A session on the statistics behind high-impact publications
Huge appreciation to Prof. Dr. Duolao Wang for delivering an enlightening session on "Statistical Insights for Highest Impact Research Publications". His expertise in biostatistics from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine shone through.
Prof. Duolao Wang collaborates with the Global Institute of Human Development, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, as a trial statistician on a number of international research grants. He has contributed tremendously to the statistical analysis of randomised controlled trials and to capacity building in conducting highest impact research.
Event highlights
Selected joint publications
Some of the work that has come out of this collaboration:
- 2024
Effectiveness of a group psychological intervention to reduce psychosocial distress in adolescents in Pakistan: a single-blind, cluster randomized controlled trial
Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Malik, A., Tamizuddin-Nizami, A., Javed, H., Minhas, F.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Sijbrandij, M., Suleman, N., Baneen, U.U., Bryant, R.A., van Ommeren, M., Rahman, A., Wang, D.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 Aug;8(8):559-570
- 2020
Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for Adults with Mood and Anxiety Disorders in a Post-conflict Area of Pakistan: Randomised Controlled Trial
Hamdani, S.U., Huma, Z.E., Rahman, A., Wang, D., Chen, T., van Ommeren, M., … Farooq, S.
The British Journal of Psychiatry, 217(5), 623-629
- 2019
Effectiveness of a Brief Group Psychological Intervention for Women in a Post-conflict Setting in Pakistan: A Single-blind, Cluster, Randomised Controlled Trial
Rahman, A., Khan, M.N., Hamdani, S.U., Chiumento, A., Akhtar, P., Nazir, H., … van Ommeren, M.
The Lancet
- 2016
Effect of a Multicomponent Behavioral Intervention in Adults Impaired by Psychological Distress in a Conflict-affected Area of Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Rahman, A., Hamdani, S.U., Awan, N.R., Bryant, R.A., Dawson, K.S., Khan, M.F., Azeemi, M.M.U.H., Akhtar, P., Nazir, H., Chiumento, A., & Sijbrandij, M.
JAMA, 316(24), 2609–2617













