Gastrointestinal Infections

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Senior Scientist, Clinical Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh (since 1979).

EDUCATION:
Fellowships:
• Nutrition, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR, B), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1979-1981
• Gastroenterology, University of Basel, Switzerland, 1989-1991
• Endoscopy (Gastro Intestinal) University of Basel, Switzerland, 1996 (4 months)
• Clinical Immunology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Degrees:
• MBBS University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh 1976
• MD University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1991. Area: Gastroenterology
• PhD Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. Area: Clinical Immunology

MEMBERSHIPS:
• Bangladesh Medical Association
• Gastroenterology Society of Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Nutrition Society

AWARDS:
• NIH Grant award 1998
• Doctoral scholarship
• Karolinska Institute, Sweden 2002

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Infectious diarrhoea, probiotic and prebiotic therapy, H. pylori infection, persistent diarrhoea, iron deficiency anemia.