Sajid Soofi

Dr. Sajid Bashir Soofi, MBBS, FCPS is the Professor at the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Associate Director at Centre of Excellence in Women & Child Health, Aga Khan University. He is a clinician researcher and a public health expert with vast experience of community-based research & surveys. He has been awarded the prestigious International Health Research Award by the American Academic of Pediatrics in 2010. He is also the recipient of the prestigious scientific award of CDC - the Charles C. Shepard Science Award by Centre for Disease Control CDC. His research areas include maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health with an emphasis on nutrition and infectious diseases. The key areas that Dr. Soofi worked over the last decade have been predominantly in epidemiological and interventional trials focusing on neonatal child health and nutrition, the majority being cluster randomized trial and surveys. The evidence congregated through these trials has played an instrumental role in guiding policy and programs, including the evaluation of health interventions at local and regional level. Dr. Soofi academic bibliography comprises over 120 publications, book chapters, reviews and commentaries. He has published in several high-impact international journals, including Lancet, BMC Research, Journal of Infection and Public Health and Vaccine. He was co-investigators of National Nutrition Surveys, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Pakistan (2011 & 2018). He supported National and Provincial EOCs of Pakistan and Afghanistan in generating evidence on polio sero protection level of children to review and improve their operational strategies for eradication of polio from Pakistan. agga