Abhilasha Karkey
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU-NP), Kathmandu.
Biography
Abhilasha Karkey is currently working as a Medical Microbiologist at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU-NP), Kathmandu. Her academic career over the last decade has incorporated periods of rigorous university training and spanned a variety disciplines, including field research experience in community and hospital settings. After successfully completing an MSc from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, she went on to work for Médecins Sans Frontières for four years in various missions across Africa and Asia in emergency conflict situations. She then went on to gain her Doctoral degree from the University of Oxford and started working for her current institution. She is involved with infectious disease research projects that involve enteric fever and antimicrobial resistance among various Gram negative pathogens. Currently, she is an OAK Scientific Leadership Fellow and her research focuses on looking at nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistance patterns within the population.