Firdausi Qadri
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Firdausi Qadri | |
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| Born | March 31, 1951 |
| Nationality | Bangladesh |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology Vaccine |
| Institutions | ICDDR,B |
Dr. Firdausi Qadri (born March 31, 1951) is a Bangladeshi scientist with specialization in immunology and infectious disease research. She has worked over 25 years on development of vaccines for cholera[1] and has expertise on other infectious disease like ETEC, Typhoid, Helicobacter pylori, rota virus, etc. Currently, she is working as a Director for Centre for Vaccine Sciences of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). Her scientific achievements lie in enteric and diarrheal infections and vaccines including Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli—major causes of severe diarrhea as well as enteric disease. She has also focused on studying the immune response in H.pylori infected people in Bangladesh and the responses in patients with typhoid fever as well as vaccinees.[2]
Education and professional qualification
She got her B.Sc and MS degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1975 and 1977 respectively. In 1980, she got her PhD degree in Biochemistry/Immunology from Liverpool University, United Kingdom. After completing her postdoc in Immunology from icddr,b, she joined as an Associate Scientist in 1988 in the same institution. Currently, she is Senior Scientist and Director of Centre for Vaccine Science, icddr,b.
Research contributions
Qadri has been trying to introduce new cheap vaccine for cholera in Bangladesh after Dukoral, which is costly for poor people. As a try of it, she has already introduced Shanchol vaccine in mass population in slam areas in Dhaka.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
In 2008, Qadri received the Gold Medal from the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.[3] In 2012, Qadri was awarded the Christophe Mérieux Prize, for her research on infectious enteric diseases, a scourge in developing countries.[4][5] In 2013, she was awarded the C.N.R. Rao Prize, one of the awards conferred annually by TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries.[6]
Memberships
Qadri is the International Ambassador for the American Society for Microbiology Bangladesh[7] and a member of the Bangladesh Academy of Science.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.who.int/influenza_vaccines_plan/advisory_group/qadri/en/index.html
- ^ http://www.who.int/influenza_vaccines_plan/advisory_group/qadri/en/index.html
- ^ http://www.icddrb.org/what-we-do/publications/doc_download/1959-dr-firdausi-qadri-receives-bangladesh-academy-of-sciences-gold-medal-
- ^ http://www.institut-de-france.fr/sites/institut-de-france.fr/files/prix_merieux_2013_appel_candidatures_ang.pdf
- ^ http://grands-prix-2012.institut-de-france.fr/firdausi-qadri
- ^ http://twas.ictp.it/news-in-home-page/news/bangladeshi-immunologist-wins-the-c.n.r.-rao-prize
- ^ http://www.asm.org/index.php/component/content/article/28-international/7776-asm-ambassador-contact-information
- ^ http://www.bas.org.bd/fellowship/list-of-fellows-/userprofile/fqadri.html