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We often take initiatives that help us achieve our goals. Other times, something happens that impacts our lives in ways that can be both good or bad, but we may not have any control over it.

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Jul 05

PKR 5 Million disbursed in Scholarships!

Playing its part towards making good quality education accessible, SHF has established an annual fund of PKR 5 million for hard-working students coming from under-privileged areas to study at Pakistan’s leading university – Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)  for free.   This year's scholarships have been disbursed and they completely/partially support the... read more →
Mar 01
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PHRG 2020: Project gets published in an international journal!

The project "A Randomized Control Trial to Improve Nurse leadership in Maintaining Minimum Service Delivery Standards for Hospital Infection Control in the era of COVID-19" of the 2020 cohort of Shahid Hussain Foundation's Public Health Research Grant (PHRG) has been published in the reputable international Journal, Frontiers in Public Health.... read more →
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Aug 06

PHRG 2021: Deadline extended!

Given these unprecedented and trying pandemic times as well as an overwhelming response on applications, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions to 31 August. You can learn more about the grant and application process here:https://shf.org.pk/apply-for-phrg/ #healthcare#health#publichealth#shf#research#funding
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Dec 16

LUMS Economics Dept. Named after Ch. Nazar

Shahid Hussain Foundation, along with Borjan Pvt. Ltd., has announced an endowment fund of Rs. 200 Million for the Department of Economics at LUMS. The endowment is intended to support current and future generations of LUMS scholars with the resources needed to advance knowledge, research, and innovation. Following this, LUMS... read more →
Sep 15

PHRG 2020 Announcement

We had an unprecedented response to our call for proposals, and 40% of the submissions were essential local research on COVID response and COVID anti-bodies kits. The Review Committee has finalised the following studies for this year’s award after an exhaustive review and discussion process among a multi-disciplinary panel of... read more →
Jul 14

SHF Scholarship

Shahid Hussain Foundation, committed to improving accessibility of high quality education to all, has donated PKR 5 Million to Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). These funds will be utilized to sponsor the academic expenses of 15 students for the academic year 2020-21. To read up more, check out our website... read more →
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Oct 01

SHF Public Health Research Grant 2019-20: Results

The Public Health Research Grants (PHRG) Awards for 2019/20 were finalized and the results have been compiled. The successful projects are listed below: The Investigation of Hyperglycemia Specific Circulating Non-Coding RNAs in Type-2 Diabetes, submitted by Dr. Muhammad Tariq (LUMS) and Dr. Rozina Arshad (SIDER, Shalamar Hospital) Understanding Pakistan’s Immunization Problem... read more →
Sep 13

SHF Research Grant – 2019-20

The Public Health Research Grant for 2019/20 received a tremendous response this year, and the SHF is currently undergoing a final review process of all the application. The final Awards will therefore be announced on 1st October, 2019. All further queries may be directed to Ms. Uzma Mahmood at coordinator@shf.org.pk... read more →
Jul 07
Jun 01

Public Health Research Grant 2019-20: Invitation for Proposals

Introduction Shahid Hussain Foundation believes that communities thrive in an environment where access to healthcare is adequate, reliable, and affordable. We believe in pursuing this through encouraging research, debate, dialogue and discussion. We support collaborations of practitioners and researchers to foster a culture of localised research and learning.... read more →
Mar 07
Feb 07

Supporting LLF 2019

SHF has been committed to promoting and exploring the literary arts of Pakistan. It acted as one of the sponsors of Pakistan's biggest literary festival, The Lahore Literary Fest, held in February 2019. The festival featured artists, writers, and opinion leaders from across the world in thoughtful discussions on a... read more →
Feb 04
Dec 27

Seminar on Public Health Research

The Shalamar Medical and Dental College in collaboration with the Shahid Hussain Foundation is organizing a seminar on Public Health in Pakistan: Contemporary Research Methods and Practices. The Seminar would host academics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) as they present... read more →
Dec 02

Principal SNC Visits Mahsa

The Shaid Hussain Foundation is proud to have supported the partnership between Shalamar Nursing College (SNC) and Mahsa University, Kuala Lumpur. As a part of this partnership, the Principal for SNC, Mrs. Nasim Tariq visited Mahsa University, Kuala Lumpur, in November to work out strategic programs for the development of... read more →
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Friends of PIC Partnership

The SHF takes ownership of its responsibility as a member of the Lahore community, and lends support to leading institutions of excellence in health and education. To that end, the SHF made a contribution of PKR 25 million to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) this year under the Friend... read more →