I am an executive member of the Public Health Promotion and Development Society (PPDS). I worked as a Research Physician at icddr,b from 2018 to 2023. Currently, I am pursuing an MSc in Applied Infectious Disease epidemiology at the University College London along with the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. I am skilled in conceptualizing and conducting quantitative research following epidemiological research designs, as well as in evidence synthesis-based research. I have worked on several research projects on various infectious diseases in collaboration with the University of Virginia and completed my MPH in 2022 from North South University.
1. DHS Fellowship Award by USAID, 2023
2. Awarded the Gold Medal from North South University for research excellence 2021-2022
Awarded Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho Scholarship), from Oct 2009 to March 2014 for Doctoral Study
3. Awarded the best paper of the year 2015 by the “Journal of Tropical Medicine and Health” for the research article “Ascaris Lumbricoids infection as a risk factor for asthma and atopy in rural Bangladeshi children. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2014; 42(2): 77-85.
4. Awarded best poster in international conference on genomics, nanotech and biotechnology, organized by North South University during May 14 th to 17 th 2017.
Ara, R., Nasrullah, S.M., Tasnim, Z., Afrin, S., Hawlader, M.D.H. and Saif-Ur-Rahman, K.M., 2023. Effective antimicrobial therapies of urinary tract infections among children in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Pediatric Investigation, 7(02), pp.102-110.
Ara R, Rahman T, Nath R, Islam AK, Haque MM, Rahman MF, Nabi MH, Hawlader MD. Vaccine approach for human monkeypox over the years and current recommendations to prevent the outbreak: a rapid review. medRxiv. 2022 Sep 29:2022-09.
Mutsuddi, A., Das, J., Tashrik, S., Ara, R. and Hawlader, M.D.H., 2022. Effect of vitamin and mineral supplementation on nutritional status in children with chronic kidney disease: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine, 101(43).
Roy, S., Iktidar, M.A., Chowdhury, S., Islam, A.K., Deb, A., Chowdhury, S., Rahman, S., Medha, M.B., Gupta, A.D., Tasnim, A. and Ara, R., 2022. Prevalence of dermatological manifestations due to face mask use and its associated factors during COVID-19 among the general population of Bangladesh: A nationwide cross-sectional survey. Plos one, 17(6), p.e0269922.
