Saira Saleem
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Pakistan
Biography
earned my PhD degree from the University of Bradford, UK as an awardee of Chancellor Cancer Research Studentship- A collaborative PhD scholarship offered by University of Bradford, UK and SKMCH&RC, Pakistan. I aim to establish my career in cancer research in Pakistan. Oral cancer incidence is high in this part of world because of various life style choices. My research study is first attempt in Pakistan to study this disease using mass spectrometry. The pilot study was initiated in April 2013 using facilities at Basic Sciences Research Laboratory, SKMCH&RC and Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, UK. This is an ongoing project and has been published in peer reviewed international journals (Cancer Cell International, 2014) and presented as posters in international meetings (BSPR meeting UK, 2015).
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