Muhammad H. Zaman is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of
Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston
University. Prof. Zaman's current research is focused on three
areas namely using quantitative tools to understand tumor
metastasis, developing robust technologies for high-value
healthcare problems in the developing world, particularly in the
area of maternal and child health and working on health and
innovation policy issues in developing nations. Technologies
developed by Prof. Zaman are in various stages of implementation in
several countries. In 2013, Scientific American named a technology
from Zaman lab, PharmaChk, among the 10 technologies that will
change the world.
He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching from IEEE,
FEBS, American Society for Engineering Education, USAID, The US
National Academy of Sciences, The University of Texas System,
Boston University and other national and international
organisations. Most recently, he was named Howard Hughes Professor
by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and was elected as a Fellow
of American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering.
In addition to his research, Prof. Zaman is actively engaged in
bringing quality engineering education in several developing
nations. He is currently involved in setting up biomedical
engineering departments at universities in Kenya, Zambia, Uganda
and Ethiopia. He is co-Director of the UN Africa Biomedical
Initiative. He is a regular contributor on issues of drug quality
control and global health for the Project Syndicate (his columns
have appeared in newspapers in more than 20 countries), Huffington
Post and writes a weekly column on innovation in health and
education for leading Pakistan daily, Express Tribune which is part
of the International New York Times group.
A useful, engaging opus — New York Times Book Review
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem—a disease present in
Karachi one day may arrive in Reno, Nev., the next—yet the same
connectivity that has spread resistance has eased collaboration
across borders. Mr. Zaman’s optimism...is welcome, though not
always easy to share. Still, his sense of urgency is
irresistible. — Wall Street Journal
"A vivid portrayal of our fight against an opponent that has been
around for more than 3 billion years. Zaman, a professor of
biomedical engineering and international health, portrays a
conflict—between humans and harmful strains of bacteria—that has
played out in plagues and epidemics over millennia." — Kirkus
Reviews (starred review)
“I was born under the antibiotic umbrella and took
effective antibiotics for granted. Yet we still battle
pneumonia, which still kills 800,000 children per year, due to
a lack of access. Meanwhile, there is excess use of
antibiotics, in humans and animals, causing the problem of
drug-resistant infections. This book tells you the story of
the people who set up the antibiotic umbrella and the
challenge to keep it up—for all of us, together, as one
humanity. Because no wall will ever protect us against
drug-resistant infections.” — Stefan Swartling Peterson, chief of
health, UNICEF
“If you read one book this year, please make it this one. A
breathtaking, inspiring, and very personal account of one of
the greatest challenges of our time—drug-resistant
infections—an issue that will undermine the whole of modern
medicine unless we act, and we act now. This book is about
what has made modern medicine possible—the ability to control
and treat infections. This book fills one with hope
that science can overcome the challenge, politicians can act,
policies can work, and drug-resistant infections do not need
to be the end of modern medicine. It is enthralling, engaging,
and beautifully written.” — Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome
Trust
“Biography of Resistance is a sweeping and engaging history of
the tango humanity dances with bacteria—which both make human
life possible and have the capacity to end it. Our efforts in
the past hundred years to gain the upper hand have led to
remarkable successes—but now may be backfiring as
antimicrobial resistance looms as the biggest public health
challenge of our time. Dr. Zaman’s story is timely and urgent.” —
Kathleen Sebelius, former United States Secretary of Health
and Human Services
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