Professor Shakila Zaman is a Community Paediatrician and an academician by profession and holds a PhD degree in Epidemiology and Clinical Immunology from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Professor Shakila has more than 45 years of teaching and research experience at various national and international institutes. During her professional career, she has headed the Health Services Academy in Islamabad and the Institute of Public Health in Lahore, initiating her career in public health.