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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.
Appointments
Child Study Center
Associate Clinical ProfessorPrimary
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Education & Training
- Child Psychiatry Fellowship
- Children's Hospital Boston (Harvard Medical School) (2002)
- General Psychiatry Residency
- HCMC & Regions Hospital, MN (2000)
- MD
- Rawalpindi Medical College (1991)
- MD
- University of Punjab (1991)
- ABPN
- General Psychiatry
- ABPN
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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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
ORCID
0000-0003-2736-7972
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A big-picture view of Muhammad Waqar Azeem's research output by year.
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Research topics Muhammad Waqar Azeem is interested in exploring.
87Publications
1,327Citations
Psychiatry
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Autistic Disorder
Middle East
Pakistan
Child Psychiatry
Publications
2025
Estimates of the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis
Akomolafe A, Abdallah B, Mahmood F, Elshoeibi A, Al-Khulaifi A, Mahmoud E, Dweidri Y, Darwish N, Yousif D, Khalid H, Al-Theyab M, Azeem M, Shahwar D, Kamal M, Alabdulla M, Khaled S, Chivese T. Estimates of the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 2519. PMID: 40691829, PMCID: PMC12278510, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23651-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPrevalence estimatesPrevalence of autism spectrum disorderMiddle East and North AfricaSystematic reviewMiddle East and North Africa regionMeta-analysisCochran's Q statisticASD prevalenceRisk of biasNewcastle Ottawa ScaleModified Checklist for AutismDiagnostic and Statistical ManualMeta-analysis modelAutism spectrum disorder prevalenceOttawa ScaleI2 statisticPublication biasInclusion criteriaMental disordersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersQ statisticAutism spectrum disorderMENA regionStatistical manual of mental disordersSignificant heterogeneityClinically actionable pharmacogenomic landscape of antidepressants and antipsychotics in Qatar: a population-based cohort study
Velayutham D, Bastaki K, Irfan A, Abuhaliqa M, AlMulla A, Consortium T, Ghuloum S, Azeem M, Pirmohamed M, Jithesh P. Clinically actionable pharmacogenomic landscape of antidepressants and antipsychotics in Qatar: a population-based cohort study. Cambridge Prisms Precision Medicine 2025, 3: e4. PMID: 40693210, PMCID: PMC12277200, DOI: 10.1017/pcm.2025.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSoil aggregate stability assessment based on ultrasonic agitation: Limitations and recommendations after sixty years (1964–2023)
ABBAS F, Jianjun D, Haibin C, AZEEM M, Ruqin F. Soil aggregate stability assessment based on ultrasonic agitation: Limitations and recommendations after sixty years (1964–2023). Pedosphere 2025, 35: 67-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedsph.2024.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricThe role of the WPA Collaborating Centres in promoting mental health education and policy worldwide
Fiorillo A, Azeem M, Basu D, Chaturvedi S, Lam L, Murthy P, Ndetei D, Okasha T, Stein D, Bhui K. The role of the WPA Collaborating Centres in promoting mental health education and policy worldwide. World Psychiatry 2025, 24: 151-152. PMID: 39810676, PMCID: PMC11733425, DOI: 10.1002/wps.21298.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
NAVIGATING THE TIDES OF LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIES FOR INFLUENCE, CONNECTION, AND RESILIENCE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Ng Y, Azeem M, Bailey R. NAVIGATING THE TIDES OF LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIES FOR INFLUENCE, CONNECTION, AND RESILIENCE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 63: s34-s35. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchF12. CLINICALLY ACTIONABLE PHARMACOGENOMIC LANDSCAPE OF PSYCHOTROPICS IN QATAR
Velayutham D, Bastaki K, Irfan A, Abuhaliqa M, Ghuloum S, Azeem M, Pirmohamed M, Jithesh P. F12. CLINICALLY ACTIONABLE PHARMACOGENOMIC LANDSCAPE OF PSYCHOTROPICS IN QATAR. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 211. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation ConsortiumDutch Pharmacogenetics Working GroupGenetic variationClinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium recommendationsMetabolic phenotypeWhole-genome sequencing dataImplementing PGx testingGenome sequence dataIntegration of pharmacogenomicsPharmacogenetics Working GroupAnalysis of haplotypesQatari populationPGx testingSequence dataImplementation ConsortiumUltrarapid metabolizersPharmacogenetic testingPharmacokinetic genesGenetic variantsCase of antipsychoticsPsychotropic medication responseResponse to antidepressantsResponse phenotypesCase of haloperidolChoice of therapy
2023
Validation of the Arabic strengths and difficulties questionnaire in Qatar
Gilstrap L, Nazeer A, Ather M, Shahwar D, Shaffeeullah I, Magbool A, Azeem M. Validation of the Arabic strengths and difficulties questionnaire in Qatar. Middle East Current Psychiatry 2023, 30: 107. DOI: 10.1186/s43045-023-00380-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsStrengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireYouth sampleDifficulties QuestionnaireCommunity youth sampleClinically-referred sampleAdolescent mental health servicesMental health servicesMental health screeningBackgroundThe Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireRepresentative school sampleCommunity sampleSchool sampleProsocial behaviorEmotional symptomsPeer issuesConduct problemsTrained cliniciansCategories of diagnosisHealth screeningHealth servicesScreening QuestionnaireGulf Cooperation CouncilCurrent studyOutpatient clinicYouthCaution needed in ascribing subthreshold symptoms as autism spectrum disorder: Commentary on “autistic traits distribution in different psychiatric conditions: A cluster analysis on the basis of the adult autism subthreshold spectrum (AdAS SPECTRUM) questionnaire”
Bertelli M, Boniotti V, Bianco A, Vannucchi G, Buonaguro E, Micai M, Fatta L, Rossi M, Pecchini E, Bizzari V, Conte M, Lombardi G, Corti S, Scior K, Azeem M, Hassiotis A, Baghdadli A, Scattoni M, Salvador-Carulla L, Javed A, Munir K. Caution needed in ascribing subthreshold symptoms as autism spectrum disorder: Commentary on “autistic traits distribution in different psychiatric conditions: A cluster analysis on the basis of the adult autism subthreshold spectrum (AdAS SPECTRUM) questionnaire”. Psychiatry Research 2023, 331: 115617. PMID: 38043410, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricGenomic architecture of autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: The BARAKA-Qatar Study
Abdi M, Aliyev E, Trost B, Kohailan M, Aamer W, Syed N, Shaath R, Gandhi G, Engchuan W, Howe J, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Geng M, Whitney J, Syed A, Lakshmi J, Hussein S, Albashir N, Hussein A, Poggiolini I, Elhag S, Palaniswamy S, Kambouris M, de Fatima Janjua M, Tahir M, Nazeer A, Shahwar D, Azeem M, Mokrab Y, Aati N, Akil A, Scherer S, Kamal M, Fakhro K. Genomic architecture of autism spectrum disorder in Qatar: The BARAKA-Qatar Study. Genome Medicine 2023, 15: 81. PMID: 37805537, PMCID: PMC10560429, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-023-01228-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTandem repeat expansionsSingle nucleotide variantsGenetic architectureNovel ASD candidate genesWhole-genome sequencing dataMitochondrial DNA variantsASD candidate genesMulti-omics researchGenomic architectureRecessive variationMtDNA variantsCandidate genesDNA variantsSequencing dataRepeat expansionNumber variantsSNVs/indelsDe novoNon-consanguineous familyGenesGenetics guidelinesUnique resourcePathogenic variantsFamilyMedical Genetics guidelines4.72 Evaluation of Teacher’s Training to Improve Mental Health Literacy Concerning Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents
Imran N, Sharif M, Waseem T, Javed A, Azeem M. 4.72 Evaluation of Teacher’s Training to Improve Mental Health Literacy Concerning Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 62: s256. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.09.316.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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