Yusra Habib Khan

Dr. Yusra Habib Khan holds masters and doctoral degrees in Clinical Pharmacy from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy at Jouf University (JU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 2019. Previously she has served as an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Pharmacy Practice at Lahore College for Women University, Pakistan. She has also worked as a research officer in the chronic kidney disease (CKD) resource Center, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia. Her research areas primarily extend to the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), implications of bioimpedance analysis in nephrology and dengue infection, epidemiology of dengue infection, atypical complications of infectious diseases, and health-related quality of life. She did excellent work on exploring the potential role of bioimpedance analysis in the rational use of drugs. She has published more than 75 articles in internationally recognized and peer-reviewed ISI-indexed journals. She has also published 5 book chapters with international publishers. Currently, she is working on various individual and collaborative research projects. Dr. Khan has completed a project funded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and their findings have been published in ISI-indexed journals and have supervised many Postgraduates. She is also serving as an editorial board member of various peer-reviewed journals related to endocrinology, infectious diseases, and nephrology. Currently, she is investigating the utilities and implications of bioimpedance analysis for various infectious diseases. Based on her significant scientific contributions in the field of nephrology, she has been awarded the best researcher award in 2015 and 2016 by the Universiti Sains Malaysia.