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Hire Dr. Shaimaa M.

Egypt

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Freelance Microbiologist and Immunologist. Medical/Academic writer and tutor

Profile Summary

Genome wide association studies and in-silico analysis of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes among MDR gram negative pathogens circulating across Arabian peninsula. Setting practical strategies for antimicrobial stewardship programs

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Pharmacy
• ☆ Pharmacy Education
• ☆ Clinical Pharmacy
• ☆ Medical Genetics
• ☆ Immunogenetics
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Viral Diseases
• ☆ Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
• ☆ West Nile Virus
• ☆ Syphilis
• ☆ Bacterial Diseases
• ☆ Leprosy
• ☆ Yersinia Pestis
• ☆ Lyme Disease
• ☆ Antibiotic Resistance Research
• ☆ Antibiotic Stewardship
• ☆ Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
• ☆ Health Technology Assessment
• ☆ E-Health & Telemedicine
• ☆ Medical Toxicology
• ☆ Health Education
• ☆ Rural Health
• ☆ School Health Services
• ☆ Zoonoses
• ☆ Environmental Medicine
• ☆ Medical Terminology
• ☆ Medical Sciences

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Postdoctoral researcher

Zewail City of Science and Technology - 6th of October City Campus

October 2020 - October 2021

Research Assistant

College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University

April 2016 - April 2019

Part-time Instructor

College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University

August 2016 - August 2018

Teaching assistant

Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy

September 2010 - September 2011

Education

PhD Biomedical Sciences

College of Medicine and Health sciences

August 2015 - June 2019

PhD in Biomedical Science (Microbiology and Immunology)

United Arab Emirates University College of Medicine and Health Sciences

August 2015 - May 2019

Masters in Diagnostic and Molecular Microbiology (Microbiology)

Alexandria University Medical Research Institute

August 2010 - September 2013

Bachelor degree (Pharmacy )

Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy

September 2005 - June 2009

Certifications

• Next generation sequencing technologies

  Cold Spring Harbour laboratory, NY

  November 2018 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pascoe, Ben(2022). Local accessory gene sharing among Egyptian Campylobacter potentially promotes the spread of antimicrobial resistance . Microbial Genomics. figshare

Shaimaa F. Mouftah and Tibor P{\'{a}}l and Paul G. Higgins and Akela Ghazawi and Youssef Idaghdour and Manaf Alqahtani and Ali S. Omrani and Tahir A. Rizvi and {\'{A}}gnes Sonnevend(2021). Diversity of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 and emergence of a subgroup with KL64 capsular locus in the Arabian Peninsula . European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Shaimaa F. Mouftah and Jos{\'{e}} F. Cobo-D{\'{\i}}az and Avelino {\'{A}}lvarez-Ord{\'{o}}{\~{n}}ez and Menattallah Elserafy and Nehal A. Saif and Asmaa Sadat and Ayman El-Shibiny and Mohamed Elhadidy(2021). High-throughput sequencing reveals genetic determinants associated with antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter spp. from farm-to-fork . PLOS ONE. 16. (6). p. e0253797. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Nehal A. Saif and Jos{\'{e}} F. Cobo-D{\'{\i}}az and Menattallah Elserafy and Iman El-Shiekh and Avelino {\'{A}}lvarez-Ord{\'{o}}{\~{n}}ez and Shaimaa F. Mouftah and Mohamed Elhadidy(2021). A pilot study revealing host‐associated genetic signatures for source attribution of sporadic Campylobacter jejuni infection in Egypt . Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Wiley

Wadie, B.; Abdel-Fattah, M.A.; Yousef, A.; Mouftah, S.F.; Elhadidy, M.; Salem, T.Z. In Silico Characterization of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Campylobacter Isolates Recovered from Food Sources and Sporadic Human Illness. Genes 2021, 12, 72 .

Shaimaa F. Mouftah and Jos{\'{e}} F. Cobo-D{\'{\i}}az and Avelino {\'{A}}lvarez-Ord{\'{o}}{\~{n}}ez and Ahmed Mousa and Jessica K. Calland and Ben Pascoe and Samuel K. Sheppard and Mohamed Elhadidy(2020). Stress-resistance associated with multi-host transmission and enhanced biofilm formation at 42 °C among hyper-aerotolerant generalist Campylobacter jejuni . Food Microbiology. p. 103706. Elsevier {BV}

(2019). <p>Epidemic IncX3 plasmids spreading carbapenemase genes in the United Arab Emirates and worldwide</p> . Infection and Drug Resistance.

Mouftah, S.F., P&#225;l, T., Darwish, D., Ghazawi, A., Villa, L., Carattoli, A., Sonnevend, &#193;.(2019). Epidemic incx3 plasmids spreading carbapenemase genes in the united arab emirates and worldwide . Infection and Drug Resistance. 12. p. 1729-1742.

(2018). Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.

Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Shaimaa F. Mouftah, Tibor P&#225;l, Akela Ghazawi, Dalal H. Halat, Anju Nabi, Mouza A. AlSharhan, Zulfa O. AlDeesi, Christabel C. Peters, Handan Celiloglu, et al.(2018). Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 52. (1). p. 90--95. Elsevier {BV}

Moubareck, C.A., Mouftah, S.F., P&#225;l, T., Ghazawi, A., Halat, D.H., Nabi, A., AlSharhan, M.A., AlDeesi, Z.O., Peters, C.C., Celiloglu, H., et al.(2018). Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 52. (1). p. 90-95.