Shahzad Ali

Dr
Shahzad
Ali

Associate Professor
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
Biography

Shahzad Ali, is working as Assistant Professor in the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He got M.Sc, M. Phil. and Ph.D. Degrees in Zoology from Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. His research work is related to ONE HEALTH, Wildlife Epidemiology, Fish Diseases, Zoonotic Diseases, Microbial Diversity and Ecology, Genomics, Molecular Evolution, Vaccine Production. He is trained in ONE HEALTH from Duke University, USA; DUKE-NUS Centre, National University of Singapore and Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany. He is the first researcher in the country who fused in detailed on Zoonotic diseases like Brucellosis in animals and human using serological, culture and molecular techniques. His work provided first evidence that Brucella abortus is the causative agent of brucellosis in Pakistan. Moreover, his research work related to Glanders, Influenza virus, Corona viruses and Aeromonas sp is published in international and national peer reviewed journals. He is certified Biosafety trainer from American Society for Microbiology. Current his is working as Principle Investigator/Team Member in HEC, Pakistan, ALP-PARC, Pakistan, US State Department, DTRA, USA and German Foreign Office funded projects. He presented his research work in international (Germany/Jordan/Malaysia/USA) and nation conferences as poster and oral presentations. He has published multiple international and national research papers, abstracts and books.

Research interests
Fish Diseases Zoonotic Diseases, Vaccine Production Aeromonas Influenza Visrus Toxoplasmosis Brucellosis Q-fever
Projects you're working on
1. Brucellosis in Pakistan 2. Building a network of laboratories in Pakistan to enhance biosafety and biosecurity (main focus on brucellosis and antimicrobial resistance) 3. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Birds and Human in District Lahore, Pakistan 4. Epidemiology and molecular characterisation of fish bacterial pathogens associated with EUS and MAS in Punjab, Pakistan 5. Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Aeromonas sp. Isolates from Pakistani Farmed Carp:  A Step towards Possible Vaccine Development for Aquaculture Application 6. Understanding the Risk of Bat-Borne Zoonotic Disease Emergence in Western Asia 7. Spatial Epidemiology, Molecular Identification and Detection of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in Punjab, Pakistan&quot 8. Epidemiology and Molecular Detection of Influenza Virus (A & D) at Human-Animal Interface in Pakistan 9. Vaccine Production for Aeromonas Species Associated with Bacterial Diseases in Farmed Fish of Punjab Province, Pakistan
Discipline
Bacteriology Epidemiology Molecular biology Virology
Host species
Cattle Fish Small ruminants Wildlife Zoonoses
Pathogen
Bacteria BacteriaAeromonas BacteriaBrucella BacteriaE. coli BacteriaLeptospira BacteriaSalmonella Parasites ParasitesBabesia ParasitesNeospora ParasitesTheileria annulata ParasitesTicks ParasitesTrypanosoma Viruses VirusesCoronavirus VirusesInfluenza virus VirusesNewcastle disease virus VirusesParvovirus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Field trials Vaccine delivery