I am an Assistant Professor at the Health Services Academy , Islamabad . I did my MBBS from Ayub Medical College Abbottabad in 1997 and joined the HSA as one of the Commissioned Officers in the year 2000, as an Instructor. During my service at the Academy, I was awarded government-nominated scholarship for my Masters in Primary Healthcare in Thailand in 2003. In due course of time, I developed two major PC-1s for the Academy i.e PC-1 for sustainable development and construction of the permanent campus of the HSA, both of which got approved and are near completion now. During the Earthquake of 2005, I was given the opportunity on behalf of the HSA , to serve as In-charge of Disaster Management Coordination Cell of the Ministry of Health. I have worked extensively, while in the HSA, on Environmental Health issues and developed National Drinking Water Quality Standards for Pakistan , conducted numerous trainings and consultative meetings on the issue. The Academy is the point of focus for Healthcare Waste Management and I was able to develop the National Action Plan for Healthcare Waste Management for Pakistan along with a number of country-wide extensive trainings on the subject. I am also the Instructor and Coordinator for the Regional HOPE (Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies) Program. I was elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society for Public Health UK since May 2010. Currently I am doing PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK .

I have been teaching courses in Environmental and Occupational Health, Population Dynamics, Health Systems, Child Health and Research Methodology. I have also been the Coordinator for the MSPH Program along with my teaching responsibilities. As part of teaching and training, I have imparted trainings to various health professionals' groups in Emergency Preparedness, Healthcare Waste Management, Occupational Health, Reproductive Health in Crises and District Health Management Teams.

I have conducted research on traffic safety and behaviours of the drivers, children environmental health, drinking water quality and healthcare waste management. I am also looking at Trauma management.

Publications

Some of my publications/to-be published are as follows:

• Khan. E.A, Wongkhomthong. S.A, Chamroonsawasdi. K, Srisorachatr. S. Perceptions about the traffic safety among the taxi motorcyclists and their passengers in Phayathai district, Bangkok , Journal of GMC-Nepal, Vol 2, Issue 2, 15 June 2009.
• Khan EA, Sabeeh SM, Zighondi R etal. Health Care Waste Management in Pakistan , A Situation Analysis and a Way Forward. In-process of submission to JPMA, Pakistan
• Mughal MI, Khan EA, Saeed R,. Prevalence of Diarrhea among dwellers of urban slum of Sector I- 11/1. Islamabad Pakistan , (Submitted) 2010.
• Mughal MI, Khan EA, Saeed R . Exacerbation of poverty among urban slum dwellers of Islamabad because of poor drinking water quality and sanitation , ( Submitted) 2010
• Kumar R, Laghari AK, Khan EA, Sheikh MS, Khushak IA.Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding dietary habits in hepatitis patients attending two public sector hospitals at Islamabad, Pakistan. Submitted to PJMR 2010