Muhammad Amjad PhD
m.amjad@wayne.edu
Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Biography
Conducts research surrounding the association of hepatitis C virus dendritic cell interaction and viral persistence.
Education Training
1998 Ph.D. Microbiology University of Karachi, Pakistan.
1991 M.Sc. Microbiology University of Karachi, Pakistan.
1988 B.Sc. Microbiology/Biochemistry University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Degrees and Certifications
SM(NRM): Specialist Microbiologist in Public Health and Medical Microbiology. The National Registry of Microbiologists. American College of Microbiology.
SM(ASCP):Specialist in Microbiology. American Society for Clinical Pathology
Recent Publications
Tsuji, B., M. J. Rybak, C. M. Cheung, M. Amjad, G. W. Kaatz. 2007. Community- and Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A comparison of molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial activities of various agents. Diagnos. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 58(1): 41-47.
LaPlante, K. L., M. J. Rybak, M. Amjad, G. W. Kaatz. 2007. Evaluating Antimicrobial Activity, Induction of Clindamycin resistance and SCCmec Type in Community- and Hospital-Associated Methecillin Resistant Stapylococcus aureus. Pharmacotherapy. 27(1):3-10
Davis, S. L., M. J. Rybak, M. Amjad, G. W. Kaatz, P. S. McKinnon. 2006. Characteristics of Patients with Health-Associated SCCmec-IV Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 27(10):1025-1031
Amjad. M., N. Kfoury, R. Cha, R. Mobarak. 2004. Quantification and Assessment of Viability of Cryptococcus neoformans by LightCycler Amplification of Capsule mRNA gene. J. Med. Microbiol. 53:1201-1206.
Amjad. M., R. M. Carlson, P. Krasutsky, M. R. Karim. 2003. Inhibition of Epstein-Barr Virus by the triterpenoid betulin diphosphate and uvaol. J. Microbiol. Biotech. 14(5):1086-1088.
Amjad, M., R. M. Carlson, P. Krasutsky, and M. R. Karim. 2002. Antiviral activities of betulin and analogs against herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2. Pak. J. Microbiol. 2(1):9-14.
Amjad, M., M. A. Gillespie, R. M. Carlson, M. R. Karim. 2001. Flow cytometric evaluation of antiviral agents against human herpesvirus 6. Microbiol. Immunol. 45:957-964.
Amjad, M., M. R. Karim, S. U. Kazmi, and M. S. Qureshi. 2000. Inhibitory effect of IL-4 on the production of IL-1b and TNF-a by gastric mononuclear cells of Helicobacter pylori infected patients. Irish J. Med. Sci. 170:112-116.
Responsibilities
Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences