Hamideh Ahmad

Hamideh Ahmad is a researcher specializing in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, with core expertise in antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and gut microbiome analysis. Her work bridges molecular diagnostics and pathogen characterization, particularly focusing on vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli infections.

Her primary research domains include antimicrobial resistance profiling, metagenomic characterization of intestinal flora, and development of rapid diagnostic assays. She employs advanced sequencing techniques to investigate microbiome alterations during bacterial infections and evaluates molecular tools like the Xpert system for detecting antibiotic-resistant pathogens, contributing to clinical diagnostic improvements.

Her publication record shows consistent contributions to clinical microbiology, with a 2018 metagenomics study on STEC-infected patient microbiomes and a 2014 evaluation of VRE detection assays. These works demonstrate her focus on translating genomic research into practical diagnostic solutions for antibiotic-resistant infections, with both publications receiving significant citation impact (32 and 24 Scopus citations respectively).