Lecturer, department of Biosciences, faculty of Pharmaceutical & Allied health sciences
farah.dbs@stmu.edu.pk
+92-51-8840600 EXT 714
Ms. Farah Alam Gill is serving as a lecturer in Department of Biosciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad. She has done her MS in Applied Biosciences with the specialization in Healthcare Biotechnology from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad in 2014. Her MS research project was titled as “Therapeutic Significance of Interleukin 12 (IL-12) on rheumatoid Arthritis in Pakistani Population” After completion of her studies she has served at different institutes of high prestige for teaching and research purposes. Having rich academic background in pharmacogenetics her areas of interest are to study molecular basis of genetic as well as autoimmune diseases and treat them with biomaterials which finally lead to personalized biological medicine and drug discovery. Her expertise is in human, animal and plant DNA extraction (blood and tissue samples) as well as development and optimization of new protocols as per required for genotyping and other in vivo, in vitro studies for genetic diseases. She is a member and program coordinator of Admission Committee and Student Affairs Committee. She is also a member of Examination Committee, Equivalence Committee, Career Placement and Internship Committee, and chairperson/Convener of Website and social media platform committee at Department of Biosciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad.
MS | Applied Biosciences (Healthcare Biotechnology) | NUST, Islamabad | 2014 |
Lecturer | Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad | Since – 2022 |
Visiting Lecturer | Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad | 2018 – 2019 |
Teaching Associate | COMSATS University, Islamabad | 2017-2018 |
Visiting Lecturer | PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi | 2016 – 2017 |
Lecturer and Administrator | Institute of Natural and Management Sciences (INAM), Rawalpindi | 2015 |
Head/Chairperson nominee Website and Social Media Committee | Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad | Since – Dec 2022 |
1. | Received certificate of Interdepartmental Faculty Development Series Workshop conducted by Shifa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 20th Feb to 26th Feb, 2023 Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad. |
2. | Received certificate of “Professional Development Workshop for Young Faculty” organized by Faculty Development Academy, CIIT, Islamabad held from 3rd July to 11th August, 2017. |
3. | Participated in 18th Conference of Pakistan Society for Rheumatology held in Rawalpindi- Pakistan from 11th -13th April, 2014. |
4. | Received Certificate of Appreciation for organizing IBRO-APRC Associate School of Neuroscience “From Basic Neuroscience to Advanced Applications” held in NUST, Islamabad from 30th Sept. to 4th Oct, 2013. |
1. | Sadaf, T., John, P., Bhatti, A., Jahangir, S., Gill, F., A. & Malik, J., M. (2016). Lack of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha ((TNF-α) Gene Polymorphism rs1799724 in Pakistani Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. International Journal for Rheumatic Diseases. 19(11), 1119-1125. |