associated with increased frequency of 

gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with diabetes mellitus, Journal of Pakistan Medical 

Association, 2007, Vol. 57 No. 7, pp. 345 - 349. 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17867256?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PE 

ntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum 

10. Rabbani, F., Jafri, W., Abbas, F., Pappas, G., Brommels, M. and Tomson, G., (2007). 

Reviewing the application of the balanced scorecard with implications for low-income 

health settings. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2007, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 21-34. 

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11. Shaikh, B. T., Rabbani, F. and Rahim, M. Health workers for change: a tool for 

promoting behaviour change among health providers, Eastern Mediterranean Health 

Journal, 2006,Vol. 12 No. 3-4, pp. 331-9. 


12. Rabbani, F., Shaikh, B. T. and Wamala, S. Living with globalization: a menace or a 

chance? The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2006, Vol. 56 No. 4, pp. 195-6. 


ntrezPubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum 

13. Siddiqui, F. J., Rabbani, F., Hasan, R., Nizami, S. Q. and Bhutta, Z. A. Typhoid fever in 

children: some epidemiological considerations from Karachi, Pakistan, International 

Journal of Infectious Disease, 2006, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 215-22. 



14. Rizvi, N., Luby, S., Azam, S. I. and Rabbani, F. Distribution and circumstances of 

injuries in squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 

2006, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 526. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16412373 

15. Shaikh, B. T. and Rabbani, F. Health management information system: a tool to gauge 

patient satisfaction and quality of care, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2005, 

Vol. 11 No. 1/2, pp. 192-198. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16532688 

16. Rabbani, F., Shaikh, B. T., Mahmood, Q., Khan, K. S., Israr, S. M. and Memon, Y. 

Medical education and training: responding to community needs, Medical Science 

Monitor, 2005, Vol. 11 No. 10, pp. 21-25. 



17. Shaikh, B. T. and Rabbani, F. Medical education: let's change the emphases, Journal of 

the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2005, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 189. 



18. Shaikh, B. T. and Rabbani, F.The district health system: a challenge that remains, Eastern 

Mediterranean Health Journal, 2004, Vol. 10 No. 1-2, pp. 208-14. - 

http://www.emro.who.int/publications/emhj/1001_2/The%20district.htm 

19. Ali, S. S., Rabbani, F., Siddiqui, U. N., Zaidi, A. H., Sophie, A., Virani, S. J. and Younus, 

N. A. Tuberculosis: Do we know enough? A study of patients and their families in an outpatient 

hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan, The International Journal of Tuberculosis 

and Lung Disease, 2003,Vol. 7 No. 11, pp. 1052-8. 

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld/2003/00000007/00000011/art00007 

20. Abid, S., Hussain, T., Rabbani, F. and Ahmed, A. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for 

H.pylori. A population based study, Helicobacter, 2003, Vol. 8 No. A, pp. 6.30 

21. Rabbani, F., Cheema, F. H., Talati, N., Siddiqui, S., Syed, S., Bashir, S., Zuberi, L. Z., 

Shamim, A. and Mumtaz, Q. Behind the counter: pharmacies and dispensing patterns of 

pharmacy attendants in Karachi, The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2001, 

Vol. 51 No. 4, pp. 149-53. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11759497 

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22. Suliaman, K., Sohail, K. S., Sheikh, A. A., Raza, F., Shahzad, F., Siddique, A., Shakir, T. 

and Rabbani, F. Clinical spectrum of systemic lupus erythematosus at the Aga Khan 

University Hospital, The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2000, Vol. 50 No. 

10, pp. 364-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11109761 

23. Rabbani, F. and Raja, F. F. The minds of mothers: maternal mental health in an urban 

squatter settlement of Karachi", The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2000, 

Vol. 50 No. 9, pp. 306-12. 


ntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA 

24. Rabbani., F. Views about Women’s Mental Health: Study in a Squatter Settlement of 

Karachi", The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 1999, Vol. 49 No. 6, pp. 139- 

142. 



25. Rabbani, F. and Merchant, A. T. Economic development and health status among the 

poor in squatter settlements of Karachi, The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 

1999, Vol. 49 No. 5, pp. 117-21. 



26. Rabbani, F. A View of City’s Health from the Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan. 

Urban Health and Development Bulletin. National Urbanization and Health Research 

Programme, Medical Research Council, South Africa. 1999, Vol.2 No 2, pp. 99-111, 

ISSN 1028-3315. 

27. Rabbani, F. Appropriateness and acceptability of family medicine service in a locality of 

Karachi, Pakistan, JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 

1998, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 110-113. 

28. Abid, S., Rabbani, F., Khan, H. and Abbas, A. Causes of gaseous symptoms and efficacy 

of lactase supplement, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1998, Vol. 93 No. 2, 

pp. 218 

29. Mitra, A. K. and Rabbani, F. The importance of breastfeeding in minimizing mortality 

and morbidity from diarrhoeal diseases: the Bangladesh perspective, Journal of 

Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, 1995, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 1-7. 


Book /Book Chapters 

30. Rabbani, F. Status of Urban Health in the City of Karachi, Pakistan in Urban Health in the 

Third World, in Akhtar, R. and Nangla, S.B., A.P.H Publishing Corporation. New Delhi. 

India, 2001, pp. 191-206, ISBN # 81-7648-293-5 

31. Rabbani, F. Participatory Community Development For Sustainable Health: Experience 

of the Urban Health Project Aga Khan University in Health, Population and the 

Environment: Knowledge, Lessons and Challenges, in Islam, A. M. and Tahir, Z. Health 

Systems Development, Department of Community Health Sciences, 2000, ISBN: 969- 

8073-02-8, pp. 38. 

32. Rabbani F. Hospital performance management and the Balanced Scorecard: a myth or 

reality in low income countries? Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (in press) 

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WHO publications 

33. Building bridges between academia and communities: The UNISOL project and the Aga 

Khan University Karachi, Pakistan, The Network towards Unity for Health. WHO 

Newsletter, 2003, Vol. 22, pp. 24-5. - http://www.thenetworktufh.org/publications_resources/newsletterspdf.asp?t=Newsletter%0D%0A 

http://www.the-networktufh.org/download.asp?file=NL01_2003.pdf 

34. Rabbani, F. The Aga Khan University and the Urban Health Project. Global Conference: 

Universities and the Health of the Disadvantaged. Arizona USA, 1999.in Daniel, S., 

Blumenthal, Charles Boelen, (Eds.), Evidence and Information for Policy. Department of 

Organization of Health Services Delivery, World Health Organization, Geneva, 

2001,WHO/EIP/OSD/2000, Vol. 10, pp 50-61. - 

www.who.int/mip2001/files/2362/UNISOL.pdf 

35. Qureshi, F., Rabbani, F. and Rizvi, N. Domestic Violence: Determinants and 

Consequences in Strohmeier, K.P., Kohler, G. and Laaser, U. (eds.), A study from 

Karachi Pakistan in Urban Violence and Health Determinants and Management A Study 

in Jakarta, Karachi and Conurbation Ruhrgebiet, WHO Kobe Centre, Jacobs, 2002, pp. 

215-234, ISBN 3-932136-82-9 

36. Rabbani, F. Quality of Health Care for Women, Report of a workshop held in Budapest, 

Hungary, in Kitts, J. (Eds.), UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research 

and Training in Tropical Diseases Division, 1994, TDR/GEN/95.3. 

Indexed reports/ manuals/newsletters/newspapers 

37. Rabbani, F. Assuring Quality of Services: The Developmen of a Performance 

Measurement Framework for Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi, Pakistan, 2006, 

project Id WHO-EMRO 05/12. 

38. Rabbani F eds , Manual for Community Health Care Providers, WHO UNISOL Project. 

Dept. Of Community Health Sciences.2003, ISBN: 969-8073-03-7. 

39. Rabbani, F., Nayani, P., Israr, S.M. and Ahmed, T eds. A manual for improving quality of 

care for Pakistani women. Dept of Community Health Sciences, 2003, ISBN: 969-8073- 

03- 

40. Rabbani, F., Dossa, S., Ahmed, T., Khan, S.K. and Khan, R.M eds. Thematic findings 

based on seven case studies from Pakistan, Community Perceptions of Health and Health 

Needs, Dept of Community Health Sciences, 2003, ISBN 969-8073-03-2. 

41. Rabbani, F., Ahmed, T., Mehmood, Q., Khan, R.M. and Shaikh, B.T. eds. Initiating 

women’s empowerment for Health, Dept of Community Health Sciences, 2003, ISBN 

969-8073-03-3. 

42. Rabbani, F.Experts stress empowerment of women for health, The Aga Khan University 

Newsletter. 2003, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 5. - http://www.aku.edu/News/index/Newsletter.shtml 

http://www.aku.edu/university/publications/newsletter4.2/whi.htm 

43. Rabbani, F. A manual for Health Research Proposals Development, developed for WHO 

EMRO Regional Workshop on Health Research Proposals Development. Egypt, 2003. 

44. Islam, A., Aman, F., Rahbar, H., Khan, K., Rahim, M., Dossa, S., Akram, N., Shamim, 

G., Shaikh, B.T. and Rabbani, F. Towards engendering health care system: adapting the 

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training modules developed by UNDP, World Bank to improve reproductive health care 

services in Pakistan, report submitted to Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan in fulfillment of 

the USAID-PNI (II) grant requirements, 2002. 

45. Rabbani, F. A University Working to Improve the Health of Disadvantaged Population, a 

project of Aga Khan University in squatter settlements of Karachi. Annual report 

submitted to WHO- UNISOL network as part of a grant contract, 2002. 

46. Qureshi, A.F., Rabbani, F. and Rizvi, N. Violence Within, the Review: Dawn, pp. 8-10, 

2001. 

47. Rabbani F . The Urban Health Project experience in improving health status indicators, 

The Leader, 2001. 

48. Rabbani F. Participatory Community Development for Sustainable Health, The Urban 

Health Project Experience in Improving Health Status Indicators, 2000, The Aga Khan 

University Newsletter. http://www.aku.edu/News/index/Newsletter.shtml 

http://www.aku.edu/university/publications/newsletter/archives/nl2.pdf 

49. Rabbani F, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Teens: A Case Study from Sultanabad, 

The Aga Khan University Newsletter, 2000 - 

http://www.aku.edu/News/index/Newsletter.shtml 

http://www.aku.edu/university/publications/newsletter/archives/nl2.pdf 

50. Rabbani, F. Urban Health Project of Aga Khan University. Population 

Windows/Dareecha, Quarterly Newsletter, Population Council Islamabad, 2000, Vol. 1 

No. 1, pp. 6. 

51. Rabbani, F., Islam, A., Jehan, I., Memon, Y., Siddiqi, R. and Tahir, Z.T. Urban Health 

Program, Department of Community Health Sciences”, end of project report 1994-1999, 

submitted to Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan, 1999, Vol. 1 and 2. 

52. Khan, A., Qureshi, A.F., Khan, S.B. and Rabbani, F. Inequities in Urban Health: 

differential needs among the poor in Karachi slums, Paper for the Working Group on 

Determinants and Indicators of Urban Health. World Health Organization Center for 

Health Development in Kobe, Japan, 1997. 

53. Rabbani, F. Empowerment of Women - Key to overall Health and Development in the 

community, Women and Health: Leadership Training for Health and Development. 

Project Final Report. Prepared and edited by Barbara A. Carpio, Susan E. Smith and 

Debra Sanderson Mc Masters University Canada, 1992. 

Academic Thesis for PhD 

54. Science and Practice of Balanced Scorecard in a Hospital in Pakistan: Feasibility, context, 

design and implementation ISBN 978-91-7409-828-0 

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Grants and contracts 

� Global Health Leadership Grant: The Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI), a 

partnership formed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Health Canada and the International 

Development Research Centre (IDRC), has offered these grants to support health system 

strengthening and leadership development (principal investigator, cleared 1st round of 

review; final result expected end of 2010, Amount Can $ 30,000). 

� Impact evaluation of regional workshops on the role of health care professionals in 

achieving MDGs 4 and 5 (principal investigator). The Partnership for Maternal Newborn 

and Child Health, WHO Geneva. Consultative evaluation project awarded based on open 

competition , amount approximately US $ 42,000 

� WHO EMRO grant: Leadership of an established ongoing research project on Balanced 

Scorecard at AKU: As the pioneer of introducing Balanced Scorecard performance 

management framework at AKUH worked with a multidisciplinary hospital team 

comprising of V.P hospital services, Chief Operating Officer AKUH, quality assurance, 

marketing, human resource staff and heads of various clinical units to improve strategic 

performance targets of AKUH (2006-2008). Amount US $ 10,000 ( project completed, 1 

article published in American Journal for Healthcare Quality) 

� AKU URC grant: Recipient of Aga Khan University University Research Council 

(URC) for evolving case studies on hospital management and evaluation. Grant period 

2005-2008. Amount US 12,000 (status; completed, one publication in IJHQCA, another 

in IJHPM) 

� SASNET grant: Swedish South Asian Network training and networking grant . A 

Swedish South Asian Network on health administration and management training and 

research (NHART) has evolved through collaboration between three Swedish University 

Departments; (1) Health Systems and Policy Group at IHCAR Dept. of Public Health 

Sciences, Karolinska Institutet (KI) (2) Medical Management Centre KI and (3) School 

of Business Stockholm University and Aga Khan University Karachi Pakistan. Grant 

period 2005-2008. Amount US 12,000 (status; completed, one regional workshop 

conducted, one publication distributed for wide dissemination to all hospitals in Karachi 

and the region). 

� WHO EMRO grant: Introducing quality of care dimension in HMIS to improve patient 

satisfaction of services: A study in Malir, Karachi. Co-investigator. Grant period 2004- 

2005. Amount $ 10, 000 (status: completed, one article published in EMHJ). 

� WHO-UNISOL grant: To improve the health of disadvantaged population. UNI-SOL is 

a network of collaborating universities committed to strengthen teaching, service and 

research capacities in disadvantaged communities. Grant period 2002-2003. Amount $ 

10,000 (status: completed, two WHO publications) 

� WHO DOMI grant: A multi-country study on community based evaluation of typhoid 

fever; diarrhea & ARI under the WHO sponsored DOMI (Diseases of the Most 

Impoverished) Project, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Hanoi, Coinvestigator 

with Dept of Pediatrics AKU. Grant period 2001-2002 (status: completed, 

one article published in Int J of Infectious diseases) 

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� Co - Investigator for a WHO Kobe Centre grant on Determinants and consequences of 

Domestic Violence in Karachi, Grant period 2000-2001 (status: completed, I WHO 

publication and 1 article published in EMHJ) 

� AKU-URC grant; Distribution and circumstances of injuries in squatter settlements of 

Karachi, Principal Investigator, Grant period 1994-1995. Amount $ 10,000 (status: 

completed, 1 article published in Accid Anal Prev). 

� AKF /USAID/SIDP grant: To test improvement in health status of poor urban 

communities in squatter settlements of Karachi based on selected health and 

development interventions. Co-investigator, Grant period 1993-1998. Amount US $ 

50,000 (completed, end of project report compiled in two volumes, several peer 

reviewed articles published). 

WHO and other Technical Consultations 

� Consultant to WHO Islamabad on National Health Policy 2009. Islamabad March 2009 

� Consultancy to Karolinska Institutet on project titled “Women as caregivers: the 

consequences of changes in health provisioning on food and nutrition security among 

women in poor urban settings in Kenya”. February 2008 

� Invited expert to WHO EMRO regional meeting on TEACH Violence and Injury 

Prevention Curriculum. Vienna, Austria, June 2004. 

� WHO advisor Regional Workshop on “Health Research Proposals Development”, 

EMRO, Cairo, Egypt, June 2003. 

� Invited to serve as member expert panel for review of research projects & articles. 

PMRC. May 2003 

� Government of Pakistan, Ministry Of Women Development Social Welfare & Special 

Education. National Consultation on GMIS Indicators on Violence Against Women, 

sponsored by UNFPA, Lahore, January 2003. 

� Regional WHO Consultation on Public Private Partnerships in Health Care. Nairobi 

Kenya, 2001 

� Quality of Health Care for Women. Regional Consultations. Third Asia and Pacific 

Social Sciences and Medicine Conference, Hungary, 1994. 

7.4. Meetings, Conferences, Related Experiences 

International 

� Participant in “Leadership Advance” a management training workshop organized by 

AKU, Kenya, May 2010 

� Speaker in seminar on “Culture and quality care perceptions in a Pakistani hospital” 

Karolinska Institutet Sweden, January 2008. 

� Speaker in seminar on “Reviewing the application of the balanced scorecard with 

implications for low-income health settings” Karolinska Institutet Sweden, June 2006. 

� Speaker on Balanced Scorecard studies at a seminar Medical Management Centre, Dept. 

of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2005. 

� Invited Scholar. Fourth world Congress on Violence and Injury Prevention. Vienna. June 

2004. 

� Invited speaker for a Public Health Seminar Series. Department of Public Health 

Sciences, Guy’s St. Thomas and King’s College London. June 2004 

� WHO EMRO, Regional Workshop on “Health Research Proposals Development”, Cairo 

Egypt, June 2003 

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� 2nd Annual Steering Committee Meeting. Global Network for Women’s and Children’s 

Health Research. National Institute for Child Health and Development (NICHD), 

Bethesda Maryland, USA. May 8-10, 2002. 

� Regional UNI-SOl Congress. Resourcing Public Health. The Role of Universities in 

Coalition with Civil Society in Improving the Health of the Disadvantaged 

Communities. Nairobi, Kenya .June 11-14, 2001. 

� World Federation of Public Health Association (WFPHA) 9th International Congress, 

Beijing September 2000. 

� Universities and the Health of the Disadvantaged: Building Coalitions with the Health 

Professions, Local Governments, and their Communities. A Global Conference, July 11- 

14, 1999. Tucson, Arizona, USA. 

� Fourth Canadian Conference on International Health. Ottawa Canada November 9-12, 

1997. 

� Summer School, Public Health Program. Urbanization and Health in Developing 

Countries. The University of Western Cape and Medical Research Council (MRC), 

Cape Town, South Africa, January 1996. 

� Third Asia and Pacific Social Sciences and Medicine Conference. Perth, Western 

Australia, February 1996. 

� Workshop on "Quality of Health Care for Women". Budapest, Hungary October 1994. 

� Thirteenth International Conference on the Social Sciences & Medicine. Participated by 

invitation. Balatonfured, Hungary, October 1994. 

� New skills in Medical Writing and Research Techniques, Budapest, Hungary, 1994. 

� Workshop on Educational and Health Needs of Low Income Black American Women 

PCC - Head Start Project, Birmingham, Alabama, USA - July 1993. 

� Workshop on Women and Development. Participated by invitation. Indonesia, August 

1990. 

� 43rd World Health Assembly, Geneva, May 1990. 

National 

� Speaker and chair scientific session Misoprostrol in the prevention and treatment of 

PPH: Evidence from Pakistan , April 2009, AKU Karachi ; organized by Dept of 

Community Health Sciences in collaboration with Genuity Health Projects USA and 

AKHSP 

� Attended Conference on Maternal and Child Health, Emergency Obstetric & Neonatal 

Care, April, 2009, AKU Karachi; organized by Department of Obstetrics and 

Gynecology in collaboration with National Advisory Board for Advanced Life Support 

in Obstetrics. 

� Speaker and chair scientific session on Balanced Scorecard in health care settings in the 

Workshop on Health Administration: Strategic Planning and Performance Management, 

November 22-24, 2006 

� Chair scientific session on maternal mortality. National Health Sciences Research 

Symposium. Reproductive Health. A Lifecycle Approach. Aga Khan University 

Karachi. September 20-25, 2004. 

� Speaker AKU Seminar on Maternal and Child Health, IMCHRT and Fogarty 

International grant, October 15, 2004 

� Invited participant. National AKDN consultative Meeting on Grant Proposals. Hotel 

Sheraton, Karachi, December 2004 

� Presentation Skills Workshop. Organized by AKU office of faculty development. Hotel 

Sheraton, Karachi. October 2003 

� Domestic Violence. Determinants and Consequences. Invited speaker in research 

seminar series by Dept. of Psychiatry. AKUH. October 2003 

� Invited speaker at AKU Faculty Assembly on reflective practice. AKUH. September 

2003 

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� Chief organizer, seminar on Improving Women’s Health, Learning from the Field. 

Bridging the Gap between Health Providers and Community. Hotel Metropole, Karachi. 

May 19, 2003. 

� Workshop on Performance Based Assessment. Department of Medical Education. CPSP, 

May 12-14, 2003, Karachi 

� Six Workshops on Reflective Practice. Aga Khan University, Karachi. February- May 

2003. 

� Leadership Development Workshop. Aga Khan University, Karachi, March 6-8 and 27- 

29, 2003. 

� Workshop on Educational Planning and Evaluation. Department of Medical Education. 

CPSP, August 1-3, 2002, Karachi. 

� Appraisal Workshop for Developmental Interviewing. Dept. of Educational 

Development. AKU, May 2002. 

� Seminar on Crimes against Women. Pakistan Women Lawyers’ Association (PAWLA). 

Karachi. August 2001. 

� Seminar on Pakistan’s Poverty Reduction Programme. The Planning Commission, 

Government of Pakistan, AKU, April 2001. 

� International Women’s Day. Working Group for Women. AKU, March 2001. 

� Seminar on Higher Education in Developing Countries: Promise and Potential. World 

Bank-UNESCO Task Force on Higher Education and Society. . AKU, 2001. 

� Symposium and Workshop on “What can we do to improve maternal and child nutrition 

and perinatal outcome in Pakistan”. AKU, January 2001 

� Workshop on Devolution. Health Department. World Bank, Government of Sindh, 

DHDC Karachi West and South, Premises of Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases, January 

2001. 

� Conducted dissemination seminar on “Determinants and Circumstances of Domestic 

Violence in Urban Karachi”. AKU, November 2000. 

� Seminar on “Recent Advances in Typhoid Fever”. AKU, August 2000. 

� Conducted Seminar on “Community Women in Urban Development” on the occasion of 

International Women’s Day. AKU, April 2000. 

� Tutorial Facilitation Skills Workshop for Problem Based Learning, AKU, October 31, 

2000. 

� Seminar on “Road Traffic Injuries: Opportunities for Prevention”. AKU, August 2000. 

� Conference on “Pakistan Population Issues in the 21st Century, Population Council, 

AKU, October 24-26, 2000. 

� Technology & Development in the New Millennium. The fifth International Conference 

of the “Third World Science, Technology and Development Forum”, University of 

Karachi, April 2000. 

� Meeting of: Task Force On Human Development Programme. Aga Khan Development 

Network. AKU, October 1999. 

� Workshop on “Benchmarks of Fairness for Health Care Reforms in Developing 

Countries”. Department Of Community Health Sciences. AKU, October 1999. 

� International Forum for Policy Dialogue. AKU, September 1999. 

� National Conference on “New Directions in Research for Women", AKU, May 30-31, 

1997. 

� Educational Planning and Evaluation Workshop, AKU, 1997. 

� Management training workshop on Results- Based Management (RBM), sponsored by 

Pakistan-Canada Social Institution Development Program IED, AKU, October 13-15, 

1996. 

� Third Annual National Symposium, AKU, 21-22 September 1996. 

� Seminar on "Contraceptive Technology" organized by the "Path Finders", Pearl 

Continental Hotel, March 1996. 

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� Communication skills in Administration, Training & Development Department, AKU, 

1995. 

� Twelfth Annual Symposium, DMC & Civil Hospital Karachi, December 1994 

� First national symposium on the occasion of decade celebrations, AKU, September 1994 

� Development and administration of Essay Questions & Multiple choice questions, AKU, 

1993 

� Seminar on Women and Work Force, American Center, Karachi, July 1992. 

� Fourteenth Research Seminar on Population Welfare. National Institute of Fertility 

Control (NRIFC), December 1990. 

� Student-faculty seminar on the occasion of the third convocation, AKU, September 1990 

� Thirteenth Research Seminar on Population Welfare. National Research Institute of 

Fertility Control (NRIFC), July 8-9, 1989. 

Masters Theses Supervised/reviewed 

� Shagufta Alim. Determinants of Management in Infection Control at Civil Hospital 

Karachi: Thesis in preparation for submission to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in 

partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Health 

Policy and Management , 2008. Thesis advisor 

� Liaquatt Ali Khowaja: Estimating cost of illness of Diabetes Mellitus in out-patient 

clinic setting of Karachi, Pakistan. Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate 

Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in 

Health Policy and Management . 2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Najibullah Safi: Effects of contracting out of basic package of health services on quality 

of health care and patient’s satisfaction in Afghanistan. Thesis submitted to the AKU 

Board of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of 

Master of Science in Health Policy and Management . 2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Ziaullah Khan Dawar: Understanding barriers to North-South Collaborative Research ; 

Contextual Issues in a case study of chlorhexidine trial by AKU & UAB. Thesis 

submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the 

requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Health Policy and Management . 

2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Haseeb Ahmed: A qualitative study on paucity of laws regulating private healthcare 

sector in Pakistan Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial 

fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Health Policy and 

Management . 2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Rehmatullah Niazmal : Is there a shortage of female health workers in (MOPH) Paktya 

Province Afghanistan ?: A descriptive case study design. Thesis submitted to the AKU 

Board of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of 

Master of Science in Health Policy and Management . 2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly: Male involvement in spacing birth in Afghanistan. Thesis 

submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the 

requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Health Policy and Management . 

2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Nawab Khan Mangrio: Issues of gender equity; a case study of decentralized health care 

system of District Nawabshah, Sindh. Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate 

Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in 

Health Policy and Management . 2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed: Prevalence and risk factors of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis 

infection among prisoners In Kabul Central Prison, Afghanistan. . Thesis submitted to 

the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the 

degree of Master of Science in Health Policy and Management . 2006. Thesis reviewer 

� Dr. Fatima M Ali. Perceptions of Registered Medical Practitioners of Karachi, Pakistan 

Regarding Induced Abortion. Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in 

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partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Health 

Policy and Management . 2003. Thesis supervisor. 

� Dr. Muhammad Shahid Ansari. Assessing Health Care Service Quality Using Customer 

Gap Model. Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial 

fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Health Policy and 

Management 2002. Thesis supervisor. 

� Dr. Mohammad I Khan. Patient disatisfaction with health services at Basic Health Units 

in District Quetta. Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial 

fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics. 2002. Thesis committee member. 

� Dr. A. Wajid. A Comparison of utilization of reproductive health services by currently 

married fertile women of 15-49 years (CMFW) in three different settings in Southern 

Punjab, Pakistan. Thesis submitted to the AKU Board of Graduate Studies in partial 

fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics. 2002. Thesis committee member. 

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