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Assist. Prof.

Bhim Gopal DHOUBHADEL

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         095-819-8590

Assist. Prof.

Bhim Gopal DHOUBHADEL

ドバデル  ビム  グッパル

TMGH Modules

Background

  • Clinical case discussions (MTM)

  • Clinical bacteriology-microscopy, culture and PCR (MTM)

  • Global Health Seminar

  • Key Skills

I received my medical degree from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS),

Nepal in 2005 and then worked for three years in paediatric hospitals in Nepal followed by

one year in a refugee camp for Somali and Ethiopian refugees under UNHCR in Djibouti.

 

Between 2010-11, I completed the Master of Tropical Medicine (MTM) programme in the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University and then a PhD in the Department of Clinical Medicine of the same institute between 2011 and 2014.

 

In 2014, I was a Fellow of the Global (Health) Leadership Program at the University of Tokyo and completed an internship at the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.

 

My research interests are infectious diseases, child health and development of new diagnostic assays. In 2014, we established a new diagnostic assay for serotyping the pneumococcus (a major cause of pneumonia). The assay can identify vaccine serotypes easily and conveniently at a relatively low cost and has been applied in studies in Japan, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

MBBS, MTM, PhD

Affiliations

School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (TMGH), Nagasaki University

The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 

Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)

Research Areas

  • Pneumococcal diseases and vaccines

  • Childhood nutrition

  • Disease surveillance

  • Development of molecular diagnostic assays

Disciplines

  • Bacteriology

  • Paediatrics

  • Tropical Medicine & Global Health

Other Areas of Interest

  • Vaccinology

Countries/Regions

  • Japan

  • Nepal

Select Publications

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Serotype-specific effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia among adults aged ≥65 years: a multicenter prospective test-negative design study.

Motoi Suzuki, Bhim G Dhoubhadel, Tomoko Ishifuji, Michio Yasunami, Makito Yaegashi, Norichika Asoh, Masayuki Ishida, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Masahiro Aoshima, Koya Ariyoshi, Konosuke Morimoto. Accepted for publication in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

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Vaccination Campaign Against Typhoid in Temporary Shelters After 2015 Earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Christopher M Parry, Motoi Suzuki, Ganendra Bhakta Raya, Dhruba Shrestha, Koya Ariyoshi. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering.

Novel hemagglutinating, hemolytic and cytotoxic activities of the intermediate subunit of Entamoeba histolytica lectin.

Kato K, Yahata K, Gopal Dhoubhadel B, Fujii Y, Tachibana H. Sci Rep 5: 13901

Bacterial load of pneumococcal serotypes correlates with their prevalence and multiple serotypes is associated with acute respiratory infections among children less than 5 years of age.

Dhoubhadel BG, Yasunami M, Nguyen HA, Suzuki M, Vu TH, Thi Thuy Nguyen A, Dang DA, Yoshida LM, Ariyoshi K. PLoS One 9(10): e110777

A novel high-throughput method for molecular serotyping and serotype-specific quantification of Streptococcus pneumoniae using a nanofluidic real-time PCR system.

Dhoubhadel BG, Yasunami M, Yoshida LM, Thi HA, Thi TH, Thi TA, Watanabe K, Suzuki M, Morimoto K, Dang DA, Ariyoshi K. J Med Microbiol 63(Pt 4): 528-39

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