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Lecturer
M.Phil., Ph.D., MPH
Biography
Dr. Asif Ali is working as a Lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Bio-Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
He has completed his B.Sc (Hons) in Food Science and Technology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-Pakistan during his BS project he worked on Nutritional evaluation of different wheat varieties (NARC, Islamabad) and his M.Phil from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan. During his M.Phil. research, he developed infant formula by using indigenous plant protein concentrate. Under the split program, he completed his Ph.D. from UVAS and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts state, USA. As of his PhD research, he worked on the Association of Lifestyle and Dietary Habits with Blood Choline Levels as Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers and the Impact of Various Antioxidants on This Biomarker. During his stay at Harvard (USA), he concluded the course of his PhD research where he majorly worked on exploring nutritional epidemiology and Meta-Analysis.
Dr. Asif Ali has worked in hospital setup and the food industry. He has significant scientific contributions as well. He presented a number of researches in national and international conferences. To date, he has authored one book and various publications published in the International Scientific Journals. He is also a reviewer of some notable journals in the Food Science and Nutrition domain. He is a member of the North American Society of Nutritionists and the Society of Nutritional Sciences. He is a technical member of the Integrated Reproductive Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (IRMNCH) and Nutrition program and Punjab Breastfeeding Promotion Board. Furthermore, he served as a senior lecturer at the University Institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences. Apart from academia, Mr. Asif Ali has been quite active in co-curricular activities during his educational career.
Area of Interest
The public health and community nutrition and exploring the bioactive food nutrients and their implication on community health, especially in controlling metabolic diseases (Diabetes and Cardiovascular diseases) and other Public Health issues.
Publications
| Sr.no | Title | Journal Name and year of publication |
| 1 | Asif Ali, M., Khan, N., Kaleem, N., Ahmad, W., Alharethi, S. H., Alharbi, B., . . . Sharifi-Rad, J. (2023). Anticancer properties of sulforaphane: current insights at the molecular level | Front. Oncol., 16 June 2023 Sec. Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs Volume 13 – 2023 |
| 2 | Jabeen, S., Khan, A. U., Ahmad, W., Ahmed, M.-u.-D., Ali, M. A., Rashid, S., . . . Sharifi-Rad, J. (2022). Development of Gluten-Free Cupcakes Enriched with Almond, Flaxseed, and Chickpea Flours. Journal of Food Quality, 2022, 4049905. doi:10.1155/2022/4049905 | 1. Journal of Food Quality,
2. 2022
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| 3 | Ali, M.A., Nasir, M., Pasha, T.N., Javid, I., Ullah, A., Iqbal, M.A., Ahmed, S., Nazir, M.M., Gondal, T.A., Imran, M. and Sharifi-Rad, J., 2020. Association of life style and dietary habits with blood choline and cardiovascular outcome. | Cellular and Molecular Biology 66.4 (2020): 178-183. |
| 4 | Evaluating the impact of early nutritional assessment and intervention in hospitalized liver cirrhosis patients Nida JAVAID , Zahra KHAN , Muhammad Asif ALI and Sajid Khan TAHIR | Arq Gastroenterol. 58 (02) Apr-Jun 2021. |
| 5 | Ali, M.A., Nasir, M., Pasha, T.N., Javid, I., Muzaffar, R., Rashid, A., ur Rehman, H., Gondal, T.A., Imran, M., Sharifi-Rad, J. and Iqbal, Z., 2020. Preventive therapy of antioxidant vitamins against the blood choline levels in cardiovascular patients. | Cellular and Molecular Biology, 66(4), pp.184-190. |
| 6 | Nasir, M., Jabbar, M.A., Ayaz, M., Ali, M.A., Imran, M., Gondal, T.A., Tufail, T., Aslam, F., Lal, S., Rind, N.A. and Salehi, B., 2020. Effects of galacto-oligosaccharide prebiotics in blood profile of severely acute malnourished children. | Cellular and Molecular Biology, 66(4), pp.37-44. |
| 7 | Nasir, M., Jabbar, M.A., Ayaz, M., Ali, M.A., Imran, M., Gondal, T.A., Tufail, T., Aslam, F., Qaisrani, T.B., Sattar, M.U. and Salehi, B., 2020. Bio-therapeutics effects of probiotic strain on the gastrointestinal health of severely acute malnourished children. | Cellular and Molecular Biology, 66(4), pp.65-72. |
| 8 | Nasir, M., Jabbar, M.A., Ayaz, M., Ali, M.A., Imran, M., Gondal, T.A., Tufail, T., Aslam, F., Qaisrani, T.B., Sattar, M.U. and Salehi, B., 2020. Bio-therapeutics effects of probiotic strain on the gastrointestinal health of severely acute malnourished children. | Cellular and Molecular Biology, 66(4), pp.65-72. |
| 9 | Rashid, A., Javed, I., Rasco, B., Sablani, S., Ayaz, M., Ali, M.A., Abdullah, M., Imran, M., Gondal, T.A., Afzal, M.I. and Atif, M., 2019. Measurement of off-flavoring volatile compounds and microbial load as a probable marker for keeping quality of pasteurized milk. | Applied Sciences, 9(5), p.959. |
| 10 | Nazir, M.M., Ayaz, M.M., Ahmed, A.N., Maqbool, A., Ashraf, K., Oneeb, M., Yasin, G., Subhani, A., Ali, M.A., Nazir, N. and Sajid, M.A., 2018. Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, and Sarcocystis species DNA in the heart and breast muscles of rock pigeons (Columbia livia). | Journal of parasitology research, 2018. |
| 11 | Nazir, M.M., Akhtar, M., Maqbool, A., Waheed, A., Sajid, M.A., Ali, M.A., Oneeb, M., Alam, M.A., Ahmad, A.N., Nazir, N. and Fatima, S., 2017. Antibody prevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in women from Multan, Pakistan. | Zoonoses and public health, 64(7), pp.537-542. |
| 12 | FTO genetic variants, dietary intake and body mass index: insights from 177,330 individuals. Qibin Qi , Tuomas O Kilpeläinen , Mary K Downer , Toshiko Tanaka , Caren E Smith , Ivonne Sluijs , Emily Sonestedt , Audrey Y Chu , Frida Renström , Xiaochen Lin , Lars H Ängquist , Jinyan Huang , Zhonghua Liu , Yanping Li , Muhammad Asif Ali , Min Xu , Tarunveer Singh Ahluwalia , Jolanda M A Boer , Peng Chen , Makoto Daimon , et. al | Human molecular genetics, 23(25), pp.6961-6972. |
| 13 | Nazir, M.M., Maqbool, A., Akhtar, M., Ayaz, M., Ahmad, A.N., Ashraf, K., Ali, A., Alam, M.A., Ali, M.A., Khalid, A.R. and Lindsay, D.S., 2014. Neospora caninum prevalence in dogs raised under different living conditions. | Veterinary Parasitology, 204(3-4), pp.364-368. |
| 14 | L-carnitine of red meat consumption contributes less in heart diseases progression as compared to low expressed PPARα leading to activation of mTOR1C
Umar Bacha, Muhammad Nasir , Muhammad Asif Ali ,Naveed Akbar , Aftab Ahmad Anjum , Javed Muhammad , Tanveer Hussain , Abdul Wajid , Tayyab Shahzad , Anjum Rashid |
· January 2013
· International Journal of Advanced Research 1(7):169-174
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| 15 | Dietary management of inflammatory diseases
Umar Bacha, Muhammad A Ali , Abdul Basit , Uzma Litaf |
· November 2012
· Journal of Translational Medicine 10(3)
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- Association of life style and dietary habits with blood choline and cardiovascular outcome.
- 5th Conference on Public Health Nutrition (2018), Bangkok, Thailand
- Development of Infant Formula for Casein Intolerance Babies
Muhammad Asif Ali, Muhammad Nasir,
TRAININGS:
- Training on Good Lab. Practices by Nestle Pakistan Ltd.
- Training on Sensory evaluation of Milk and Milk Products by Nestle Pakistan Ltd.
- Hygiene and adulteration in milk by UVAS. Lahore.(Dec. 10-13, 2007)
- Total Quality Management in services sector by NPO Pakistan. (July 03-04, 2008)
- Participation in world milk day celebrations at UVAS, Lahore (June 01, 2009)
- Participation in 6th Asian Buffalo Congress (Oct. 27-30, 2009)
- Member of organizing committee in 6th Asian Buffalo Congress (Oct. 27-30, 2009)
- Participation in international conference “recent advances in human nutrition with special reference to vulnerable groups” (Feb. 22-25, 2010)
- Participation in international conference on “Technological and scientific aspects of dairy products with special reference to French Cheeses” (Feb. 21-23, 2011)
- Participation in workshop on “Good Clinical Practices” at UVAS, Lahore. (Feb. 26, 2011)
- Participation in “TiE-All Asia Business Plan Competition 2012
- Workshop on “Application of soy protein in meat and vegetable Protein” November 08, 2012
- 40th Post Graduate Training Course on “Application of Nuclear and other advance techniques in agriculture and Biological research at NIAB-PAEC (spectrophotometric, Electrophoresis, GC, HPLC, PCR, ELISA, RIA (Dec. 2012)
- Workshop on “Lab. Animals Hands on” at UVAS on 18-19 June 2014
- Member of Organizing Committee, Recent Advances in Human Nutrition, at PC Lahore, 18-19 March 2014
- Member of Organizing Committee, International Conference of Human Nutrition, at PC Lahore, 2-6 October 2015
- Training from TRF+ “Assessment of Punjab Nutrition Programme, 12-15, December-2015
- e-Learning Course on Innovative Approaches in Marketing of Agrifood Products 5-8 December, 2016
- Attended Two days “International conference on recent advances in clinical research” held at department of physiology, UVAS in 2017
- Conducted a workshop on “Application of Meta-Analysis” at Rashid Latif Medical College in 2017
- Attended Endnote X7 Basic training held by FSHN, UVAS on December 1, 2018
- Attended “1st National workshop & competition on Food product development” held by Azra Naheed center for research and development in 2018
- Attended workshop on “Critical Appraisal of a Research Article” organized by FSHN, UVAS in 2018
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES:
- Convener of Blood Donor Society (BDS), UVAS.
- Associate director student affairs.
- Member of organization committee at “International Buffalo Congress” 2019
- Member of organization committee at “International Poultry Expo” 2022 & 2023.
- Appreciation Award as “Co-opt members of management committee” on acknowledgement ceremony of UVAS Flood Relief campaign
- Appreciation Award by Vice-Chancellor, UVAS for “Achieving the objectives and goals of this almamater”