Dr Shafi Sahibzada

Dr Shafi Sahibzada has thirteen years of experience in academia, research, and extension. He completed a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from Charles Sturt University in 2017.

After completing his PhD, Shafi joined Murdoch University in Perth as a postdoctoral fellow and soon became a lecturer in Public Health and Epidemiology. He is currently Team Leader Bacteriology at The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in Victoria.

His primary interest is in the epidemiology of infectious diseases of zoonotic and anthroponotic importance, antimicrobial resistance, risk analysis, disease modelling, understanding of emerging zoonotic pathogens and evaluating the public health impact.

Shafi has experience exploring and assessing a diverse range of data, including whole-genome sequence data analysis, genome annotation, phylogenetic analysis, and large data analysis.

Since 2017, Shafi has published over 25 research articles as author and co-author, an extraordinary output for an early career researcher.