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Professor Dr. Afrozul Haq (born 1955) is working as a Professor and Dean of School of Interdisciplinary Sciences at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.

Biography
Before joining Hamdard University Prof. Haq was working as the Director of Research & Development at Gulf Diagnostic Center Hospital (GDCH), Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is the pioneer of Vitamin D research and testing in the UAE and has served as the Founding President and Chairman of International Conference on Vitamin D Deficiency, Nutrition and Human Health. Prof. Haq is a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University, India and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France. He started his professional career from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 1984. Prof. Haq has more than 30 years of experience as a basic & clinical research scientist working in a number of research labs, and hospitals around the world including Pasteur Institute, Paris, France; McGill University, Montreal, Canada; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mafraq Hospital, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, VPS Healthcare, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He was a Professor at Dubai Medical College for Girls, Dubai. He served as the head of Biochemical Diseases Investigation Laboratory from 2001 to 2006 at Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Achievements
In 2006, Prof. Haq developed and modified successfully high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique for the measurement of Vitamin D3 and Vitamin D2. Prof. Haq has published over 145 research articles and abstracts in peer reviewed International Journals and conferences. Working on several research projects on vitamin D in collaboration with clinicians and researchers at SKMC, Zayed University, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi and Harvard Medical School, USA. In September 2018, Dr. Haq hosted the first ever internationl conferene titled Recent Advances in Food Fortification with Emphasis on Vitamin D Deficiency in Human Health. The government of India and Hamdard University sponsored this event. He has been quoted and his scientific work has been referenced in Khaleej Times, Gulf News  , The National

Awards

 * Prof. Haq was awarded the NRI fallicitation Scientist Award by the Union Minister of Health, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He was also awarded with a recognition certificate by Dr. Harshvardhan, the then Health Minister of India on 19th October 2014 in New Delhi for his extra ordinary services in the field of medical research outside India.