Romaina Iqbal

Preventive Cardiology

Aga Khan University

About

Romaina Iqbal works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Aga Khan University.

Romaina Iqbal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. She serves as the Section Head for Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health. Her research includes large prospective cohort studies on modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and mortality.

Research focus

Dietary Risk Factors for Cardiovascular DiseasePhysical Activity and Cardiometabolic HealthNutritional Epidemiology in CVD PreventionGlobal Epidemiology of Heart DiseaseLifestyle Interventions for Hypertension and Stroke Prevention

Impact

253 pubs · 23,935 cites · h-index 61

Training

PhD in Human Nutrition
McGill University
2005
MPH
Baqai Medical University
1998

Affiliations

Work Experience

Associate Professor

Aga Khan University · 2007 - Present

PostDoc Position

Hamilton Health Sciences, Population Health Research Institute · 2005 - 2006

Lecturer

Baqai Medical University · 1995 - 1999