Student Research

1st Prize in Undergraduate Research in Abu Dhabi

1st Prize in Undergraduate Research in Islamabad

Best Student Paper Award in Singapore

3rd Prize in Undergraduate Research in Abu Dhabi

Best Student Paper Award for Oral Presentation

Students Research Publications

  • Rifah Anwar Assadi, Afreen Abdul Rahim Sanaullah, Sathyapriya Nandagopal, Shahnaz Mohamed Wazil, Priya Pardasani, Meenadarsini Dhamothiran, And Ozyigit, JagatGopinath, Ans Ahmed Mahmood, Maryam Almarzooqi, Bibi Morsal Sayedy, Elham Riyaz, Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil. Pre-exercise health screening: A necessity or barrier to engage in physical activity.  Congress Abstracts: 38th FIMS World Congress of Sports Medicine. Dubai, UAE, October 24-27, 2024. Translational Exercise Biomedicine. 2024;1(s1): 1-77. [link]
  • Al-Tameemi ZKA, Khanam R, Shetty PJ. Bisphenol-A Leaching from Polycarbonate 5-Gallon Water Bottles in the UAE: A Comprehensive Study. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 30;14(1):1302-1309. doi: 10.3126/nje.v14i1.59934. PMID: 39280642; PMCID: PMC11396560.
  • Shaikh, Shaman A.; Alintakli, Farid; Mohamed, Moustafa; Mohammed, Masud; Khanam, Razia; Shetty, Preetha J. Impact of sleep deprivation on stress levels and cognitive performance in young and middle-aged adults at a Medical University in Ajman, UAE. Journal of Education and Health Promotion 13(1):254, July 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1602_23
  • Al-Tameemi ZKA, Khanam R, Shetty PJ. Bisphenol-A Leaching from Polycarbonate 5-Gallon Water Bottles in the UAE: A Comprehensive Study. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2024;14(1): 1302-1309. DOI: 10.3126/nje.v14i1.59934.
  • Tauro JI, Anilkumar A, Shamlooh LJ, Kitherian ZE, Karanghadan AS and Khan NS*. Influence of Body Mass Index on the Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress among Young Females during Menstrual Cycle. Biomed. Pharmacol. J. 2023 Dec;16(4):2501-10. [link]
  • Ajwan Abdulmonem Hubail Al-Najar,  Tanzima Tabassum,  Fathima Leila Thaliffdeen , Safa Jawad Kadhum, Abid Shaheer Karanghadan and Nelofar Sami Khan*. Electronic Cigarettes Versus Tobacco Poly Use: Reduced Oxidative Stress but Similar Inflammatory Effect. Emirates Medical Journal, 2023; 4(1): e020323214265. DOI: 10.2174/04666230302120808
  • Jabbar JA, Al Masri AH, Oweidat FA, Al Ahmad MM, OB, Oweidat ZA, Sreedharan J. (2023). Family history of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular diseases in relation to self health-care. Int J Community Med Public Health; 0(3):919-923. [link]
  • Rihab Sayed Sufiyan, Lin Jawish, Sarah Ait Tayeb, Aisha Bachir, Ramya Rathan* and Miral Nagy F. Salama. A Cross-sectional Study to Associate BMI with Pressure Pain Threshold and Pain Tolerance Among Healthy Young Individuals. New Emirates Medical J. 2023; 4(1): e051222211567. [link]
  • Zoya Shah, Rigza Razzaq, Fatima Aminu, Trisha Sharif, Abid Shaheer, Nelofer Khan, Razia Khanam* (2022). Association of lifestyle factors with bone health status in young females in the United Arab Emirates – A cross-sectional study. International Medical Journal, Vol 29, Issue 09, 8537-8544. [link]
  • Shauri, A., Varghese, J., Zainab, U., Dawoud, O., Bagchi, S., & Diab, F. (2022). The association between obesity and the functions of the autonomic nervous system in young adults. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S4), 11353–11376. [link]
  • Aishwarya N, Benasin M, Hadija B, Nabila R, Nazeerullah R, Zahra Arshad Khan, Gobi AK (2022). “Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum of Beta-Lactamase-Producing Class A Genes in Escherichia coli & Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from Patients Urine Samples in United Arab Emirates”. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S5), 4577–4587. [link]
  • Moataz N, Sara A, Sham S, Shouq ANazeerullah R*, Aswathy N (2022). Studies on oral microbiome of waterpipe, e-cigarette smokers in comparison with non-smokers in United Arab Emirates. International Medical Journal, Vol 29, Issue 06, 8231 -8238. IMJ-09-06-2022-1472.
  • Terry S, Dalban C, Rioux Leclercq N, Adam J, Meylan M, Buart S, Bougoüin A, Lespagnol A, Dugay F, Colina Moreno I, Lacroix G, Lorens JB, Gausdal G, Fridman WH, Mami-Chouaib F, Chaput N, Beuselinck B, Chabaud S, Barros Monteiro J, Vano Y, Escudier B, Sautes-Fridman C, Albiges L, Chouaib S. Association of AXL and PD-L1 expression with clinical outcomes in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated with PD-1 blockade. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Aug 18. [link]
  • Chirakkara SKP, Bakhsh ARA, Pariyadath AK, Rathinavelu B. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient with Meningococcal Meningitis. Oman Med J. 2018 Jan 15;33(1):61–4.
  • Aisha Wada, Delia Maria Wagner, Fatima Al Qassab, Maryam Mohamed, Mohamed Hamad, Shatha Al Sharbatti: ‘The Relationship between Socio-demographic and Lifestyle Factors and Academic Performance’ Iran J Public Health, Vol. 45, No.5, May 2016, pp.699-701.
  • Khalid Omar Hassan Ali Alattar, Janna Salam, Khalid Abdullatif Sadeq Abdalla, Afeefa Ashfaq Konchwalla, Eniola Raheem Ibirogba:Healthy Lifestyles: Prevalence and determinants among University students and Health care professionals in Ajman, UAE’. GMJ. ASM 2016; 5(S1):S82–S93 (Best Paper Award for Oral Session in 8th Annual Scientific Meeting 2016)
  • Reza Ul Karim, Kamil Pillay, Jansher Mohammad Azam, Mohammed Mohammed Faizeen Bhyat, Adam Ahmad Samman: ‘Prevalence and factors associated with self-reported dandruff amongst adults in Ajman, UAE’. GMJ. ASM 2016;5(S2):S79–S86 (Best Poster Award in 8th Annual Scientific Meeting 2016)
  • Areeba Naim Memon, Amna Ashraf, Amnah Sajid Sheikh, Mariam Syed Mohammed Mukarram, Alia abdulla m. Abushehab alsuwaidi: ‘Presence of Test Anxiety and Association with Forms of Assessment among Health Sciences students in Ajman, UAE’.  GMJ, ASM 2015;4(S1):S67-S75 (Best Paper Award for Oral Session in 7th Annual Scientific Meeting 2015)
  • Hiba Akbari, Haya Omer Alkuwari, Mehnaz Hossain, Rabia Amod, Ahmed Hesham Mohamed Abdellatif: ‘Knowledge and Attitude of Health Sciences and Non- Health Sciences Students towards Organ Donation in Ajman, UAE’. GMJ, ASM 2015;4(S2):S54-S62 (Best Poster Award in 7th Annual Scientific Meeting 2015)
  • Issa KJ, Ibrahim Y, Ali N, Haroon A, Waseem M, Aldin N, Al- Sharbatti S, Shaikh RB, Matthew E .’The effect of diabetes mellitus on quality of life’. SJPH 2014; 9(1):48-52.
  • Roaa Ali, Rachel Nivedita Rajan, Ayman Zainelabdin Mirgani, Janhavi Vateen Sirsat, Zahra rehman, Shivram kumar: ‘Prevalence of back pain among high school students: A cross sectional study in Dubai, UAE’. GMJ, ASM 2014;3(S2):S16-S23 (Overall Best Poster Award in 6th Annual Scientific Meeting 2014)
  • Aisha Wada, Delia Maria Wagner, Fatima Al Qassab, Maryam Mohamed, Mohamed Hamad, Shatha Al Sharbatti: ‘The Relationship between Socio-demographic and Lifestyle Factors and Academic Performance’. GMJ, ASM 2014;3(S1):S114-S124 (Best Paper Award for Oral Session in 6th Annual Scientific Meeting 2014)
  • Ausman J, Javed A, Ahmed S, Abdul Samad M, Pour AS, Mathew E, Shaikh RB, Al-Sharbatti S, Sreedharan J. ‘Social Factors Influencing Career Choice in a Medical School in the United Arab Emirates’. Education in Medicine Journal 2013; 5(1): e14- e20. DOI:10.5959/eimj.v5i1.16. ISSN 2180-1932.
  • Keswani S, Loungni L, Alexander T, Hassan H, Al Sharbatti S, Shaikh RB, Mathew E. ‘Musculoskeletal Pain among Computer users’. Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy. 2013; 7(1):90-95.
  • Omar M, Jassim FA, Sheikh F, Abbas AY, Munshi A: ‘Prevalence of contact lens use and its complications among students of Gulf Medical University, Ajman’. GMJ, ASM 2013;2(S1):S92-S98 (Overall Best Paper Award – Oral Session in 5th Annual Scientific Meeting 2013)
  • Khan H, Mohamed A, Al-Sakini Z, Zulfiquar K, Sohail A, Shaikh RB, Al- Sharbatti S, Mathew E. ‘Consanguinity, family history, and risk of epilepsy: A case control study’. Gulf Medical Journal. 2012; 1(1):32-36.
  • Shaikh RB, Abdul Haque NM, Al Mohsen HAHK, Al Mohsen AAHK, Humadi MHK, Al Mubarak ZZ , Mathew E, Al Sharbatti S. ‘Acute Effects of Dokha Smoking on the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems among UAE Male University Students’. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2012;13:
  • Aryasinghe L, Moezzi D, Ansari TA, Khoury R, Mathew E, Sharbatti SA, Shaikh RB. Congenital Anomalies at Birth: A Hospital Based Study in UAE’. J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2012; 32(2):105-112.doi: [Link]
  • Bello SU, Jibril MA, Hassam HA, Haisan F, Al Zaabi J, Zangon Daura HS, Shaikh  RB, al Sharbatti S, Mathew E, Sreedharan J, Muttappallymyalil J. ‘Smokers and marriage: attitude of youth in the United Arab Emirates’. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012; 13(3):953-6. PubMed PMID: 22631678.
  • Fiza Anjum, Sharfaa Ahmed, Mohieddin Kebab, Nusaibah Ibraheem, Haitham Darwich, Naik Mohammed: ‘Nasobronchial allergies among university students in Ajman, UAE’. GMJ, ASM 2012; 1(S1):S241-S246 (Best Paper Award for Oral Session in 4th Annual Scientific Meeting 2012)