Sheraz Khan
Research Associate - Global Public Health (Tobacco Control)
Profile
Biography
Dr Sheraz Khan is a medical doctor with a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in Global Health from the University of Edinburgh. He has served in clinical, administrative and research roles.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)- Khyber Medical University
- Masters in Public Health (MPH)- Khyber Medical University
- PhD Global Health-The University of Edinburgh
Research
Overview
Sheraz's research interests include health systems research (including financing, access, and equity). He has a special interest in tobacco related non-communicable diseases with a focus on epidemiology of cancer, cost of cancer care and access to cancer care services, including palliation.
Projects
- Tobacco control in Adolescents in Pakistan (TAP) project
- Improving Outcomes in Mental and Physical Multimorbidity and Developing Research Capacity (IMPACT) in South Asia
Research group(s)
Supervision
- Burden of tobacco related diseases, especially, cancer.
- Social health protection (financing)
- Access to care (cancer care and palliative services)
- Equity and financial protection in accessing health care services
External activities
Invited talks and conferences
- Speaker at the 7th Global Health Systems Research conference, organised by Health Systems Global, in Bogota, in 2022.
- Panellist at a conference, entitled “Social Protection in Fragile Context”, organised by UNICEF and the EU Commission, at Brussels, in 2017
Competitions
- First prize in national essay writing competition in Pakistan (2017): Give way to ambulance, somebody you love might be in there: what we all need to do to facilitate ambulances in traffic?
- Second prize in national essay writing competition in Pakistan (2018): Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities.