Background
Zirvi, Karimullah Abd was born on May 20, 1940 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Khudabakhash Abd and Amatul Karim Zirvi.
educator experimental oncologist
Zirvi, Karimullah Abd was born on May 20, 1940 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Khudabakhash Abd and Amatul Karim Zirvi.
Bachelor of Science, Punjab U., Lahore, 1959; Bachelor of Education, Punjab U., Lahore, 1961; Master of Science, Karachi (Pakistan) U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Louisville, 1968.
Senior research officer, Pakistan Council Science and Industrial Research laboratories, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1969-1972; associate professor, Pahlavi U., Shiraz, Iran, 1972-1978; visiting scientist, U. Louisville, 1978-1979; research associate, University of California, San Diego, 1979-1981; research associate, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1981-1982; assistant professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, 1982-1989; associate professor, U. Medicine Dentistry New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, 1989-1993; co-director, technical supervisor, Molecular Medicine, Inc., Denville, New Jersey, since 1993. Research training fellow International Cancer Research Union, Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1978.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, Metastasis Research Society, Ahmadiyya Muslim Medical Association United States (secretary 1986-1998), Association of Ahmadi Muslim Scientists, United States (president 1995).
Married Amatul Latif Shaukat, September 26, 1966. Children: Nasir, Sumra, Monib, Khalid.