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Dow Institute of Medical Technology

Medical Technology is a vital part of the entire Health Care System. This professional field comprises the challenges and rewards of medicine and surgery and deals with the technical aspects of the same. Our program provides undergraduate and postgraduate training programs in these fields for students pursuing their careers in Allied Health Sciences. Medical technologists are vital members of the Health Care System. They are an eminent professional resource of the health care team, who play an active role in medical institutions, hospitals, physicians' offices, diagnostic centers, and other health care facilities in public and private sectors.

Faculty Profile

  • Dr. Meha Fatima Aftab
  • Designation
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department
  • Surgical Technology
  • Qualification

  • BS-(Surgical Technology), PGD, PhD

  • Email
  • meha.fatima@duhs.edu.pk
  • Office Location
  • Dow Institute of Medical Technology, Nursing Building ,3rd Floor ,KDA Scheme-33, Gulzar-e-Hijri Near SUPARCO off Main University Road Karachi

Research Interest

Neurofeedback, neurotechnology, cognitive and molecular neuroscience, brain-computer interface, psychophysiology, surgical and diagnostic advancements.

Research Publications

 

  1. Majeed U, Aftab MF, Baloch DM, Ahmed S, Yusuf IM, Hasan MA, Qureshi MS. Modulation of Heart and Brain Function by Surah Al-Rehman Recitation Among Distressed Diabetic Patients in Pakistan. J Relig Health. 2021 Sep 23. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01431-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34554380.
  2. Aslam A, Ahmer Z, Fatima Aftab M, Ahmed A. Spiritual Health Among Pakistani Religious and Non-Religious Professional: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Highlighting the Role of Regional Beliefs and Practices. Adv Mind Body Med. 2020;34(3):18-24.
  3. Azeemi M, Ahmer Z, Aftab MF. Effectiveness of Maraqba in improving depression and reducing sympathetic tone in depressed females; A Quasi experimental study. Journal of Complementary Medicine Research. 2020;11(In Press).
  4. Khan, G., M. F. Aftab, B. Bano, K. M. Khan, M. Murtaza, S. Siddiqui, M. H. Rehman and R. S. Waraich (2018). "A new indanedione derivative alleviates symptoms of diabetes by modulating RAGE-NF-kappaB pathway in db/db mice." Biochem Biophys Res Commun 501(4): 863-870.
  5. Aftab MF, Afridi SK, Mughal UR, Karim A, Haleem DJ, Kabir N, et al. New isatin derivative inhibits neurodegeneration by restoring insulin signaling in brain. Journal of chemical neuroanatomy. 2017;81:1-9.
  6. Murtaza M, Khan G, Aftab MF, Afridi SK, Ghaffar S, Ahmed A, et al. Cucurbitacin E reduces obesity and related metabolic dysfunction in mice by targeting JAK-STAT5 signaling pathway. PloS one. 2017;12(6):e0178910.
  7. Ghaffar S, Afridi SK, Aftab MF, Murtaza M, Syed SA, Begum S, et al. Attenuation of palmitate induced insulin resistance in muscle cells by harmala, clove and river red gum. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences. 2016;29(5 Suppl):1795-800.
  8. Ghaffar S, Afridi SK, Aftab MF, Murtaza M, Hafizur RM, Sara S, et al. Clove and Its Active Compound Attenuate Free Fatty Acid-Mediated Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle Cells and in Mice. Journal of medicinal food. 2017;20(4):335-44.
  9. Afridi SK, Aftab MF, Murtaza M, Ghaffar S, Karim A, Mughal UR, et al. A new glycotoxins inhibitor attenuates insulin resistance in liver and fat cells. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2016;476(4):188-95.
  10. Aftab MF, Afridi SK, Ghaffar S, Murtaza M, Khan M, Karim A, et al. A bis-Schiff base of isatin improves methylglyoxal mediated insulin resistance in skeletal muscle cells. Archives of pharmacal research. 2015.
  11. Meha Fatima Aftab and Rizwana S. Waraich (2012), “A Review Of Biochemical Markers For Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease”, American Journal of Neuroscience 3(2) 54-62.

Others

International Workshop Host

1.         Neurovid Symposium (2023) on the topic, “Developing customized neruofeedback protocols” held during 10-12th March, 2023, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

 

2.         Women in Neuroscience Symposium (2022) on the topic, “Mind your heart: Introduction to the electrophysiological and methodological aspects of assessing heart-brain coherence” held during 12-15 August in Tbilisi, Georgia.

 

3.         IBRO-APRC Associate School of Neuroscience on the topic “Electrophysiology and brain mapping in neurodegenerative research” held during July 26-31, 2021 at Dow Institute of Medical Technology.

 

4.         Virtual Innovation lab on Neuroscience and Electrophysiology, “EEG and Neurofeedback, Research and clinical applications”, March 18, 2021 in collaboration with MSTF and Sciencebeam.

 

5.         Neurofeedback Course, July 28th, 2020 held at Dow Institute of Medical Technology in collaboration with Sciencebeam.

 

External Funding Awarded

1.         Scholar support in “Supporting Women in Science” (2023) on the topic, “QEEG brain mapping for antepartum and postpartum depression”.

2.         SRGP research grant from HEC, 2018 for the project, “Effect of theta frequency sound on chronic stress in mice”.

 3. Transformation International Society grant for the project, “psychophysiological mechanisms of theta frequency sound treatment on diabetic distress”.

List of Dissertations Supervised

1.         Aslam A, Ahmer Z, Fatima Aftab M, Ahmed A. Spiritual Health Among Pakistani Religious and Non-Religious Professional: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Highlighting the Role of Regional Beliefs and Practices. Adv Mind Body Med. 2020 Summer;34(3):18-24. PMID: 32931458.

2.         Azeemi M, Ahmer Z, Aftab MF. Effectiveness of Maraqba in improving depression and reducing sympathetic tone in depressed females; A Quasi experimental study. Journal of Complementary Medicine Research. 2020;11.

3.         Relationship Of Heart Rate Variability Measure With Trait Emotional Intelligence In The Presence Of Acute Mental Stress (2023). Shagufta Yasir, Meha Fatima Aftab*, Nasrin Habib, Alex Lim Lian Sheng, Bedanta Roy.

Fellowships and Awards

1. Top 3 finalist for HULT Prize 2023.

2. Finalist for SOLV[ED] challenge at MIT, USA for the project “Acusurgicals”.

3. Special Prize for devising “Portable Surgical Theatre” at DUHS-DICE Innovation contest, Karachi, Pakistan

4. Member: Mediterranean Neuroscience Society.

5. Nominated as national delegate amongst 30 different countries to attend Neuroscience School organized by International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), held in Islamabad, 2016.

6. One amongst the 60 delegates from around the world and one amongst the two delegates from Pakistan to attend Novartis Biocamp 2013 held in Basel, Switzerland.

7. HEC Indigenous Scholar, Batch II, Phase II, 2013.

8. Gold Medalist in Surgical Technology from Dow University of Health Sciences, 2012.

Invited International Speaker

1. Symposia Speaker at ISCNP30 & ICOB-10 held during 25th to 29th November, 2018, in Athens, Greece.

2. 6th Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference, held during 12th to 15th June, 2017 in Valetta, Malta.

3. Symposia Speaker at ISCNP29 & ICOB-9 held during 24th to 27th September, 2016.

4. 5th Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference, held during 12th to 15 th June, 2015 in Pula, Sardinia, Italy.