Public Health & Social Science Research Team
Ajit Poudel
Public Health Manager

Ajit Poudel

Ajit Poudel

Public Health Manager

Ajit is a Senior Public Health Officer and has been a part of CMDN since December, 2016. He is an experienced Public Health professional  and epidemiologist with a strong research background, demonstrated history of project design, project management, extensive field work, data analysis along with monitoring and evaluation activities. Having a background in Molecular Biology, he has worked extensively in infectious disease and community health surveillance programs for HIV-AIDS and Tuberculosis, currently specializing in environmental surveillance of pathogens like SARS-CoV-2, Salmonella typhi etc. and analysis of disease dynamics from a One Health Perspective. Currently, he leads and manages several projects including, implementation of Gut Microbiome & antimicrobial resistance analysis of urban & rural population of Nepal funded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Biosafety & Biosecurity risk assessments & AMR stewardship in poultry and livestock farms in selected districts of Nepal funded by USAID.

Nisha Shrestha
Public Health Officer

Nisha Shrestha

Nisha Shrestha

Public Health Officer

Nisha Shrestha is a Public Health officer at CMDN with experience of more than three years. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health from Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), Lalitpur. She has played an integral role in multiple priority research areas such as vaccine surveillance, HIV/AIDS, HPV, and the health of vulnerable populations. Her involvement has been in public health projects like Vaccine Exemplar Project, One health Elephant project, HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance (HIV DR), Costing of Nepal Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance system, National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey, Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey for HIV/AIDS among various population groups (PWID, MLM, FSW &MSM), Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Screening, Cryptococcal antigen screening and other many more.