The Impact of Vitamin D on Health and Disease

Dr. Rehana Rehman MBBS, MPhil, PhD, FHEA, MHPE, is Professor of Physiology and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. She has taught Physiology for the last 30 years in public and private sector medical colleges. She is a recognized authority in Reproductive Physiology. Her research focuses on infertility, maternal and fetal wellbeing, student wellness, and ergonomics. She has over 200 publications in national & international journals. She compiled Clinical Case Orientation in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology, Renal and Gastrointestinal Physiology, Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology published by Paramount. She is the author of Five minutes to Wellness, Research till publication in Health Care, Subfertility Recent Advances in Management and prevention, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome from Basic Sciences to Clinical Advances Across Clinical Science Life Span published by Elsevier.

Dr. Faiza Alam is an Assistant Professor at the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Brunei, and previously worked at Aga Khan University. She has taught Physiology for the last 18 years. After completing her Masters (Physiology), her PhD research was dedicated to identifying polymorphisms of the SIRT1 gene affecting oxidative environment and fertility. Her research focuses on the causative factors of non-communicable diseases. She has a solid foundation in teaching and research within the field of Physiology.