Muhammad Usman Zaheer (DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVPM, M.A.C.E.)

Experience

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  Animal Sciences Institute, National Agricultural Research Center

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  Zoonotics Surveillance Officer

  CDC-USA funded project entitled “Pakistan FELTP-Human / Animal Disease Investigation and Technical Assistance to Pakistan Agricultural Research Council.” Grant ID: 1U2RGH000070-01Coordinated the zoonoses surveillance activities in Pakistan for priority zoonotic diseases like avian influenza, brucellosis and Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF)

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  National Agricultural Research Center

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Team Member

  Pakistan One Health Project entitled “Seroprevalence and factors associated with the risk of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and brucellosis in selected districts in Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtun Khwa provinces, Pakistan” funded by “The World Bank” administered by “The European Commission” implemented by “Massey University, New Zealand” under Regional Epidemiology Training Program in South East Asia.

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  CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Simulation Model for Infectious Animal Dieases in Endemic Regions (SMIAD-ER)

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  American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine

  Jul 2017 - now

  Diplomate
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  CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  Simulation modeling as a tool for the control of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease in endemic countries Applied Data Analysis with RAssisting Mo D. Salman and Sangeeta Rao in graduate-level course

  • Graduate Assistantship

    Aug 2014 - Aug 2019

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
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  N/A

  Sept 2019 - Oct 2019

  Consultant Epidemiologist

  Provide epidemiologic support to UN FAO Pakistan on study designs for FMD epidemiology

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  Health Security Partners

  Nov 2019 - Aug 2022

  Oversee, guide and lead on the implementation of the Fleming Fund Country Grant Pakistan activities in the animal health sector! The Fleming Fund Country Grant Pakistan Provide technical assistance to the Fleming Fund Country Grant in Nigeria for their AMR surveillance in the animal health sector Development of National AMR Monitoring and Surveillance System for Animal Health SectorDevelopment of AMR Surveillance Pilot for Implementation in Selected Production Systems of Poultry and Livestock

  • Animal Health Lead

    Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Surveillance Lead

    Nov 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Consultant Epidemiologist

    Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Consultant Epidemiologist (Fleming Fund Country Grant on AMR)

    Nov 2019 - Oct 2020
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  FAO

  Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

  National Consultant (Epidemiologist)

  Epidemiology of transboundary animal diseases

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  DAI

  Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

  Consultant WHONET
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  FAO

  Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  Regional Expert on Veterinary Para-Professionals
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  Colorado State University

  Jul 2021 - now

  Affiliated Faculty (Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology)
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  Arid Agriculture University

  Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

  External Member Board of Studies Department of Clinical Studies
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  University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pakistan

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

  External Member Board of Studios- Epidemiology and Public Health
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  FAO

  Aug 2022 - now

  Regional Tripartite AMR Project Global Early Warning System (GLEWS)Field Epidemiology Training for VeterinariansRapid Risk Assessment Epidemiology Capacity Assessment Veterinary Workforce Development

  • Regional AMR Surveillance and One Health Specialist

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Regional Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Specialist

    Jul 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Regional Surveillance Specialist - Antimicrobial Resistance

    May 2023 - Jun 2023

  • Veterinary Epidemiologist

    Aug 2022 - May 2023