Prof Dr Prakash Ghimire is an experienced public-health Microbiologist, with a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

·         Professor of Microbiology at Tribhuvan University (Professor selection on merit based on academic/research excellence) 

·         Visiting Professor - Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response,  Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

·         Steering Committee Member- WHO- Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network- 

·         Member- WHO-Rapid Response Corps- Technical Working Group 

·         Chairperson-Oversight committee and Member- Nepal-CCM/GFATM 

·         President, Nepalese Society for Microbiology

Ph. D. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 1998–2001

M. Sc. Microbiology Medical Microbiology (with Distinction), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1993-94

B. Sc. Microbiology Microbiology (in first division), Tribhuvan University, 1990–92

• Infectious & Emerging Infectious Disease (Diagnostics, Surveillance & Control)
• Health System Development: Basic, operational and & system Research; Leadership, Strategy & Policy and Guideline development; Laboratory & Diagnostics; Biosafety & Biosecurity
• Emergency preparedness, Outbreak Investigation, risk assessment and response
• Vaccine & immunization: Vaccines Efficacy-Clinical Trials, vaccination strategies for disease prevention and control
• Antimicrobial resistance and Drug efficacy assessments
• Blood transfusion and Nosocomial infections
• Vector-borne Diseases epidemiology, vector control and disease elimination
• Bio-Ethics (Public health, Clinical, Research)
• Academics: Ph D Supervision, Masters’ Thesis supervision in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Subject Committee/Faculty Board Members for TU, KU, PU, IIMS-Malaysia, BPKIHS, PAHS
• International and national Collaboration and Networking

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