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Research Table

SL Research Projects Title/Description Project Manager/PI Area Grant/Sponsor Supported/Funded Status Collaboration
1
Association of ACE2 Polymorphism with the Clinical Outcome of SARS-COV-2 Infection: a Cross
PI: Prof Md Hafizur Rahman

Co-PI: Jannatul Nayeem

Co-I (Advisor): Professor Dr. Liaquat Ali
Pathophysiology of Cardio Metabolic Diseases
Ministry of Science And Family Welfare
On Going
2
Accuracy of serum Antimullerian hormone in the characterization of ovarian morphology for the diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary syndrome (PCOS) (PI: Liaquat Ali).
PI: Professor Liaquat Ali
Epidemiology of Cardio metabolic Diseases
On Going
Dhaka University
3
Association of Dietary Intake of Vitamins B6 and B12 with the Severity of Dementia among Bangladeshi Elderly Type 2 Diabetic Patients
PI: Dr. Hasina Akter
Bangladesh Medical Research Council
Completed
4
Health seeking behavior and its association with selected health outcomes among rural bangladeshi koch
PI: Farhana Ahmed
Social & Behaviouer Science.
Bangladesh Medical Research Council
Completed
5
Junk food consumption and its association with metabolic syndrome among university and college-level female students in Dhaka city
PI: Prof dr. Md Hafizur Rahman

API: Jannatul Nayeem
Nutritional Evaluation of Foods
Food safety and security of ministry
Completed
6
Equity and its covariates in primary health care in Bangladesh
PI: Masuma Mannan

Co-PI :Radiya Tamim
Health System & Policy
Completed
7
Impact of Health Workforce (HWF) Density on Primary Healthcare Outcomes in High-Performing and Low-Performing Areas of Bangladesh
PI: Masuma Mannan

Co-PI: 1) Dr Mou Bhowmick

2) Dr Tahmina Khatun
Health System Studies
Bangladesh Medical Research Council
Completed
8
Identification of ideal category –wise Health work force proportion in Bangladesh in Line with the WHO suggestion for universal Health Coverage
(PI: Dr Mou Bhowmik)

(Co-PI): Masuma Mannan

Co-I (Advisor): Prof Liaquat Ali

(Co-I) 2: Sabrina Sultana

(Co- I) 3: Delsad Ara
Health System & Policy
Ministry of Science and Family Welfare
Completed
9
Inentification of ideal category –wise Health work force proportion in Bangladesh in Line with the WHO suggestion for universal Health Coverage
(PI: Dr Mou Bhowmik)
Health System & Policy
Ministry of science And Family Welfare
Completed
10
i) Junk food consumption and its association with metabolic syndrome among university and college-level female students in dhaka city

ii) 11njunk food consumption and its association with metabolic syndrome among university and college-level female students in dhaka city
PROF DR. MD HAFIZUR RAHMJ
Nutritional Evalution of Foods
Food safety and security of ministry
On going
11
Equity and Its Covariates in Primary Health Care in Bangladesh
PI: Masuma Mannan Co-PI :Radiya Tamim
Health System & Policy
Running
12
SL Research Projects Title/Description Project Manager/PI Area Grant/Sponsor Supported/Funded Status Collaboration
1
Association of Blood groups with susceptibility and clinical severity in COVID-19
Epidemiology of Cardio metabolic Diseases
Ministry of Science &Technology
Completed
2
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among a rural Community in Bangladesh
(PI: Farhana Ahmed).
Epidemiology of Cardio metabolic Diseases
BADAS (Rockfeller)
Completed
3
Factors affecting the utilization of telemedicine services during COVID-19 in a rural area in Bangladesh
(PI: Farhana Ahmed).
Health System & Policy
BADAS (Rockfeller)
Completed
4
SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid Antibody status among healthcare providers in the Narayanganj 300-bed hospital
PI:Dr Masfida Akhter

Co-PI : Professor Liaquat Ali
Pathophysiology of Cardio Metabolic Diseases
Bangladesh Medical Research Council(BMRC)
Completed
5
Comparative effect of mustard and soybean oils on cardio metabolic risk factors among type 2 diabetic subjects
PI:Dr Masfida Akhter

Co-PI : Professor Liaquat Ali
Nutritional Evalution of Foods
BANBASE
Completed
Hamdard University
6
Accuracy of serum Antimullerian hormone in the characterization of ovarian morphology for the diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary syndrome (PCOS) (PI: Liaquat Ali).
PI: Professor Liaquat Ali
Epidemiology of Cardio metabolic Diseases
On Going
7
Association of sleep apnea and its covariates among subjects with Polycystic Ovary syndrome (PCOS)
PI: Jannatul Nayeem
Pathophysiology of Cardio Metabolic Diseases
Ministry of Science &Tecnology
Completed
8
Association of ACE2 Polymorphism with the Clinical Outcome of SARS-COV-2 Infection: a Cross
PI: (Prof Md Hafizur Rahman)
Pathophysiology of Cardio Metabolic Diseases
Ministry of science And Fam ily Welfare
On Going
9
Inentification of ideal category –wise Health work force proportion in Bangladesh in Line with the WHO suggestion for universal Health Coverage
(PI: Dr Mou Bhowmik)
Health System & Policy
Ministry of science And Family Welfare
Completed
10
i) Junk food consumption and its association with metabolic syndrome among university and college-level female students in dhaka city

ii) 11njunk food consumption and its association with metabolic syndrome among university and college-level female students in dhaka city
PROF DR. MD HAFIZUR RAHMJ
Nutritional Evalution of Foods
Food safety and security of ministry
On going
11
Equity and Its Covariates in Primary Health Care in Bangladesh
PI: Masuma Mannan Co-PI :Radiya Tamim
Health System & Policy
Running
12

Pothikrit Institute of Health Studies (PIHS)

List of Publications

  1. Chowdhury HA , Billah B, Alam Z, Dipa  SA, Rahman AKMF, Ali L, Joham AE, Harrison CL. A qualitative study of healthcare provider perspectives on challenges and opportunities to improve diabetes self-management practices in rural Bangladesh. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2025: 227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112412.
  2. Hassan MR, Hasan MI, Khan AHK, Ali L, Nayeem J. Prevalence and covariates of chronic respiratory disorders among middle-aged Bangladeshi people: A rural community-based study. Lung India 2025;42:315-21.
  3. chowdhury HA, Billah B, Dipa SA, Kabir A, Rahman AKMF, Ali L, Joham AE, Harrison CL. Factors influencing type 2 diabetes self-management practices in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative investigation. Frontiers in Public Health 2024; 12, 1508204. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1508204
  4. Ali L.Ethical challenges in health and biomedical research: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences 2024; 48: 141-145.

https://https://banglajol.info/index.php/JBAS/article/view/78555

  1. Nayeem J, Towhidul Islam MMT, Deeba F, Selim S, Ali L, Kabir Y. Insulin resistance and insulin secretory defect among Bangalee PCOS women: a case-control study. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2024; 24:207 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01720-3
  2. Chowdhury HA, Harrison CL, Kabir A, Rahman AKMF, Ali L, Joham AE, Billah B. Exploring Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Practices in Rural Bangladesh: Facilitators, Barriers, and Expectations – A Qualitative Study Protocol. BMJ Open 2024. In Press.
  3. Chowdhury HA, Harrison CL, Siddiquea BN, Tissera S, Afroz A, Ali L, Joham AE, Billah B. The effectiveness of diabetes self-management education intervention on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk in adults with type 2 diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 2024; 19: e0297328. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297328.
  4. Banu B, Khan MMH, Ali L, Barnighausen T, Sauerborn R, Souares A. Pattern and predictors of non‐adherence to diabetes self‐management recommendations among patients in peripheral district of Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health 2024; 29:233-242.  doi: 10.1111/tmi.13966. Epub 2024 Jan 14.
  5. Mondal R, Banik PC, Faruque M, Mashreky SR, Ali L. Association of exposure to salinity in groundwater with chronic kidney disease among diabetic population in Bangladesh. PLOS ONE 2023; 18, e0284126.
  6.  Siddiquea BN, Afroz A,  Chowdhury MRK,  Savira F, Alif SM, Bhattacharya O, Hossain MN, Ali Let al. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2023; 13, e064754.

11 .Banu B, Ko KC, Khan MMH, Ali L, Barnighausen T, Sauerborn R, Souares A. Effects of traditional versus m-Health educational interventions for diabetic patients: a randomised controlled trial in peripheral district of Bangladesh. Diabetes Epidemiology and Management 2023; 9, 100106.

  1. Mazumdar RM, Hoque MR, Mohajan S, Khan I, Hassan MZ, Faruque MO, Ali L, Kabir MG. The relationship between ApoB and ApoA1 with insulinemic status in prediabetic subjects. Bioresearch Communications 2023; 9: 1170-1176.
  2. Banu B, Ko KC, Khan MMH, Ali L, Barnighausen T, Sauerborn R, Souares A. Effects of traditional versus m-Health educational interventions for diabetic patients: a randomised controlled trial in peripheral district of Bangladesh. Diabetes Epidemiology and Management 2023; 9, 100106.
  3. Savira F, Alif SM, Afroz A, Siddiquea BN, Shetty A, Chowdhury HA, Bhattacharya O, Chowdhury MRK, Islam MS, Ali L, Billah B. Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2022; 12 , e064468
  4. Rahman MM,  Salim SI, Khan I, Hossain KM, Ali L,Hassan Z. Angiotensinogen Gene M235T and T174M Polymorphisms in Diabetic Nephropathy in a Bangladeshi Population. Avicenna J Med Biochem 2022;10: 84-89. doi: 10.34172/ajmb.2022.2358.

16 .Mumu SJ, Rahman AKMF, Fahey PP, Ali L, Merom D. Lifestyle risk factors and metabolic markers of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladeshi rural-to-urban male migrants compared with their non-migrant siblings: A sibling-pair comparative study. PLOS ONE 2022; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274388

  1. Banu B, Ko KC, Khan MMH, Ali L, Barnighausen T, Sauerborn R, Souares A. Effects of traditional versus m-Health educational interventions for diabetic patients: a randomised controlled trial in peripheral district of Bangladesh. Diabetes Epidemiology and Management 2022; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deman.2022.100106.
  2. Karim SA, Samira J, Raihan SMR, Bishawsh KB, Faroque O, Ali L, Mahtab H: Serum thyroid hormones pictures in Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome and circulating leptin concentration in patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus in a group of Bangladeshi population. Saudi J Med, 2022; 7: 224-240.

19 .Bhuiyan FR, Hossain IA, Jahan K, Ali L. Effects of soymilk on serum insulinemic status and high sensitivity C-Reactive Protein levels in healthy postmenopausal women of Bangladesh. Food and Nutrition Sciences 2022; 13:337-348.

  1. Karim SA, Jamal S, Raihan SMR, Chowdhury MAA, Faroque O, Bishwash KB, Ali L, Mahtab H. Serum leptin and earlier stages of nephropathy among Type 2 diabetic subjects in a Bangladeshi population. J Adv Medicine and Medical Research 2021; 33: 239-250.
  2. Parial R, Das M, Akhter M, Hannan JMA, Sikdar D, Ali L. Insulin Secretory Dysfunction as the Underlying Mechanism of Diabetogenesis in Neonatal Streptozotocin-Induced Type 2 Diabetes Model Rats. Ind. J. Pharm. Edu. Res., 2026; 60(1s):s274-s279.  https://www.ijper.org
  3.  Akhter M, Roy SK, Khair A, Karim MR, Mojlish UKFK, Ahmed MU, Ali L. SARS-COV-2 breakthrough infection and its covariates among healthcare providers of a hospital in Bangladesh during the omicron wave. Heliyon. 2024 Sep 2;10(17):e37287. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37287. PMID: 39296236; PMCID: PMC11409073
  4. Ahmed F, Sarker MR, Akhter M, Akter H, Saha J  and Ali L. Dementia and Dietary Intake of Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12 among Elderly Type 2 Diabetic Subjects attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2024. 61(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21048/IJND.2024.61.1.34677.
  5. Akhter M, Khair A, Roy SK. Popular Article in Bengali: Jela sadarer ekti tritio porjayer COVID haspataler shasthokormider moddhe COVID 19 samparkito antibodyr uposthiti o niyamoksamuho: ekti somikkha. Health related Magazin Hamdard Samachar, December, 2022: 26-27.

25 .Wahiduzzaman M, Hossain S, Islam SM, Banning F, Ali L, Lechner A. Knowledge on diabetes and its determinants among type 2 diabetic subjects in a low-resource setting: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. Journal of Diabetology 2021; 12 : 299 – 304.

  1. Shetty A, Afroz A, Ali L, Siddiquea BN, Sumanta M, Billah B. Health-related quality of life among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus – A multicentre study in Bangladesh. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 2021;102255.

27 .Nayeem J, Chowdhury HA, Afroze N, Mili US, Ali L: Proportion and predictors of SMBG use among type 2 diabetic subjects in three tertiary care hospitals in Dhaka City. Heliyon 2021; e07619.

  1.  Riaz BK, Ahmad SA, Islam MZ, Ali L:Community clinic in Bangladesh: Empowering women through utilization and participation. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2021; 16: 54-64.
  2. Farooqi MI, Banik PC, Saleh F, Ali L, Baqa K, Fawwad A, Hakeem R: Macronutrient intake and association with the risk factors of diabetic complications among people with type 2 diabetes. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2021; 10, 100667.
  3. Barua L, Faruque M, Chowdhury HA, Banik PC, Ali L: Health‐related quality of life and its predictors among the type 2 diabetes population of Bangladesh: A nation‐wide cross‐sectional study, J Diab Invest 2021; 12: 277-285.
  4. Faruque M, Barua L, Banik PC, Sultana S, Biswas A, Alim A,Gupta PKS, Ali L: Prevalence of non-communicable disease risk factors among nurses and para-health professionals working at primary healthcare level of Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2021; 11, e043298.

32 .MS Hossain, MK Hasan, M Shoeb, MIR Mamun, N Nahar, L Ali: Antidiabetic activity of Momordica charantia L. and mechanism of insulin secretion of 1-butanol soluble part on type 2 diabetic model rats. Dhaka University J Pharmac Sc 2020; 19:111-117.

  1. Mumu SJ, Merom D, Ali L, Fahey PP, Hossain I, Rahman, AKMF: Validation of a food frequency questionnaire as a tool for assessing dietary intake in cardiovascular disease research and surveillance in Bangladesh. Nutrition Journal 2020; 19, 1-16.
  2. Yasmin F, Nahar N, Banu B, Ali L, Sauerborn R, Souares A: The influence of mobile phone-based health reminders on patient adherence to medications and healthy lifestyle recommendations for effective management of diabetes type 2: a randomized control trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research 2020; 20, 1-12.
  3. Riaz BK, Ali L, Ahmad A, Islam MZ, Ahmed KR, Hossain S. Community clinics in Bangladesh: A unique example    of public-private partnership. Heliyon 2020; 6, e03950.
  4. Yasmin F, Ali L, B Banu, Rasul FB, Sauerborn R, Souares A. Understanding patients’ experience living with diabetes type 2 and effective disease management: a qualitative study following a mobile health intervention in Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research 2020; 20: 1-13.
  5. Banik PC, Barua L, Moniruzzaman M, Mondal R, Zaman F, Ali L. Risk of diabetic foot ulcer and its associated factors among Bangladeshi subjects: a multicentri
  6. Siddiqui MA, Ali L, Fawwad A, Banu B, Chowdhury HA, Waris N, Butt A, Nawab SN, Basit A. Mobile SMS: A tool for management of diabetes via patients-relative’s knowledge and belief. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2019; https/doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2019.10.008.
  7. Afroza A, Ali L, Karim MN, Alramadan MJ, Alam K, Hossain MN, Biswas A, Magliano DJ, Billah B. Glycaemic Control for people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladesh-An urgent need for optimization of management plan. Scientific Reports 2019; 9:1-10.
  8. SJ Mumu, PP Fahey, L Ali, AKM Rahman, D Merom. Seasonal Variations in Physical Activity Domains among Rural and Urban Bangladeshis Using a Culturally Relevant Past Year Physical Activity Questionnaire (PYPAQ). Journal of environmental and public health 2019. Volume 2019 |Article ID 2375474 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2375474
  9. Barua L, Faruque M, Banik P, Ali L. Agreement between 2017 ACC/AHA Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines and Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee Guidelines to Estimate Prevalence of Postmenopausal Hypertension in a Rural Area of Bangladesh: A Cross Sectional Study. Medicina 2019; 55:315.
  10. Afroz A, Alam K, Ali L, Karim A, Alramadan MJ, Habib SH, Magliano DJ. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh: a prevalence based cost-of-illness study. BMC Health Services Research 2019; 19, 601. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4440-3.

43 . Islam S, Sarkar NK, Mujahid AA, Bennoor KS, Hossain SS, Attar MM, Jahan R, Hossain MA, Chowdhury HA, Ali L. Association of serum Vitamin D (25OHD) level with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mymensingh medical journal: MMJ 2019; 28, 441-448.

  1.  Afroz A, Alam K, Hossain MN, Biswas A, Ali L, Magliano DJ, Billah B.Burden of macro- and micro-vascular complications of type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 2019; 13: 1615-22.
  2. Fatema K, Jebunnesa F, Akter S, Chowdhury TA, Ali L.A study to assess the significance of urinary collagen IV excretion to predict preeclampsia in early pregnancy. American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences 2019; 7: 93-98
  3. Barua L, Faruque M, Banik P, Ali L.Atherogenic index of plasma and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors among postmenopausal rural women of Bangladesh. Indian Heart Journal 2019. 71:155-16
  4. Afroz A, Alam K, Alramadan MJ, Hossain MN, Chowdhury HA, L Ali, Billah B. Cost-of-illness and its determinants for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science 2019; 18, 501-507.
  5. Barua L, Faruque M, Banik P, Ali L. Concordance between two versions of World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension risk prediction chart and Framingham Risk Score among postmenopausal women in arural area of Bangladesh. Indian Heart Journal 2019; 63:101.  http://www.ijph.in IP: 160.202.145.32]
  6. Nayeem J, Kamaluddin SM, Chowdhury HA, Ali L.Technical accuracy of ten self-monitoring blood glucose devices commonly used in Dhaka City of Bangladesh. Int J Diab Developing Countries 2019; 1-6.
  7.  Hasnin K, Jebunnesa F, Ali L, Karim R: Insulin secretory defects and determinants of type 2 diabetic patients attending a tertiary hospital in northern region of Bangladesh. Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal 2019; 10, 131-137.
  8.  Hayat S, Jebunnesa F, Rosy N, Ali L. Homeostatic Insulin Sensitivity Indices in the Detection of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences 2019; 7; 159-163.
  9. Mumu SJ, Rahman AKM, Ali L, Merom D: Differences in physical activity among rural-to-urban migrant and non-migrant: the Bangladesh sibling-pair comparative study. J Physical Activity Health 2018; 15, S71-S71.
  10. Barua L, Faruque M, Banik PC, Ali L: Physical activity levels and associated cardiovascular disease risk factors among postmenopausal rural women of Bangladesh. Indian Heart Journal 2018. 70: S161-S166.
  11. Mandal M, Rokeya B, Ali L, Hassan Z, Faruque MO: Anti-diabetic effect of Oyster Mushroom mediates through increased AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and cyclic AMP-response element binding (CREB) protein in Type 2 diabetic rats. Bang J Med Sci 2018; 17, 661-668
  12. Hossain IA, Shah MR, Ali L: Association of serum nonesterified fatty acid and insulin resistance with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – A study from Bangladeshi prediabetic subjects. J Diab Metab 2018; 9. In Press.
  13. Murayama N, Magami M, Akter S, Hossain IA, Ali L, Faruquee MH, Ahmad SA: A pilot school meal programusing local foods with soyabean in rural Bangladesh: effects on the nutritional status of children. Food and Nutrition 2018; 9:290-313.
  14. Dhungana RR, Thapa P, Devkota S, Banik PC, Gurung Y, Mumu SJ, Shayami A, Ali L. Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors: A community-based cross-sectional study in a peri-urban community of Kathmandu, Nepal. Indian Heart Journal 2018; S20-S27.