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Voluntary rank detailsMuhammad Waqar Azeem, MD
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Associate Clinical Professor, Yale Child Study Center
Biography
Last Updated on April 07, 2025.
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Child Study Center
Associate Clinical ProfessorPrimary
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Education & Training
- MD
- Rawalpindi Medical College (1991)
- MD
- University of Punjab (1991)
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Medical Research Interests
Adolescent Psychiatry; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Autistic Disorder; Child Psychiatry; Global Health; Inpatients; Middle East; Pakistan; Psychiatry
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Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Muhammad Waqar Azeem's research output by year.
Research Interests
Research topics Muhammad Waqar Azeem is interested in exploring.
136Publications
2,765Citations
Pakistan
Psychiatry
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Autistic Disorder
Middle East
Child Psychiatry
Publications
2026
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Azeem M, Nazeer A. Neurodevelopmental disorders. Current Opinion In Psychiatry 2026, 39: 73-74. PMID: 41614552, DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000001073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCross-Sectional Insights into Hematobiochemical Alterations in HIV Patients Receiving ART and Co-Infected with Viral Hepatitis in Pakistan
Fatima H, Imran M, Akhtar R, Mukhtar N, Javed H, Ahmad W, Azeem M. Cross-Sectional Insights into Hematobiochemical Alterations in HIV Patients Receiving ART and Co-Infected with Viral Hepatitis in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal Of Zoology 2026, 58 DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20250518140054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe evolving role of WPA Collaborating Centres: new perspectives and future directions
Fiorillo A, Adorjan K, Azeem M, Basu D, Della Rocca B, Lam L, Mooney R, Murthy P, Mutiso V, Ndetei D, Okasha T, Reddy J, Stein D, Bhui K. The evolving role of WPA Collaborating Centres: new perspectives and future directions. World Psychiatry 2026, 25: 161-162. PMID: 41536119, PMCID: PMC12805059, DOI: 10.1002/wps.70033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricRecognizing autism in vulnerable populations: an equity lens and guidance
AlMuraikhi M, Azeem M, Malik S, Nazeer A. Recognizing autism in vulnerable populations: an equity lens and guidance. Current Opinion In Psychiatry 2026, 39: 118-128. PMID: 41542874, DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000001069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChallenging behaviors in adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities: current pharmacological perspectives
Greydanus D, Azeem M, AlMuraikhi M, Nazeer A. Challenging behaviors in adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities: current pharmacological perspectives. Current Opinion In Psychiatry 2026, 39: 109-117. PMID: 41542800, DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000001074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChapter 13 Halloysite nanotube-based drug delivery systems
Hanif M, Ameer N, Mahmood K, Ramzan N, Azeem M, Shoaib M, Rasul A, Danish M, Ahmed M. Chapter 13 Halloysite nanotube-based drug delivery systems. 2026, 219-232. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-15912-1.00012-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
From historical foundations to contemporary structures: Tracing Qatar’s mental health services from the 1950s to 2025
AlMuraikhi M, Ghuloum S, Alharahsheh S, Al-Abdulla S, Clelland S, Azeem M, Javed A, Nazeer A. From historical foundations to contemporary structures: Tracing Qatar’s mental health services from the 1950s to 2025. Asian Journal Of Psychiatry 2025, 115: 104765. PMID: 41223451, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2025.104765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricTowards Objective Major Depressive Disorder Detection: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Biomarkers
Gulbaz Z, Mirza S, Naveed S, Azeem M, Husain N, Cheema M. Towards Objective Major Depressive Disorder Detection: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Biomarkers. Psychiatric Quarterly 2025, 1-27. PMID: 41134434, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-025-10223-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsMajor depressive disorderBrain-derived neurotrophic factorAssociated with major depressive disorderBiomarkers of major depressive disorderC-reactive proteinInterleukin-6Diagnostic biomarkersDepressive disorderTNF-aNeuroimaging studiesTumor necrosis factor-alphaPsychological illnessNecrosis factor-alphaNeurotrophic factorSystematic reviewComprehensive electronic searchParticipant ageHealthy controlsFactor-alphaDiagnostic accuracyAnimal studiesElectronic searchExclusion criteriaInclusion criteriaMeta-analysesTHE HIGH ROAD TO LEADERSHIP: AUTHENTICITY AND RESILIENCE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Ng Y, Azeem M. THE HIGH ROAD TO LEADERSHIP: AUTHENTICITY AND RESILIENCE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry 2025, 64: s120-s121. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.07.587.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrigendum to “Thiolated hemicellulose containing mucoadhesive and permeation-enhancing ocular films of levodopa for potential treatment of myopia” [Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 309 (2025) 142901]
Chughtai F, Hanif M, Azeem M, Mahmood K, Ramzan N, Abid H, Qaiser M, Ameer N. Corrigendum to “Thiolated hemicellulose containing mucoadhesive and permeation-enhancing ocular films of levodopa for potential treatment of myopia” [Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 309 (2025) 142901]. International Journal Of Biological Macromolecules 2025, 327: 147567. PMID: 40973517, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.147567.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Honors
honor Distinguish Fellow (DFAPA)
12/14/2011National AwardAmerican Psychiatric AssociationDetailsUnited Stateshonor Distinguish Fellow (DFAACAP)
10/10/2009National AwardAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryDetailsUnited Stateshonor Janssen Research Award
01/01/2002National AwardAmerican Academy of Addiction PsychiatryDetailsUnited States
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