Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

NSU Global Health Institute (NGHI)

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Recent Grants

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Principal Investigator

Situation analysis on Mental Health Issues and Need for Gender Diverse Population (GDP) in Bangladesh

Bandhu, USAID

Dr. Azaz Bin Sharif

A Study on People’s Perception, Experience, and Usage of Health Facilities

IOM, UKAID

Dr. Md. Delwer Hossain Hawlader

Evaluation of the Project- USAID’s Community-Health-Systems Strengthening Activity (CHSS): Project Monitoring & Evaluation

BRAC

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Evaluation of ‘Promoting equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations for the most vulnerable groups among Rohingya refugees and Host communities’ project

IRC

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Disability prevalence and barriers to inclusion survey at the Baharchara Union of Teknaf Upazilla in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

GIZ

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Baseline household need assessment to transform Susuar Char, Tangail into a self-resilient  model village of Bangladesh

HCI

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Evaluation of Child Labor Situation in The Context of Rohingya And Host Community in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

IRC

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Investigating common pregnancy complications and birth outcome among women with chronic hypertension in Rangpur, Bangladesh

CTRG

Dr. Azaz Bin Sharif

Hypertension and Medicine Adherence: An Institution-based Study at Hypertensive and Research Center, Rangpur

CTRG

Dr. Azaz Bin Sharif

Knowledge, Awareness, and Perceived Threat toward Alzheimer’s Disease among the Adult Population of Bangladesh

CTRG

Dr. Azaz Bin Sharif

Baseline Public Health situational analysis for implementing a “Healthy City” project to combat non-communicable diseases in Dhaka North City Corporation of Bangladesh

OBAT Helpers

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Evaluation of Child Labor Situation in The Context of Rohingya And Host Community in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

IRC

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Delivering Health, Nutrition and Livelihood, and protection services for Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

IRC

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

Impact Assessment of SEL and SAFE interventions in the Rohingya and Host communities of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

IRC

Prof. Ahmed Hossain

 

Recent Publications

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1.       

Chowdhury, S. R., Das, D. C., Sunna, T. C., Beyene, J., & Hossain, A. (2023). Global and regional prevalence of multimorbidity in the adult population in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eclinicalmedicine, 57.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101860

Scopus

PubMed

 

Q-1

17.03

Journal Article

2.       

Chowdhury, S. R., Kabir, H., Akter, N., Iktidar, M. A., Roy, A. K., Chowdhury, M. R., & Hossain, A. (2023). Impact of workplace bullying and burnout on job satisfaction among Bangladeshi nurses: A cross-sectional study. Heliyon, 9(2).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13162

Scopus

PubMed

 

Q-1

3.78

Journal Article

3.       

Chowdhury, S. R., Sunna, T. C., Das, D. C., Chowdhury, M. R., Mahmud, H. M. M., & Hossain, A. (2023). Compliance with smoke-free legislation in public places: An observational study in a northeast city of Bangladesh. Plos One, 18(4), e0283650.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283650

Scopus

PubMed

 

Q-1

3.75

Journal Article

4.       

Hossain, A., Das, D. C., Benzadid, S., & Chowdhury, S. R. (2023). Exploring geographical differences and disparities of COVID-19 cases and understand the gaps in responses in South Asian countries: A three-month analysis of cases and responses. Eastern Journal of Healthcare, 3(1), 18–31.

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Journal Article

5.       

Shahjalal, M., Alam, M. M., Khan, M., Alam, N., Sultana, A., Zaman, S., Hossain, A., & Hawlader, M. D. H. (2023). Prevalence and determinants of physical violence against doctors in Bangladeshi tertiary care hospitals. Human Resources for Health, 21(1), 1–10.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00811-x

Scopus

PubMed

 

Q-1

4.83

Journal Article

6.        

Hossain A, Suhel SA, Chowdhury SR, Islam S, Akther N, Dhor NR, Hossain MZ, Hossain MA, Rahman SA. Hypertension and undiagnosed hypertension among Bangladeshi adults: Identifying prevalence and associated factors using a nationwide survey. Front Public Health. 2022 Dec 6;10:1066449. PMID: 36561867; PMCID: PMC9763893

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1066449

Scopus

PubMed

 

Q-1

6.461

Journal Article

7.        

Zeeba Zahra Sultanaa, 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, Volume 5, October 2022, 100070, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2022.100070

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Commentary

8.        

Chowdhury SR, Kabir H, Chowdhury MR, Hossain A. Workplace Bullying and Violence on Burnout Among Bangladeshi Registered Nurses: A Survey Following a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Public Health. 2022 Oct 17;67:1604769. 36325186; PMCID: PMC9618602

https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604769 PMID:

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5.10

Journal Article

9.        

Afrin, S., Hossain, A. & Begum, S. Effects of Moringa oleifera on working memory: an experimental study with memory-impaired Wistar rats tested in radial arm maze. BMC Res Notes 15, 314 (2022).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06219-5

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Q-2

2.15

Journal Article

10.    

Chowdhury SR, Kabir H, Das DC, Chowdhury MR, Chowdhury MR, Hossain A. Workplace violence against Bangladeshi registered nurses: A survey following a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Int Nurs Rev. 2022 Oct 3:10.1111/inr.12802. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36190769; PMCID: PMC9874904

https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12802.

PubMed

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2.87

Journal Article

11.    

Shahjalal, M., Gow, J., Rahman, M.A. et al. Proportion and associated factors of the utilisation of complementary and alternative medicine exclusively in a hospital in Bangladesh. BMC Complement Med Ther 22, 225 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03709-8

PubMed

Q-1

3.78

Journal Article

12.    

Chowdhury SR, Kabir H, Mazumder S, Akter N, Chowdhury MR, Hossain A. Workplace violence, bullying, burnout, job satisfaction and their correlation with depression among Bangladeshi nurses: A cross-sectional survey during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2022 Sep 22;17(9):e0274965. 0274965. PMID: 36137141; PMCID: PMC9499253

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone

PubMed

Q-1

3.75

Journal Article

13.    

Saifur Rahman Chowdhury, Humayun Kabir, Nahida Akter, Mohammad Azmain Iktidar, Anjan Kumar Roy, Mahfuzur Rahman Chowdhury, Ahmed Hossain, Impact of workplace bullying, and burnout on job satisfaction among Bangladeshi nurses: A cross-sectional study,Heliyon, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13162

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PubMed

Q-1

2.85

Journal Article

14.    

Andrea Bartolucci; Bayes Ahmed; Ahmed Hossain, I’M HERE: IMproving HEalth Communication in Refugee Camps, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2022-11,

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x2200200x

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Q-1

 

2.86

Journal Article

15.    

Abedin M, Rahman FN, Rakhshanda S, Mashreky SR, Rahman AKMF, Hossain A. Epidemiology of non-fatal burn injuries in children: evidence from Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey 2016. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2022 Jun;6(1):e001412. PMID: 36053615; PMCID: PMC9198699.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001412

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Q-1

2.92

Journal Article

16.    

Mohammad Ali, Zakir Uddin, Ahmed Hossain, Clinical practice pattern of low back pain among physiotherapists in a low-income country, Physiotherapy Practice and Research, June 2022 https://doi.org/10.3233/ppr-210549

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PubMed

Q-3

0.58

Journal Article

17.    

Sultana N, Nguyen TTP, Hossain A, Asaduzzaman M, Nguyen MH, Jahan I, Nguyen KT, Duong TV. Psychometric Properties of the Short-Form Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-SF) and Its Associated Factors among the Elderly in Bangladesh. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 28;19(13):7935. PMID: 35805593; PMCID: PMC9266010

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137935

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PubMed

Q-1

3.39

Journal Article

18.    

Jakariya M, Ahmed F, Islam MA, Al Marzan A, Hasan MN, Hossain M, Ahmed T, Hossain A, Reza HM, Hossen F, Nahla T, Rahman MM, Bahadur NM, Islam MT, Didar-Ul-Alam M, Mow N, Jahan H, Barceló D, Bibby K, Bhattacharya P. Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance to monitor the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in developing countries with onsite sanitation facilities. Environ Pollut. 2022 Oct 15;311:119679. Epub 2022 Jun 23. PMID: 35753547; PMCID: PMC9225114

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119679

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PubMed

Q-1

9.98

Journal Article

19.    

Raquib A, Raquib R, Jamil S, Hossain A, Al-Mamun F, Mamun MA. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward the Prevention of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 6;9:856156. PMID: 35733876; PMCID: PMC9208617

https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.856156

SCOPUS

PubMed

Q-1

5.091

Journal Article

20.    

Hossain A, Ahsan GU, Hossain MZ, Hossain MA, Sultana ZZ, Arefin A, Jahan SMS, Sutradhar P. 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. 2022 May 31;17(5):e0269240. PMID: 35639707; PMCID: PMC9154182

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269240  

SCOPUS

PubMed

Q-1

3.752

Journal Article

21.    

Shahjalal M, Chakma SK, Ahmed T, Yasmin I, Mahumud RA, Hossain A. Prevalence and determinants of using complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of chronic illnesses: A multicenter study in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 5;17(1):e0262221. PMID: 34986159; PMCID: PMC8730415

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262221.  

SCOPUS

PubMed

Q-1

3.752

Journal Article

22.    

Roy S, Sharif A Bin, Chowdhury S, Iktidar MA. Unavoidable online education due to COVID-19 and its association to computer vision syndrome: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ open Ophthalmol. 2022;7: e001118.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2022-001118

SCOPUS

PubMed

Q-1

0.80

Journal Article

23.    

Jahan I, Sharif A Bin, Hasan ABM. Suicide stigma and suicide literacy among Bangladeshi young adults: A cross-sectional study. Front Psychiatry. 2023;14: 768.

http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1160955

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PubMed

Q-1

5.43

Journal Article

24.    

Nur N, Sharif A Bin, Mitra DK. Stress resilience in patients with drug-resistant TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2023.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0648

SCOPUS

PubMed

Q-1

3.40

Journal Article

25.    

Kundu S, Rahman MA, Kabir H, Al Banna MH, Basu S, Reza HM, Hossain A. Prevalence and determinants of contraceptive method use among Bangladeshi women of reproductive age: a multilevel multinomial analysis. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 16; 22(1):2357. PMID: 36526989; PMCID: PMC9756620.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14857-4

SCOPUS

PubMed

Q-1

4.55

Journal Article

26.    

Kundu S, Das P, Rahman MA, Al Banna MH, Fatema K, Islam MA, Srivastava S, Muhammad T, Dey R, Hossain A. Socio-economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity among Bangladeshi children aged 6-23 months: a decomposition analysis. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 15;12(1):21712. PMID: 36522494; PMCID: PMC9755277

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26305-9

Scopus

PubMed

Q1

 

4.996

Journal Article

27.    

Kundu, S. (2022). Factors influencing menstrual regulation and its socioeconomic inequalities among ever-married women in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. Journal of Biosocial Science, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002193202200030X

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Q-2

2.15

Journal Article

28.    

Kundu, S., Azene, A. G., Kundu, S., Banna, M. H. Al, Mahbub, T., Alshahrani, N. Z., & Rahman, M. A. (2022). Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a multilevel modelling. International Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac058

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3.13

Journal Article

29.    

Kundu, S., Kundu, S., Al Banna, M. H., Ahinkorah, B. O., Seidu, A.-A., & Okyere, J. (2022). Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood diarrhoeal disease and acute respiratory infection in Bangladesh: an analysis of a nationwide cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 12(4), e051744. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051744

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PubMed

Q-1

3.01

Journal Article

30.    

Kundu, S., Rahman, M. A., Kabir, H., Al Banna, M. H., Hagan, J. E., Srem-Sai, M., & Wang, L. (2023). Diabetes, Hypertension, and Comorbidity among Bangladeshi Adults: Associated Factors and Socio-Economic Inequalities. In Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (Vol. 10, Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd10010007

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4.15

Journal Article

31.    

Kundu, S., Rejwana, N., Al Banna, M. H., Kawuki, J., Ghosh, S., Alshahrani, N. Z., Dukhi, N., Kundu, S., Dey, R., & Hagan Jr, J. E. (2022). Linking Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms with Diet Quality of University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India. Healthcare, 10(10), 1848. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101848

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PubMed

Q-2

3.16

Journal Article

32.    

Kundu, S., Sayeed, A., Azene, A. G., Rezyona, H., Banna, M. H. Al, & Khan, M. S. I. (2022). Exploring the Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity of Children Aged 6–59 Months in Some Rural and Slum Areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Effect Regression Analysis. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6(8), nzac109. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac109

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N/A

Journal Article

33.    

Mahumud, R. A., Sultana, M., Kundu, S., Rahman, M. A., Mistry, S. K., Kamara, J. K., Kamal, M., Ali, M. A., Hossain, M. G., Brooks, C., Khan, A., Alam, K., & Renzaho, A. (2022). The burden of chronic diseases and patients’ preference for healthcare services among adult patients suffering from chronic diseases in Bangladesh. Health Expectations. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13634

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3.32

Journal Article

34.    

Mahumud, R. A., Ali, M. A., Kundu, S., Rahman, M. A., Kamara, J. K., & Renzaho, A. M. N. (2022). Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against delta variant (B. 1.617. 2): A meta-analysis. Vaccines, 10(2), 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020277

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4.96

Journal Article

35.    

Mahumud, R. A., Gow, J., Mosharaf, M. P., Kundu, S., Rahman, M. A., Dukhi, N., Shahajalal, M., Mistry, S. K., & Alam, K. (2023). The burden of chronic diseases, disease-stratified exploration and gender-differentiated healthcare utilisation among patients in Bangladesh. PLOS ONE, 18(5), e0284117. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284117

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PubMed

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3.75

Journal Article

36.    

Rahman, M. A., Halder, H. R., Kundu, S., Sultana, F., & Islam, S. M. S. (2022). Trends in the prevalence and associated factors of prediabetes and diabetes in Bangladesh: Evidence from population-based cross-sectional surveys. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 109873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109873

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8.18

Journal Article

37.    

Rahman, M. A., Kundu, S., Rashid, H. O., Shanto, H. H., Rahman, M. M., Khan, B., Howlader, M. H., & Islam, M. A. (2022). Socioeconomic inequalities in utilizing facility delivery in Bangladesh: A decomposition analysis using nationwide 2017–2018 demographic and health survey data. PLOS ONE, 17(11), e0278093. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278093

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3.75

Journal Article

38.    

Rahman, M. A., Sultana, S., Kundu, S., Islam, M. A., Roshid, H. O., Khan, Z. I., Tohan, M., Jahan, N., Khan, B., & Howlader, M. H. (2022). Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data. BMJ Open, 12(12), e065674

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3.01

Journal Article

39.    

Sahrin, S., Al Banna, M. H., Rifat, M. A., Tetteh, J. K., Ara, T., Hamiduzzaman, M., Spence, C., Kundu, S., Abid, M. T., & Hasan, M. M. M. (2023). Food neophobia and its association with sociodemographic factors and food preferences among Bangladeshi university students: Evidence from a cross-sectional study. Heliyon.

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3.78

Journal Article

40.    

Sayeed, A., Islam, M. S., Christopher, E., Zubayer, A. Al, Kundu, S., Tariq, M. R., Sultana, M. S., Banna, M. H. Al, Rahman, M. H., Khan, M. S. I., Hasan, M. T., & Koly, K. N. (2023). Investigating problematic uses of Facebook and other Internet activities among university students in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27394-w

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4.99

Journal Article

41.    

Tareq, M. A., Emi, U. H., Al Banna, M. H., Rezyona, H., Seidu, A.-A., Abid, M. T., Tetteh, J. K., Sultana, M. S., Kundu, S., & Hasanuzzaman, M. (2022). Prevalence and factors associated with dietary supplement use among Bangladeshi public university students: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE, 17(10), e0276343. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276343

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3.75

Journal Article

  • Urme Binte Sayeed and Ahmed Hossain How Japan managed to curb the pandemic early on: Lessons learned from the first eight months of COVID-19. J Glob Health 2020;10:020390. http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue202002/jogh-10-020390.htm
  • Ali, , Ahsan, G.U., Khan, R., Ahmed Hossain Immediate impact of stay- at-home orders to control COVID-19 transmission on mental well-being in Bangladeshi adults: Patterns, Explanations, and future directions. BMC Res Notes 13, 494 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05345-2
  • Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene, Md. 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 Infectous Disease
  • Md Hasinur R. Khan and Ahmed Hossain, Machine Learning Approaches Reveal that Number of Tests does not Matter to Predict Global COVID-19 Confirmed Cases, Front. Artif. Intell., 2020,
    DOI: 10.3389/frai.2020.561801 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2020.561801/abstract
  • Ahmed Hossain, Saeem Hossain, Aneeka Fatema, Abrar Wahab, Morshed Alam, Nazrul Islam, Gias U. Ahsan, Mohammad Z. Hossain (2020), Age and Gender specific Antibiotic Resistance patterns among Bangladeshi patients with Urinary Tract Infection caused by Escherichia coli, Heliyon (Elsevier), Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2020, e04161 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04161
  • Golam Kibria, Taslima Islam, Md. ShamimMiah, ShakilAhmed and Ahmed Hossain (2020), Barriers to healthcare services for persons with disabilities in Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Public Health in Practice (Elsevier), July 2020, 100027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100027
  • Mohammad Ali, G U Ahsan, Ahmed Hossain (2020) Prevalence and associated occupational factors for low back pain among the bank employees in Dhaka City, Journal of Occupational health (Wiley) Vol 62 Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12131
  • Ahmed Hossain, Bhupendra Niruala, Shangita Haldar, Shakil Ahmed (2020) Maternal profiles and Social determinants of sever acute malnutrition among under five years of age: A case-control study of Nepal, Heliyon (Elsevier), 6(5):e03849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03849
  • Ahmed Hossain, Shakil Ahmed, Md. Shahjalal and Gias U. Ahsan (2019) Health risks of Rohingya children: Two years on, The Lancet, October 19, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31395-9
  • Sadia Afrin, Anisur Rahman, Ahmed Hossain (2019) Maternal and Socio- demographic factors associated with Birth weight of Newborns delivered at a teaching hospital of Dhaka city, Journal of medical research, Vol 6, No 1 47-52.
  • Jisan Jisi, Shajjad Udash, Abrar Wahab, Ahmed Hossain (2019) Association between Internet addiction and Sleep quality among students: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, Journal of Sleep and Biological Rhythms (Springer) , 1-7, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41105-019-00219-y https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41105-019-00219-y
  • Alam MM, Hawlader DH, Ahmed Hossain, GU Ahsan (2019) Knowledge and practice of Hepatitis B among Biological and Biomedical Sciences students in a Public University of Bangladesh, Mymensingh Med J. Apr;28(2):389- 398. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31086156/
  • Kakon Farzana, Mohammad Omar Faruque and Ahmed Hossain (2018), Factors Affecting Therapeutic Compliance among the Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease in Bangladesh, Cardiovascular Journal, 10(2): 180-185, DOI: 10.3329/cardio.v10i2.36289
  • Bhavana Shrestha, Zannatul Ferdoush and Ahmed Hossain (2018), Adherence to Medications among Nepali Hypertensive Population: A Hospital- Based Cross-Sectional Study, Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice, 2:1:8, DOI: 10.15761/BRCP.1000159
  • Taifur Rahman and Ahmed Hossain (2018) Effects of poor protein intake and in-house over-crowding on childhood tuberculosis in a low-income Bangladeshi Rural Community: A Case-Control Study, Journal of Infectious Diseases and Immune Therapies, Vol 2, Issue 1
  • Paola Muti, Andrea Sacconi, Ahmed Hossain, Noa Bossel, Sabina Sieri, Vit- torio Krogh, Franco Berrino, Francesca Biagioni, Sabrina Strano, Joseph Beyene, Yossi Yarden, Giovanni Blandino (2017) MiRNA-513a-5p Inhibits Progesterone Receptor Expression and Constitutes a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: The ORDET Prospective Study, Carcinogenesis, 4, DOI:10.1093/carcin/bgx126. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgx126
  • Sanjoy Sutradhar, GU Ahsan, Hayatun Nabi and Ahmed Hossain (2017) Occupational factors and Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study of Bangladeshi Female Nurses, BMC Research Notes, 10-173. https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-017-2
  • Maruf Hasan, Abrar Wahab, Morshed Alam and Ahmed Hossain (2018), Socio-Demographic Risk factors of Surgical site infections in inguinal hernia surgery: A hospital-based case-control study, Journal of Medical Sciences, 2:1:8, DOI: 10.15761/BRCP.1000159
  • Fazle Rabbi and Ahmed Hossain (2018), Prevalence and Occupational Fac- tors Associated with Low Back Pain among the Female Garments workers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh, Global Perspectives in Medical Sciences, 2: 2-8, DOI: 10.26535/gpms.v2i1.10
  • Ahmed Hossain, GU Ahsan and Hayatun Nabi (2017) An Integrated Approach for Identifying Genes Associated with Chemotherapy Resistance in High-grade Serous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Advances in Oncology Re- search, 3(1): 31-39. 
    DOI: 10.18282/amor.v3.i1.173.http://www.advmodoncolres.com/index.php/AMOR/article/view/173
  • Samira Irfan, Mahabubul Islam, Omar Faruq, Ahmed Hossain (2017) Socio- Demographic Determinants of Adult Tuberculosis: A Matched Case- Control Study in Bangladesh, American Journal of Infectious Disease, 2:113. DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2017.32.37.
  • Ahmed Hossain and Tasnuva Ahmed (2017) Relationship between gestational weight and antenatal visits among third trimester low-income women: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, Journal of Pregnancy. 1(3):1-5 DOI: 10.15761/JPR.1000116
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    NSU Global Health Institute (NGHI)
    Level - 8 (South Academic Building)
    North South University
    Bashundhara R/A
    Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh

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Professor Dr.  Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of North South University, is presently holding the position of Professor at the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at North South University (NSU) in Bangladesh. Previously, he served as the Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University from May 2017 to Oct 2020 and as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University from May 2014 to May 2017. His prior roles include being a former faculty of the SBE from May 2005 to May 2014, Executive Director of External Relations (6 months), Dean of the SBE (6 years), Director of the BBA Program (6 years approx.), Member of the Syndicate (4 years), and Director of the Career Services (7 years approx.) at NSU. Boasting 35 years of teaching and research experience, he has worked with esteemed institutions in Bangladesh, Canada, the USA, and China. His international faculty roles include positions at the University of Windsor, Canada (3 years), Northeastern University, Boston, USA (2 years), University of Calgary, Canada (1 year), and the Islamic University, a public university in Bangladesh (4 years). In 2014, he was appointed as a visiting Professor at the School of Economics and Management at Yunnan Normal University, China.

 

Professor Dr. Dipak Kumar Mitra, Dean of SHLS, is a physician by training and obtained his PhD in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, and MPH from Harvard School of Public Health, USA. He worked in the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) from 1994 to 2012 and participated in several research grants as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. He then joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as an Assistant Scientist and worked from 2012 to 2015. He led several large community-based epidemiological studies and trials as the local Principal Investigator jointly designed and implemented by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the icddr,b and funded by NIH, BMGF, and USAID.

 

Dr. Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, PhD, Director of NGHI,  is a medical, and scientific professional with 23 years of professional experience, including more than 13 years of experience in public health research and project management and 10 years of experience teaching in public health. Recently, he has undertaken the role of Director at NSU Global Health Institute (NGHI) at North South University. He has been working as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Public Health at North South University (NSU). He also worked as a Visiting Associate Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan, and Assistant Professor at the Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS). Dr. Delwer achieved a PhD from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2014. Before this, he acquired a Master in Public Health (MPH) from Karolinska Institute, Sweden, in 2006 and an MBBS (the equivalent of MD) from Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka University in 1999. During his research period, Dr. Delwer worked at the International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). His research project was mostly based on international collaboration with world-renowned universities and was funded by different donor agencies. Dr. Delwer’s research interests are vaccine acceptance, quality of life research, maternal and child health, nutrition, infectious diseases, and chronic disease research. His research articles and book chapters have been published in reputed international peer-reviewed journals and publishers.   As the Director of a NGHI, He envisions building a renowned research institute that contributes to solving some of the most pressing challenges of contemporary times. By focusing on research capacity building, partnerships, community engagement, policy impact, and sustainability, the institute will not only advance scientific knowledge but also have a lasting impact on society. His leadership will be guided by the principles of excellence, innovation, inclusion, and accountability, ensuring that the institute remains a trusted resource for evidence-based solutions at the local, national, and global levels.

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