Dr. Shaheer has academic qualification(s) in the field of Anthropology and academic distinction in the philosophy of International Development Studies, His doctoral thesis was in the field of Medical Anthropology. He also has multiple certifications on the issues of research, health and development from University of Leeds (UK). He has received various trainings on Public Health issues from WHO and Johns Hopkins. He has also participated in a workshop for Educators organized by the Division of Continuing Education Harvard University. He is also the Fellow of Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. He has also been awarded membership through distinction of Royal Faculty of Public Health (MFPH – UK). He has also been awarded the Associate Fellowship (AFHEA – UK) based on UK Professional Standards Framework by Advance HE UK.

His value addition includes: a) inform the healthcare interventions to make its design (content) sensitive to healthcare provider as well as community perspectives; similar to what he has done for delivering early child development and non-communicable disease care at public and private healthcare facilities; b) inform the communication strategies and materials for enabling the patients to change behaviors and the communities to get aware of health challenges and recommended measures; similar to what he has done for promoting life style modification (in people with diabetes), behavior activation (in people with depression), and transmission prevention (in people with drug resistant tuberculosis); c) contextualized interventions for meaningful engagement of communities in healthcare delivery i.e., community led monitoring (CLM) for patients to report challenges and contribute in healthcare sensitive to their needs; similar to what he has done for engaging TB survivors in patient support and responsive care at public healthcare facilities.

In health care evaluation and research, his value addition includes: a) promoting human dimensions in the health care research and evaluation; as he has done in multiple process evaluation studies designed and conducted mainly to understand how and why of the healthcare practices; b) evolving practical ways to balance the application of quantitative and qualitative methods for optimal research/ evaluation outputs; as he has done in multiple heath care intervention studies. 

• Adjunct Associate Professor, DLSPH University of Toronto, Canada

• Assistant Professor, FASS UCP Lahore

• Assistant professor, BUIC

• WHO standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Emergencies 2021 by World Health Organization (WHO)
• Foundations of Health Equity Research module/certificate 2021 by Johns Hopkins University
• COVID-19 Contact Tracing 2021 by Johns Hopkins University
• Frontiers in Medicine by UASR Summer Courses 2021, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• CS50 Educators Workshop July 2021. Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University
• Standard Precautions: Environmental cleaning & disinfection (2021) organized under the Health Emergencies Programme by the World Health Organization (WHO)
• Leadership and programme management in Infection Prevention and Control (2021) organized under the Health Emergencies Programme by the World Health Organization
• IKCEST Training Programme – UASR Summer Courses 2021 themed on Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism and Hospitality organized by Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• IKCEST Training Programme – UASR Summer Courses 2021 themed on Innovation and Design by Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• IKCEST Training Programme – UASR Summer Courses 2021 themed on Museums and Legal Protection by Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• Mixed Method Writing Workshop by University of Leeds (UK) in 2016.
• Scientific Research Writing by University of Leeds (UK) in collaboration with IUATLD in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

    Books

• Lifestyle Change; An Anthropological Perspective, Ferozsons Pakistan. 2021
• Gender Pakistan and UN Peacekeeping, Say Publishers (PVT) Ltd. Karachi. 2020
      Research Articles:
  1. Rabab Sakina, Shaheer Ellahi Khan & Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry (2021): Stigma of postpartum depression: The role of lady health workers in health care—A qualitative study, Health Care for Women International Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1973009
  2. Faith Based Technology: Perspectives from Shi’a Muslim Women in Islamabad 2021. Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR). 
  3. The growing epidemic of social and cultural iatrogenesis in Pakistan. Published in World Family Medicine May 2021, Volume 19, Issue 5.
  4. Sakina, R., Chaudhry, A.G. & Khan, S.E. An exploration of illness narratives of mothers with maternal depression in semi-urban areas. Springer Psychiatr Q (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-020-09781-y
  5. The Understanding of Epilepsy and Epileptic Patients and General Public to Create A Supportive Community. Vol. IV, No. I (2019). DOI: 10.31703/gsr.2019(IV-I).03 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2019(IV-I).0
  6. Muhammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Ahmar Khan, John D Walley, Nida Khan, Faisal Imtiaz Sheikh, Saima Ali, Ehsan Salahuddin, Rebecca King, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Farooq Manzoor and Haroon Jehangir Khan. Feasibility of delivering integrated COPD-asthma care at primary and secondary level public healthcare facilities in Pakistan: a process evaluation. BJGP Open. 2019; 3(1). DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101632
  7. Muhammad Amir Khan, Nida Khan, John D Walley, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Joseph Hicks, Faisal Imtiaz Sheikh, Muhammad Ahmar Khan, Muhammad Ali, Maqsood Ahmed, Haroon Jehangir Khan and Rony Zachariah. Enhanced hypertension care through private clinics in Pakistan: a cluster randomized trial. BJGP Open. 2019; 3 (1). DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101617
  8. Muhammad Amir Khan , John D Walley , Nida Khan ,  Joseph Hicks ,  Maqsood Ahmed ,  Shaheer Ellahi Khan ,  Muhammad Ahmar Khan , Haroon Jehangir Khan , and  Anthony D Harries . Effectiveness of an integrated diabetes care package at primary healthcare facilities: a cluster randomized trial in Pakistan. BJGP Open. 2018; 2(4). DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101618
  9. Muhammad Amir Khan, John D Walley, Saima Ali, Rebecca King, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Nida Khan, Faisal Imtiaz Sheikh and Haroon Jehangir Khan. Process evaluation of integrated diabetes management at primary healthcare facilities in Pakistan: a mixed-methods study. BJGP Open. 2018; 2(4). DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101612
  10. Muhammad Amir Khan, John D Walley, Nida Khan, Muhammad Ahmar Khan, Saima Ali, Rebecca King, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Faisal Imtiaz Sheikh, Farooq Manzoor and Haroon Jehangir Khan. Delivering integrated hypertension care at private health facilities in urban Pakistan: a process evaluation. BJGP Open. 2018; 2(4). DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101613
  11. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry , Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Mahwish Zeeshan, Altaf Ghani Bhatti and Haris Farooq. Active ageing and elder’s health: An Anthropological perspective of older persons. The Anthropologist Journal India. 2015; 20(3)
  12. Shaheer Ellahi Khan and Anwaar Mohyuddin. Socio-psychological Perceptions & Experiences of Etiology amongst Type II Diabetics; A Qualitative Study of Primary Health Care in Rural Sargodha. Bahria Journal of Professional Psychology. 2019; 18(1).
  13. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry and Mahwish Zeeshan. Covid-19: Studying Policy Gap in Relation to Role of Primary Health Care in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review. 2020; Vol. V, No. II. DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).01
  14. Mahwish Zeeshan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry and Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Pandemic Preparedness and Techno Stress among Faculty of DAIs in Covid-19. Sir Syed Journal of Education and Social Research. 2020; 3(2). DOI:  https://doi.org/10.36902/sjesr-vol3-iss2-2020(383-396)
  15. Mahwish Zeeshan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry and Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Unmaking the Anthropology of Mourning in a Psycho Analytic Perspective. Global Regional Review. 2020; V-1. Pgs. 100-107. DOI 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).13
  16. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Sufi dance in Pakistan; Anthropological insights on the concept and origin of Dhamal. Science International Journal. 2015; 27(2). pgs. 164-1643 http://www.sci-int.com/
  17. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Muhammad Mobeen. Advocating Agricultural Development minus Indigenous Knowledge System and Cultural Norms. Int. J. Agric. Appl. Sci. 2014; 6(2). 169-176.
  18. Nida Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Shaheet Ellahi Khan, Muhammad Amir Khan and Muhammad Ahmar Khan. Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment; qualitative study on the coping mechanisms for economic consequences. Professional Med J 2015; 22(1). 54-63.
  19. Chaudhry AG, Gul A, Khan SE, Khan N, Khan M. Fertility levels in relation to education in Pakistan. Professional Med J 2014; 21(6). 1103-1112.
  20. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Nida Khan. Exploring threats to Sufism in the age of commercialization; Qualitative perspective. Sci.Int. (Lahore), 2014; 26(4). 1881-1883.
  21. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Aftab Ahmed, Nida Khan. The begging hijras of Islamabad in the age of Urbanization. Sci.Int.(Lahore), 2014; 26(5). 2553-2555.
  22. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Sajjad Hussain. Perception of Local community and Biradri on Panchayat; an exploratory Anthropological study of biradri in village saroki, district Gujranwala, Pakistan. Advances in Anthropology, 2014; 4. 53-58.
  23. Tanzila Kazmi, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Farmers believe about indigenous farming practices and sustainable agricultural development. Pakistan J. Agric. Res. 2014; 27(1).
  24. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Dhamal, A spiritual healing at the shrine of Bari Imam. Journal of Gender and Social Issues. 2008; 7(2).
  25. Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Safdar, Qamar u Din, Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Does Salary Work as a Motivational Agent? A Study of Airport (Ground Handling) Services Sector of Pakistan. School of Doctoral Studies Journal. 2012 4(1).
  26. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Sumaira Shamoon, Sadaf Zahoor. Impact of consumption aspirations and brand knowledge on customer decision making. Evidence form fast food industry of Pakistan. Management Science Letters. 2012. DOI: 10.5267/j.msl.2012.08.001
  27. Tabinda Seher, Muhammad Arshad, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Maryam Shahid. Impact of Colors on Advertisement and Packaging on Buying Behavior. Management Science Letters. 2012. DOI: 10.5267/j.msl.2012.06.011
  28. Muhammad Nasir, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Nida Khan, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Aftab Ahmed. Impact of Remittances, Policy suggestions to attack poverty; Comparison of Bangladesh and Pakistan. American research thoughts. 2014; 1(2).
  29. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Nida Khan. Exploring factors of Terrorism, Sufi’s Perspectives and Policy Recommendations, A case study of the shrine of Hazrat Syed Sakhi Mehmood Badshah. Science International. 2015; 1. 571-573.
  30. Shabeeb Anwar, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Khurram Ellahi Khan, Sabiha Sultana. Exploring socio-cultural factors of recidivism in juvenile delinquents; an anthropological perspective. Science International. 2015; Special Issue. 817-819
  31. Adnan Nasir, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Syeda AimenHadi. Biradrism and Rural conflict as a determinant of political behavior; A case study of rural Punjab. Science International. 2015; 1. Special Issue. 703-705
  32. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Harris Farooq, Aftab Ahmed. Reviewing Qawwali, origin evolution and its dimensions. Science International 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  33. Farzana Bibi, Farhana Kazmi, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And Coping Strategies Among University Teachers Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan Journal of Science. 2015.
  34. Khurram Ellahi Khan, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. Impact of servant leadership on workplace spirituality: moderating role of involvement culture. Pakistan journal of Science. 2015.
  35. Syeda Aimen Hadi, Dr. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Perception, approaches and practices of local farming and development: an anthropological approach. Pakistan journal of agriculture research 2015; 28(1).
  36. L. S. Bajwa, S. E. Khan. Documenting the experiential narratives of institutionalized persecution amongst Ahmadi students: An in-depth qualitative study. The Explorer: Journal of Social Sciences. 2015; 1(3). 69-73.
  37. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Ghafoor Chaudhry, Khurrum Ellahi Khan, Nida Khan. Exploring the perception of locals on the functioning and service delivery of police stations. Science International 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  38. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Khurrum Ellahi Khan, Nida Khan. Complex police culture; a qualitative case study of Thana Lohi Bher. Science International. 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  39. Shaheer Ellahi Khan and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. Poverty as a major indicator of recidivism in juvenile delinquents; a qualitative study. Science International. 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  40. Shaheer Ellahi Khan and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. Exploring the effects of imprisonment on juvenile delinquents in relation to recidivism; A qualitative case study. Science International. 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  41. Shaheer Ellahi Khan and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. Servant Leadership and Islam: Review of the Secular model of Servant Leadership in the light of Islamic teachings. Science International. 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  42. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Exploring Rabwah; Identity marker for Ahmadiyya community; an anthropological qualitative study. Science International. 2015; 27(2) special issue PAA
  43. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Tracing the Begamati Zuban from Nineteenth century Indo-Muslim culture; an overview of the framework of Gail Minault. The Explorer. 1(5). 125-127.
  44. Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Nida Khan, Muhammad Ahmar Khan. Cultural perceptions of Diabetes; Qualitative study of district Sargodha. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3723-3724
  45. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. The effects of media violence on children’s expressed aggressiveness: A case study of a secondary school in Islamabad. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3807-3809
  46. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Negotiating Voices on Cultural Relativism within Anthropology, A Theoretical Debate. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3725-3728
  47. Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Religion is the opium of masses: Reviewing Marxist Claim through Islamic Holy Scripture Quran. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3803-3805.
  48. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Haris Farooq, Shaguft Anwar, Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Older persons’ index: new developments in ageing research on violence against older persons. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3705-3709
  49. Aftab Ahmed, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Haris Farooq, Shagufta Anwar, Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Chronic illness and economic stability among older persons’: a sociological comparative perspective. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3719-3722
  50. Aftab Ahmed, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Adnan Nasir, Haris Farooq. Fiscal role and social participation of older persons’: empirical evidence from Rawalpindi. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3715-3717
  51. Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan, Haris Farooq. Studying effects of spatial disparities on economic performance among older persons of Rawalpindi. Sci.int.(Lahore). 2015; 27(4). 3711-3714
  52. Muhammad Habib ul Arifeen and Shaheer Ellahi Khan. Exploring the changing trends in greetings; a comparative analysis of urban and rural voices in Talagang, Punjab, Pakistan. The Explorer. 2015 1(12).
  53. Sonia Raza, Shaheer Ellahi Khan and Hamza Ellahi Khan. Urban sustainability and the creation of slums: case study of the The dharavi slums in Mumbai, India. Science International. 2016; Special Issue

  
    International Training(s)/Certification(s):

• • • • WHO standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Emergencies 2021 by World Health Organization (WHO)
      • Foundations of Health Equity Research module/certificate 2021 by Johns Hopkins University
      • COVID-19 Contact Tracing 2021 by Johns Hopkins University
      • Frontiers in Medicine by UASR Summer Courses 2021, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
      • CS50 Educators Workshop July 2021. Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University
      • Standard Precautions: Environmental cleaning & disinfection (2021) organized under the Health Emergencies Programme by the World Health Organization (WHO)
      • Leadership and programme management in Infection Prevention and Control (2021) organized under the Health Emergencies Programme by the World Health Organization
      • IKCEST Training Programme – UASR Summer Courses 2021 themed on Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism and Hospitality organized by Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
      • IKCEST Training Programme – UASR Summer Courses 2021 themed on Innovation and Design by Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
      • IKCEST Training Programme – UASR Summer Courses 2021 themed on Museums and Legal Protection by Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
      • Mixed Method Writing Workshop by University of Leeds (UK) in 2016.
      • Scientific Research Writing by University of Leeds (UK) in collaboration with IUATLD in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)

• Royal Faculty of Public Health Through Distinction (UK) 
• Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
• Member – ORIC Steering Committee Foundation University Islamabad
• Distinguished Teacher Award 2019 – BUIC
• Best Faculty Researcher Award 2018 – BUIC
• Gold Medalist in M.Phil (IDS) 2014, Iqra University Islamabad
• Best Performance Award 2011 by Iqra University Islamabad .