Draft:Shahid Mahmood Baig

Shahid Mehmood Baig HI SI (Urdu: شاہد محمود بیگ; born 9 October 1960) is a Pakistani scientists known specializing in human genetics. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, and elected as Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences.

Baig, in 1986, worked as a Research Scholar at the Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute, joined the National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering as a professor and head of the Human Molecular Genetics in 1995 until 2020, before taking the office of the Chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation. Baig is the Dean of Life Sciences at the Health Services Academy, and a Member Syndicate at the University of Health Sciences, Lahore since January 2024. He was a Full Professor of Biology at the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences of the Aga Khan University.

Baig's research focuses on disease gene discovery and the elucidation of gene functions in inherited diseases prevalent in Pakistan. He has served as a visiting research professor at several universities, including Uppsala University, University of Copenhagen, and Duke University. He has authored or co-authored 155 peer-reviewed articles and supervised numerous PhD and postdoctoral fellows. His cumulative impact factor exceeds 700, and he has an H-index of 38.

Education
Baig holds two postdoctoral fellowships in Oncogenomics and Brain Tumour Research from Duke University Medical Center in 2012, and in Molecular biology and Genetics from King Saud University between 2000 and 2003. He earned his Ph.D. in Human Molecular Genetics from Quaid-i-Azam University, with research conducted at Bosphorus University in 1996, focusing on the molecular basis of β-thalassemia and its prenatal diagnosis by DNA analysis. He completed his BSc from Gordon College and his MSc and MPhil in Biology from Quaid-i-Azam University.

Baig received his BSc from Gordon College, MSc and MPhil in Biology from Quaid-i-Azam University. He started his career as Research Scholar at Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute in 1986. He completed PhD research on prenatal diagnosis of Beta thalassemia jointly from Bosphorus University and Quaid-i-Azam University in 1996. He joined the National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering in 1995 and became a professor and head of Human Molecular Genetics till 2020. He joined the Pakistan Science Foundation as Chairman in 2020.

He rejected the position of Vice Chancellor of a University. He was appointed as the Director General of the National Institute of Electronics from March to December 27, 2023. Baig conducted his postdoctoral research at Oncogenomics Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center in 2012 and King Saud University from 2000 to 2003.

He has held several key positions including Chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation from December 2020 to December 2023, Director General of the National Institute of Electronics from March to December 2023, and CEO of the Natural Sciences Linkages Program (NSLP) at PSF.