Epidemiologist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Dr. Ismail is a Field Epidemiologist with formal training as a Medical Scientist, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Ismail works at the Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Ismail has accumulated over ten years’ worth of experience in surveillance and outbreak response. Dr Ismail is currently involved in surveillance projects for antimicrobial resistance, one of them being the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System.