Institutional Impact

Health outreach programs/projects in the local community on hygiene, nutrition, family planning, sports, exercise etc.

Project titled “Human Health Impacts Of PM2.5 and Photochemical Smog from Lahore through Carcinogenic and Genotoxic Assessment” was awarded by Higher Education of Pakistan.
Project titled “Repurposing iron-chelation drug deferiprone for management of difficult to treat diabetic wounds” was awarded by Higher Education of Pakistan.
Project titled “Identification and characterization of Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems and their impact upon health of living beings” was awarded by Higher Education of Pakistan.
Project titled “Development of recombinant bacteriolysin for the treatment of Staphylococcal infection: A new strategy for replacement of use of antibiotics” was awarded by Punjab Agriculture Research Board.

Dr. Zahoor is working on pediatric genetics including different diseases like neurological disorders, inborn error of metabolism, and renal dysfunction. This will impact on control of inherited disorders and family planing strategies through carrier screening for genetic disorders. He has collaboration with Harvard Medical School, Boston USA for renal disorders and University of Erlangen for neurological disorders. He has a research project from HEC on screening of inborn error of metabolism in Pakistan.

Project titled “Study of Cellular Cannibalism (Entosis) in Tumors of Animal Origin” was awarded from Endowment Fund, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

Project titled “Genotoxic and carcinogenic assessment of Heavy Metal–Contaminated Soil and water in human blood and bovine milk samples from the different industrial zones of Punjab, Pakistan” was awarded by Higher Education of Pakistan

Project titled “Development of Advanced Molecular Diagnostic Test for screening of Silent Estrus Behavior in Pakistani River Buffalo” was awarded by Agricultural Linkage Program, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

Project titled “Molecular Analysis of Inborn Error of Metabolism in Pakistan” was awarded by Higher education of Pakistan
Project titled “Development of novel molecular diagnostic assays for economically important infectious diseases of livestock” was awarded by Punjab Agriculture Research Board (PARB)

Sr. No.	Project Title	Cost (Million PKR)	Funding Agency	Principal Investigator
	Analyzing the spread of Anthrax in Pakistan and Jordan	70	DTRA	Prof. Dr. Tahir Yaqub
	Reducing the Economic and Zoonotic Impact of Avian Influenza (REZIAI): delivering novel vaccines and diagnostics from laboratory to the field.	11.2	BBSRC	Prof. Dr. Tahir Yaqub

Sr. No.	Project Title	Cost (Million PKR)	Funding Agency	Principal Investigator
	Isolation and Characterization of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) Isolates from Pakistan and Their use in production of gene deleted marker Vaccine	11.75	HEC	Prof. Dr. Masood Rabbani
	Biocontrol of Brucella abortus using Brucellaphages	3.5	Higher Education Commission (NRPU)	Dr. Ali Ahmad Sheikh
	Immune response of subunit salmonella vaccine and its effect on shedding of S. enteriditis in chickens	2.4	UM enterprises	Prof. Dr. Aamir Ghafoor
	Molecular characterization of bovine pestivirus isolates from dairy animals of Pakistan and their use in diagnostic, biosecurity and biological development to control disease in Pakistani herds.	6.2	HEC-NRPU	Dr. Arfan Ahmad
	Preparation and evaluation of multivalent vaccine for Clostridium perfringens using locally characterized toxinotypes	7.902	HEC TDF	Prof. Dr. Aftab Ahmad Anjum
	Characterization, development and evaluation of indigenous probiotics targeting control and mitigation of Salmonella in poultry and human	6 Million	Higher Education Commission	Dr. Muhammad Nawaz
	“Development and Evaluation of Probiotics and Plant Extract Targeting Increased Phosphorus Availability and Decreased Ammonia Emmission in Poultry”	3 Million	Higher Education Commission	Dr. Muhammad Nawaz
	Biocontrol of Salmonellosis in chickens using bacteriophages	13.083	Punjab Agriculture Research Board	Dr. Ali Ahmad Sheikh