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Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for the year 2023-24
The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Riffat Mehboob, Ph.D
-Senior Scientist
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, United States
-Director Research
Lahore Medical Research CenterLLP, Lahore, Pakistan
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8965-1587
Prof. Dr. Riffat Mehboob – Director Research (LMRC) (dr-riffatmehboob.com)
Editors
Prof. Dr. Naseer Ahmed, MBBS, Ph.D
Associate Professor/ Director Research
Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan
Dr. Badil, MSN, Ph.D*
Associate Professor/ Director Nursing
Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Managing Editor
Khurram Mehboob
Lahore Medical Research CenterLLP, Lahore, Pakistan
Production Editor
Zeeshan Mehboob
Lahore Medical Research CenterLLP, Lahore, Pakistan
Biostatistician
Humaira Waseem
Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
Advisory Board Members
Dr. Humaira Athar
Principal
Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Fatima Soomro, MSN
Lecturer
People’s Nursing School, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences,
Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Kainat Asmat, MSN, Ph.D
Associate Professor
The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sameena Naz, MSN
Assistant Professor
Reflex College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Editorial Board (National)
Abdullah, BSc Nursing, MPH, M.Phil
Director
National Institute of Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Muhammad Azhar, MSN
Principal/Associate Professor
Multan University of Science and Technology, Multan, Pakistan
Fouzia Bashir, MSN
Principal
Shah Rukn e Alam College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Multan, Pakistan
Asaf Shah, MPh, MSN
Director General Health Services
DHQ Hospital Batkhela, KPK, Pakistan
