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Professor Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Steering Committee Member, WHO-Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
Chairperson, Oversight Committee and Member, Nepal-CCM/GFATM
President, Nepalese Society for Microbiology

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

Expertise:

· Infectious & Emerging Infectious Disease (Diagnostics, Surveillance, & Control),

· Health System Development, Basic, operational and & system Research, leadership, strategy & policy making

· Emergency preparedness, Outbreak Investigation and response

· Vaccine & immunization: Drugs/vaccines Efficacy-Clinical Trials, vaccination strategies for disease prevention and control

· Antimicrobial resistance

· Blood transfusion and Nosocomial infections

· 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