Curriculum vitae. Rubeena Zakar, MBBS, MPS, PhD Associate Professor

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1 Curriculum vitae Rubeena Zakar, MBBS, MPS, PhD Associate Professor Educational Qualifications Year Name of Degree 1998 MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) 2000 FCPS (P-I) (Post-graduation in gynecology & Obstetrics) 2006 MPS (Master in Population Sciences) 2012 PhD in Public Health (with Summa cum Laude) Degree Awarding Institution Sindh Medical College Karachi University (Pakistan) Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan Department of Population Sciences, Institute of Social, Lahore (Pakistan) Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University Academic Title Positions held Associate Professor Employing Institution Department of Public Health,, Lahore (Pakistan) Areas of research and teaching interests Quantitative research methods and quantitative data analysis Violence against women and women s health Human rights and women s health issues in developing countries Information technology and infectious diseases Reproductive health Population aging Child and infant health Gender-based violence Gender and health in international perspective Health care resources utilization by immigrant women 1

2 Courses Taught Title of course Level Institution Women s health in international perspective Gender and health Research methods Reproductive health Population aging Quantitative research methods & Quantitative data analysis Applied Statistics MSc MSc MSc MPH. M.Phil/ PhD PhD School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Germany School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Germany School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Germany and Cultural Studies, and Cultural Studies, and Cultural Studies, Research Experience and Research Projects Year Designation Project Quantitative research expert Co-Principal Investigator Gender mainstreaming in hydropower projects International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights (ICESCR) Funding Organization World Bank Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights, Govt. of Pakistan Acting as Supervisor on Violence against Women Research Line Violence Research and Development in cross Cultural Perspective International Centre for Violence Research, Bielefeld University, Germany Qualitative Researcher Rapid Assessment of Chief Minister s Health Initiative on Improving for Attainment and Realization of MDGs Project, Reduction of Maternal and Information Mortality Technical Resource Fund (TRF) Co-Principal ILO, Government of 2

3 Investigator Gender Expert on Resettlement and Rehabilitation Issues Rapid Assessment on Children involved in the worst form of child labour in district Okara and Muzzaffar Ghar, National Center on Resettlement and Rehabilitation, ISCS the (Pakistan) World Bank Principal Investigator Health care resources utilization by immigrant South Asian women in Germany FOKO, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Germany Research Associate Use of technology in improving reproductive health of rural women and Cultural Studies,, Lahore, Pakistan Research Associate Use of unsafe injections and spread of Hepatitis B and C in Lahore and Kasur Districts (Pakistan) AIDS Control Program Awards Year th Position in Final MBBS First Position in MPS, University Gold Medalist (Master in Population Sciences) Doctoral Scholarship from Heinrich Boell Foundation, Germany 2012 PhD with Summa cum Laude (with highest distinction) 2012 International AOK Research Award 2012 for Best Dissertation 2013 Best Dissertation Award from Wesfaellichen Lippen University Society, Germany

4 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS 1. Zakar, R., Zakar, MZ., Abbas, S. (2015). Domestic violence against rural women in Pakistan: An issue of health and human rights. Journal of Family Violence. DOI: /s Impact Factor: Nasrullah, M, Zakar, R., Zakar, MZ, Abbas, S., Safdar, R. (2015). Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Married as Children: A Qualitative Study in Urban Slums of Lahore, Pakistan. BMC Int Health Hum Rights.DOI: /s Impact Factor: Moritz U. G. Kraemer, T. Alex Perkins, Derek A.T. Cummings, Rubeena Zakar, Simon I. Hay, David L. Smith, Robert C. Reiner. (2015). Big city, small world: Density, contact rates, and transmission of dengue across Pakistan. Journal of the Royal Society Interface doi: /rsif Imapct factor: Zakar, R., Nasrullah, M., Zakar, M., Ali, H. Association of intimate partner violence with unintended pregnancy and pregnancy loss among a nationally representative sample of currently married women of reproductive age in Pakistan. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstatrics Impact Factor: Nasrullah, M, Zakar, R., Zakar, MZ., Abbas, S.,Safdar, R. (2015). Circumstances leading to intimate partner violence against women married as children: a qualitative study in Urban Slums of Lahore, Pakistan. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2015, 15:23 doi: /s Impact Factor: Rizvi, S., Zakar, R., Zakar, M. (2015). Factors associated with low birth weight of children among employed mothers in Pakistan. Maternal and Child Health Journal. DOI: /s z Impact Factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M., Aqil, N., Naruallah, M. Paternal factors associated with neonatal mortality and births with low weight: evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (2015). Maternal and Child Health Journal. DOI: /s Impact Factor: Rizvi, S., Zakar, R., Fischer, F., Zakar, M. (2015). Ethical conflicts during clinical training: The hidden curricula learning experience of Pakistani nurses. Submitted to BMC Medical Ethics. 16:16 DOI: /s Impact Factor: Zakar M. Z., Zakar, R., Aqil, N., Qureshi S., Saleem, N., Imran, S. (2015). Nobody likes a person whose body is covered with mud : Health hazards faced by child laborers in the brick kiln sector of the Okara District, Pakistan. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science. 47(1): DOI: /a Impact factor:

5 10. Jalil. A., Zakar, R., Zakar, MZ. (2015). A secondary anlysis of maternal factors determine low birth weight in Pakistan. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 44(1), Nasrullah M, Zakar, R., Zakar MZ, Abbas S, Safdar R, Shaukat M, Krämer A (2014).Knowledge and attitude towards child marriage practice among women married as children-a qualitative study in urban slums of Lahore, Pakistan. BMC Public Health 14(1): 1148 doi: / Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z. Aqil, N. (2014). Adverse birth outcomes associated with consanguineous marriage in Pakistan. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 127 (2), Impact factor: Zakar, R. Zakar, M. Z., Qureshi, S, and Fischer, F. (2014). Harnessing information technology to improve women s health information: evidence from Pakistan. BMC Women's Health 2014, 14:105 doi: / Impact factor: Nasrullah, M., Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z. (2014). Child Marriage and Its Associations With Controlling Behaviors and Spousal Violence Against Adolescent and Young Women in Pakistan. Journal of Adolscent Health, 55, Issue 6, Pages DOI: Impact factor: Bugvi, A. Rahat, R., Zakar, R., Zakar M. Z, Fischer, F. Nasrullah, M. Manawar, R. (2014). Factors associated with non-utilization of child immunization in Pakistan: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey BMC Public Health, 14:232. Impact factor: Nasrullah, M., Zakar, R., Zakar, M.Z, Kramer, A. (2014). Girl Child Marriage and its Associations with Morbidity and Mortality of Children under-five in a nationally, representative sample of Pakistan. Journal of Pediatrics, 164(3), Impact factor: Nasrullah, M., Zakar, R., Kramer, A., & Zakar, M.Z. (2013). Girl Child Marriage and its Associations with Morbidity and Mortality of Children under-five in a nationally, representative sample of Pakistan. Journal of Pediatrics. Manuscrit Number RI. Vol 163 (6). Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M.Z., & Krämer, A. (2013). Men s belief and attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in Pakistan. Violence Against Women, DOI: / Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., & Krämer, A. (2013). Voices of Strength and Struggle: Women s Coping Strategies against Spousal Violence in Pakistan. Journal 5

6 of Interpersonal Violence. 27(16), DOI: / Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., & Krämer, A. (2012). Spousal violence and its association with women s mental health in Pakistan. Health Care for Women International. Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., Mikolajczyk, R., & Krämer, A. (2012). Intimate partner violence and its association with women s reproductive health in Pakistan. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 117(1) Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., Faist, T., & Krämer, A. (2012). Intimate partner violence against women and related immigration stressors among Pakistani immigrant families in Germany. Springer Plus, 1:5. (Internationally highly accessed article). 23. Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., Hornberg, C., & Krämer, A. (2012). Coping strategies adopted by pregnant women in Pakistan to resist spousal violence. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 116 (1) doi: /j.ijgo Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., & Krämer, A. (2011). Spousal violence against women in the context of marital inequality: Perspectives of Pakistani religious leaders. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 5(2) (Listed in ISI web of Knowledge index). Impact factor: Zakar, R., Zakar, M. Z., & Krämer, A. (2011). Primary health care physicians response to the victims of spousal violence against women in Pakistan. Health Care for Women International, 32(9), Impact factor: Zaman, M., Zakar, M. Z., Sharif, A., Sabir, I., Zakar, R., & Arif, M. (2013). Exchange Marriage System, Traditional Gender Roles and Obscured Transformation in a Community of Pakistan: Interplay of Structure Agency and Social Change. International Journal of Socioogy of the Family. Vol. 39 (1-2). 27. Zakar, R., Mikolajczyk,R., Khan, M., Krämer, A. (2010). (Abstract). Spousal violence against women in Pakistan: Implications for women s health. Das Gesundheitswesen Vol. 72. August/. Doi: /s It is available on Impact factor:

7 PUBLICATIONS IN HEC RECOGNIZED JOURNALS 1. Rubeena Zakar, Shazia Qureshi, Muhammad Zakria Zakar, Muhammad Ashraf, Nauman Aqil, Safdar Abbas, Saeed Watto. (2014), Journal of Poltical Studies, 21(1), HEC recognized X category journal 2. Abbas, Safdar, Shazia Qureshi,, Rabia Safdar, Rubeena Zakar. (2013). Peoples perceptions about visiting Sufi Shrine in Pakistan. South Asian Studies, 28(2), Zakar, Muhammad Zakria, Shazia Qureshi, Raza-Ullah, Rubeena Zakar, Nauman Aqil, Riffat Manawar. (2013). Universal Primary Education in Pakistan: constraints and challenges. South Asian Studies, 28(2), Qureshi, Shazia, Safdar Abbas, Rabia Safdar, & Rubeena Zakar. (2013). Gender responsive budgeting in Paksitan: Scope and Challenges. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 50(1), Jalil, Aisha, Rubeena Zakar, Shazia Qureshi. (2013). Physical wife abuse in rural Sindh, Paksitan: Prevalance and risk factors. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 50(1), Zakar, Muhammad Zakria, Shazia Qureshi, Rubeena Zakar, Saleem Rana. (2013). Unsafe injection practices and transmission risk of infectious diseases in Pakistan: Perspectives and practices. Pakistan Vision, 7. Zakar, Muhammad Zakria, Rubeena Zakar, Florian Fischer. (2012). Climate changeinduced water scarcity: A threat to human health. Journal of South Asian Studies, 27(2), Zakar, Muhammad Zakria, Rubeena Zakar. (2009). Diffusion of Information technology for agricultural development in rural : Challenges and opportunities. Pakistan Vision, 9(2), Published Conference Proceedings 7

8 Zakar Muhammad Zakar, Rubeena Zakar, Taha Itani, Alexander Krämer. Paternal factors associated with adverse birth outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health survey.mainz// Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (gmds), 6. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi). Mainz, Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; Doc11gmds252 DOI: /11gmds252, URN: urn:nbn:de: gmds2528 It is available on Zakar Rubeena, Muhammad Zakar Zakar, Taha Itani, Alexander Krämer. Determinants of maternal health care service utilization in Pakistan. Mainz// Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (gmds), 6. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi). Mainz, Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; Doc11gmds251 DOI: /11gmds251, URN: urn:nbn:de: gmds2511 It is available on Published Books/Chapters in Edited Books Books/Chapters in edited books Rubeena Zakar. (2012). Intimate Partner Violence against Women and its Implications for Women s in Pakistan. Disserta Verlag: Hamburg Zakar Muhammad, Rubeena Zakar, Florian Fischer. (2013). Climate change-induced Water Security. In Climate Change and Health, Alexander Kramer and Heiko Jhan (Editors). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: (This book is in German language) Zakar Muhammad, Rubeena Zakar, Florian Fischer. (2013). Klimawandelbedingte Wasserknappheit: Auswirkungen auf Gesundheit durch politische und soziale Konflikte In: Klimawandel und Gesundheit Internationale, nationale und regionale Herausforderungen und Antworten. Jahn HJ, Krämer A, Wörmann T (Eds); Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Journals I am acting as reviewer for the following international peer-reviewed journals: Canadian Journal of Behavioral Sciences Journal of Family Violence International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics British Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 8

9 Completed M.Phil Theses Sr # Name of Student Title Name of the University Registration on date- Completion date 1 Sitwat Farooq Perceptions of university students about selection of their life partners 15 th January Aisha Jalil Physical Wife Abuse in rural Sindh, Pakistan: Prevalence, Protective and Risk Factors 15 th May Saira Siddiqui Gender Inequality within the households and its Implication for Women s Health 2 nd July Dr Najmaud Din Perceptions and Social Consequences of Tuberculosis Patients in Teaching Hospitals, Lahore, in comparison with the Community Institute of Public Health 27 th May Farheen Farwa An exploratory study of the relationship between individual characteristics and social trust 6th Dec Saima Sakhi Knowledge and awareness about reproductive health issues among adolescent girls in Lahore, Pakistan 31st Dec Sheeba Arooj Barriers in utilization of maternal healthcare in Muzaffarbad Azad Kashmir Oct th July Hassan Raza Students satisfaction with academic enviorment at universities Oct th June Mahwish Shaukat Human error in priscription writing: A triangualtion study in teaching hospitals Oct th June

10 of Lahore 10 Muhammad Ali Khan Effects of Physical; enviorment and working condition on teachers performance Oct th October Sarosh Iqbal Adolascent perception about sexual and reproductive health rights in distct Lahore: Constraints and challenges Oct th December Samia Ishaq Effects of Social support on mental well being of elderly living in city distrcit Lahore Oct th December Nasir Khan Teaching enviorment and its effect on Teachers performance Oct th December Rabia Safdar Health literacy and its association with the general health perceptions among university students 2nd Oct st Dec