Education

PhD in Immunology, University of Karachi, 2010
MS in Microbiology, University of Karachi, 1997
BS in Microbiology, University of Karachi, 1994

Training

Visiting Researcher in Centre for Genomics Sciences and System Biology, Department of Pathology, Washington University, St. Louis (WUSTL), Nov 2018, Apr-May 2017 and Sep-Oct 2016
Visiting Researcher in Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia. VA, USA, Aug-Sep 2013
Post-doctoral Training in John Wayne Cancer Institute, CA, USA, Aug 2011-Jul 2012
Visiting Researcher in Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious, Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, CA, USA

Research interests

Tuberculosis
TB Biomarkers
Gut Microbiota
Malnutrition
Environmental Enteropathy

Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, John Wayne Cancer Institute, CA, USA
Instructor Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Research Associate, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Senior Medical Technologist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Technical Services Officer, Biotec Laboratories, Karachi
Microbiologist, Reckitt and Colmann Pharmaceuticals, Karachi
Management Trainee, Parke Davis Pharmaceuticals, Karachi

Professional associations

Member, EEDBI consortium at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Member, Paediatric TB Contact Studies Consortium
Member, Subcommittees of Multicenter Studies (SEEM and CHAIN)
Official reviewer, Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (PJMA) and Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences (PJMS)
Reviewed papers for international journals (Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Research, Community Medicine & Public Health Care)
Member, Pakistan Society of Immunology
Member, American Society of Microbiology
Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Awards and honours

Appreciation for research and scholarly contribution, AKU Medical College Pakistan, Sep 21, 2017
Career Development Award, National Institute of Health USA- Emerging Global Leader Award-K43, Aug 2017
Letter of Recognition from PLoS One for my services as “Reviewer”. Acknowledged in an article published by PLOS ONE:  PLOS ONE 2016 Reviewer and Editorial Board Thank You. 
Global health travel award for 'J3 Host response in tuberculosis', Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Jan 2015
HEC IRSIP scholarship for travel and accommodation in USA for one academic quarter at Stanford University, March 2009

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=as4tdLYAAAAJ&hl=en
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Iqbal+NT

Created on:04/26/2016 Last modified:04/15/2021