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Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD

Instructor, UNMC Department of Epidemiology

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Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD, is an instructor in the Department of Epidemiology of the UNMC College of Public Health. Dr. Kamal-Ahmed also serves as operations director and director of health care associated infections and antibiotic resistance epidemiology of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

Previously, Dr. Kamal-Ahmed was an epidemiologist research intern at the Minnesota Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in St. Paul, and was assistant director of compliance and advising in International Students and Scholars Services at Minnesota State University in Mankato.

Dr. Kamal-Ahmed also was a laboratory analyst at Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories in New Ulm.

Education

2018, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences: Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
2004, MSc, Health Science: Community Health, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato, MN

Research Interests

Antimicrobial resistant organisms and emerging trends
Social determinants of health in healthcare epidemiology
Vaccinations, implementations and breakthroughs
Surveillance mechanisms in infectious diseases
Role of social media in public health

Selected Publications

Johnson, A. G. ... Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD, ... (2022). COVID-19 Incidence and Death Rates among Unvaccinated and Fully Vaccinated Adults with and Without Booster Doses During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Emergence—25 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4–December 25, 2021. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 71.
Paz, -Bailey Gabriela, Sternberg, M., Kugeler, K., Hoots, B., Amin, A. B., Johnson, A. G., Barbeau, B., Bayoumi, N. S., Bertolino, D., Boulton, R., Brown, C. M., Busen, K., Cima, M., Drenzek, C., Gent, A., Haney, G., Hicks, L., Hook, S., Jara, A., … Scobie, H. M., ... Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, Ph.D., ... (2022). Covid-19 Rates by Time since Vaccination during Delta Variant Predominance. NEJM Evidence, 1(3), EVIDoa2100057.
Watkins, A. B., Brand, L. M., Schwedhelm, M., Jensen, H. L., Scott, B., German, D. K., Strand, K. P., Kamal-Ahmed, I., Lawler, J., & Salman Ashraf, M. (2021). Implementation and Outcomes of a Program to Coordinate and Administer Monoclonal Antibody Therapy to Long-Term Care Facility Residents with COVID-19. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 8(Supplement_1), S353.
Kamal-Ahmed, I. Tierney, M., Drake, M., Iwen, P., & Safranek, T. Multiple cluster of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Recognized by Whole Genome Sequencing, Nebraska, 2019. Annual meeting of The Counsel of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, HAI/AR Lightning Session, Virtual
Kamal-Ahmed, I., Kanishka, F., Stover, D., Donahue, M., Du, Y., & German, D. (April 2021). New Cases of COVID-19 Transmission after the First-Dose of Vaccine at Skilled Nursing Facilities in Nebraska. Spring meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Virtual.