Areesh Fatmee

Areesh Fatmee is a research assistant at the ARAC. She is currently a second year graduate student at Milken Institute School of Public Health pursuing an MPH in Epidemiology under the Fulbright scholarship program. She received her undergraduate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the PMAS- Arid Agriculture University, Pakistan in 2020. Her research interests include antibiotic resistance in bacterial and fungal pathogens, HIV prevalence and outbreaks in pediatric populations and infectious disease surveillances in vulnerable populations. Alongside this, she is currently working with EGPAF D.C. and Nairobi to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the access, coverage and utility areas of HIV in pediatric populations. She has demonstrated a brief research experience concerning pediatric populations in Pakistan. 

Kaeley Bush

Kaeley is a research assistant at the ARAC. She is currently a graduate student at GWSPH pursuing an MS in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases. She received her BS in Biology from the University of Dayton in 2020. Her research interests include antibiotic resistance in bacterial and fungal pathogens. She has previous lab experience in antimicrobial resistance.

Sam Nicholes

Sam is currently a Master’s student at the Milken Institute School of Public Health studying Epidemiology, emphasizing in infectious disease control and surveillance. Prior to starting his graduate studies and joining Dr. Lynch’s Lab, he attended Brigham Young University where he received a B.S. in Microbiology in 2017. Sam also worked as a veterinary microbiologist for 3 years at Utah State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.

Research Shows ‘Raised without Antibiotics’ Label Claim in Beef Cattle Lacks Integrity

Cow labeled "no antibiotics sometimes"
WASHINGTON (April 7, 2022) — Many consumers choose higher-priced steaks, burgers and other beef products from cattle that have been raised without antibiotics. The USDA approves meat labels with claims such as ‘No Antibiotics Ever’, ‘No Added Antibiotics’ and ‘Raised without Antibiotics’, but how confident can shoppers be that they are, in fact, getting what they paid for?

Sydney Nelson

Graduate Research Assistant

I am currently pursuing my MS in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases from GWU's Milken Institute School of Public Health. In December of 2020, I received my undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences and a minor in Microbiology from Clemson University, where I conducted in vitro research on Clostridioides difficile for my honors in biological sciences undergraduate thesis. I also have previous research experience examining the role of biofilm formation in chronic wound healing as well as membrane chromatography research and development.

Caitlin Horn

Graduate Research Assistant

I received my Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. I am currently pursuing an MS degree in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases at GW. My previous work experience was that I worked in a microbiology lab at WashU. Additionally, I worked at the Center for Research Innovation in Biotechnology at Washington University where I helped to aggregate and analyze information about FDA-approved medicines enabled by academic organizations.

Tiara Bidjou

Center Administrator

Tiara A. Bidjou serves as a Center Coordinator for ARAC. She received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design and a Certificate in Sales & Marketing from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Currently, she is pursuing an MPH in Health Policy and Management at George Washington University.
 
Her previous work experience includes creating content and managing social media for a farm-to-table start-up in Arizona, assisting teachers and students in the Prince George's County Public School District, and volunteering as a Hydroponics and Aquaponics System Checker at a farm in Maryland. She is extremely passionate about evidence-based health policy, agriculture, education and design.

Fariha Bablu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Fariha Bablu is an undergraduate research assistant at the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a Pre-Medical Concentration and a minor in Biology at The George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health. She aspires to enter the medical or health care field in the near future. 

Adina Dingankar

Graduate Research Assistant

Adina Dingankar is second semester graduate student seeking a Masters in Data Science at Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at the George Washington University. She received her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from a university in Mumbai, India. She also worked as a data engineer with Tata Consultancy Services in India. She is fluent in four languages with plans to bring that number to five after she masters Spanish. She would like one day to be a data scientist in a leading firm dealing with Health Care or Finance. Her personal motto is “Perspire to Aspire.”

Amelia Dickens

Research Associate

Amelia is a research associate at the ARAC. She earned a masters degree in microbiology from Yale and a BS in biology from UMBC. Amelia's previous research includes studying host-bacteria interactions.

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