Pathology and Microbiology

Academic Staff

Nov. 27, 2025, 8:54 a.m.
Meqdad Saleh Ahmed
Meqdad Saleh Ahmed (PhD) Bologna Process Officer
Assist Professor
Assistant Professor in Biotechnology

Pathology and Microbiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Duhok
[email protected]
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  • PhD. in biotechnology , University of Duhok , Iraq. 2023 .
  • MSc in biotechnology, Swinburne University of technology, Faculty of life and social Science , Hawthorn campus , Melbourne Australia 2013 .
  • BSc Veterinary Medicine and Surgery , University of Duhok, Iraq 2006 .

2023 - Assistant Professor

  • Teaching Biotechnology at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, and Kurdistan, Iraq.
  • Teaching Diagnostics tools for MSc students at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, and Kurdistan, Iraq.
  • Teaching Molecular Diagnostics and genetics for High Diploma students at Medical Laboratory Technology department at Technical College of Health, Duhok polytechnic university, and Kurdistan, Iraq.

2016 - Lecturer

  • Teaching basic biology practical session at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq.
  • Teaching Molecular biology practical session at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq.
  • Teaching Biotechnology practical semester at crop field department, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq.
  • Teaching Molecular biology (theory and practical) at college of Medical science, University of Duhok.
  • Teaching Biotechnology at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, and Kurdistan, Iraq.


2014- 2016 Assistant Lecturer

  • Teaching basic biology practical session at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq.
  • Teaching Molecular biology practical session at Microbiology and pathology department at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq.

QIAGEN® Rotor-Gene Q Application and Software Training that held at Ankara on 11-13th of April 2017
Contents of the Training course:
-Rotor-Gene Instruments
-Rotor-Gene Software: Introduction
-Rotor-Gene Software: Data Analysis
-Hands on Demo

Research

  1. AHMED M. S., TAHA Z. M. A., OMER L. T. (2015), Isolation and Molecular Identification with Resistant Profile Determination of Listeria monocytogenes from Imported Chicken Carcasses in Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY.
  2. TAHA Z.M.A, AHMED M.S., ABDO J.M., (2015), Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serotypes isolated from chicken carcasses in Duhok, Kurdistan Region / Iraq, Journal of Zankoi Sulaimani.
  3. AHMED M. S. (2019), The investigation of molecular characterization of presumptive Listeria monocytogenes isolates from a food processing environment, Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, Shiraz University.
  4. Ahmed, J.Q., Ahmed, M.S. and Khanamir, R.A., 2018. Investigation and molecular Identification of circulating foot-and-mouth disease virus serotypes in the Duhok province-Kurdistan of Iraq.
  5. Saleh Ahmed, Meqdad, Zirak Faqe Ahmed Abdulrahman, and Zanan Mohammed Ameen Taha. "Risk Factors of Clonally Related, Multi, and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients." Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 2023 (2023).
  6. HAJI, AZIZA RAOF, TARIK ABDULGADIR ABDAL, BALGEES AHMED ALI, and MEQDAD S. AHMED. "EFFECT OF GARLIC OIL ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN RATS EXPOSED TO HYDROGEN PEROXIDE." Journal of Duhok University 22, no. 2 (2019): 189-195.
  7. AMEYAW, E. K., & GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators. (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2100-2132.
  8. Bhattacharjee, N. V., Schumacher, A. E., Aali, A., Abate, Y. H., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., ... & Bahri, R. A. (2024). Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2057-2099.
  9. Wunrow, H. Y., Bender, R. G., Vongpradith, A., Sirota, S. B., Swetschinski, L. R., Novotney, A., ... & Djalalinia, S. (2023). Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Neurology, 22(8), 685-711.
  10. AHMED, M. S., Taha, Z. M. A., & ABDULRAHMAN, Z. F. A. (2023). Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; A Neglected Nosocomial Pathogen in the Veterinary Field as a Source of Human Infection. Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 54(5), 841-853.

Biotechnology , Molecular biology , Microbiology and advance Biochemistry.