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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
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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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180Publications
4,731Citations
Pakistan
Psychiatry
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Autistic Disorder
Middle East
Child Psychiatry
Publications
2026
Multi-criteria decision making using Aczel-Alsina operators in interval-valued bipolar fuzzy context for waste management planning
Ghamkhar M, Tariq A, Azeem M, Ali J. Multi-criteria decision making using Aczel-Alsina operators in interval-valued bipolar fuzzy context for waste management planning. Evolutionary Intelligence 2026, 19: 80. DOI: 10.1007/s12065-026-01186-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-criteria decision-makingAggregation operatorsAczel-Alsina operationsMulti-criteria decision makingBipolar fuzzyFuzzy contextOperational lawsPractical scenariosMCDM methodsComplex decision environmentHandling uncertaintyPlanning problemTheoretical soundnessDecision environmentDecision makingFuzzyWaste management planOperationDecision-makingRobustnessManagement plansSuperiorityScenariosMethodFrameworkContext-Aware Graph Neural Network for Skin Lesion Classification
Azeem M, Nazir S, Ahmed A, Behera A. Context-Aware Graph Neural Network for Skin Lesion Classification. 2026, 164-173. DOI: 10.1145/3748522.3779958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsGraph neural networksSkin lesion classificationConvolutional neural networkNeural networkAccurate classification of skin lesionsClassification of skin lesionsDeep visual representationsSkin cancer classifiersLesion classificationAccurate classificationDermoscopic image analysisModel of metadataDeep learning modelsCNN backboneContext-awarenessPublic benchmarksStructured metadataMetadata informationPerformance gainsMultimodal frameworkLesion representationLearning modelsMetadataAccuracy improvementImage featuresCODAS with heronian minkowski distance operator: a novel approach for complex fermatean fuzzy multi-criteria group decision analysis
Ghamkhar M, Ijaz F, Ali J, Azeem M. CODAS with heronian minkowski distance operator: a novel approach for complex fermatean fuzzy multi-criteria group decision analysis. Soft Computing 2026, 30: 2463-2480. DOI: 10.1007/s00500-025-11031-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombinative distance-based assessmentAggregation operatorsHeronian meanCombinative distance-based assessment methodGroup decision analysisGroup decision-makingExpert weightsMinkowski distanceHamming distanceDistance operatorFermatean fuzzyDeviation methodDecision analysisAlternative solutionMCGDMFuzzyOperationDecision-makingApplicationsMethodDistanceEuclideanAccuracyInformationMethodologyNeurodevelopmental 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 ResearchCitationsCross-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 Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsChallenging 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 Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNeurodevelopmental disordersCompulsive sexual behaviorSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsFamily-based interventionsAtypical antipsychoticsNMDA modulationReuptake inhibitorsBehavioral therapyChallenging behaviorDevelopmental disabilitiesProblematic behaviorsMedication effectsOpioid antagonistAlpha-2 agonistsSexual behaviorAntipsychoticsSevere irritationHypersexualityAdolescentsPharmacological perspectiveAggressionLevel of evidenceDisordersPolycystic ovary syndromeIndividualized treatmentChapter 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.ChaptersConceptsRisk of dose dumpingTreatment of colon cancerSystemic side effectsFrequent dosingHalloysite nanotubesShort half-lifeColon cancerTransdermal patchDose dumpingSide effectsDrug delivery systemsDrugDrug delivery vehiclesIncorporation of halloysite nanotubesImprovement of solubilityDelivery vehiclesHalf-lifeDelivery systemSusceptible to enzymatic degradationDrug releaseDrug carriersSkin-care productsLoading efficiencyProtein drugsDynamic Aggregation Operators for Selection of Optimal Communication System in the Rescue Department Under Complex q-rung Orthopair Fuzzy Environment
Ijaz F, Azeem M, Ali J. Dynamic Aggregation Operators for Selection of Optimal Communication System in the Rescue Department Under Complex q-rung Orthopair Fuzzy Environment. Spectrum Of Decision Making And Applications 2026, 3: 339-363. DOI: 10.31181/sdmap31202646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsMultiple attribute decision makingCommunication systemsAdvanced communication systemsAggregation operatorsQ-rung orthopair fuzzy set theoryQ-rung orthopair fuzzy informationQ-rung orthopair fuzzy environmentMultiple attribute decision making problemFuzzy set theoryDynamic weighted averagingRescue DepartmentOptimal communication systemCq-ROFSFuzzy informationFuzzy environmentDynamic environmentProblem specificationSet theorySystematic frameworkDecision makingWeighted averageFrameworkOptimal optionOperationSystem
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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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