| Position |
HOD, Microbiology
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| Affiliation |
Director Professor & HOD Microbiology Maulana Azad Medical College New Delhi
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| Location |
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| Current Role |
Medical researcher & Faculty in medical college
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| Area of Research |
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, practical implementation of technology for Antimicrobial resistance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Bacteriology and infectious diseases and Medical education.
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| UG |
MBBS-1993-Delhi/Maulana Azad Medical College
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| PG |
Microbiology-1998-Delhi/Maulana Azad Medical College
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| PhD |
nan
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| Awards |
• Dr R. A. Bhujwala award for Best Microbiologist -IAMM Delhi Chapter-2020
• WHO fellowship: “Antimicrobial resistance†at ICHAR, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden from -WHO-10th Feb 2012 to 23rd March 2012.
• Selected for Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Fellowship -FAIMER Philadelphia-2021
• Best poster “How safe is a short course of Potent oral broad-spectrum antibiotics among children†at 1st APPS Annual Scientific Congress cum 18th HKSPRA Annual scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy and APPS held on 3-5th October 2015.
• Best poster in COVID category in 1st virtual National Conference of IAMM “E-MICROCON†on “Invention is the need of the hour: A unique Data Accumulation and Analysis Platform for covid reporting†held from 8th-11th December 2021.
• Best oral presentation in COVID category in 1st virtual National Conference of IAMM “E-MICROCON†on “Assessing viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in tears in Moderate to Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients†held from 8th-11th December 2021.
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| Significant Contribution |
Publications: Articles:63; Citations: 354; h index: 11;RG Score: 23.72
WHO fellowship in Antimicrobial Resistance in 2012 from Sweden.
Reviewer and contributor to “National Treatment Guidelines for Antimicrobial Use In Infectious Diseases†Version 1.1, released in 2016. Resource person/Organizer for:
• WHO resource person for setting up AMR Surveillance Network at Maldives
• WHO Resource person to develop National Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for Government of Maldives, 2018.
• WHO lead resource person to conduct training to implement antimicrobial stewardship guidelines at Male, Maldives form 26th April to 2nd May 2019.
• WHONet Hands-On Training workshop at National Public Health Laboratory, Kathmandu Nepal from October 8-12th, 2018 .
• WHONet Hands-On Training workshop at Karad, Maharashtra from Feb 6th-7th, 2019 (Lead Resource person).
• WHONet Training Workshop in KARS-NET organized by WHO at Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences from 17-19th September 2019
• WHONet Training Workshop in MICROCON-2019 organized by WHO & LTM Hospital at LTM Hospital on 27th November 2019.
• WHONET training program for WINSAR-D network at LHMC on 12-13th December 2019.
• Preconference online CME/workshop on WHONET was held on 8th December 2020
• WHO IAMM network for surveillance of Antimicrobial resistance review meeting 27th October 2020
• Mentor for Online Courses
o 1: COVID-19: Diagnostics and Testing
o 2: Laboratory Training for COVID-19 Molecular Testing, developed by FIND along with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
• Joint Secretary, Indian Association of Medical Microbiology.
• Assessor & Member PG Expert group Medical Assessment & Rating Board (MARB), National Medical Commission
• Member: Technical Committee on AMR, Delhi Govt.
• Member: WHO task force committee on formulation and implementation of National Action Plan on AMR.
• Technical and Clinical Expert, Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), National Biopharma Mission, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Public Sector Undertaking of DBT.
• Member, Project Evaluation committee, National Biopharma Mission, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Public Sector Undertaking of DBT.
• Member: CD4 guidelines revision committee, NACO.
• Member, Project Review Committee (OMI, Covid19), ICMR, New Delhi
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| Bio |
I have been working with bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance for the past 20 years. I was selected and completed my WHO fellowship in Antimicrobial Resistance in 2012 from Sweden. Throughout my career, I have worked in large tertiary care hospitals with a high sample load and ample teaching and training opportunities.
I have worked with bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance for the last 20 years. My publications are testimony to this. I have published research on VRE, MRSA, CRE colonization, and recently on Ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella Typhi.
Internationally I assisted the WHO office of Maldives to develop their antimicrobial stewardship plan and also organized training for the implementation of the same. I also worked with the WHO country office of Nepal and conducted hands-on training on WHONET to assist the Public Health laboratory of Nepal in the implementation of the antimicrobial resistance surveillance program.
I am currently pursuing FAIMER fellowship in medical education. Teaching is a passion and comes naturally.
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| Primary Role |
Research;Teaching;Science Administration
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| Leadership |
Director Professor & Head Department of Microbiology Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Joint Secretary, Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
Secretary Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Delhi Chapter (2017-2019)
Treasurer Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Delhi Chapter (2014-2016)
Member Medical Education Unit
Curriculum Incharge Phase II
Technical and Clinical Expert, Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), National Biopharma Mission, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Public Sector Undertaking of DBT.
Member, Project Evaluation committee, National Biopharma Mission, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Public Sector Undertaking of DBT.
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| Twitter |
nan
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| Contact |
sonalsaxena3@gmail.com
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