Subject Matter Experts
Sadaf Chaudhry, MD MSPH
Dr Chaudhry began her career as a physician on neonatology and pediatrics in Pakistan. Her ability to think outside the box resulted from her focus on the marginalized poor working with limited resources. With 15+ years’ track record in public health, Sadaf has worked tirelessly on Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Newborn Health, but also Child Blindness, Poverty-related health disparities, Infectious Diseases (Tuberculosis, Malaria, & HIV specifically), and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Sadaf sees herself as a woman activist fighting for Universal Health and Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Social Justice, Gender and Racial Discrimination. She believes in addressing health challenges holistically, factoring in social and other key determinants. She is a strong partnership builder and works with a systems’ approach, through strategic planning and collaborative program management.
Sadaf is fluent in Urdu, English, and Hindi, has a working knowledge of Punjabi and Sindhi, and can read and write Arabic. Over the years, Sadaf has traveled extensively across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. She considers herself a global professional having worked with DfID, USAID, PEPFAR, CDC and a broad range of organizations (Plan International, The Asia Foundation, Islamic Relief UK, and Society for General Internal Medicine - SGIM, American Society for Microbiology – ASM, and Association of Public Health Laboratories - APHL). Sadaf currently serves as lead for the American College of Nurse-Midwives’ (ACNM) global department.
She holds a Medical Degree from Sindh University and a master’s in public health from Quaid-e-Azam University in Pakistan. Sadaf is a student at Harvard extension School and is taking multiple courses to further enhance her professional career.
Sadaf brings to MHS a footprint in Pakistan and in the Asia region, and aims to establish partnerships and a stable business pipeline to help MHS emerge as an innovative leader in healthcare globally.
Sr Martin R Evans PhD, CLT, MT(ASCP)
Dr Martin Evans is a clinical laboratory director with a PhD in medical microbiology and immunology. He has held management and leadership positions in academia in both the public health and private sectors. Martin is currently a Microbiology and Laboratory Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Global Public Health Program (GPHP) at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). He has participated in many projects in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America as a consultant.
Dr. Evans has focused on training national laboratories and their networks to perform Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) commensurate with global/CLSI standards and ISO15189 accreditation requirements. He has conducted training in two forms: in-country hands-on workshops with laboratories, and remote training via the ECHO learning platform utilizing associated case presentations on problem and quality-related microbiology issues. Dr Evans has led ECHO training programs for national laboratories and their networks in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) surveillance, AMR One Health, SARS-CoV-2, and other technical areas in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mexico, and Brazil. In addition to AMR, his project management experience has included national laboratory strategic planning, supply chain management, laboratory information management system (LIMS) implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and the quality management system. Dr Evans is a recipient of APHL’s Thomas E. Maxson Education, Training and Workforce Development Award.
Prior to consulting, Dr Evans was an Associate Director at the New York City Public Health Laboratory where he held senior leadership positions including Director of Technical Affairs and Manager of all microbiology sections. Previously, Dr Evans spent 14 years in the private sector as a clinical laboratory director at Quest Diagnostics and SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories. Prior to this, he was in academia including positions at Temple University and the University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Medicine. He is also a New York State licensed medical technologist and was elected as the first chairperson of the New York State Board for Clinical Laboratory Technology.
Shirematee Baboolal PhD, Bio
Dr Shirematee Baboolal holds a PhD in medical microbiology and a postgraduate diploma in Quality Management Systems. She has provided consultancy services through several organizations including The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), PAHO (Caribbean), WHO (Sierra Leone and Mauritius), the Association of Public Health Agency (APHL), and USAID.
After 29 years and with a wealth of knowledge and experience in laboratory services strengthening, she moved to the African Region (Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zambia) and Middle East (Oman and Pakistan) where she provided consultancy and mentoring services in the area of laboratory strengthening, TB and Microbiology diagnostic, quality management systems and leadership and management.
Prior to consulting, Dr. Baboolal worked as a Medical Technologist at one of the most prestigious organizations in the Caribbean, the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC), now the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). This organization was run by PAHO/WHO and provided reference and referral services to 21 countries in the Caribbean. She holds a PhD in medical microbiology, Molecular Epidemiology of TB in the Caribbean from the University of the West Indies and a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Lab Quality and Operational Management from Michener University, as well as an MPhil (Pathology and Microbiology), Cognitive development of Children with Parasitic Infection in T&T from the University of the West Indies and a BHSc (Education and Management) from the University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica.
