Journal Articles:

1. Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Probal Sutradhar, Sarowar-E. Alam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hijazi, Syed Azizur Rahman & Mohamad Alameddine | Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients: first follow-up findings from the PREDIcT-HTN study in Northern Bangladesh | BMC Public Health. 25:250 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21409-z

2. AT Chowdhury, S Jabeen, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, AE Rahman, SE Arifeen |
Evaluating the impact of e-registration and mHealth on institutional delivery in hazard-prone areas of Bangladesh: A protocol for a non-randomized controlled cluster trial | PLoS one. 18(9):e0271364 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271364

3. AT Chowdhury, S Kundu, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, HHA Hijazi, A Hossain |
A formative research to explore the programmatic approach of vaccinating the Rohingya refugees and host communities against COVID-19 infection in Bangladesh | BMC Health Services Research. 23(1):937 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10044-y

4. Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Adittya Arefin, Ahmed Hossain | Addressing child protection issues in Bangladesh's Rohingya and host community to improve children's health | The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia. 5:100070 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2022.100070

5. Shah Saif Jahan, Ehsanul Hoque Apu, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Md Irteja Islam, Nazeeba Siddika | Oral Healthcare during Pregnancy: Its Importance and Challenges in Lower-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(17):10681 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710681

6. Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Adittya Arefin, Shah Mohammad Sarwer Jahan, Probal Sutradhar | A prospective longitudinal study with treated hypertensive patients in Northern Bangladesh (PREDIcT-HTN) to understand uncontrolled hypertension and adverse clinical events: A protocol for 5-years follow-up | PloS one. 17(5): e0269240 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269240

7. Zeeba Zahra Sultana,Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene,  Akhlak-Ul-Islam, Md Hasinur Rahman Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Ahmed Hossain | HIV Infection and Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | BMC Infectious Diseases. 21:86 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05749-2

8. Ahmed Hossain, Redwan Bin Abdul Baten, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Taifur Rahman, Mirza Asif Adnan, Md. Moynul Hossain, Taifur Aziz Khan | Pre-displacement abuse and post-displacement factors on mental health disorder after two years of forced migration of Rohingyas to Bangladesh | JAMA Network Open. 4(3): e211801 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1801

9. Moktarul Islam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Adiba Iqbal, Mohammad Ali, Ahmed Hossain | Effect of in-house crowding on childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: A matched case-control study in Bangladesh | International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 105-639-645 (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.002

10. Abrar, AK; Setu, MH; Jubayer, S; Al Mamun, MA; Bhuiyan, MR; Sobhan, SMM; Naher, L; Tarannum, R; Zeeba Zahra Sultana; Choudhury, SR | Quit Attempt among the Tobacco Smokers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh-A Rapid Survey | Journal of National Heart Foundation Bangladesh. 9:17-20 (2020)

Book chapter contributor:

Red Alert! Non-Communicable Diseases, Dietary Habits and Lifestyle in Bangladesh

Editors: Kazi M. Anisul Islam, C. Emdad Haque, Gias Uddin Ahsan

Publisher: The University Press Limited (UPL) ISBN: 9789845064149

Contributed three chapters on: Diabetes, Hypertension, and Obesity

Projects:

1. Improving Mental Health Care for Older Adults in Bangladesh Co-production and community Engagement in Bangladesh: Informing Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults Research (2025) | Funded by: University of Manchester, United Kingdom | Principal Investigator: Prof. Nusrat Hussain, University of Manchester | Role: Research Associate

2. Factors Influencing Non-Adherence to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) Therapy Among Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients: A Mixed Methods Study in a Tertiary Care Cancer Hospital in Bangladesh (2025) | Funded by: CTRG (Conference and Travel Research Grants), NSU | Principal Investigator: Dr. Azaz Bin Sharif, NSU | Role: Co-Investigator

3. Prevalence and Associated Factors of BCR-ABL Kinase Domain NGS-Detectable Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Resistant Mutations in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients: A Study from a Tertiary Care Cancer Hospital in Bangladesh (2025) | Funded by: CTRG (Conference and Travel Research Grants), NSU | Role: Principal Investigator

4. Child Protection Issues in Rohingya and Host Community in Cox’s Bazar (2022) | Funded by International Rescue Committee (IRC), Bangladesh | Principal Investigator: Prof. Ahmed Hossain, NSU Global Health Institute | Role: Research Assistant

5. Genetic Analyses of Human Plasma Lipidome (2020) | CAPABLE (Cambridge Program to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Reduction) Capacity Building | Supervised by Dr. Praveen Surendran and Dr. Adam Butterworth, University of Cambridge, UK; Prof. Sohel Choudhury, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Bangladesh | Role: Research Fellow

6. Burden of Non-communicable Diseases in Bangladesh (2019) | Centre for Natural Resource Studies, Bangladesh in affiliation with North South University, Bangladesh and University of Manitoba, Canada | Supervised by Prof. Ahmed Hossain, North South University, Bangladesh (to be published in September 2023) | Role: Research Assistant

2022:

• Lucy Cavendish College STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) Award, University of Cambridge, UK

• Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (Full-funded - jointly provided by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Cambridge Trust) to pursue the MPhil at University of Cambridge, UK

2021:

• Graduate with Distinction, 23rd Convocation 2021, North South University, Bangladesh;

• Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences/Erasmus Summer Programme Fellowship 2021, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

2018-19:

University Merit-based Partial Scholarship (50%) from North South University, Bangladesh based on the academic result of MPH

Courses Taken at Department of Public Health, NSU:

• PBH101 (Introduction to Public Health)
• PBH101L (Introduction to Public Health Lab)
• PBH714 (Application to Computer Software)
• EMPH601 (Introduction to Public Health and Professional Practice)

Training program facilitator at NSU Global Health Institute (NGHI), NSU: R essential for Data analysis in Health Sciences

• Welfare Officer, Cambridge University Bangladesh Society, University of Cambridge, UK (2022)
• Member of Research Team, Centre for International Public Health & Environmental Research, Bangladesh (2021)
• Volunteer, Project: Pre-displacement abuse and post-displacement factors on mental health disorder after two years of forced migration of Rohingyas to Bangladesh | Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (2019) | Health Management BD Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Publication Secretary, Intern Doctor’s Association (2017), BIRDEM General Hospital,Bangladesh

Non-communicable Diseases (Cardiovascular disease, hematological cancer, mental health disorders, etc.)