Md. Zohurul Islam

Assistant Research Scientist

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Md. Zohurul Islam is one of the few public health specialists in Bangladesh who has completed his journey of 60 months with Honor’s and Master’s degrees from the Department of Public Health and Informatics in Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. He is keen to know the innovative idea of public health and courage acceptance, especially during the fieldwork of public health research and health system research in Bangladesh. He has had vast experiences working in different arenas, such as the Health Economics Unit (HEU), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Alternative Medical Care Unit (AMC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bangladesh (IACIB), Dhaka.  Some of his research articles on public health were published in world-renowned journals, including PLOS ONE, Sleep Science, PLOS Global Public Health etc.

  1. Hossain, M. S., Islam, M. S., Pardhan, S., Banik, R., Ahmed, A., Islam, M. Z., Mahabub, M. S., & Sikder, M. T. (2022). Beliefs, barriers, and hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine among Bangladeshi residents: Findings from a cross-sectional study. PloS one, 17(8), e0269944.
  2. Hsan K, Islam MS, Islam MZ, Awal N, Gozal D, Kameli MMM, et al. (2022). Healthcare providers infection prevention practices and associated factors in community clinics in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.PLOS Global Public Health 2(6): e0000574.
  3. Islam, Z., Hsan, K., Islam, S., Gozal, D., & Hossain, M. (2021). Assessment of sleep quality and its association with problematic internet use among university students: a cross-sectional investigation in Bangladesh.  Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 14(Spec 1), 8–15.
  4. Islam M. Z., Kundu L. R., Ahmed A., Hsan K., Pardhan S., et. al. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antimicrobial usage, spread and resistance emergence in commercial poultry farms of Rajshahi district in Bangladesh. PLOS ONE (Accepted: In press-PONE-D-22-15175R1).
  5. Kundu, L.R., Al Masud, A., Islam, Z.et al.Clustering of health risk behaviors among school-going adolescents in Mymensingh district, Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 23, 1850 (2023).
  6. Islam, Z., Hsan, K., Ripon, R.K., Madhu, J., Hossain, S., Masud, A. Al., Islam, S., Kundu, L.R., Hossain, M., Assessment of biosecurity measures in commercial poultry farms of Rajshahi district in Bangladesh. Preventive veterinary medicine, 106027. 
  7. Hossain, M. S., Banik, R., Hosen, I., Islam, M. Z., & Kundu, L. R. (2023). Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among rural adolescents in Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh: an interview-based study. BMJ open, 13(7), e073382.
  8. Islam, M.Z., Islam, M.S., Kundu, L.R., Ahmed, A., Hsan, K., Pardhan, S., Driscoll, R., Hossain, M.S. and Hossain, M.M., 2022. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding antimicrobial usage, spread, and resistance emergence in commercial poultry farms of Rajshahi district in Bangladesh.Plos one, 17(11), p.e0275856.
  9. Hossain, M. S., Islam, M. S., Pardhan, S., Banik, R., Ahmed, A., Islam, M. Z., Mahabub, M. S., & Sikder, M. T. (2022). Beliefs, barriers, and hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine among Bangladeshi residents: Findings from a cross-sectional study. PloS one, 17(8), e0269944.
  10. Hsan, K., Islam, M.S., Islam, M.Z., Awal, N., Gozal, D., Kameli, M.M.M., Rahman, M.A. and Hossain, M.M., 2022. Healthcare providers infection prevention practices and associated factors in community clinics in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(6), p.e000574.
  11. Islam, Z., Hsan, K., Islam, S., Gozal, D., & Hossain, M. (2021). Assessment of sleep quality and its association with problematic internet use among university students: a cross-sectional investigation in Bangladesh.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 14(Spec 1), 8–15.

MPH, Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh

BSc. (Honor’s), Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh

HPNSP-Research Grant for Individual Researcher from Bangladesh Medical Research Council.

National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship 2020-2021, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

Jahangirnagar University Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence in BSc Program, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.

Dutch Bangla Bank SSC Scholarship 2011, Bangladesh.

Junior School Scholarship in General-Grade Category 2008, Bangladesh.

Primary School Scholarship in Talent-Pool Category 2005, Bangladesh.

Cell Phone: +8801716-919241 Email: zohurulislamkawsar@gmail.com

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