Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed has been a part of the ICAP grant team since 2019.

Education:

• Doctor of Public Health (environmental health, infectious diseases), University of Minnesota
• Master of Science in Community Health, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Bachelor of Science in Biology: Toxicology, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Certifications:

• American Red Cross, Disaster Action Team (DAT). Psychological First Aid: Helping Others in Times of Stress
• FEMA-Emergency Management Institute (EMI). Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incident, ICS-200
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research. “Protecting Human Research Participants”

Clinical Interests/ Expertise:

• Health disparities and health outcomes related to infectious diseases that adversely affect disadvantaged population
• Investigation and containment of several HAI outbreaks including COVID-19
• Antibiotic resistance surveillance