The Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) strongly focuses on multidisciplinary research of translational value through collaboration with clinical departments and efficient linkages with other institutions within Pakistan and abroad.
Research focuses on the following major research themes:
The Department is the recipient of a healthy and growing string of intramural and extramural grants. The departmental faculty members regularly publish their research work in national and international journals and present their research findings at various scientific conferences.
Biorepository and Omics
Colorectal Cancer
Cardiac Function
Developmental Origin of Health and Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Functional Foods / Complementary Therapies in Cardiometabolic Disorders
Glioma
Head and Neck Cancers
Opioid Alternatives for the Developing World
Prostate Cancer
Systems Virology and Molecular Epidemiology
Undergraduate Medical Education: Curriculum Development and Evaluation