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144 entries

2026Software

Day Scheduler ↗

Turn a daily plan into calendar blocks, with a small Python tool and a conversational planning workflow.

2026Software

Outlook CRM ↗

A local workspace for contacts, email history, and a simple relationship pipeline.

2026Software

Lumen ↗

An interactive generative light field: movement bends particles, clicks seed blooms, and space creates a pulse.

2025Teaching

AI4MED summer school ↗

Supporting clinicians and students through Python, R, data analysis, and machine-learning projects.

Selected workResearch

CDC WONDER analysis ↗

Data-collection and analysis scripts for ophthalmology-related population research.

2026Software

Baat Karo ↗

A healthcare-worker burnout-support concept; the CV records first place at the 2026 RUFAYDA Anti-Burnout Hackathon.

2026Research

MAIA3D ↗

A Python tool for repeatability analysis of MAIA microperimetry in retinitis pigmentosa research.

2026Software

Video Redirect ↗

A lightweight GitHub Pages redirect for sharing a short, easy-to-update video link.

From 2021Education

Medicine at Aga Khan University

Aga Khan University

MBBS studies and clinical clerkships across medical and surgical specialties.

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Basic sciences: anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, histology, embryology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology, immunology and community health sciences.

Clinical clerkships: Internal Medicine (8 weeks); Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Infectious Diseases, Dermatology, Cardiology, Neurology and Gastroenterology (2 weeks each); Critical Care sub-internship (1 week).

Surgical training: General Surgery (12 weeks); Breast Surgery and Urology (2 weeks each); Vascular Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Orthopedics (1 week each).

Further rotations: Family Medicine (6 weeks); Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology (8 weeks each); Psychiatry, Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology (4 weeks each); Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health and Anesthesiology (2 weeks each); Community Health Sciences (8 weeks).

2020–2021Education

Natural & computational sciences

Minerva University

Completed two semesters of study in computational and natural sciences; Minerva scholarship recipient. Subsequently moved into medicine at AKU.

More about this experience

Coursework: Multimodal Communications; Complex Systems; Formal Analyses; Empirical Analyses; Managing Complexity of a Global World. Intended double major in natural and computational sciences; two semesters completed.

2016–2020Education

Cadet College Hasanabdal

Cadet College Hasanabdal

Cadet College Hasanabdal; class rank 2/108 and Hijri Scholarship recipient.

More about this experience

Completed FSc and matriculation with a 4.0 GPA and class rank 2/108, as listed in the CV.

Received the Hijri Scholarship for academic excellence and a Physics subject prize.

June 2025Education

USMLE Step 1

Licensing examination

Passed Step 1 in June 2025.

2020Award

Pakistan’s biology team

International Biology Olympiad Challenge

Selected for Pakistan’s four-member national biology team; IBO Challenge 2020 participant.

More about this experience

Selected through the National Biology Talent Contest from a pool of more than 7,000 candidates, as recorded in the CV.

The CV records the highest ranking within the national delegation and a poster presentation on genetic engineering and plant flowering pathways.

Related sourcesOfficial IBO Challenge 2020 report
From November 2021Leadership

Science Bowl leadership

National Science Bowl Pakistan

Four national competition cycles, governance and digital learning tools

More about this experience

Co-president of National Science Bowl Pakistan. Led four national competition iterations and co-authored a Global Math Talent Grant proposal to evaluate the program.

Helped establish governance and end-to-end operations across regional and national rounds, including online delivery during the pandemic.

Built and maintained a question bank of more than 2,000 questions; worked on the preparation platform through product requirements, testing, and iteration.

The randomized evaluation is ongoing. Grant support is recorded in the CV; no trial outcomes are claimed here.

Related sourcesNational Science Bowl Pakistan
2021–presentTeaching

Research capacity building

Student Research Forum, AKU

Student Research Forum Convener; research training and conference leadership.

More about this experience

Held roles in the Student Research Forum from 2021 onward, including Workshops and Skills Development Director, General Secretary, and Convener.

As General Secretary, the CV records operational procedures for four functional wings and end-to-end delivery of more than 20 academic events for 500+ students.

Taught a three-session biostatistics series for about 60 medical and nursing students. Earlier research workshops included a nationwide online series that reached 250+ health-science students and a Research 101 session for 500+ pre-medical students.

For ISRC 2025, chaired the Workshops Committee. The CV records 12 pre-conference workshops for 400+ participants, 1,200+ abstracts from six countries, and 300 poster presentations. I also conducted 60+ technical abstract reviews and helped plan journal clubs, mentorship sessions, and plenaries.

Earlier conference work included the 2023 ISRC hybrid technology and 200+ attendee logistics, and assessment frameworks for ISRC 2024.

2021–2025Teaching

SPIE MedTech

Society for Promotion of Innovation in Medical Education (SPIE)

Programming, data science and learning tools

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Served as Director and Co-Director of the MedTech Wing at the Society for Promotion of Innovation in Medical Education.

Designed and taught Python workshops for medical and nursing students, from computational thinking and basic syntax through object-oriented programming, data structures, data cleaning, statistics, visualization, and generative AI.

Co-organized a five-day CME-accredited R course with the Health Data Science Centre and trained 50 research associates in descriptive and inferential statistics, regression, and survival analysis.

The CV also records a medical-AI summit, four clinical-skills workshops for 400+ participants, and a coding bootcamp for 75+ medical and nursing students. These were team programs with distinct teaching roles.

Other work included active-recall and Anki sessions, a visit to SIUT with robotic-surgery simulation and observation, and technical guidelines for the Innovation to Incision hackathon.

27–29 September 2023Teaching

Snake Up: beginner Python

SPIE MedTech · CIME

Named instructor alongside Umar Mahar, Hashim Salar, and Rafay Salman.

Related sourcesPython workshop, 21 September 2023
2022Teaching

Python workshop series

SPIE MedTech

Team member tagged in the announcement and completion posts for introductory Python and data analysis.

Related sourcesPython workshop completion, 2022
From September 2024Leadership

TEDxAgaKhanUniversity

Aga Khan University

Executive producer of Aga Khan University’s inaugural TEDx event

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Produced Aga Khan University’s first TEDx event, featuring three speakers, from licensing and speaker preparation through stage design and production logistics.

Created an operating playbook for future events, covering speaker coaching, talent scouting, and audience engagement.

From September 2022Leadership

Speaking, debating & training

Public Speaking Forum, AKU

Debating, public speaking and student leadership

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Served as Convener and Co-Convener of the Public Speaking Forum and helped re-establish it as a formal university society, including its constitution, first executive board, and debating curriculum.

The CV records an inaugural 40 teams Aga Khan University Debating Championship and a second iteration scaled to 60 teams, alongside the university’s first Model United Nations.

Coached students in World Schools and British Parliamentary formats. Competition results and speaker rankings are listed separately in the awards archive.

Related sourcesAKU Public Speaking Forum
July–August 2025Education

SURGE global health program

Yale School of Medicine

Small-group global-health learning, an op-ed project, and a presentation on privacy and data sovereignty in AI.

2024Award

DISRUPT quality-of-care hackathon

World Health Organization · Milan

Team developed a sepsis-detection prototype and received the “Most Innovative Team” recognition. Research prototype, not a clinical deployment.

More about this experience

At the April 2024 WHO Quality of Care Hackathon in Milan, the team developed a neural-network prototype exploring sepsis-detection alerts from vital-sign and laboratory data.

The CV records “Most Innovative Team” recognition and a presentation to WHO experts. This was a hackathon project, not a clinically validated or deployed system.

2024Award

Second place: Innovation to Incision

AKU Annual Surgical Conference

Team recognition for a surgical-site infection prediction prototype.

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Built during the Innovation to Incision hackathon at AKU’s Annual Surgical Conference on 3 March 2024.

The team developed a neural-network model and web demonstration for exploring surgical-site infection risk from routine laboratory markers. The CV records second place and a PKR 75,000 prize.

The demonstration was a competition prototype, not a clinically validated predictor or deployed clinical service.

6–14 September 2025Leadership

ISRC organizing committee

International Student Research Conference

Conference research systems and skills programming

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Leadership across the Publications and Impact and Workshops committees of the International Student Research Conference.

For ISRC 2025, chaired the Workshops Committee. The CV records 12 pre-conference workshops, 400+ participants, 1,200+ abstracts from six countries, and 300 poster presentations.

Developed abstract-scoring rubrics and reviewed submissions; helped plan journal clubs, mentorship sessions and plenary programming.

Earlier ISRC work included assessment design, research workshops, hybrid event technology and conference logistics.

Related sourcesAKU ISRC organizing committee
From 2021Service

Medical College library representative

Aga Khan University

Supported improvements to learning resources, library facilities, and student access.

More about this experience

Worked on furniture replacement, library policies, RFID book tracking, digital resources including Embase, laptop access and charging facilities.

2023–2024Leadership

Radiology research & education

Radiology Interest Group, AKU

Director; interactive education sessions and a voluntary radiology rotation program.

2023–2024Leadership

Oncology research & development

Student Oncology Interest Group, AKU

Director; student rotations and research opportunities in oncology and hematology.

March 2022–February 2023Service

Provincial Youth Assembly

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Participated in youth assembly proceedings, community activities, and reforestation work.

More about this experience

Participated in assembly sessions and visits with local officials to public facilities.

Contributed to planting 1,500 trees in collaboration with the Billion Trees Tsunami initiative, as recorded in the CV.

September 2020–April 2021Service

Admissions processor intern

Minerva University

Reviewed applications and assessed written and test responses using admissions rubrics.

More about this experience

Reviewed more than 500 applications using admissions rubrics covering creativity, decision-making, verbal expression, and other responses.

The CV reports 95% average assessment accuracy.

September 2020–April 2021Service

Civic project: SF Art and Film

San Francisco

Developed a Google Ads campaign, social media plan, and a guide for ongoing communications.

2018–2020Service

Community Service Society

Cadet College Hasanabdal

General secretary, then president. Organized fundraising, volunteer activities, collection drives, and community projects.

More about this experience

The CV records more than PKR 850,000 raised for the Akhuwat Foundation through repeated fundraising activities.

Organized service activities with a volunteer community of 550, including fundraisers, cleanups, book and clothing drives, social inclusion and interfaith events, water-filter and computer-lab installations.

Managed club funds and reporting; oversaw the Duke of Edinburgh Award committee and Pakistan Red Crescent Youth Club.

April 2018–May 2020Leadership

Astronomy Club president

Cadet College Hasanabdal

Stargazing, astrophotography, telescope training, and models for science exhibitions.

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Built models of astrolabes, planispheres, sundials and Mars rovers for exhibitions.

Organized stargazing and astrophotography, and trained junior members to use telescopes and imaging equipment.

October 2020Leadership

World Space Week

Cadet College Hasanabdal · SUPARCO

Presiding committee; competition planning, organizer training, guidebooks, and event judging.

More about this experience

For World Space Week 2020, planned 45 competitions for more than 1,000 students from 42 schools; conducted and judged four events.

Selected and trained 25 organizers, co-authored event guidebooks, and coordinated campus preparation and media.

1–15 September 2020Education

Sakura Science exchange

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Selected as Head Student for the Sakura Science exchange in Japan; presented synthetic-biology work.

More about this experience

The CV records selection among the top ten students from across Asia and appointment as Head Student.

The program included visits and lab activities at Tsukuba University, the GAMMA-10 fusion reactor, JAXA, and Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience; presented a synthetic-biology poster and worked with CNC machines.

2019–2020Award

Duke of Edinburgh International Award

Silver category

Founding committee member at Cadet College; service with community and health organizations.

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Silver category, April 2019–May 2020; founding member of the award committee at Cadet College Hasanabdal.

Service with SOS Youth Homes, Al-Shifa Eye Trust, Pakistan Red Crescent, Akhuwat Foundation, WWF-Pakistan and Ayub Teaching Hospital; developed Python, R and Arduino skills.

December 2016–January 2017Education

Buraq Space Camp

Buraq Planetary Society

Robotics, electronics, model aircraft, water rockets, and a social-enterprise pitch.

More about this experience

Selected among 40 students from more than 2,500 applicants, according to the CV.

Built robotics and electronics projects, model aircraft, and water rockets, and pitched a social enterprise focused on vocational skills for women.

2019Education

National STEM School

Pakistan Innovation Foundation

Hands-on engineering, robotics, programming, applied biology, and introductory quantum-computing projects.

More about this experience

The CV records selection twice through competitive testing for the National STEM School.

Projects included RC-aircraft and airfoil design, line-following and obstacle-avoiding robots, Unity games, an Arduino security system, DIY DNA extraction, gene-editing exercises, and quantum-computing work with Qiskit.

2018Education

Applied biology & engineering

Codon Corps · Islamabad

Laboratory and prototyping training including nanoparticles, CRISPR design, microfluidics, and CAD.

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Green synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles; UV–Vis spectroscopy and particle-size analysis.

CRISPR guide design and rpsL knockout training; BLAST / Benchling sequence analysis; protein modeling with PyMOL and AutoDock.

Microfluidic chemotaxis assay design and ImageJ analysis; SolidWorks CAD / CAM, CNC design and 3D bioprinting of biogels.

2018Education

Molecular biology training

Institute of Integrative Biosciences · CECOS

Hands-on DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis, and gene-editing workflows.

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DNA extraction and quantification, primer / guide design with Primer3 and Benchling, BLAST analysis, restriction digestion and ligation, bacterial transformation and validation by electrophoresis and sequence analysis.

2019Education

Stable isotope techniques

PINSTECH

Training in hydrological and environmental applications of isotope analysis.

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Training in stable-isotope methods for hydrology and environmental analysis: sample preparation, oxygen-18 / deuterium signatures, groundwater recharge, evaporation and source apportionment.

Exposure to isotope-ratio mass spectrometry, hydrochemical analysis and water-resource assessment.

2023Research

Genetics & preeclampsia

Khan Lab · Aga Khan University

Pilot genetic-association work on RNLS: DNA extraction, PCR-RFLP, genotyping, and data analysis. Exploratory work; no causal claims.

More about this experience

Worked under Dr. Shagufta Khan on an exploratory association study of RNLS rs2576178G/A and preeclampsia in a Pakistani cohort.

Performed DNA extraction, PCR-RFLP, MspI digestion, agarose gel electrophoresis and genotype / allele-frequency analysis in SPSS and Excel.

2018Award

GIKI Science Fair awards

21st All Pakistan Science Fair

First place in Science Quiz and Water Rocket; second in Science Project Exhibition and Rube Goldberg design.

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All Pakistan 21st Science Fair, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, 2018.

2018Award

Science Bowl runner-up

National Science Bowl Pakistan

School-team runner-up, recorded in the CV.

2018–2020Award

School debating & Model UN

Cadet College Hasanabdal

Best Debater awards and Model United Nations distinctions at Cadet College Hasanabdal.

More about this experience

Recognitions included Best Delegate, Outstanding Diplomat and an honorable mention across school MUN events.

2023–2024Award

University debating

Parliamentary debating championships

Semifinal finishes; 4th place team at AKU; speaker rankings at Karachi World Style and Alpha College.

More about this experience

The CV records a fourth-place team finish at the 2024 AKU Debating Championship, seventh-place individual speaker at Karachi World Style, and eleventh at Alpha College.

Selected coursesEducation

Further learning

Coursera · CITI Program

Machine learning, systems biology and research methods training.

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Machine Learning Specialization — Stanford University and DeepLearning.AI.

Systems Biology and Biotechnology Specialization — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Johns Hopkins University.

Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research — CITI Program. Credential identifiers are not published here.

Previously listed as ongoing in February 2026 CVResearch

Dandy–Walker malformation and spinal dysraphism

Research project

Research project on Dandy–Walker malformation and spinal dysraphism; current status is not specified in the 2026 CV snapshot.

More about this experience

A literature and clinical research project recorded in an earlier CV. No findings or current status are asserted here.

2026Research

Host–pathogen transcriptomics

Hasan Lab · Aga Khan University

Bioinformatics pipeline work on COVID-19 metagenomic data with the Hasan Lab at Aga Khan University.

More about this experience

Built a high-throughput workflow using Kraken2 and DIAMOND for read filtering, STAR for human-reference alignment, and featureCounts for gene quantification.

Used DESeq2 for differential expression and explored gene-set enrichment, principal components and heatmaps. This is research analysis, not a clinical diagnostic.

2025Research

Rare-disease genomics

Fatima Lab · Aga Khan University

Laboratory and variant-analysis experience with the Fatima Lab at Aga Khan University.

More about this experience

Worked on rare lysosomal storage disorders and neuro-ophthalmic conditions; CV-listed experience includes DNA extraction, targeted enrichment, sequencing, variant calling and interpretation.

Additional exposure included Sanger validation, CRISPR guide design and induced pluripotent stem-cell culture.

2024Education

Ophthalmology elective

The Eye Center · South City Hospital, Karachi

Four-week ophthalmology elective at The Eye Center, South City Hospital, Karachi, in 2024.

More about this experience

Clinical elective experience in ophthalmology.

2018Education

Emergency medicine observership

Ayub Teaching Hospital

Exposure to emergency care, triage, and acute-care workflows.

2018Education

Ophthalmology observership

Al-Shifa Eye Trust

Clinical observation in ophthalmology.

2016–2019Education

Early workshops & training

2016–2019 · Selected programs

Science, engineering, community development and technology programs from school through university.

More about this experience

Training included aircraft design and build, astronomy, biology and space-science activities, community development, youth service, and introductory AI and computing programs.

Selected skillsSkills

Programming & data science

Research, software & communication

R, Python, Stata, SPSS, statistical analysis and automation.

More about this experience

Advanced analysis and automation in R and Python, with applied machine-learning work.

Experience includes data cleaning, regression, survival analysis, neural-network development and reproducible analysis workflows.

Selected skillsSkills

Research methods & analysis

Research, software & communication

Evidence synthesis, clinical outcomes research and reproducible statistical methods.

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Pairwise and prevalence meta-analysis, generalized linear mixed models, random-effects models, heterogeneity and publication-bias assessment, subgroup analysis and meta-regression.

Observational research methods include multivariable and ordinal regression, survival analysis, propensity-score methods, inverse-probability weighting, sensitivity analyses and survey design.

Tools include RevMan and NVivo; research communication includes manuscript and grant writing.

Selected skillsSkills

Laboratory & bioinformatics

Research, software & communication

Molecular biology, genomics, host–pathogen transcriptomics and prototyping.

More about this experience

PCR, gel electrophoresis, CRISPR-Cas9 guide design, Benchling, SnapGene, microfluidics and 3D bioprinting.

Bioinformatics experience includes Kraken2, DIAMOND, STAR, featureCounts, DESeq2, GATK and ANNOVAR; sequencing, variant annotation and pathway analysis.

Selected skillsSkills

Design, visualization & production

Research, software & communication

Research visuals, diagrams, dashboards and everyday office tools.

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Canva, Lucidchart, Datawrapper and Adobe Photoshop for research figures, infographics, flow diagrams and data visualizations.

Microsoft Office and Google Workspace for writing, spreadsheets, presentations and collaboration.

May–June 2026Education

Wilmer Eye Institute clinical and research elective

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Eight-week ophthalmology elective combining clinics, operating-room exposure, and research on MAIA microperimetry repeatability.

More about this experience

Attended clinics, grand rounds and teaching sessions and observed and scrubbed in on ophthalmic procedures.

Worked on coefficients of repeatability for MAIA microperimetry in retinitis pigmentosa using the FIGHT RP dataset; developed the MAIA3D Python tool.

June–July 2026Education

Cole Eye Institute clinical and research elective

Cleveland Clinic

Four-week ophthalmology elective with clinic and operating-room sessions across subspecialties.

More about this experience

Rotated through clinics and operating-room sessions across cornea and anterior segment, retina, glaucoma, oculoplastics, uveitis, and neuro-ophthalmology.

The CV records ongoing faculty collaboration on manuscripts, including work on optic nerve hypoplasia.

2022–2026Teaching

Research teaching, invited talks and mentoring

Aga Khan University and partner programs

Teaching research methods, data science, debating and learning strategies to students and early-career researchers.

More about this experience

Delivered three biostatistics sessions to approximately 60 medical and nursing students through Research in Medical School: An A-to-Z Approach.

Invited talks and panels included “The AI Copilot: A Partner in Research” at the National Health Science Research Symposium, “The Synergy Equation: Building Effective Research Teams” at ISRC, and a leadership talk at Cadet College Hasanabdal.

The CV also records debate coaching, Python instruction, and recurring sessions on active recall and Anki for medical students, including a cross-campus session with AKU Nairobi.

The CV also records organizing and moderating Research 101, a virtual introduction to academic inquiry for more than 500 pre-medical students across Pakistan.

2020Award

National Biology Talent Contest

Pakistan

Ranked second nationally among approximately 8,000 test-takers and selected for the national biology training camp.

More about this experience

Selected among the top 50 students in biology for training at the National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.

2021 onwardAward

Clinical honors in Community Health Sciences

Aga Khan University

Recognized with honors in Community Health Sciences during medical training.

2020Award

Hijri Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Cadet College Hasanabdal

Scholarship awarded for sustained academic performance among the top five percent of the class.

Language proficiencySkills

Languages

English and Urdu · native proficiency recorded in the CV.

April 2023Grant

Global Math Talent Grant

The Agency Fund · CERP Pakistan

Agency Fund grant supporting a randomized evaluation of National Science Bowl Pakistan.

More about this experience

The CV records co-authoring and securing the grant to study the program’s impact on students’ STEM engagement, performance and career aspirations.

The evaluation is ongoing; this entry does not claim study results.

Related sourcesAgency Fund: Evaluation of National Science Bowl
2026Research collaboration

Global Burden of Disease Study ↗

Collaborator network associated with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.

2023Research collaboration

PakSurg 1 ↗

Multicenter prospective surgical-site infection study in Pakistan.

2022Research collaboration

EcoHealth Collaborative ↗

Multicenter research on medical students’ perceptions of healthcare’s environmental footprint.

Historical roles use their recorded dates. Self-reported metrics are identified as CV records; linked sources are provided where available. Research statuses reflect the 2026 CV snapshot and may have changed since. Private research and student data are not published.