On December 29, 2022, Ziauddin College of Rehabilitation Sciences organized an interactive session with Dr. Khurram Hafeez Khan, a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Scotland’s State Hospital, Carstairs. The session focused on community, forensic psychiatry, and rehabilitation, and aimed to promote advocacy for mental disorders, multidisciplinary management and rehabilitation, and recovery and exploration of the interface between mental disorders and the criminal justice system.
Ms. Neelum Zehra, the Vice-Principal and Head of Occupational Therapy, introduced Dr. Khurram, who began the session by outlining the purpose and objectives of forensic psychiatric facilities. He then explained the basic assessment process that involves a mental state examination and the significance of therapeutic alliance and therapeutic optimism, using real life case examples.
Dr. Khurram kept the session interactive and shared that a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team is an integral part of forensic rehabilitation. He also shared different approaches for treatment and advocated for students about the causes of mental health disorders.
Dr. Sumaira Imran Farooqui, the Principal of Ziauddin College of Rehabilitation Sciences, thanked Dr. Khurram for continuing advocacy through an online session previously, and they also discussed the feasibility of future collaboration between the institutes to promote learning among rehabilitation professionals.
The workshop on Research Methodology was organized by the Registrar office through the Department of Research in collaboration with the Directorate of Educational Development (DED) and Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) from 1st to 4th February, 2022. This workshop is intended to support the growth of the faculty with capacity building in research and enhanced productivity. Over ten ZU departments were represented among the diverse attendees.
The honorable VC, Dr. Irfan Hyder inaugurated the program with a thought provoking and extremely worthy lecture on originality and contribution in research. The keynote lecture highlighting the significance of the research process was delivered by Executive Director Research, Dr. Talat Mirza. The first two days of the workshop were dedicated to qualitative & quantitative research, literature search and scientific writing including synopsis, thesis and manuscript and facilitated by Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Dr. Talat Mirza, Dr. Iram Khursheed, Dr. Syeda Rakhshanda, Dr. Saeeda Baig, Dr. S. Hasan Danish and Mr. Shiraz Khurshid.
On the third day Dr. Zulfiqar Umrani, Director ORIC and his team, Engr. Arbaz Adil and Ms. Ambreen Muzammil conducted the sessions on the ZU research & innovation ecosystem, research for impact, linkages & outreach and grant writing. The guest speaker Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Provincial Chief (SMEDA) delivered a motivational talk on innovation & entrepreneurship and shared his valuable experiences.
On day fourth, the first session on Endnote was conducted by Dr. Rehan Imad. Dr. Farah Ahmed, delivered a lecture on statistical methods followed forward by Dr. S. Hasan Danish hands-on session on SPSS.
The participants’ feedback was overwhelmingly favorable and encouraging. They appreciated the efforts of the facilitators and organizers. They acknowledged that they gained new insight and valuable knowledge which will help them in designing and developing their research projects for thesis and publications.
ZCRS and Nixor College’s Project Tandurusti
On 1st January 2022 Ziauddin College of Rehabilitation Sciences – Department of Occupational Therapy and Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences collaborated with Nixor College on Project Tandurusti. The objective of the mutual efforts was to improve the well-being of students from The Garage School for underprivileged children. The day started with sensory zumba followed by a treasure hunt. There were a total of 9 activities that targeted psychological, psychosocial and mental wellbeing. After an hour of energetic sensory workout, students were engaged in competitive sports activities that included sprint, quadrant jumping, drop and catch. The session ended with mindful breathing. The Nixor college management and students enjoyed and appreciated the activities. The ZCRS faculty involved in this activity were
Ms Neelum Zehra (HOD DOT)
Ms Quratulain Adnan (HOD PEHSS)
Ms Fatima Khan (Senior Lecturer)
Ms Sobia Haroon (Senior Lecturer)
Mr Muhammad Saad Akhtar (Lecturer)
Ms Ramsha Umar (Lecturer
Ziauddin University has initiated a series of “Dr. Aijaz Fatima Memorial Lectures”. On 12th of January, a lecture on Common Psychiatric Ailments was given by Dr. Pia Ghosh, Dr. Rubina Hussain, Dr. Sumbul Sohail and Dr. Afzal Siddiqui. Here are some of the highlights from the event.
Ziauddin University organized the 10th interactive series of ZU Dialogues “Global Warming: Climate Change to Climate Crisis” to get the opinion and analysis of the experts about the climate change which affects the world and the challenges, risk factors, and initiatives, if global temperatures rise by 2050.
The dialogue session was attended by the renowned environmental experts including Ashiq Ahmad Khan, Scientific Representative of EvK2CNR; an environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam, Yale World Fellow and partner at Saleem, Alam & Company; an award-winning environmental journalist Rina Saeed Khan, Chairperson, Islamabad Wildlife Management Board; and Prof. Dr. Abbas Zafar, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ziauddin University. The event was hosted by Dr. Zulfiqar Umrani, Director ORIC, Ziauddin University.
While talking during the online session experts said that climate change is affecting our country’s economy and health, floods are taking place, glaciers are melting and the study says less developed countries have different reasons to cause climate change as compared to more developed countries. There are several factors that are all working together to push the current climate change.
