Faculty Profiles

Dr Shamaila Irum

Designation : Assistant Professor (Tenured )
Specialization : Zoology/Parasitology, Helminthology

Email : [email protected]


I have been serving as Assistant Professor in dept of Zoology, University of Gujrat since 2016. My research field is related to Parasitology, Helminthology and Host parasite relationship. I am approved HEC supervisor and published various research papers in my related field. I have attended various workshops, seminars, congresses as presenter and participant. I have been working on various aspects in my research area that include Gastrointestinal Parasites Ectoparasites PCR Intermediate Hosts Infections

  • Parasitology, Helminthology, Host parasite relationship, molecular helminthology

  • PhD,Arid Agriculture University
  • M.Phil,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • M.Sc,Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
  • B.Sc,University of Punjab
  • F.Sc,Rawalpindi Board of Intermedia
  • HEC Indigenous scholarship   PhD
  • IRSIP (University of Glasgow UK)   Research enhancement PhD
  • British Society of Parasitology   member
Student Name DegreeTitle Status / Completed Year
Arbab Ehsan BS A demographic survey on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites based on socioeconomic determinants in Pakistan  Gastrointestinal parasites and social determinants 2020
Shehnila Asghar MS Taxonomic study of snails from Azad jammu kashmir  Snails taxonomic study 2021
Malik Aftab MS Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL): A Cross-Sectional Community Based Survey on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in a Highly Endemic Area of Waziristan (KPK Province), Pakistan  KAP study 2021
Tuba Rasheed MS Morphological Identification and Distribution of Ticks in Large Ruminants From Distric Gujrat, Punjab Pakistan  Ticks Identification and prevalent species in distric Gujrat 2021
Sitara Nawaz MS Phlebotominae Sandflies Distribution and Incidence of Leishmaniasis from Selected Areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan  Sandflies and their spread in selected areas 2020
  • 1. Gulnaz Parveen , Naila Mukhtar , Irfan Ullah , Amtul Sami , Shamaila Irum, Nain Tara Bukhari, Aneela Naz and Tahira Batool “Degradation Of Fruits Layers By Enzymatic Activity Of Fungi” Pakistan Journal Of Botany, February 2023  DOI:
  • 2. Kanwal Nisa, Sadia Roshan, Shazia Shamas, Raheela Atta Mustafa, Shamaila Irum, Kalsoom Sughra and Memoona Iqbal “Studies on the Occurrence of Prostate Cancer in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan and its Association with Testosterone Level” Biologia, February 2023  DOI:
  • 3. Gulnaz Parveen , Naila Mukhtar , Irfan Ullah , Amtul Sami , Shamaila Irum, Nain Tara Bukhari, Aneela Naz and Tahira Batool “Degradation Of Fruits Layers By Enzymatic Activity Of Fungi” Pakistan Journal Of Botany, February 2023  DOI:
  • 4. Jan Baz Khan, Salma Gul, Shazia Sakhi, Shamaila Irum, Amtul Sami, Faryal Ali,Hikmat Ullah Jan, Sumaira Salahuddin Lodhi, Rahmat Ali, Muhammad Fiaz, Nosheen Khalid, Mahreen Khalid, Gulnaz Parveen “Antidiabetic And Antioxidant Potential Of Coprinus Comatus In Alloxan-Induced Diabatic Rats Model” Journal of Population Therapeutics& Clinical Pharmacology, February 2023  DOI:
  • 5. Naila Sajjad, M. Sheeraz Ahmad, Raja Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Javaid Asad, Shamaila Irum, Anisa Andleeb, Abid Riaz, Dawood Ahmed “Purification and characterization of novelisoforms of the polyphenol oxidase fromMalus domestica fruit pulp” Plos One, February 2023  DOI:
  • 6. Haq, A., Khan A.,, Khan J., Irum S., Waheed Y., Ahmad S., Nizam, U., Albutti A., Zaman N. , Hussain, Zahid., Ali, S. S., Waseem M., Kanwal, F., Wei, Q. D and Wang Q. “Annotation of Potential Vaccine Targets and Design of a Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccine against Yersinia pestis through Reverse Vaccinology and Validation through an Agent-Based Modeling Approach” Vaccine, December 2021  DOI:
  • 7. 6. Irum, S., Aftab, M., Khan, A., Naz, S., Simsek S. , Habib A.,Afzal,Sohail,M., Nadeem, A., Qasim, M., and Ahmed, H. “A Cross-Sectional Community Based Survey on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in a Highly Endemic Area of Waziristan” Acta Tropica, February 2021  DOI:
  • 8. Shamas S., Zafar, M., Irum, S., Khan, L., Sadia, H., Roshan, S., Rahman, T.U., Yousaf, M and Ammar, M “Prevalence of diabetic mellitus in hepatitis C patients in tehsil Wazirabad, district Gujranwala Pakistan” Baghdad Science Journal, December 2020  DOI:
  • 9. sitara nawaz, shamaila irum “Phlebotominae Sandflies Distribution and Incidence of Leishmaniasis from Selected Areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan” Punjab University Journal of Zoology, August 2020  DOI:
  • 10. Khan, A, Ahmed, H., Simsek, S, Gondal, M.A., Afzal, M.S., Irum, S., Muhammad, Mansur, H., Fatima, A., Ali, M.S., Riaz, N., Akbar, A., Weiping, W.and Yayi, G. “Poverty-associated emerging infection of Cystic Echinococcosis in population of Northern Pakistan: A hospital-based study” Tropical Biomedicine, June 2019  DOI:
  • 11. 12. Khan, A., Zahoor, S. , Ahmed H., Malik, U., Butt, A, R. , Muzam S, M., Kilinc, S,G., Noor N., Zahoor, S., Afzal,S, Muhammad., M., Irum, S ., and Simsek S. “A Retrospective Analysis on the Cystic Echinococcosis Cases Occured in Northeastern Punjab Province, Pakistan” Korean Journal Of Parasitology, March 2018  DOI:
  • 12. shamaila irum, haroon ahmed, bushra mirza “In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of extracts from Artemisia parviflora and A. Sieversiana” Helminthologia, April 2017  DOI:
  • 13. shamaila irum, bushra mirza “Anthelmintic activity of Artemisia vestita Wall ex DC and Artemisia maritima L. against Haemonchus contortus of sheep” Veterinary Parasitology, June 2015  DOI: