Dr. Prakash Ghimire
Nepal
CURRENT POSITION/AFFILIATION:
- Professor Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
- President, Nepalese Society for Microbiology
- Ex- Chairperson, National Ethics Review Board/NHRC/MoHP, Nepal
- Tel: +977.14488222 (Home), Tel: +977.9851066710 (Mobile/Whats-app/Viber)
- Email: prakashghimire@gmail.com; prakash.ghimire@cdmi.tu.edu.np
- Skype: prakashghimire1
- ORCID-ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2503-412X
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-GjzVZMAAAAJ
- Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prakash_Ghimire
BRIEF PROFILE:
Steering Committee Member, WHO-Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network- 2022-2026
Chairperson-Oversight committee and Member CCM-Nepal for GFATM supported HIV, TB, Malaria and Health System Program oversight
Consultant-Ethics- HLE/DHS/WPRO/WHO- Oct 2020- Dec 2021
Professor of Microbiology - Tribhuvan University, Nepal with 25 years of post/under graduate academics in Microbiology of infectious disease and research
Ph D in Microbiology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (2001), with Masters in Microbiology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal (1995),
WHO Advanced Course in Vaccinology, Biotechnology and Immunology, from WHO Immunology Training Centre in Lausanne Switzerland and Vaccinology center in Annecy France (2002).
Chairperson National Ethical Review Board (Aug 2018-Aug 2021) under Nepal Health Research Council, NHRC/ERB received FERCAP accreditation in 2019 with leadership role.
Member National Ethical Review Board (Aug 2017-Aug 2018) under Nepal Health Research Council.
Chairperson, Research Review Committee –WHO Nepal 2015-2017
Member, Institutional Review Board, (2019-2022) Institute of Science & Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Member, Institutional Review Board, (2021-2023) B P Koirala Eye Foundation /CHEERS Hospital, Kathmandu
President of Nepalese Society for Microbiology 2017-continue
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Ambassador for Nepal 2012-2017.
Member of WHO-Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Ethics Network working Groups, based on contribution and expertise
Ethics & COVID-19
ACT accelerator and Ethics
Vaccines Research & Development (COVID-19)
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