Research at KEMU

The “International Publications for KEMCAANA Dr. Masood Akbar Research Award 2025” highlights the exceptional international research achievements of students and trainees from King Edward Medical University, showcasing publications, presentations, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses published in renowned international journals and conferences. The document reflects multidisciplinary contributions across cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, oncology, psychiatry, surgery, public health, and medical education, while demonstrating KEMU’s growing global academic presence through collaborations and presentations at prestigious forums including AHA, ASCO, ACC, SOHO, and Neurology conferences.

The Punjab Thalassemia Prevention Programme (PTPP), launched in 2009–10, is a government led initiative to reduce the burden of beta thalassemia and other genetic disorders in Punjab through free carrier screening, pre marital testing, and prenatal diagnosis across all 36 districts. It provides awareness campaigns, genetic counselling, and training for healthcare workers. The program also uses an integrated digital system to track screening, counselling, and diagnostic records to support population level prevention.

The Tuberculosis Indicators dataset compiles comprehensive WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) metrics on tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan (PAK), with a focus relevant to Punjab province surveillance. Spanning 1990–2021, it tracks 713 records across indicators like new/relapse cases, case-detection rates, treatment success rates, MDR/RR-TB prevalence, HIV co-infection, and diagnostic lab capacity. Key trends show notified cases rising from ~15k in the 1990s to over 316k by 2014, alongside improving treatment success (70–94%) and growing MDR-TB challenges. This data supports epidemiological analysis, policy evaluation, and research into TB control in high-burden regions like Punjab.

Heart failure remains a leading cause of mortality in Pakistan, particularly in Punjab, where cardiovascular diseases claim numerous lives annually. The Heart Failure Prediction dataset, collected Institute of Cardiology. It supports vital research in healthcare analytics for early intervention in Punjab’s high-risk population.