Biography

I (Dr. Shipra Bhargava) have done my Doctorate in Life Sciences and heaving more than 10 years of experience in the field of Research and Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Currently working as a Senior Microbiologist with FIND INDIA, from September 2018 to till date. In my current role, I am working on the TB diagnostics quality assurance aspects like EQA and TB-SLMTA. I have contributed to the successfully conduction of mWRD EQA PT round in India and supporting Bangladesh on the same. I have passion towards the strengthening of the research and diagnostic network to improve the health care system.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Validating proficiency testing panels for Xpert® MTB/XDR assay using CDC’s DTS technology for EQA PT program

PT panels for Xpert® MTB/XDR assay can be successfully prepared using CDC’s DTS technology, enabling the introduction of EQA programs to ensure testing quality.

Source: Conference 2024