Contact information

Email: sahar.ijaz@uvas.edu.pk
Phone: +92 42 99211374
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Dr. Sahar Ijaz

Assistant Professor

DVM (UVAS, Lahore), M.Phil. (UVAS, Lahore), Ph.D. (TUMS, Tehran, Iran), AFHEA-UK

Biography

Dr. Sahar Ijaz is an academic with over 16 years of experience in Veterinary Anatomy, Histology, Comparative Anatomy and Translational Anatomical Sciences. Her scholarly work integrates veterinary morphology, histology, comparative anatomy, neuroanatomy, regenerative medicine and anthropometric sciences. Her translational approach applies anatomical and histological principles across species to advance biomedical understanding, veterinary education and clinical sciences.

Dr. Sahar Ijaz joined the Department of Anatomy and Histology at UVAS in 2010 as a Teaching Assistant, became a Lecturer in 2011, and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2022. She has also served as visiting teaching faculty at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, where she taught anatomy, histology, embryology, and cell biology to international students. Throughout her career, she has remained actively involved in curriculum development, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research supervision, academic quality assurance, and institutional co-administration. She currently serves as a member of the Faculty Board of Studies, Secretary/Member of the Faculty Synopsis Scrutiny Committee, Focal Person for the Quality Enhancement Cell and Institutional Biosafety Committee, and In-charge of the Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

An outstanding student throughout her academic career, Dr. Sahar Ijaz consistently earned top grades and annual merit scholarships during her school education. She completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from UVAS, Lahore, graduating with distinction and receiving the Nestlé Medal. She subsequently earned her MPhil in Anatomy and Histology from UVAS with a perfect CGPA of 4.00/4.00, followed by a PhD in Anatomical Sciences from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran. She graduated in her doctoral program with a perfect CGPA of 4.00/4.00 and received a Certificate of Achievement for outstanding academic performance.

Alongside her academic achievements, Dr. Sahar Ijaz has maintained a record of professional and community engagement. During her student years, she actively participated in sports, students’ organizations, university events, volunteer activities, and leadership roles, including the Lahore Zoo, Brooke Hospital for Equines, Girl and class representative. She has continued this commitment through conference presentations and invited lectures. She has also coordinated for the student magazine, spring festival activities of the students and was the nominated faculty member for the sports day.

As a postgraduate supervisor, Dr. Sahar Ijaz has guided several MPhil students and is currently supervising two doctoral students. She actively contributes to research planning, curriculum development, examination design, and academic quality enhancement. She has also served as a reviewer for several international journals in anatomy, neuroscience, histology, and veterinary sciences. Her commitment to academic excellence has been recognized through multiple honours, including the selection as the Best University Teacher and nomination for the HEC Best University Teacher Award and, the Associate Fellowship of Advance HE.

Her postgraduate completed and ongoing projects include

  • Limb conformation in racehorses
  • Histomorphometric effects of therapies
  • Comparative skull morphometry
  • Goat gastrointestinal anatomy
  • Fish histology
  • Osteoarthritis models
  • Environmental toxicology studies
  • Muscle injury regeneration studies
  • Ultrasnographic Anatomical evaluations.

Area of Interest

  1. Veterinary Anatomy and Histology
  2. Translational and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
  3. Neuroscience and Regenerative Biology
  4. Clinical and Applied Anatomical Sciences

Publications

Conference Presentations:

  1. Histomorphological evaluation of curcumin ameliorative effects on nicotine toxicity in testis and epididymis in rabbits. (2025, October 13–14). 8th International Conference on Applied Zoology (ICAZ)
  1. Morphological & Histomorphometic Study of GIT in Migratory and Domestic Ducks.(2023, March 07-08) 2nd international conference on zoological emerging scientific trends 2023 in LHR
  1. Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stiumulation and topical Lavender oil therapies on the nociceptive and microarchitectural response of osteoarthritic stifle joint. (2022, November 24-25) 4th ONE HEALTH International Conference in UVAS Jhang
  2. Dietary symbiotic and cinnamon essential oil improves growth performance and small intestinal histomorphometry in Japanese Quails. (p100) (2022, Novemeber 24-25) 4th OHIC 
  3. Effect of prebiotic and selenium-nanoparticles alone or in combination on ameliorating higher stocking density stress on growth performance and stress indicators in broilers (2021, September 9–10). (p. 59). Proceedings of the 4th WPSA International Virtual “One Health Conference”, Lahore, Pakistan.
  4. Study of Histological Expression of Intestinal Mucosal Health in Rock Pigeon (2021, September 9–10). Proceedings of the 4th WPSA International Virtual “One Health Conference”, Lahore, Pakistan.
  5. Wound Healing Mechanisms and Cell Therapy. (2020, December 2-4). 7th International Conference of Wound and Tissue Repair 2020. (Virtual WTRC 2020, Tehran, Iran)
  6. Application of Extracellular VesiclesIsolated from Subventricular Zonefor the Management of Spinal CordInjury on Wister Rats. (2019, December 9-14) International Conference on One Health in KANO NIGERIA
  7. Stature Estimation from themeasures of Upper Limb Segmentsin Hisar community migrated from India.(2018, October 17-19) 13th Congress of Anatomical Sciences Iran- HAMEDAN
  8. Anthropometric study of nasal indexin Hausa ethnic population of northwestern Nigeria. (2018. April 25-26) Congress of Biomedical  Anthropology and Medical Anthropology -  MASHHAD
  9. Morphometric of udder, teat and milk vein in Nili Ravi buffalo and its relationship with milk yield. (2017, November 15–18). Proceedings of the International Buffalo Symposium, Chitwan, Nepal.
  10. Alterations in intestinal microarchitecture of rock pigeon as meat bird in response to different dietary concentrations of mannan-oligosaccharide (p. 46). (2015, November 3–4). Proceedings of the International Poultry Nutrition Conference, Lahore, Pakistan.

Seminars, Trainings and Workshops:

  1. As a participant: Program Review for Effectiveness and Enhancement – QEC (Jan, 2026)
  2. As a focal person: Basic Competency Training Program for Laboratory Staff - UVAS (Aug/Sep 2025)
  3. As a participant: Understanding Open Access Publishing, and the Open Future - Wiley. (July 2025)
  4. As a participant: How to write a systematic review – Sage. ( April, 2025)
  5. As a participant: How to do research and get published – Sage. ( March, 2025)
  6. As a participant: Institutional Biosafety and Biosecurity – IBC UVAS. (Feb, 2025)
  7. As a participant: Table of Specifications related to Construction of Assessments – CEPA UVAS (Jan 2025)
  8. As a participant: Author Workshop: Publishing Open Access with Wiley– Wiley and HEC. (Jan 2025)
  9. As a participant: Accessing Wiley Journals and Publications Tips for Authors and Researchers – Wiley –HEC. (Dec, 2024)
  10. As a participant: Master Trainer program for MPhil/PhD supervisors – FVS UVAS (Aug 2024)
  11. As a participant: Women Leadership Development Program – WE-WILL UVAS – (Dec – Feb 2022-23)
  12. As a participant: Presiding Officers Training, General Elections 2024 – ECP (Jan 2024)
  13. As a participant: Statistical Methodologies in Biomedical Research – Dept of Statistics and Computer Science UVAS (Nov, 2022)
  14. As a participant: Research Design – FBS UVAS (Aug 2021)
  15. As a participant: Seminar on Business plan development in the Project writing (Sep, 2020)
  16. As a participant: Transmission Electron microscopy – University of Iran, TEHRAN (2018)
  17. As a participant: International workshop on Stereology - TEHRAN (8 – 10 May 2018)
  18. As a participant: SPSS workshop – International Campus, TUMS, TEHRAN (1st and 2nd July 2017)
  19. As a participant: Qualitative Research workshop – International campus, TUMS, TEHRAN (2017)
  20. As an observer: Observed Bariatric surgeries -  EbneSina Hospital – TEHRAN (2017)
  21. As a participant: Radiographic Anatomy Course – Shahid Behisti Hospital – TEHRAN (2017)
  22. As a participant: 3D cell culture – TUMS, TEHRAN. (March 2016)
  23. As a participant: Food and Nutrition Week, 2015. Organized by UVAS, Lahore & FC College University, Lahore (3rd – 7th Nov, 2015)
  24. As a participant: International Poultry Nutrition Conference and Expo-2015. Organized at PC Hotel Lahore by Nutritionists Association of Pakistan & UVAS, Lahore (3rd-4th Nov, 2015).
  25. As a participant: Training of Presiding Officers in Local Government Elections, Punjab 2015 – ECP (Oct, 2015)
  26. As a participant: National Workshop on “Controlling  Bio risk in Lab”. Organized by Microbiology Dept. UVAS, Lahore and IPH, Lahore (May 11th – 13th 2015)
  27. As an Organizer: International Conference and Expo 2014 on “ Recent Developments in Human Nutrition. Organized at PC Hotel Lahore by UVAS, Lahore & Nutritionists Association of Pakistan (19th – 20th March, 2014).
  28. As a participant: “Project Formulation Workshop”. Organized at UVAS, Lahore by PSF, Islamabad (27th-28th March, 2014).
  29. As a Resource Person: “Refresher Course for the Teachers of Anatomy & Histology”. Department of Anatomy & Histology, UVAS, Lahore (15th-26th July, 2013).
  30. As a participant: AIT Cascading Workshop on “ Ensuring Training Effectiveness”. UVAS, Lahore (8th-10th July, 2013)
  31. As a participant: I-SCETT. Organized by CEPA, UVAS, Lahore (1st-5th July, 2013)
  32. As an Organizer: Quiz Competition. Spring Festival 2013, UVAS, Lahore (13 March, 2013).
  33. As an Organizer: Hands-on training Workshop on “Canine Radiographic Anatomy”. Department of Anatomy & Histology, UVAS, Lahore (21st – 23rd Feb. 2013).
  34. As a Resource Person: Hands-on training Workshop on “Canine Radiographic Anatomy”. Organized under the auspices of CEPA at Department of Anatomy & Histology, UVAS, Lahore. (21st – 23rd Feb. 2013).
  35. As a participant: Virtual Workshop on “Scientific Writing”. Organized by Latif Ebrahim Jamal Science Information Center of ICCBS, Karachi under the VEPP (23rd Jan, 2013)
  36. Attended a Lecture on” Full bright scholarship and preparation for GRE & TOEFL”, organized at UVAS, Lahore by USEF Pakistan. (4th Oct, 2012)
  37. As a participant: Workshop on “Pathological Readings”. UVAS, Lahore ( 9th -11th Oct, 2012).
  38. As a participant: Workshop on “Biostatistics and Data Analysis Concepts”. Organized by the Dept. of Statistics and Computer Sciences, UVAS, Lahore (7th -11th May, 2012).
  39. As a participant: Workshop on “Use of Endnote Software for Citation and Referencing in Research”. UVAS, Lahore (8th Feb, 2011)
  40. Delivered a micro lecture on Exocrine Glands in a Microteaching Activity organized in the Dept. of Anatomy & Histology, UVAS, Lahore (2011)
  41. Assisted in Registration process of PCEPT II. Organized by CEPA, UVAS, Lahore (28th Sep – 1st Oct, 2010)
  42. Assisted in Registration process of PCEPT I. Organized by CEPA, UVAS, Lahore (23rd – 27th Aug, 2010)
  43. As an Organizer and Stage Management Team member: Quiz Competition in UVAS Spring Festival, 2010 (2nd April, 2010)
  44. Delivered a Lecture on Ruminal anatomy & histology in Applied Anatomy Group, Department of Anatomy & Histology, UVAS, Lahore (2010).