Fereshteh Shahcheraghi
Pasteur Institute
Iran
Biography
Fereshteh Shahcheraghi is the Head of the Bacteriology Department of Pasteur Institute Of Iran. She obtained her PhD in medical microbiology in 1996 and joined the Institute Pasteur in 1997 as assistant Professor.From2002-2003 she went to Japan for studying and researching on antibiotic resistance. Her main field is antibiotic resistance especially on Gram Negative Bacteria; she has several project and papers on CRE (carbapenem Resistance Enterobacteriaceae) in outpatients and in patients in Iran. She is the head of Pertussis National Reference Lab of Pasteur Institute, this Lab have collaboration with CDC of Iran for diagnosis of suspected Patients to Pertussis and research on isolated strains. Also she has international project on Pertussis. She has authored more than 60 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and several national and international projects she is also actively involved in research, directing studies of post-graduate students, post-doctoral research workers and trainees