Honors & Awards:
Recognition by the United Nations for contributing to UN SDG #3 (2023)
Best Reviewer Award (2022) – International journal ‘Neuroepidemiology’
Member, Sigma Xi – Elected as a full member in 2022
Academic Excellence Award by Kuwait University Faculty Association (2015)
Fellow, American College of Epidemiology (2012-present)
Top Noted Publications:
Title: Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among children in an urban slum of Karachi
Authors: V Mehraj, J Hatcher, S Akhtar, G Rafique, MA Beg
Journal: PloS one
Year: 2008
Volume: 3
Issue: 11
Pages: e3680
Citations: 399
Title: Hepatitis B and C: prevalence and risk factors associated with seropositivity among children in Karachi, Pakistan
Authors: W Jafri, N Jafri, J Yakoob, M Islam, SFA Tirmizi, T Jafar, S Akhtar, S Hamid, …
Journal: BMC infectious diseases
Year: 2006
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-10
Citations: 222
Title: Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in male adults in Rawalpindi–Islamabad, Pakistan
Authors: A Bari, S Akhtar, MH Rahbar, SP Luby
Journal: Tropical medicine & international health
Year: 2001
Volume: 6
Issue: 9
Pages: 732-738
Citations: 192
Title: Prevalence of and risk factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Authors: H Hussain, S Akhtar, D Nanan
Journal: International journal of epidemiology
Year: 2003
Volume: 32
Issue: 5
Pages: 794-799
Citations: 140
Title: Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, Pakistan
Authors: S Rozi, ZA Butt, S Akhtar
Journal: BMC Public Health
Year: 2007
Volume: 7
Pages: 1-8
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Research Timeline:
1990-1993: Monitoring of bovine health problems in Islamabad Capital Territory
1995-1997: Epidemiology of bluetongue virus, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, and other diseases in Pakistan
1998-2001: Investigating risk factors for intra-familial transmission of hepatitis C virus
2001-2004: Studying the prevalence and predictors of pulmonary tuberculosis and treatment outcomes
2006-2007: Descriptive epidemiology of pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV infection among expatriate workers in Kuwait
2009-2011: Spatio-temporal distribution of road traffic injuries in Kuwait