ZUBAIR MUNSHI
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Summary
- Forward thinking research scientist with a strong background in medical microbiology resulting in the only scientific comparative study in the country focusing on bacterial nasal carriage in diabetics and non diabetics.
- An excellent team player with an ability to work with cross-functional matrix teams that has resulted in the completion of 4 graduate projects, 3 successfully published articles and 7 other developed manuscripts.
- A strategic communicator and leader that has coordinated and overseen training over 50 laboratory technologists in under 5 months on antimicrobial stewardship.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) LAB TECHNICIAN
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2024 - Current
- Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills coupled with strategy development to oversee the clinical validation of a semi-automated anti-microbial susceptibility IVD (ANTIBIOGO) using approximately 500 bacterial isolates in under 3 months.
- Excellent coordination skills coupled with laboratory medicine knowledge to ensure credibility and adherence of internal quality control processes, pre-, analytical and post-analytical microbiology procedures for the study.
FLEMING FUND PROJECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Nairobi, Kenya
07.2023 - 11.2023
- Good training and mentoring ability combined with product knowledge that allowed teaching of over 20 microbiology lab technologists from 5 different county hospitals in 8 weeks on principles of diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Support and implementation planning abilities for the development of the of a 2 week clinical microbiology curriculum for the Fleming Fund lab technologist mentees.
- Performed an audit of Jaramogi Oginga Teaching Referral Hospital as part of a site implementation visit and generated technical reports for the 2 month workshop/training.
FLEMING FUND CLINICAL LABORATORY LIAISON
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Nairobi, Kenya
12.2022 - 03.2023
- Collaborated with the Machakos Level 5 Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee to conduct a gap analysis for effective implementation of antimicrobial stewardship activities by the Fleming Fund country grant.
- Served as the contact person facilitating internal and external stakeholder engagement between Machakos Hospital and Aga Khan University Hospital.
- Trained 40 medical laboratory technology mentees over 3 months from 6 teaching and county referral hospitals on basic clinical and diagnostic microbiology principles
DFG GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
AGA KHAN UNIVERISTY HOSPITAL
Nairobi, Kenya
08.2020 - 12.2022
- Collaborated in 1 international (4 countries) systematic review and multiple local research projects on Staphylococci Africa Resistance and Epidemiology (ShARE) with cross-functional matrix teams that has seen 2 successfully published papers and 5 other manuscripts for publications.
- Establishment of a working microbiology biorepository coupled with data abstraction abilities to facilitate the completion of 3 student projects - 1 PhD project, 2 MSc. projects.
- Developed an 11 year cumulative antibiogram (2011-2021) showcasing susceptibility profiles of gram positive and gram negative pathogens isolates from approximately 50 Aga Khan University Hospital outreach clinics.
- Coordinated the ASLM (African Society for Laboratory Medicine) workshop targeting 20 laboratory technologists from different hospitals in October 2021 for strengthening microbiology lab diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Developed 2 proposals and conducted relevant literature reviews & analysis with the completion and generation of a report of 1 proposal.
Education
Master of Science - Medical Microbiology And Immunology
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
Nairobi, Kenya09-2024
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science And Technology
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
Nairobi, Kenya12-2019
Skills
Clinical and Public Health Research
Diagnostic microbiology
Teaching and training
Project coordination
Data analysis
Effective communication
Leadership
Teamwork
Relationship building
Office administration
Accomplishments
- Award for overall best academic performance for Master's category in Faculty of Health Sciences (2023).
- Nominated for the position of Chairman for AMELSTUN (Association of Medical Laboratory Students of University of Nairobi) [2023].
- MSc. Class representative 2020-2023.
- BSc. Class representative 2015-2019.
Certification
- Project Management in Global Health
- Introduction to Epidemiology and Global Health
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) LAB TECHNICIAN
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
01.2024 - Current
FLEMING FUND PROJECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
07.2023 - 11.2023
FLEMING FUND CLINICAL LABORATORY LIAISON
AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
12.2022 - 03.2023
DFG GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
AGA KHAN UNIVERISTY HOSPITAL
08.2020 - 12.2022
Master of Science - Medical Microbiology And Immunology
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
Bachelor of Science - Medical Laboratory Science And Technology
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
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