Assistant Professor
Ajman University
Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Chambuso is a Biomedical Scientist and an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, Ajman University, U.A.E. He trained as a Medical Doctor then completed a Master’s Degree in Public Health and another Master’s Degree in Oncology in Europe. He has a Ph.D. in Medical Virology and Cancer Genetics and completed his two Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, U.S.A. In 2023, Dr. Chambuso was funded by the N.I.H, U.S.A as a Global Fellow and he is currently a Fogarty Fellow at Harvard University, under the Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Boston, U.S.A. Dr. Chambuso is listed as a Harvard Catalyst at the Harvard University’s Clinical and Translational Science Center
Dr. Chambuso’s Ph.D. focused on HIV/HPV co-infections and cancer molecular genetics, establishing a platform for subsequent work at the interface of viral pathogenesis and host oncogenic transformation. Dr. Chambuso has over fourteen years of academic research and teaching experience especially in systems microbiology, cancer molecuular genetics and molecular medicine. Dr. Chambuso’s expertise spans across global health microbiology, infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, medical virology, bacteriology, microbiomes and cancer genetics/genomics. Dr. Chambuso has a diverse publication record and his pedagogical contributions include curriculum design and facilitation of problem-based learning (PBL) and team-based learning (TBL). Dr. Chambuso mentors undergraduate and graduate students in academic research, advances interdisciplinary diagnostics and promotes collaborative scholarship.
Dr. Chambuso’s research interests include: antimicrobial resistance, global health microbiology, bacteriology, HIV/HPV co-infections, cancers-attributable to infections, molecular medicine, cancer molecular genetics and microbiomes.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
12:40 PM - 12:45 PM US ET