Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor| UIC School of Public Health| Working on SARS-CoV-2 WBE; Beach Monitoring & Notification|👩🏻‍🔬🦠💩🏖|🏠Lalitpur🇳🇵|🌇Chicago🇺🇸

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

Celebrating final Friday of #Pride month with these colorful #MoMos (Nepali dumplings)! Inspired by @ChefJonKung #happypride #Pride2021 #ShareWithPride #loveislove

[Chicago Piping Plovers @ChicagoPiping]

The Montrose Three!!!
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Sunday, July 6, 2025

🤍Your Chicago Piping Plover family - both parents and all three chicks - is doing well!

🧡 Big thanks to your Chicago PIPL Monitors and beachgoers who made this holiday weekend go very smoothly.
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📸: CPP (Blue Star)

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

@SigmaAldrich Would love to share the #SigmaAldrichChocolate with everyone @Shrestha_H2OLab! 🧫🍫❤️

[Dr. Hannah Greenwald Healy @H2O_Hannah]

🚨Open postdoc position in my lab! If you like impactful, collaborative science and get excited by environmental sampling and advanced molecular methods, apply to join our new team!

[Lake Michigan @LakeMichigan13]

Balloon releases either on purpose or by mistake hurt the natural world - please stop!

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

This year, Chicago's Oak Street Beach was named by Travel and Leisure as one of the best beaches in the US. It appears all these people on Sunday would agree. #summer #chicago

[Lincoln Park Zoo @lincolnparkzoo]

Hey, Chicago! Are you a dog owner who visits Montrose Beach? ⬇️
If you’re an adult who visits the Montrose Beach area with your dogs, please take a moment to fill out our survey and help us understand how you and your pup use the beach. https://t.co/qQ7kktPRAk

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

💔💔💔RIP baby 🦁 Lomelok!

[Lincoln Park Zoo @lincolnparkzoo]

We are devastated to share the loss of African lion cub, Lomelok. (1/5)

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

Day 2: Water sampling technicians collecting their supplies for the season. The reflective rain jackets were added this year for all sampling techs as 2023 saw a pretty wet summer 🌧️ ⛈️

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

Starting off strong! First day of training for the upcoming beach season ✅ Proud to celebrate 10 years of collaboration with @ChicagoParks on beach monitoring & thrilled to announce we're expanding to seven @CityofEvanston beaches this year! 🏖️🏊🏼‍♀️ 🧬 👩🏻‍🔬@uicpublichealth @thisisUIC

[UIC SPH Water & Health Research Lab @Shrestha_H2OLab]

Special shout out to this year’s cohort of amazing @thisisUIC students working in the field and in the lab! Without your hard work and dedication this project would not have been possible. 🌟 #UICPride

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

Absolutely thrilled to discuss our beach monitoring program, using rapid qPCR testing, in partnership with the @ChicagoParks at the next @EPAwater webinar tomorrow! @UICnews @thisisUIC @uicpublichealth @Shrestha_H2OLab

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

@ProfKAHamilton @AAEESdotORG @LeeVG11 @naughtoncc @ASUBiodesign @ASUEngineering @ASU Congratulations Kerry! Truly well deserved 👏🏼🥳

[Youbesh Dhaubhadel @youbeshanalyzes]

Stood hours as a mere spectator looking at the Necklace of Taleju Bhawani at @artinstitutechi & how could it be repatriated back to where it should be. @NHRCampaign Let’s bring this home next. @artcrimeprof @archaeologyart @DrEmilineSmith @LostArtsofNepal @Sunkesharee @SanjayPIL

[Amy Kirby @amylizk]

Hats off to Nepal for setting this new requirement and protecting the health and ecology of the Himalayas. But also, how has this not been the standard? What happened to take only memories, leave only footprints? #WASH

https://t.co/kE1uvYt1Zp

[UIC School of Public Health @uicpublichealth]

Interested in learning more about #environmentalhealth and #workerjustice? Join our Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Community Cafe this Wednesday with Hannah Matzke discussing the built environment in the Healthy Chicago Survey. https://t.co/NUh8RzsFKi

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

@MSTlabThailand Congratulations Joy! Well deserved 👏🏼

[Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD, MPH @ashrestha]

💯% agree to this!Also loved the fact that even with an injured leg he moved around & spent most of his time on the ramp instead of the stage coz he knew his true fans (who were there for his songs) were standin in the Fanpit & General Zone & not seated in the VVIP & VIP section!

[Shiwani Neupane @ShiwaniNeupane]

Today at Arjit Singh’s concert, what stood out to me was his kindness. Despite telling the audience twice that he really didn’t like giving autographs, he gave autographs to every single person who he could reach. Probably a couple hundred folks. Also felt bad for him, because he really did thrive when it was just music and him. Now wondering, is he the artist of our generation ( in South Asia) ? There was just one song I didn’t know in the entire 3 hour concert.

[No Next Question @NoNext_Question]

Whether you believe it or not, each year dogs are profoundly worshipped in Nepal and this will restore some of your faith in humanity.

Happy Kukur Tihar. Let's appreciate dogs for being inseparable part of our lives. ❤ 🐶

Photo Courtesy: Shampoochuae
#kukurtihar #tihar

[Kerry Hamilton @ProfKAHamilton]

Great opportunity for Master's/PhD grads in an awesome group at USEPA: EPA Fellowship on Modeling Stormwater Microbial Quality https://t.co/KBqTS02cKw

[Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce @ChicagolandCmbr]

Did you know that Chicago is home to the longest stretch of uninterrupted public waterfront in the country, making it the most public waterfront in the United States? #ChicagoFacts