Degree Seeking

PhD

Year Joined CMIB

2016

Prior Degrees

• DVM ; 2010; University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
• M.Phil; 2014; University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Mentor(s)

Dr. Linda Mansfield

Research Interests

Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne gastroenteritis in the US, with an incidence rate of 13.6 cases per 100,000 individuals. Because many infections go undiagnosed, the Centers for Disease Control predict that the actual incidence is much higher, with up to 2 million cases of campylobacteriosis per annum. Campylobacteriosis is characterized by mild to severe bloody diarrhea, colitis, abdominal pain, and fever occurring two to five days following infection. Physicians rely on the use of macrolide antibiotics to treat C. jejuni infections. Centers for Disease Control have categorized drug resistant Campylobacter as a serious public health threat. I am interested in identifying the potential pathways that can be manipulated to treat C. jejuni infections without the use of antibiotics.

CMIB Publications

Ahmed, H., et al., Development of reliable techniques for the differential diagnosis of avian tumour viruses by immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Avian Pathology, 2018. 47(4): p. 364-37

CMIB Presentations

• Poster Presentation at Phi-Zeta Day 2019 at College of Veterinary Medicine, MSU. Title “Campylobacter jejuni mediates reduced gut microbial diversity during pathogenesis of colitis in a mouse model”

• Oral Presentation at AVMA annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, 2018. Title of talk “Development of reliable techniques for the differential diagnosis of avian tumour viruses by immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections”

CMIB Awards

• “Student of the month” award by OISS (Office of International Students and Scholars) at MSU (November 2019).

• Fulbright Award - 2016