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Rima Shrestha, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Research Services

Internal Medicine

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309.671.8461

About

Rima is an epidemiologist trained in molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, One Health, and disease preparedness and surveillance. Rima received an MSc from Utrecht University of the Netherlands and earned her PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from Massey University, New Zealand. She has experience in data mining and modeling, qualitative studies, teaching, training, fieldwork, dry and wet lab works, and project management in both low- and high-income countries. Before joining UICOMP as an Assistant Professor in August 2023, she completed postdoctoral research on the antimicrobial resistance and biosecurity projects at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the community-acquired antimicrobial resistance (of CRACKLE) project at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the Emerging Pandemic Threats Program for Nepal at University of California-Davis.