MrsSharika Ferdous

WHO TDR Fellow, completing an MPH degree with a background in Microbiology and 3 years of work experience in the public health sector at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr.b). I have experience working in a microbiology laboratory and conducting mixed-method and evaluation research.

I am passionate about research that involves communities and their cultural contexts for targeted interventions. My research interests also lies in the strategies to reform sanitation and hygiene facilities to improve health from a microbiology and infectious diseases lens. Moreover, I have a keen interest in working on Antimicrobial Resistance surveillance and stewardship on a global scale.