Faculty Profile

Dr. Majeeda Rasheed
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. from University of the Punjab, Lahore

I have been working on genome analysis of PPR virus originating in sheep and goat from Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan during my PhD. and I isolated avian Influenza (H9N2) Virus from poultry and poultry workers during my M. Phil research. I worked as Lecturer in three public and private universities, and my responsibilities include teaching various graduate & undergraduate courses in Zoology/Microbiology and Biology related subjects along with practical’s. I am interested to teach and work on Zoonotic disease surveillance in natural reservoirs like birds, ducks and humans and research related to Paramyxoviruses and Orthomyxovriuses mostly. I want to enhance my knowledge just to improve myself as scientific person.


Job Experiences: I have almost seven year job experience in well reputed Institutions Like UVAS, Lahore, Akhuwat- Faisalabad Institute of Research Science & Technology, Faisalabad, University of Okara, Renala khurd, Okara and KFUEIT, RYK. I also have work experience in Industry like Nestle (PVT).LTD. and Maxim International PVT.LTD.

 

  • Farooq W, Rasheed M, Mukhtar N, Haque A, Yasmin F, Suleman S, Lail RA, Malik HA, Kabir S. Molecular characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from MDR-TB patients of Northern Punjab, Pakistan. Biomedical Letters 2021; 7(1):26-31.
  • Yasmin F, Rasheed M, Suleman S, Arif M, Farooq W, Hussain S, Khan J, Ali H. Association of Alu-repeat Polymorphism and Myocardial Infarction in Pakistani Population. Biomedical Letters 2021; 7(1):32-37.
  • Sajjad MM, Rasheed M, Farooq W, Yasmin F, Niaz S and Yaqub T, 2021. Recent updates on molecular detection of H9N2 as low pathogenic strain of Avian Influenza Virus from poultry farms of Lahore, Pakistan. Agrobiological Records 5: 15-20.
  • Rasheed M, Akhtar T, Roohi N, Arooj N, Rasheed M, Farooq M and Yousaf M, 2020. Elucidating the genetic diversity of prevalent strains of Peste des Petits ruminants’ virus in Gilgit-Baltistan province, Pakistan. Pak. Vet. J., 40 (1): 73-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2019.090.
  • Rasheed, M., Akhtar, T., Mukhtar, N., Shahid, M.F., Imran, M. and Yaqub, S. (2020). Sero-prevalence of peste des petits ruminant (PPR) virus in sheep and goat population of Gilgit Baltistan province of Pakistan. Punjab Univ. J. Zool., 35(1): 123-127. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pujz/2020.35.1.123.127.
  • A. Subhani, K. Ashraf, S. Ahmad, H. Anwar, G Hussain, Z. Kamran, M. Lateef, M. Rasheed and M.U. Sohail (2017). Comparative efficacy of various feed additives on the resistance of broilers to experimentally-induced caecal coccidiosis. Europ.Poult.Sci.81:1612-9199
  • J. Muhammad J., Rabbani1 M.,  Muhammad K., Wasim M., Ahmad A., Sheikh A.A., Akhtar F., Rasool A., Khattak I., Bashir T., Z.U Islam and M. Rasheed. PHYSICOCHEMICAL FACTORS AFFECTING PERSISTENCE OF FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS IN SOIL. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences (2017), 27(3):1047-1050.
  • Ahad A, Rabbani M, Yaqub T, Younus M, Mahmood A, Shabbir MZ, Fatima Z, Khalid RK and Rasheed M.(2013). Serosurveillance to H9 and H7 avian influenza virus among poultry workers in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. 33(1): 107 – 112.
  • Qasim M,  Najeeb I,  Rasheed M,  Shahzad KA,  Ahad A,  Fatima Z and  Anwar Z. Physico-chemical growth requirements and molecular characterization of indigenous Spirulina. African Journal of Microbiology (2012). 6(11): 2788-2792.
  • Rasheed M., Rehmani S., Iqbal  F.,  Ahmad A, Akhtar F, Akhtar R, Bibi Ta, Aslam HB , Afridi SQ. and Mukhtar N.( (2013). Seropositivity to Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H9N2 among Human Population of Selected Districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Infection and Molecular Biology).1 (2): 32 – 34.

Zoonotic diseases and emerging viruses and bacteria which affect environment, human, birds and wild life population.

  • Attended Antimicrobial Stewardship workshop in University of Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Attended Biennial Infectious Disease conference 2019 held on 17-18 June 2019 at the Nairobi Hospital Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Awarded Gold medal as best master trainer from DRDF-USAID and Ali Akbar group collaboration in ceremony 2013
  • Organized, “1st International Conference Advancement in Biotechnology” at Akhuwat-FIRST with the collaboration of GC Women University Faisalabad
  • Organized “Early Career Teacher Training” at Akhuwat-FIRST with the collaboration of RABT
  • Organized the workshop on ‘Research by integrating Endnote & Turnitin” at Akhuwat-FIRST
  • Organized Pre-Conference workshop on “Applications of Medical Bio-Technology (Hands on Training on HPLC & PCR) at Akhuwat-FIRST with the collaboration of University of Health Sciences, Lahore
  • Organized Science Exhibition on “Emerging Ideas” at Akhuwat-FIRST, Faisalabad  
  • Wrote, won and managed the Pilot Project of 2.5 Years Matric Program for unschooled adults in Akhuwat-FIRST

UVAS, Lahore; FIRST, Faisalabad; University of the Punjab, Lahore; KFUEIT, RYK