Department of Microbiology and Virology

The Department of Microbiology and Virology carries out its activities on the basis of the laws of the Republic of Tajikistan, instructions and orders of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, standard regulations on an educational institution of higher professional education and higher professional education of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan, regulations on the department, decisions of the Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan , implements the decisions of the Academic Council and orders of the rector of the Tajik National University and at the same time the instructions and orders of the rector’s office, plans and activities of the faculty. During its newly created activities (since September 30, 2021), the department has completed certain work in the fields of education, science, education and cooperation.

The Department of Microbiology and Virology of the Faculty of Medicine was created on September 30, 2021 on the basis of the Department of Functional Diagnostics and Clinical Laboratory. Since September 2022, Bozorova Rukhshona was appointed head of the department and is still the head of the department.

Educational activities

At the Department of Microbiology and Virology it is taught in the subject of general microbiology and virology, private microbiology and virology and microbiology and virology with the basics of parasitology at the medical and pharmaceutical faculty in Russian and Tajik languages in the specialties 79010400 – medical diagnostic business, – 79010100 medical business, 79010700 – dentistry – and 79010800 – pharmacy.

Academic subjects:

• General microbiology and virology

• Microbiology and Composite Virology

• Microbiology and virology with basics of parasitology

Teaching staff of the department

Bozorova Rukhshona Saifuddinovna – since September 2021 she has been working as the head of the Department of Microbiology and Virology of the Faculty of Medicine of DMT

Date of birth: 05/02/1979

Higher education. In 2005 she graduated from the Tajik State Medical University. A. Sino.

Academic title (academic degree) Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor

Work experience and teaching activities:

In 1997-2003 she was a student at the Faculty of Medicine of the A. Sino Tajik State Medical University.

In 2003-2005 she was a master of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Medical Academy of Medical Sciences

In 2005-2009, she was director of family planning and head of the department of obstetrics and women’s diseases at the Central Hospital of Muminabad district.

In 2009-2012 applicant of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology MDPITAG and P – and Sh. Dushanbe

In 2011-2016 Obstetrician-gynecologist, functionalist at the Nasl Medical Center

In 2016-2018, she was the head of the postpartum department in the maternity ward of the Istiklol hospital. Dushanbe

In 2018-2019 Assistant of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology MDPITAG and P-i, Dushanbe

In 2020-2021 assistant at the department of “TFLK”, Faculty of Medicine, TNU.

From September 2021 to the present, head of the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU.

Kholmurodova Zebogul Abdulkhayrovna – since September 2021, she has been working as a senior lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU

Year of birth: 10/11/1964

Higher education. In 1990 she graduated from the Tajik State Medical University. A. Sino.

She does not have a scientific title (academic degree).

Work experience and teaching activities:

In 1981-1983, secretary of RONO “Tizhikselkhozimiya”.

In 1983-1990 she was a student at the Tajik State Medical University. A. Sino.

In 1990-1991, he was an intern at the Dushanbe Emergency Hospital.

In 1991-1992 she worked as a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital No. 10 in Dushanbe.

1992-2012 Assistant at the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Virology, Tajik State Medical University. A. Sino.

2012-2013 Project coordinator for the public and charitable organization “Orion”

From September 2021 to the present, senior lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU

Aliyeva Sayyora Davlatovna – since January 2022 she has been working as an assistant at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU.

Year of birth: 10/27/1984

Higher education. In 2008 she graduated from the Tajik State Medical University. A. Sino

Academic title (academic degree): applicant MDPITAGvaP.

Work experience and teaching activities:

In 2000-2005, she was a student at the Faculty of Medicine, TSMU named after Abu Ali Ibn Sina.

In 2005-2008, she was a candidate for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical Institute of Medical Sciences and Medical Academy named after. P.I. Dushanbe

In 2008-2009, she worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist in the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the Central Hospital of the Rasht region.

In 2009-2014 applicant of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology MDPITAG and P-i sh. Dushanbe

2021-2022 Obstetrician-gynecologist, functionalist at Nasl Medical Center

From January 2022 to the present, assistant at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU.

Lola Yusufjonovna Mastonova – since September 2022 she has been working as an assistant at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, DMT

Year of birth: 07/17/1993

Higher education. In 2015 she graduated from the Tajik National University

Work experience and teaching activities:

In 2010-2015, she was a student at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of TNU.

In 2015-2016 assistant at the department of “TFLK”, Faculty of Medicine, TNU

2016-2017 doctor – intern DTBKSTZhT

In 2020-2021, laboratory assistant at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU.

From January 2022 to the present, assistant at the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, TNU

Personal information:

Date of birth:01.03.1994.

Address: 150/1 apartment 62 Yakkachinar Street, Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan

Mobile phone: +992555550478

E-mail:farangis68@bk.ru

Marital status: married, 1 child.

Education:

Place of study (period) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Tajik State University (2015-2016) Diploma Medical Doctor, Faculty of Medicine and Diagnostics
Tajik Institute for Retraining of Medical Personnel, Ministry of Health of Tajikistan (2016-2017) Diploma (Internship), Laboratory Doctor
Tajik State Medical University, named after Abu Ali ibn Sino, (2018) Diploma, Physician, Clinical and Virological Specialist

Additional education:

Date Courses title
17-01.2021 CDC Workshop on: “Determination of Long-Term Contamination” Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  28-29.06.2020 WOC ICAP Workshop on: “External assessment, quality internal quality assessment in laboratory and clinical indications” Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  15-19.04.2018 Dushanbe, Tajikistan ICAP Seminar on “External assessment, quality of internal quality assessment in laboratory and clinical indications” Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  15-19.04.2018 Workshop on “Practical skills for real-time PCR”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  4-5.11.2019 WHO/ MoH Seminar on: “Infection control and prevention of acute respiratory diseases that can cause epidemics and pandemics in public health”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
14-17.09.2019 Workshop on “HIV and TB”, using WHO protocols on detection, management and prevention of HIV/TB co-infection and the interface between TB and HIV/AIDS services, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
17-21.02.2020 Workshop on: “Development of laboratory SOPs, for clinical indications and in the laboratory. Dushanbe, Tajikistan”.

Membership:

Date Membership and development of strategic, normative and regulatory documents:
2020 Member of the working group of the Ministry of Health of Tajikistan on the revision and development of the regulations of the national testing algorithm system in the laboratory
2021-2025 Plan for Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Strategy for the Programme to Combat Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the Republic of Tajikistan 2021-2025

Work experiences:

Date Organization
2016-2021 For the position of virologist at the Republican AIDS Centre in the Republic of Tajikistan.
2020-2021 Medical Coordinator in the Project on “Improving HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Prevention Systems among Populations Particularly Vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis, including Migrants
2020 – As a trainer, from 2016 until 2021, I conducted more than 10 seminars at regional level among virologists, infectious disease specialists, NGO staff, law enforcement agencies on virology clinic management of medical waste, HIV/AIDS diagnosis, HIV infection, HIV/AIDS, the rights of people living with HIV.
2020 National consultant to help improve medical waste management in a UNDP project.
2018 Participant in the WHO project “Vulnerability assessments and adaptation measures of the health sector on laboratory management in the Republic of Tajikistan”;

Knowledge of languages:

Language Read Speak Write
Tajik excellent excellent excellent
Russian good good good
English Up-Intermediat Up-Intermediat Up-Intermediat

Professional skills:

Proficient PC user: MsOffice, MsExcel, Internet

Key skills:

• Good knowledge of the systems of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan (MOHSP RT) in the development of health and public health policies;

• Excellent skills in health research, regulatory frameworks, and nutrition and food safety issues (questionnaire design, field visits, data collection, data processing and report writing);

• Good knowledge of strategies, programs, concepts, as well as the regulatory framework of the health care system, the development of guidelines and training manuals;

• Excellent experience in conducting seminars and lectures for employees of public and private structures, etc.

• Good knowledge of virology and infection and no communicable diseases, food and nutritional security, nutritional issues;

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively manage teams, flexible and strategic thinking in solving issues, diligent perseverance, punctuality and the ability to work long hours;

• Strong analytical skills in the development of reports and information materials.

                                    REPORT on the achievements of the department

On the activities of the Department of Microbiology and Virology of the Tajik National University in the 2022-2023 academic year

                                                    Introduction

In 2022-2023, in the course of its activities, the department fully implements the curriculum in the field of science, on the research topic of the department, according to the plan, and based on its results publishes scientific articles in various domestic and foreign journals.

At the same time, teachers and staff of the department act in various directions on the instructions and instructions of the university board in the reporting year and contribute to their implementation. In order to ensure the efficiency of the department, members of the department, under the leadership of the head of the department, Bozorova Rukhshona Saifuddinovna, carry out the instructions and instructions of the Leader of the Nation in the direction of “Twenty years of preparation and development of natural science, exact and mathematical subjects in the field of science and education (2020-2040)”, taking into account needs of society and modern science, a lot of work is being done to attract experienced and practical specialists, strengthening the mutual participation of teachers in each other’s classes, organizing open and model classes with the participation of experienced and experienced teachers, round tables and ongoing seminars on various aspects of science and education. It should be noted that the reporting year of the department is very significant both from a scientific and educational point of view, and in general it can be assessed positively.

Teachers of the department

In the 2022-2023 academic year, the department employs 5 full-time teachers and 5 part-time teachers. Now the main teachers of the department are the following people.

1. Bozorova Rukhshona Saifuddinovna – candidate of medical sciences, head of the department;

2. Kholmurodova Zebogul Abdulkhayrovna – senior lecturer of the department;

3. Lola Yusufjonovna Mastonova – assistant of the department

4. Sayyora Davlatovna Alieva – assistant of the department

5. Nazarova Farangis– assistant of the department

Educational work

Teachers of the Department of Microbiology and Virology of the Faculty of Medicine, along with fulfilling their teaching load, make a great contribution to the education of students. Each teacher of the department is assigned academic groups, in which teachers conduct educational classes once a week and give various recommendations on the effectiveness of their work and activities.