Soza Tharwat Baban
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Assistant Professor
College of Health Sciences
Department of Medical Microbiology
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Dr. Soza Baban is a molecular medicalmicrobiologist with high specialization in hospital infection control and prevention and biomolecular science.
I have awarded:
1- MSc. degree in Molecular Medical Microbiology at the University of Nottingham, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Nottingham, UK,
My research study focused on molecular signalling of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Publication in Press).
2- PhD. degree in Molecular Medical Microbiology with distinction at the University of Nottingham, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Nottingham, UK.
My research study focused on the virulence of the human hypervirulent UK-outbreak hospital strain of Clostridium difficile infection in UK.
I have done pioneering diagnostic laboratory work on the virulence of Clostridium difficile infection as part of a large programme of work funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the European Union under the 7th European Framework Hyperdiff Clinical Program. This has let to two major and original publications.
I had awarded four medical Research Fellowships:
- Federation of European Microbiology Society (FEMS) to work in the laboratory of Dept. de Microbiologie, Faculte of Pharmacie, Universite Paris de Sud in France (2009-2010).
- Children hospital of Sheffield - Infection control unit (2014-2015).
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious diseases (ESCMID) at Septic Surgery department at Charité - University Medicine Berlin (2017 - 2018)
- University Clinic of Bonn- Infection control Unit (2018 - 2019).
Dr. Soza Baban's major focus on the following research fields:
- Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
- Antimicrobial stewardship and surveillance
- Molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases
- Biomolecular medical science
- Prevalence and Antibiotics Susceptibility of Streptococcus spp. Isolated from wound Infections in Erbil City.
- Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infection among Infants and Young Children in Erbil City.
- Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Klebsiella species Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections.
- Prevalence and Antibiotics Susceptibility of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Wound Infection in Erbil City.
- Prevalence and Antibiotics Susceptibility of Extended-Spectrum Beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. Isolated in Urinary Tract Infection in Erbil City.
- Determination of Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of
Staphylococcus aureus in Wound Infection. - Prevalence of multidrug resistant and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterieaceae in hospital in Erbil city.
- 1. Baban ST, Kuehne SA, Barketi-Klai A, Cartman ST, Kelly ML, Hardie KR, Kansau I, Collignon A, Minton NP. The Role of Flagella in Clostridium difficile Pathogenesis: Comparison between a Non-Epidemic and an Epidemic Strain. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e73026.
- 2. Ðapa T, Leuzzi R, Ng YK, Baban ST, Adamo R, Kuehne SA, Scarselli M, Minton NP, Serruto D, Unnikrishnan M. Multiple factors modulate biofilm formation by the anaerobic pathogen Clostridium difficile. J Bacteriol. 2013; 195(3):545-55.
- Baban ST, Saeed PA, Jalal DM. Microbial contamination of operating theatres and intensive care units at a surgical specialty hospital in Erbil City. Med J Babylon [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 1];16:150-5.
PhD. in Molecular Medical Microbiology, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
MSc. in Molecular Medical Microbiology, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
- Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
- Antimicrobial stewardship and surveillance
- Molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases
- Biomolecular medical science