Stella Ifeanyi Smith currently works at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. Stella does research in Microbiology and Molecular Biology. Her current research interests are on molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases such as Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella spp, Escherichia coli and Campylobacter. Lately, her interests has been antimicrobial resistance genes, particularly, the carbapenemase resistance amongst the family Enterobacteriaceae.Their current project is on 'Analysis of Helicobacter pylori infections in Nigeria, bacterial virulence factors but lack of pathology' as well as 'Virulotyping and Antimicrobial analysis of Salmonella Enterica Isolated from Humans and Animals in Nigeria: Improvement of Diagnosis and Treatment.'