Department of Biochemistry, Shifa College of Medicine lead by Dr. Afrose Liaquat, in collaboration with Department of Cardiology, Shifa International Hospital, participated in the 49^th Annual CardioCon, 22^nd – 24^th November, 2019 at Serena Hotel, Islamabad. Dr. Afrose Liaquat presented a comprehensive talk on “Primary/secondary prevention and the concept of Cardiometabolic Center: A local Experience”. 

A total of 17 abstracts were submitted in the conference, two abstracts were short listed for final evaluation of cardiology research award. The study titled “Expression analysis of miRNA-143 and its target genes in obese population of Pakistan” won third position among 80 abstracts in the cardiology research award competition.