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Afsar Ali

Afsar Ali,

Research Associate Professor

Department: Department of Environmental and Global Health
Business Email: aali@epi.ufl.edu
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About Afsar Ali

Afsar Ali, Ph.D. was born and raised in Bangladesh where he obtained his BS in Soil Microbiology and MS in Microbiology with honors from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Following his academic achievement, he joined in International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), a world class research Institution in the world involving research on diarrheal pathogens.

In 1990, Dr. Ali was accepted as a graduate student with full scholarship in the Department of Microbiology in the University of Microbiology where he obtained MS in Enteric Microbiology. He then obtained his Ph.D. in molecular biology/biotechnology from Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences (MEES) program from the same University. Later, He joined as an Instructor in the department of epidemiology in the school of Medicine in the University of Maryland at Baltimore where he was later promoted to Assistant Professor. On July 1, 2008, Dr. Ali moved to University of Florida where he has been working as a Research Associate Professor in the department of environmental and global Health in the School of Public Health and Health Professions (PHHP), and in Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI).

Dr. Ali’s research work has resulted in many publications published in diverse peer reviewed journals, including Science, Nature Microbiology, mBIO, Emerging Infectious diseases (EID), Nature Scientific reports and ASM journals.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

Research Profile

Dr. Ali’s research is focused in microbiology and epidemiology. His current research goals include determining the role of cholera biofilm in the microorganism’s persistence and evolution in aquatic reservoirs, studying cholera and other diarrheal pathogens, identifying environmental drives promoting cholera’s evolution and cholera transmission in humans, perform environmental and clinical surveillance in cholera endemic countries to understand the dynamics of cholera transmission as it relates to spatial and temporal manner. In his lab, he employs a variety of state-of-the-art microbiological, molecular, genetic, physiologic and advanced microscopic analyses to achieve the above goals.

Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations

  1. Kinetics of Vibrio cholerae antibody responses among cholera patients in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo

    International / Other. [Poster]. American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH), New Orleans Ernest N. Memorial Convention center, New Orleans, Louisiana

  2. Assessment of Age-related Disease Incidence in a Mission Clinic in Rural Haiti, as a basis for Planning Public Health Prevention programs

    International / Other. [Poster]. American Association of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) , New Orleans Earnest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  3. Molecular Evolution of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Goma, DRC, environmental isolation and dynamics in displaced persons in camps

    International / Invited. [Speech]. Vibrio 2024: The International Meetings on the Biology of Vibrios, JW Marriott Hotel Lima, Malecon de la Reserva 615, Miraflores, Lima, Peru

  4. Kinetics of Vibrio cholerae antibody responses among cholera patients in Goma, the Democratic republic of Congo

    International / Refereed. [Lecture]. The U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), Tokyo, Japan

Grants

  1. Recurrence of Cholera in Haiti: Exploration of Contributing Factors and Intervention Strategies

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  2. Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health & Safety (SCCAHS)

    Active

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

  3. Cholera in Goma, DRC

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  4. Estimating Cholera Burden with Cross-sectional Immunologic Data

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    UNIV OF UTAH via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  5. Cholera persistence, transmission, and clinical illness in Haiti

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  6. Cholera transmission and evolution in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  7. ROS responses during Vibrio cholerae infection

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  8. Cholera Transmission in Gressier Region, Haiti

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  9. Epidemiology and Ecology of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH

Education

  1. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

    University of Maryland

  2. Master of Science in Clinical Microbiology

    University of Maryland

  3. Master of Science in Microbiology

    University of Dhaka

  4. Bachelor of Science in Soil Microbiology

    University of Dhaka

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
aali@epi.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100009
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610