SAMJHANA KAPALI
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Lake Charles, Louisiana
Educational Qualifications
Year Qualifications University/ Board Institute Percentage /GPA 2020 Master’s Degree in
Medical Microbiology
Tribhuvan University Central Department of
Microbiology
3.72
2014
Bachelor’s Degree in
Microbiology
Tribhuvan University
Tri- Chandra Multiple
Campus
64.21%
2011 A-Levels in Science Cambridge International
Examinations
Saipal Academy Biology: C(c)
Chemistry: C(c)
Mathematics: C(c)
Physics: C(c)
General Paper: c(c)
2009 SLC Government of Nepal Saipal Academy 78.25% Participation in Trainings
Title Date Organizer
Biofuel Conference 2013 15 December, 2013 Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology
In-Plant Training 12-26 January, 2014 Dairy Development Corporation, Kathmandu Milk Supply Scheme
Human Rights and Sustainable
Development Goals: Moving from
Policy to Actions
17-18 August, 2018 Youth for Human Rights International and Youth for Human Rights Nepal and
International Youth Forum
ASM Microbe 2020 online 22 June, 2020 American Society for Microbiology Experiences
Volunteered in “International day of Peace: Walk for Peace and Constitution”, 21st September 2010 organized by Global Peace Foundation
“Hospital based comprehensive clinical practice”, February- August 2018, Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital
Worked on Master’s thesis entitled “Comparison of Nasal Colonization of MRSA in People Living with HIV and Healthy Community People”
e-Poster presentation of thesis abstract entitled “Comparison of Nasal Colonization of MRSA in People Living with HIV and Healthy Community People” on ASM Microbe 2020
Publications
Anil Pokhrel, Binod Rayamajhee, Saroj Khadka, Sandeep Thapa, Samjhana Kapali, Sher Bahadur Pun, Megha Raj Banjara, Prakash Joshi, Binod Lekhak, and Komal Raj Rijal (2021) Seroprevalence and clinical features of scrub typhus among febrile patients attending a referral hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, MDPI (Published).
Samjhana Kapali, Anil Pokhrel, Anup Bastola, Reshma Tuladhar and Dev Raj Joshi
(2021) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in people living with HIV and healthy people in Kathmandu, Nepal. Future Science OA, FSG
(Published).
Skills
Processing of clinical samples for microbial culture
Bacterial culture. Microscopy and identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Basic computer skills and IBM SPSS Statistics
Languages
Nepali
English