Institution	Year	Degree	Field of studies
Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh	1973-1974	M.Sc. (First Class)	Bacteriology, Virology, Ecology, Mycology, Phycology & Hydrobiology
Department of Tropical Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom	1983-1987	Ph.D	Environmental Disease Transmission

PRESENT POST:

Emeritus Scientist, Laboratory of Environmental Health, Health Systems and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). 

VISITING PROFESSOR:

• Distinguished Visiting Professor of Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, from December 15, 2003 – June 10, 2004.
• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique. June 2008 to June 2010.
• Visiting Professor, Disaster and Development Centre, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. October 2007 to September 2008.
• Visiting Professor of the Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Japan from December 4 -14, 1994 and July 1- 21, 1995.

VISITING SCHOLAR:

• Visiting Scholar of the Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, USA from February 20, 1993 – March 05, 1993.
• Visiting Scholar of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., USA from March 06, 1993 – March 19, 1993.
• Visiting Scholar of Stanford University in California, USA from March 10 – April 02, 1995.
• Visiting Scholar of the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia from April 26 – May 10, 1996.

DISCOVERY OF INTER-EPIDEMIC RESERVOIR OF CHOLERA

I started my research career with the objective to discover the inter-epidemic reservoir of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the ancient and still devastating disease cholera. In Bangladesh, cholera epidemics occur twice every year during the pre-monsoon (March-May) and post-monsoon (October-December) seasons. During these epidemics, virulent forms of V. cholerae can be isolated both from the environment as well as from the patients. Once the epidemic subsides, however, the bacterium can no longer be isolated from the environment. This ostensible disappearance of the bacterium during the inter-epidemic period- more specifically, the reservoir or site of survival and multiplication of the bacteria during this period- has been the subject of intense scientific investigation since the discovery of the bacterium itself. On the hypothesis that V. cholerae survives in association with aquatic fauna, many scientists investigated various aquatic fauna e.g., oyster, crab, snail, zooplankton etc. as reservoirs. Breaking ranks with what was then considered the scientific consensus, we began investigating the different kinds of aquatic flora in the late 1970’s as possible candidates for inter-epidemic reservoirs.

After investigation for a number of years, in my PhD thesis from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1987, I presented evidence that it is not the aquatic fauna, but rather a member of the aquatic flora- mainly the blue green alga Anabaena variabilis– that can act as an inter-epidemic reservoir of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. This discovery took place more than 100 years after the discovery of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae by Dr. Robert Koch in 1884.

INNOVATION OF “SIRAJ MIXTURE”

In charting the course of my scientific career, I drew inspiration from Dr. Ronald Ross, who, after demonstrating that the malarial parasite is borne by mosquitoes, proceeded to virtually eradicate malaria from many countries by spraying DDT in bushes and other hiding places. I realized control of cholera must take a somewhat different route, since its environmental reservoir, the aforementioned blue-green algae, are ubiquitous in surface water. We cannot “destroy” the blue-green algae from all the waterbodies like pond, lake, river of Bangladesh including the Bay of Bengal. Therefore, the only feasible way to control cholera transmission would be to treat the point-of-use water. After exploring a number of treatment methods, we have been able to develop a mixture by combining alum potash, bleaching powder and lime called “Siraj Mixture”. In our one-year pilot study, none of the 420 households under study contracted any waterborne diarrhoeal disease. The mixture is very cheap (0.5 USD/mixture), easy to use and prepared from locally available ingredients. This innovation is a simple and practical solution to prevent not only cholera but all kinds of waterborne diarrhoeal diseases.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECENT RESEARCH 

1. Explanation of the seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh: Cholera in Bangladesh has been maintaining a strict seasonal pattern for as long as there have been reports of cholera. However, how this seasonality is maintained was not known. Based on the cyanobacterial reservoir study, we constructed a conceptual model of seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. We demonstrated the plausibility of different climatic triggers of cholera outbreaks mediating their effects via the growth and behavior of the cyanobacterial reservoir.
2. Recent Research: Recently, my research focus has expanded in a number of different directions. These include: the effects of climate variability and biotic and abiotic drivers on disease prevalence, the degree to which groundwater aquifers are affected by nearby pit latrine contaminants (my findings in this sector were picked up in an issue of The Economist), correlating household microbiological water quality with socio-demographic variables, and investigating antimicrobial resistance in environmental reservoirs using metagenomics approaches.

WASH RELATED ACTIVITIES:

1. WELL CONSORTIUM:

I worked as the key person from Bangladesh of a consortium called WELL (Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough) from 2001-2005. WELL is a resource centre network providing advisory, networking, and information services and resources in water, sanitation and environmental health for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and other agencies. It is managed by the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC). This WELL consortium consists of scientist from UK, The Netherland, Russia, Brazil, Kenya and Tanzania.

2. SHARE CONSORTIUM:

I worked as the key person from Bangladesh of SHARE (Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity) consortium from 2010-2017. SHARE was established in 2010 with funding from the UK Department for International Development, SHARE consortium seeks to contribute to achieving universal access to effective, sustainable and equitable sanitation and hygiene by generating, synthesising and translating evidence to improve policy and practice worldwide. Since our inception, we have conducted research across a range of sanitation and hygiene-related issues to address national sector needs in the countries which we work, focussing particularly on the broad thematic areas of: equity, health, markets and urban sanitation. In 2015, SHARE commenced a second phase of research and refocused to four new themes: complementary food hygiene, nutrition, urban sanitation and vaccines. This SHARE consortium consists of scientist from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mali, Ghana, Tanzania, Namibia and Vietnam.

3. REACH CONSORTIUM:

I worked as the Principal Investigator of Matlab observatory in Bangladesh, a part of a consortium called REACH from 2015-2020. REACH is a global research programme to improve water security for the poor by delivering world-class science that transforms policy and practice. Improving water security is an important pathway to sustainable growth and poverty reduction. However, better evidence is needed to guide institutional and infrastructure investments which unlock growth opportunities and help people move out of poverty.The REACH programme is working to improve water security for over five million poor people by generating new evidence on water security through an innovative, interdisciplinary, risk-based approach, establishing science, practitioner and enterprise partnerships to ground research in approaches that will benefit the poor and building capacity and networks for the next generation of water managers and scientists in Africa and South Asia.

4. CAPABLE CONSORTIUM:

I have been working as the Principal Investigator of the project entitled” Health effects of a large-scale drinking water intervention on arsenic levels in Goalmari, Bangladesh” funded by Cambridge Programme to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Reduction (CAPABLE) consortium. I am also a Co-investigator of the project entitled “Bangladesh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events in Rural settings (BELIEVE-Rural) study” also funded by DFID (~15 Million GBP) through CAPABLE consortium from 2015-2020.

As I started my career with cholera and cholera being a waterborne disease, I concentrated my research on water-related issues from the very beginning of my research career. As there is no long-term protective vaccine against cholera available, I understood that prevention, control, and eradication of cholera depend on water, sanitation, and hygiene-related issues for the long-term solution. Therefore, I started working on various WASH-related projects which is evident by the number of research projects and publications I have. So, WASH-related issues are my field of scientific interest and as such, I got the experience and developed expertise in various WASH-related fields for the last 40 years.

Bangladesh Academy of Sciences: In recognition of the scientific achievements made in the field of environmental aspects and epidemiology of cholera, the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences awarded a Gold Medal in the Senior Group of Biological Sciences in 2014. Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh presented the Gold Medal.

Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Metropolitan Dhaka awarded a Gold Medal, Tk.200,000 and a crest in recognition of the discovery of Phytoplankton – mainly the blue-green algae as the inter-epidemic reservoir of cholera, and consequent innovation of “Siraj Mixture” to neutralize the algae to control cholera. Professor Emeritus Dr. Anisuzzaman presented the Gold Medal in a ceremony held at The Westin Hotel, Dhaka on Saturday, October 29, 2016.

SPECIAL AWARDS

I was awarded two Gold Medals for brilliant academic performances in the Secondary School Certificate Examination in the year 1968.

I received the best Poster Presentation award of the 11^th Annual Scientific Conference (11^th ASCON) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 4-6, 2017.

CONSULTANCY

⇒SUDAN:

Worked as a Consultant to WHO as a part of the deployment team from icddr,b to strengthen acute watery diarrhoea (cholera) case management from September 7 – 22, 2017. I gave five lectures as a part of the cholera case management training on the importance of the course, role of the laboratory in the management of diarrhoeal diseases, rapid diagnostic tests of cholera, prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and the role of vaccines in combating cholera in developing countries. I also visited the National Reference Laboratory on the 17^th of September and met the Director of NRL, where he briefed me about various laboratories in his institute. Then I was taken to the laboratories e.g. Virology, Parasitology and Bacteriology. I had a thorough discussion with the laboratory head Mr. Mohammed Alamin of the Bacteriology Laboratory. We mainly discussed the techniques that are being used for isolation and identification of Vibrio cholerae from the stool samples. I also checked the reagents and chemicals available for the diagnosis of Vibrio cholerae. I tried to identify the gaps so that I could address them. In this short visit I felt that there is enough scope of improving the capacity of diagnosis of the causative agents of Acute Watery Diarrhoea, and icddr,b can help to strengthen the capacity building of the bacteriology laboratory, mainly for isolation and identification of diarrhoea causing bacterial pathogens.

⇒ETHIOPIA:

Worked as a Short-Term Consultant to WHO as a part of the WHO Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) field mission from April 20, 2017- May 04, 2017. I went there as the leader of a 3-member team consisting of two physicians from the icddr,b hospital and myself as a microbiologist. We conducted two courses on Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) Case Management Training as part of a Training of Trainers program- one in Jijiga from April 25 – 28, and another in Degehabur from April 29- May 01, 2017. I conducted a number of sessions on the role of the laboratory in the management of diarrhoeal diseases, rapid diagnostic tests of cholera and the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases. I also conducted a practical demonstration of the rapid diagnostic tests both in the laboratory of the hospital and the Cholera Treatment Center (CTC).

⇒SYRIA:

Worked as an Adviser to WHO in a cholera control mission to provide technical assistance for cholera preparedness and response in Latakia, Syria from May 20 – May 28, 2016. My main tasks were:

– To review the cholera preparedness and response measures currently in place in Syria and identify critical gaps in the areas of outbreak detection and rapid investigation.

– To conduct training sessions with health professionals mainly medical doctors from 16 districts on laboratory diagnostic capacity for suspected epidemic diarrhoeal diseases including cholera; infection prevention and control; water, sanitation, and hygiene; the role of the laboratory in management of diarrhoeal diseases; rapid detection of V. cholerae and prevention of diarrhoeal diseases.

– To provide recommendations to improve the draft cholera preparedness and response plan developed by the Ministry of Health, especially for laboratory components.

⇒IRAQ:

• Erbil: Worked as Consultant to WHO as a member of the cholera assessment team in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq from October 6-16, 2015. A 3 member team from icddr,b worked in the Syrian Refugee camps in Erbil and assessed the possibility of future cholera outbreaks in the camps. I assessed the laboratory capacity in the temporary laboratory of the camp for collection, preservation and transportation of stool samples from the camps to the Central Public Health Laboratory in Erbil. I was also involved in the assessment of the water and sanitation system of the camp and provided recommendations for the improvement of the water and sanitation system. I strongly recommended replacing the open sewerage system with a closed system using cheap plastic pipes.

Central Public Health Laboratory in Baghdad: I also evaluated the capacity in terms of reagents, chemicals and trained staff of the Central Public Health Laboratory to diagnose various diarrhea-causing agents including V. cholerae. I provided a recommendation to the WHO for the improvement of the capacity of the Central Public Health Laboratory for diagnosis of the causative agents of diarrhoeal diseases.

Impact:
No cholera outbreak occurred in the Syrian refugee camps in Erbil as WHO and the local authority took necessary steps to act on the recommendations that we provided

• Dohuk and Erbil: Worked as Consultant to WHO on Cholera Control Mission in Kurdistan, Iraq from May 18-25, 2015.

    Objectives of the mission

– Assess the risk of outbreaks of cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases in IDP and refugee camps and the host community in Dohuk
– Determine the strength and gaps in cholera preparedness and response
– Provide recommendations to fill the current gaps in preparedness and response to cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases
Activities:

– Meeting with DG Health Dohuk, Director of Preventative Medicine, Head of Communicable Disease Control Unit who briefed about the current situation of diarrhoeal diseases in the camps and in the host communities and the challenges being faced by the different policymakers and the planners
– Visited Baharka IDP camp near Erbil; Dohuk Public Health Lab; Kabarto 1 and 2 IDP camps; and Domiz Refugee Camp.
Recommendations:

– To meet the increasing demand of quality laboratory support, the number of trained laboratory staff needs to be increased
– The laboratory staff need further training to gain the skill and knowledge required for proper isolation, identification and differentiation of various bacterial diarrhoeal pathogens including V. cholerae
– There should be a constant supply of media, reagents and antisera
– A pH meter dedicated to the bacteriology laboratory is required
– The supply of safe water for drinking and all household purposes in adequate quantity needs to be ensured
– Regular checking for random water samples for microbiological quality and residual chlorine needs to be done.

• Erbil and Sulaimaniya: Worked as Consultant to WHO on Cholera Risk Management in the Syrian Refugee Camps in Kurdistan, Iraq from June 13 – 23, 2014. A 3 member team from icddr,b worked in the Syrian Refugee camps in Erbil and Sulaimaniya and assessed the risk of cholera outbreaks in the Syrian refugee camps. After interviewing the staff in the temporary laboratory in the camps, I found that the staff knows how to collect the samples and send them to the central laboratory for diagnosis of the causative agents of diarrhoeal diseases including V. choerae in the event of a cholera outbreak.
• Dohuk and Erbil: Worked as Consultant to WHO on Cholera Risk Management in the Syrian Refugee Camps in Kurdistan, Iraq, July 28 – August 08, 2013. I was an Environmental Microbiologist of a 3-member team from icddr,b sent to work in the Syrian refugee camps in Erbil. As a microbiologist, I conducted a rapid assessment of the Public Health Laboratory in Dohuk and Erbil for their diagnostic capacity for epidemic diarrhoeal diseases. I also provided guidance and advice to local health authorities for improving laboratory diagnostic capacity for cholera and other causative agents for epidemic diarrhoeal diseases. I conducted hands-on training on sample collection and testing for V. cholerae, shigellae and other causative agents of epidemic diarrhoeal diseases for the laboratory personnel. I developed a laboratory preparedness plan for Dohuk governorate for testing and investigating stool samples for epidemic diarrhoeal diseases amongst the Syrian refugees.

⇒MOZAMBIQUE:

Worked as Consultant to WHO with the WHO Cholera control team in Mozambique from April 19 – May 11, 2015. We conducted training courses in the WHO office in Maputo for the doctors, epidemiologists, laboratory and field experts on case management of diarrhoeal diseases including cholera, laboratory investigation for the causative agents of all kinds of diarrhoeal diseases with special emphasis on cholera. I also conducted hands-on training for the laboratory staff in Maputo in the Central Microbiology Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, Mozambique.

⇒SWITZERLAND:

Worked as Consultant to WHO on “Task Force on Monitoring of Water Quality” in Geneva, Switzerland from November 20-22, 2013. In this meeting, there was a debate about the changing of a number of the acceptable threshold of indicator bacteria from zero to few in drinking water. My recommendation was to stick to the already established guidelines of WHO because if we allow the relevant regulations to become more lax, then the bottled water company will manipulate this opportunity and it would be difficult to maintain the drinking water quality from a microbiological point of view. Finally, it was decided not to change the established zero count of total and faecal coliforms as indicators of safe drinking water.

⇒SIERRA LEONE:

Worked as Consultant to WHO on a Cholera Control Mission in Sierra Leone from September 04 – 30, 2012. I worked in close collaboration with the Cholera Command and Control Center (C4) at the WHO country office and in the Central Public Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, Sierra Leone. Dr. Condolo, a WHO Microbiologist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, also joined with me. Dr. Condolo and I first organized the bacteriology laboratory in the Central Public Health Laboratory. All the apparatus and chemicals were procured earlier for the laboratory but there was no experienced Microbiologist to install and start the work. However, after opening the Laboratory, we trained the laboratory staff about the isolation and identification of V. cholerae and Meningococci.

⇒HAITI:

Worked as Consultant to FAO in the cholera control mission in Haiti from November 13- December 10, 2010. I went for a field trip to lower Artibonite in order to assess the potential impact and continued spread of cholera through irrigated farming systems. As part of the field trip, I collected 5 water samples in order to determine whether “culturable” V. cholerae were present in 1) the Artibonite river; 2) Irrigation canals; 3) paddy fields; 4) lakes and 5) the sea estuaries.  One sample was collected for each site.  The samples were then taken to Laboratoire National de la Santé, Port-au-Prince and tested to find out whether the “culturable” strains of Vibrio choleare O1, the causative agent of cholera, were present in the samples.

Findings of the mission:

The results of the tests showed that none of the samples was positive for culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 and thus the immediate risks of the river, irrigation canals, paddy fields, ponds and sea estuaries are considered to be minimal. I highlighted the fact that the main mode for transmission of the disease currently is the continuous transmission in the community due to poor hygiene and sanitation and that it was important to continue sensitization of the people about water, sanitation, and hygiene programs.

Implications on communication campaign:

There was a great concern among the farmers whether they will contract cholera from the paddy field. I stressed that it is safe for the farmers to continue working in the fields and that buyers should also understand that it is safe to consume food produced in cholera-affected areas.  I emphasized that the risk of contracting the disease through exposure to the river, irrigation canals, or paddy fields was extremely low.  The prevention should concentrate on continuous transmission in the community which is the greatest risk at present time.

⇒PAKISTAN:

Worked as a Consultant to WHO to strengthen the current response to the diarrhoeal diseases in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan with the Cholera Control Team of icddr,b from September 5 – 23, 2010. I provided hands-on training to the staff in the Microbiology Reference Laboratory of the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad about isolation and identification of various causative agents of diarrhoeal diseases with special emphasis on cholera.

⇒NEPAL:

Worked as Consultant to FAO during cholera outbreaks in Nepal from September 20 – 26, 2009.

Impact:
Following a severe cholera epidemic in Jajarkot, Nepal in April 2009 that led to the loss of hundreds of lives, the World Food Program (WFP) was blamed by the Informal Service Center (INSEC) and the media for the epidemic because they thought that WFP supplied contaminated food in the affected regions. As a Leading Expert on enteric diseases including cholera, I joined Dr. Jean-Michel Poirson, Senior Officer EMPRES Food Safety, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO and Mr. Shane Priggie from the WFP regional office in Bangkok to investigate the phenomenon. After coming to know that the food supplied by the WFP consisted of dry rice and lentils, I became sure that it is not the food, but something else that was responsible for the outbreak. I pointed out to the authorities that V. cholerae is very prone to desiccation, and as such could not survive in any kind of dry food that the WFP was supplying. In addition, since these foods were eaten after cooking, there was virtually no chance that the V. cholerae could reach the high infectious dose required to cause infection. Finally, it was discovered that it was not the food but the contaminated water supply, poor awareness on health and hygiene, protracted drought, climate change and other environmental factors that were responsible for the cholera epidemic in Nepal.

⇒ZIMBABWE:

1. Worked as a Consultant to WHO to provide technical assistance to cholera control in Harare, Zimbabwe from March 12 – April 8, 2009. About a month later after returning from my first visit to Zimbabwe, I was again called by WHO as an Environmental Microbiologist along with Dr. R. N. Mazumder (Physician and Clinical Scientist) and Dr. Sirajuddin Ahmed (Physician and epidemiologist) to provide technical advice and guidance to the cholera outbreak response effort. During my four weeks’ stay, my main tasks were:

– Participation in the work of the Cholera Command and Control Centre (C4) advising on such issues as epidemiological monitoring of the outbreak, and water, sanitation and hygiene issues;

– Carrying out advanced laboratory analysis of both clinical and environmental samples including biotyping of isolates and antibiotic resistance monitoring;

–  Revising and providing input to the Zimbabwe Cholera Control guidelines and the draft Zimbabwe National Cholera Control Strategy, especially for laboratory components.

2. Worked as a Consultant to WHO to provide technical assistance to cholera control in Harare, Zimbabwe with the Cholera Control Team of icddr,b from January 10 – February 7, 2009.

Technology transfer

I worked in the National Reference Laboratory in Harare. I found that the central laboratory does not have the technical know-how for differentiation of biotypes of Vibrio cholerae O1 and the technology for preparing chicken erythrocytes was lacking despite having an animal house where they maintain chicken.  I have been able to set up the technology for preparing chicken erythrocytes and also been able to transfer the technology for differentiation between Classical and El Tor biotypes of Vibrio cholerae O1.

Importance of sample collection

I tried to isolate V. cholerae O1 from the rectal swabs collected from the cholera treatment center (CTC) and by looking at the rectal swabs, I found the cotton of the rectal swab was dry and finally, I could not isolate any V. cholerae. There was a CTC in a hospital in Budidiro near Harare from where 60% of the rectal swab samples yielded V. cholerae but I was in doubt about the collection process of rectal swab by seeing the cotton tips of the swabs. Then I decided to go to the Budidiro CTC and collected the rectal swabs myself and found that the rectal swabs yielded 100% positive results.  Then I wanted to know who collected the rectal swabs and the precise method of collection. As it turned out, it was not rectal swabs, but rather anal swabs because the swabs were collected by volunteers who did not have the relevant training.

⇒TANZANIA:

Worked as an Adviser to WHO to control the epidemic in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in the Cholera Response Mission from February 24 – March 7, 2002. A 2 member team consisting of one Clinician and one Microbiologist from icddr,b and 2 epidemiologists from WHO Headquarters in Geneva and one Epidemiologist from the WHO regional office were in the team.  The team evaluated the capacity of laboratories and hospitals in Zanzibar and Pemba and provided recommendations to strengthen the capacity of both laboratory and hospital physicians.

 ⇒DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:

Goma Cholera outbreak among Rwandan Refugees

Worked as a Consultant of US-AID with the Cholera Control Team of icddr,b to control cholera epidemic amongst Rwandan refugees in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo from July 26 – August 07, 1994.

Impact:
After I arrived in Goma, I collected rectal swabs from patients and found that the diarrhoeal diseases outbreaks among the Rwandan refugees are due to Vibrio cholerae O1 and Shigella spp. All the isolated strains of V. cholerae and shigellae were multidrug-resistant including nalidixic acid. Before we arrived, however, the UNHCR ordered nalidixic acid tablets worth a couple of million US dollars. After getting my results, the UNHCR canceled the order and I was able to save the money of UNHCR.

Miscellaneous:

1. Participated as a member in a meeting of the Health of the Ocean (HOTO) panel for Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 15 – November 22, 1995.
2. Participated as a member in the American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium, “Climate Variability and Human Health: An Interdisciplinary Perspective” held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 20-22, 1997.
3. Senior Associate in the Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University from May 01, 1997 – June 30, 1998 and July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000.
4. Participated as a member of the “Expert Meeting on Health Promotion in the Context of Water and Sanitation Interventions in Developing Countries” organized by German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) held in Bonn, Germany, October 17-18, 2007.

        CHAPTER IN BOOKS: 6

1. Md. Sirajul Islam, Md. Hassan-uz-Zaman, Md. Shafiqul Islam, John David Clemens, Niyaz Ahmed, Chapter 1 – Emerging waterborne pathogens in the context of climate change: Vibrio cholerae as a case study, Waterborne Pathogens, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2020, Pages 1-14, ISBN 9780128187838, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818783-8.00001-3.
2. Md. Sirajul Islam, Md. Hassan-uz-Zaman, Md. Shafiqul Islam, John David Clemens, Niyaz Ahmed, Chapter 3 – Waterborne pathogens: review of outbreaks in developing nations, Waterborne Pathogens, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2020, Pages 43-56, ISBN 9780128187838, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818783-8.00003-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818783-8.00003-7 
3. Islam, M.S., M. S. Kabir, S.I. Khan, M. Shafiqul Islam, Z.H. Mahmud, I.K. Jahid, S. B. Neogi, G.B. Nair and D.A. Sack. (2008). Hospital wastewater treated with duckweed: A case study. K. Mathew, S. Dallas, G. Ho (Eds.). Water and environmental management series. IWA publishing, Western Australia. Page # 97-106.
4. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Sack, R.B. (1996). Ecology of Vibrio cholerae : Role of aquatic fauna and flora. In: Cholera and the Ecology of Vibrio cholerae. (Eds. B.S. Drasar and B.D. Forrest), Chapman and Hall, London, SEl 8HN, UK. Page # 187-227.
5. Hope, R., A. Fischer, S.F. Hoque, M.M. Alam, K. Charles, M. Ibrahim, E.H. Chowdhury, M. Salehin, Z.H. Mahmud, T. Akhter, P. Thomson, D. Johnston, S.A. Hakim, M.S. Islam, J.W. Hall, O. Roman, N. El Achi, and D. Bradley (2021). Policy reform for safe drinking water service delivery in rural Bangladesh. REACH Working Paper 9, University of Oxford, UK.
6. Lara, R.J., Islam, M.S., Yamasaki, S., Neogi, S.B., Nair, G.B. 2010. Aquatic ecosystems, human health and ecohydrology. In: Vol. 10 “Ecohydrology and restoration”, L. Chícharo, M. Zalewski ( Eds.). Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, E. Wolanski, D. McLusky (Eds). Elsevier, Amsterdam.

PUBLICATIONS SUMMARY

Total Papers published to date: 147
As first author: 58
International journals: 137
National journals: 10

1. 1. Islam, S., Raqib, R., Lata, A., Islam, S., Barman, A., Ahmed, K., … Ajioka, J. W. (2023). The impact of providing arsenic contamination-free drinking water and simultaneous alteration in different socio-economic variables in a highly arsenic-prone area in Bangladesh. The Global Health Network Collections. https://doi.org/10.21428/3d48c34a.7374768a
   2. Islam, M.S., Zaman, M.H., Ahmed, N. and Clemens, J.D. (2020) Environmental reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae. Vaccine 38 Suppl 1, A52-A62. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.033
   3. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Zaman, R.U., Islam, M.R., Gope, P.S., Islam, K., Jahan, H., Opel, A., Shaha, G.C., Faruque, S.M. and Clemens, J.D. (2016) Faecal contamination of commuters’ hands in main vehicle stations in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 110, 367-372. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trw037
   4. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Saha, G.C., Zahid, A., Ali, A.Z., Hassan, M.Q., Islam, K., Jahan, H., Hossain, Y., Hasan, M.M., Cairncross, S., Carter, R., Luby, S.P., Cravioto, A., Endtz, H.P., Faruque, S.M. and Clemens, J.D. (2016) Safe distances between groundwater-based water wells and pit latrines at different hydrogeological conditions in the Ganges Atrai floodplains of Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 35, 26. DOI: 10.1186/s41043-016-0063-z
   5. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Cairncross, S., Clemens, J.D. and Collins, A.E. (2015) Role of phytoplankton in maintaining endemicity and seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 109, 572-578. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv057
   6. Islam, M.S., Ansaruzzaman, M., Mahmud, Z.H., Matin, M.A., Mallik, A.K., Neogi, S.B., Jahid, I.K., Endtz, H.P., Cravioto, A. and Sack, D.A. (2014) A novel and simple mixture as point-of-use water treatment agent to produce safe drinking water. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 108, 290-296. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru028
   7. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Gope, P.S., Zaman, R.U., Hossain, Z., Mondal, D., Sharker, M.A., Islam, K., Jahan, H., Bhuiya, A., Endtz, H.P., Cravioto, A., Curtis, V., Toure, O. and Cairncross, S. (2013) Hygiene intervention reduces contamination of weaning food in Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health 18, 250-258. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12051
   8. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Uddin, M.H., Islam, K., Yunus, M., Nair, G.B., Endtz, H.P. and Sack, D.A. (2011) Purification of household water using a novel mixture reduces diarrhoeal disease in Matlab, Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 105, 341-345.  DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.003
   9. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Ansaruzzaman, M., Faruque, S.M., Talukder, K.A., Qadri, F., Alam, M., Islam, S., Bardhan, P.K., Mazumder, R.N., Khan, A.I., Ahmed, S., Iqbal, A., Chitsatso, O., Mudzori, J., Patel, S., Midzi, S.M., Charimari, L., Endtz, H.P. and Cravioto, A. (2011) Phenotypic, genotypic, and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of strains isolated from the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. J Clin Microbiol 49, 2325-2327. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00432-11
   10. Islam, M.S., Sharker, M.A., Rheman, S., Hossain, S., Mahmud, Z.H., Uddin, A.M., Yunus, M., Osman, M.S., Ernst, R., Rector, I., Larson, C.P., Luby, S.P., Endtz, H.P. and Cravioto, A. (2009) Effects of local climate variability on transmission dynamics of cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103, 1165-1170. DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.016
   11. Islam, M.S., Midzi, S.M., Charimari, L., Cravioto, A. and Endtz, H.P. (2009) Susceptibility to fluoroquinolones of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from diarrheal patients in Zimbabwe. JAMA 302, 2321-2322. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1750
   12. Islam, M.S., Jahid, M.I., Rahman, M.M., Rahman, M.Z., Kabir, M.S., Sack, D.A. and Schoolnik, G.K. (2007) Biofilm acts as a microenvironment for plankton-associated Vibrio cholerae in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. Microbiol Immunol 51, 369-379. DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03924.x
   13. Islam, M.S., Brooks, A., Kabir, M.S., Jahid, I.K., Islam, M.S., Goswami, D., Nair, G.B., Larson, C., Yukiko, W. and Luby, S. (2007) Faecal contamination of drinking water sources of Dhaka city during the 2004 flood in Bangladesh and use of disinfectants for water treatment. J Appl Microbiol 103, 80-87.  DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03234.x
   14. Islam, M.S., Goldar, M.M., Morshed, M.G., Bakht, H.B. and Sack, D.A. (2006) Chemotaxis between Vibrio cholerae O1 and a blue-green alga, Anabaena sp. Epidemiol Infect 134, 645-648. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005297
   15. Islam, M.S., Rahman, M.Z., Khan, S.I., Mahmud, Z.H., Ramamurthy, T., Nair, G.B., Sack, R.B. and Sack, D.A. (2005) Organization of the CTX prophage in environmental isolates of Vibrio mimicus. Microbiol Immunol 49, 779-784. DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03668.x
   16. Islam, M.S., Tasmin, R., Khan, S.I., Bakht, H.B., Mahmood, Z.H., Rahman, M.Z., Bhuiyan, N.A., Nishibuchi, M., Nair, G.B., Sack, R.B., Huq, A., Colwell, R.R. and Sack, D.A. (2004) Pandemic strains of O3:K6 Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. Can J Microbiol 50, 827-834. DOI: 10.1139/w04-072
   17. Islam, M.S., Talukder, K.A., Khan, N.H., Mahmud, Z.H., Rahman, M.Z., Nair, G.B., Siddique, A.K., Yunus, M., Sack, D.A., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (2004) Variation of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh and its correlation with the clinical strains. Microbiol Immunol 48, 773-777. DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03604.x
   18. Islam, M.S., Mahmuda, S., Morshed, M.G., Bakht, H.B., Khan, M.N., Sack, R.B. and Sack, D.A. (2004) Role of cyanobacteria in the persistence of Vibrio cholerae O139 in saline microcosms. Can J Microbiol 50, 127-131. DOI: 10.1139/w03-114
   19. Islam, M.S., Kabir, M.S., Khan, S.I., Ekramullah, M., Nair, G.B., Sack, R.B. and Sack, D.A. (2004) Wastewater-grown duckweed may be safely used as fish feed. Can J Microbiol 50, 51-56. DOI: 10.1139/w03-102
   20. Islam, M.S., Ahsan, S., Khan, S.I., Ahmed, Q.S., Rashid, M.H., Islam, K.M. and Sack, R.B. (2004) Virulence properties of rough and smooth strains of Vibrio cholerae.  Microbiol Immunol 48, 229-235. DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03518.x
   21. Islam, M.S., Neogi, S.B., Islam, M.S., Bhattacharya, K.C., Bakht, H.B.M., Khan, M.N.H., Aziz, K.M.A., Nair, G.B. and Sack, D.A. (2002) Experiences, information and knowledge on hygiene promotion. Published in 28th WEDC Conference, Sustainable Environmental Sanitation and Water Services, held in Calcutta, India, 164-167.  www.academia.edu/14816430/WEDCpaper_Hygiene_Promotion 
   22. Islam M.S., Khan M. N. H., Khondkar M. and Sack R. B. (2002). Role of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. Published in the 37th Joint Conference of US-Japan cooperative Medical Science Program, Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections panel, held in Okinawa, Japan, December 17-19, 2002. p. 25-30.   http://dspace.icddrb.org/jspui/handle/123456789/5758 
   23. Islam, M.S., Siddika, A., Khan, M.N., Goldar, M.M., Sadique, M.A., Kabir, A.N., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (2001) Microbiological analysis of tube-well water in a rural area of Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol 67, 3328-3330. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3328-3330.2001
   24. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.A., Khan, S.I., Khan, M.N., Sack, R.B., Albert, M.J., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (2001) Survival of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 on fomites. J Health Popul Nutr 19, 177-182. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3328-3330.2001
   25. Islam, M.S., Khan, M.N.H., Rahman, M.A., Sadique, M.A., Muniruzzaman, S.M., Baqui, A.H., Hossain, M.S., Siddique, A.K., Sack, R.B., Sack, D.A., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (2000) Role of animate and inanimate objects in transmission of shigellae in index families elucidated by culture and fluorescent antibody techniques. J Jap Asso Infect Dis 74, 766- 767. http://dspace.icddrb.org/jspui/handle/123456789/2453
   26. Islam, M.S., Begum, A., Khan, S.I., Sadique, M.A., Khan, M.N.H., Albert, M.J., Yunus, M., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (2000) Microbiology of pond ecosystems in rural Bangladesh: its public health implications. Int J Environ Stud 58, 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207230008711315  
   27. Islam, M.S., Rahim, Z., Alam, M.J., Begum, S., Moniruzzaman, S.M., Umeda, A., Amako, K., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (1999) Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with the cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp., elucidated by polymerase chain reaction and transmission electron microscopy. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 93, 36-40. DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90171-2
   28. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Rahman, M.M., Fuchs, G., Mahalanabis, D., Baqui, A.H. and Albert, M.J. (1998) Detection of Shigellae from stools of dysentery patients by culture and polymerase chain reaction techniques. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 16, 248-251. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10453122/ 
   29. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.Z., Khan, S.I., Felsenstein, A., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1997) Detection of non-culturable Shigella dysenteriae 1 from artificially contaminated volunteers’ fingers using fluorescent antibody and PCR techniques. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 15, 65-70. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9360343/
   30. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (1997) Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in the environment -A minireview. Trop Dis Bull 94.
   31. Islam, M.S., Rezwan, F.B. and Khan, S.I. (1996) Survival of Shigella flexneri in artificial aquatic environment: effects of different physicochemical stress factors. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 14, 37-40. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8708331/
   32. Islam, M.S., Mahmuda, S., Alam, M.J., Rahim, Z., Begum, S., Morshed, M.G., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (1996). Studies on the Association and Survival of Vibrio cholerae O139 with Various Cyanobacteria in Microcosms. Thirty-second US-Japan cholera and Related Diarrhoeal Diseases Conference, held in Nagasaki University, Japan, November 14-16, 1996. p. 143- 145.
   33. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Begum, A., Rahim, Z., Felsenstein, A. and Albert, M.J. (1996) Occurrence of culturable Vibrio cholerae O139 with ctx gene in various components of the aquatic environment in Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 90, 128. DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90110-8
   34. Islam, M.S., Siddique, A.K., Salam, A., Akram, K., Majumdar, R.N., Zaman, K., Fronczak, N. and Laston, S. (1995) Microbiological investigation of diarrhoea epidemics among Rwandan refugees in Zaire. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 89, 506. DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90086-1
   35. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Miah, M.A., Felsenstein, A. and Sack, R.B. (1995) Detection of non-culturable Vibrio cholerae O139, by PCR and fluorescent antibody methods, in laboratory microcosms. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 11, 597-598. DOI: 10.1007/BF00286382
   36. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J. and Khan, S.I. (1995) Occurrence and distribution of culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 in aquatic environments of Bangladesh. Int J Environ Stud 46, 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207239508710962  
   37. Islam, M.S., Miah, M.A., Hasan, M.K., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994) Detection of non-culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 associated with a cyanobacterium from an aquatic environment in Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 88, 298-299. DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90085-x
   38. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Yunus, M., Zaman, K. and Albert, M.J. (1994) Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal from the aquatic environment in Bangladesh: implications for disease transmission. Appl Environ Microbiol 60, 1684-1686. DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.5.1684-1686.1994
   39. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Huq, A., Bardhan, P.K., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994) Specificity of Cholera Screen test during an epidemic of cholera-like disease due to Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 88, 424-425. DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90413-8
   40. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Sack, R.B. (1994) The aquatic flora and fauna as reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: a review. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 12, 87-96. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7963350/
   41. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Sack, R.B. (1994) Probable role of blue-green algae in maintaining endemicity and seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh: a hypothesis. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 12, 245-256. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7751564/
   42. Islam, M.S. and Bateman, O.M. (1994) The spread and control of cholera in Bangladesh. Waterlines 12, 20-23. https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Islam-1994-Spread.pdf
   43. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Khan, S.I. and Huq, A. (1994) Faecal pollution of freshwater environments in Bangladesh. Int J Env Stud 46, 161-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207239408710921
   44. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Sur, G.C., Felsenstein, A., Venkatesan, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1993) Use of the polymerase chain reaction and fluorescent-antibody methods for detecting viable but nonculturable Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in laboratory microcosms. Appl Environ Microbiol 59, 536-540. DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.2.536-540.1993
   45. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Qadri, F., Yunus, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1993) Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal from water in Bangladesh. Lancet 342, 430. DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92840-p
   46. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K. and Khan, S.I. (1993) Growth and survival of Shigella flexneri in common Bangladeshi foods under various conditions of time and temperature. Appl Environ Microbiol 59, 652-654. DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.2.652-654.1993
   47. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Sack, R.B. (1993) The aquatic environment as a reservoir of Vibrio cholerae: a review. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 11, 197-206. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8188990/
   48. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J. and Neogi, P.K. (1992) Seasonality and toxigenicity of Vibrio cholerae non-01 isolated from different components of pond ecosystems of Dhaka City, Bangladesh. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 8, 160-163. DOI: 10.1007/BF01195838
   49. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J. and Tzipori, S. (1992) Abundance of Aeromonas in various components of pond environment in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Int J Env Stud 39, 297-304. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207239208710705
   50. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J. and Khan, S.I. (1991) Distribution of Plesiomonas shigelloides in various components of pond ecosystems in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Microbiol Immunol 35, 927-932. DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1991.tb01614.x
   51. Islam, M.S. (1991) Toxigenicity and toxin genes of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from an artificial aquatic environment. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 7, 269-271. DOI: 10.1007/BF00329000
   52. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Bradley, D.J. (1990) Survival of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 with a common duckweed, Lemna minor, in artificial aquatic ecosystems. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 84, 422-424. DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90345-f
   53. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Bradley, D.J. (1990) Long-term persistence of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in the mucilaginous sheath of a blue-green alga, Anabaena variabilis. J Trop Med Hyg 93, 133-139. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2109096/
   54. Islam, M.S. (1990) Increased toxin production by Vibrio cholerae O1 during survival with a green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum, in an artificial aquatic environment. Microbiol Immunol 34, 557-563. DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1990.tb01032.x
   55. Islam, M.S. (1990) Effect of various biophysicochemical conditions on toxigenicity of Vibrio cholerae O1 during survival with a green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum, in an artificial aquatic environment. Can J Microbiol 36, 464-468. DOI: 10.1139/m90-081
   56. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Bradley, D.J. (1989) Attachment of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 to various freshwater plants and survival with a filamentous green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum. J Trop Med Hyg 92, 396-401. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2607573/
   57. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Bradley, D.J. (1988) Survival and attachment of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with four marine algae. Bangladesh J Microbiol 5, 41-48.
   58. Islam, M.S. and Aziz, K.M.S. (1981) Association of vibrios with some hydrophytic plants. Bangladesh J Microbiol 1, 70- 72.
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1. Sirajul Islam, Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Alpana Zaman Lata, Ashok Kumar Barman. “Prevention of cholera and other waterborne diarrhoeal diseases from Bangladesh using One Health and Ecosystem-based approach.” An abstract has been submitted for the ASCODD-2022 on 11 -13 November 2022 at CMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
2. S. Islam, R. Raqib, A.Z. Lata, M. Shafiqul Islam, A.K. Barman, K.U. Ahmed, D. Mondal, M.A. Khan, J.D. Clemens, L. Sundaram, J. Feldmann, D. Fenner, R. Chowdhury, J. Danish and J. Ajioka. “The impact of providing arsenic contamination free drinking water and simultaneous alteration in different socio-economic variables in a highly arsenic prone area in Bangladesh” An abstract has been submitted for the Global Health Network Conference 2022 on 24 -25 November 2022 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
3. Nantu Chakma, Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, Mashfiqus Salehin, Anwar Zahid, Fatema Khatun, Fahmida Tofail, Noshin Farzana, Saimul Islam, Mir Nabila Ashraf, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Sirajul Islam, Aliya Naheed, “Importance of Community Engagement (CE) in developing a pragmatic health intervention for hypertension control in coastal regions in Bangladesh”. An abstract has been submitted for the Global Health Network Conference 2022 on 24 to 25 November 2022 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
4. Semira Manaseki-Holland, Evans A. Asamane, Richard Lilford, Samuel Watson, Karla Hemming, Cheick Sidibe, Ryan Rego, Sami Bensassi, Ayouba Diarra, Ayouba Diarra, Youssouf Diarra, Lacina Troare, Samba Diop, Om Gautam, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Louise Jackson, Kate Jolly, Kassoum Kayentao, Buba Manjang, Ousmane Koita, Susan Tebbs, Nicola Gale, Paula Griffiths, Sandy Caincross, Mollie Hughes, Mariam Yazdani, Ousmane Toure, Anett John. “Communal Handwashing without soap or changing the water as a source of contamination in households: Mixed methods study from Mali including a randomised control trial (RCT)”. An abstract has been submitted for the Forum for Global Challenges on 3 to 5 May 2022 at the ICC, Birmingham.
5. Semira Manaseki-Holland, Evans Asamane, Richard Lilford, Samuel Watson, Karla Hemming, Cheick Sidibe, Ryan Rego, Sami Bensassi, Ayouba Diarra, Ayouba Diarra, Youssouf Diarra, Lacina Troare, Samba Diop, Om Gautam, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Louise Jackson, Kate Jolly, Kassoum Kayentao, Buba Manjang, Ousmane Koita, Susan Tebbs, Nicola Gale, Paula Griffiths, Sandy Caincross, Mariam Yazdani, Anett John, Ousmane Toure. “Preventing diarrhoea and growth delay through community-level complementary-food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: The MaaCiwara Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)” An abstract has been submitted for the Forum for Global Challenges on 3 to 5 May 2022 at the ICC, Birmingham.
6. Islam, M. S., M. Alam, A. U., Islam, M. S., Clemens J. D. and Ahmed, N.  Co-existence of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in association with the phytoplankton  in the aquatic environment and future epidemic potential of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Bangladesh at 54th US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (CMSP) Joint Panel Conference on Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections; to be held in Osaka, Japan from December 10- 13, 2019.
7. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H. Islam M. S, and Clemens, J.D. A comparative analysis of association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with phytoplankton and zooplankton in fresh water ecosystems in Matlab, Bangladesh. (2018). 2nd Joint Panel Conference on Cholera and other Bacterial Enteric Infections and 52^nd  US-Japan Joint Panel Conference on Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections,  held at Hat Yai, Thailand, February 20-24. 2018.
8. Islam, M.S., Impact of Water Quality and Diarrrhoeal Morbidity on Poverty Alleviation (2018). BCDM Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka from the April, 8-11, 2018.
9. Islam, M.S., Islam, M. S., Zaman, M. H., Arafat, T. A., Akter, S. , Ahmed, N. and Clemens,  D. Algal reservoir, transmission and prevention of cholera in Bangladesh (2017). ASCODD XIV, Kochi, India.
10. Islam, M.S., Z.H. Mahmud, Islam M. S., and Clemens, J.D.. Interepidemic reservoir, endemicity and seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh (2017). Published in the 51^st Conference on Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections which was held at Champagne B Hall, Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea from February 9-10, 2017 organized by US- Japan Cooperative Medical Science Programme (USJCMSP) and hosted by International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
11. Islam M. S., Z. H. Mahmud, Islam, M.S., Saha, G.C., Zahid, A.,   Ali, A. H. M. Z., Hassan, M.Q., Islam, K.,  Jahan, H.,  Hossain, Y.,  Hasan, M.M,  Cairncross, S.,  Carter, R., Luby, S. P.,  Cravioto, A.,  Endtz, H.P.,  Faruque, S.M and Clemens, J.D (2016) Safe Distance between Groundwater Based Water Wells and Pit Latrine at Different Hydrogeological Conditions in the Ganges Atrai Floodplains of Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 35:1-10.  DOI 10.1186/s41043-016-0063-z.
12. Islam M.S., Z.H. Mahmud, M Shafiqul  Islam, Rokon U. Zaman, M.R. Islam, Partho S. Gope, Khairul  Islam, Hasin Jahan, Aftab Opel, Gonesh C. Shaha, Shah M. Faruque and J.D.Clemens (2016) Faecal contamination of commuters’ hands in main vehicles stations in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 110:367-372.
13. Islam, M.S., Islam, M. S., Mahmud, Z. H., Cairncross, S. and Clemens, J. D. Reservoir of cholera and role of point of use water treatment agent in control of cholera in Bangladesh. Published in the 49th US-Japan Conference: Cholera & Other Enteric Bacterial Infections. Gainesville, Florida, USA. January 14-16, 2015. P. 250.
14. Islam, M.S., Islam, M. S., Mahmud, Z.H., Cairncross, S., Clemens, J. D. and Collins, A. (2014). Role of phytoplankton in maintaining endemicity and seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology – 15 (ISME-15), Seoul, South Korea. August 24 – 29, 2014.
15. Islam, M.S., Islam, M. S., Mahmud, Z. H., Schoolnik, G. K.,  Collins, A. and Clemens, J. D. (2014). Association of Vibrio cholerae with phytoplankton and its relationship with the seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. International Union of Microbiological Societies Congress (IUMS), Montreal, Canada. July 27 – August 1, 2014.
16. Islam M.S., Mahmud Z.H., Gope P.S, Zaman RU, Hossain AKMZ, Islam MS, Mondal D, Sharker MAY,  Islam K, Jahan H, Bhuiya A, Endtz HP, Cravioto A, Curtis V, Touré O, Cairncross S. (2013). Impact of hygiene intervention in reduction of weaning food contamination in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 18(3): 250-258.
17. Islam, M.S., Khan, K.M., Islam, L.N., Rahim, Z., Mahmud, A.A., Mahmud, Z.H, Islam, M.S. and Endtz, H.P. (2012). Survival of Vibrio cholerae O139 with Anabaena sp. and Detection of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from the Aquatic Environment of Matlab, Bangladesh. ASCODD XIII, Philippine.
18. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Haque, M.N., Zaman, R.U., Gope, P.S., Akter, S., Islam, M,R., Endtz, H. P. and Islam, M.S.  (2012).   Comparison of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated from patients and water sources using culture and molecular techniques in Matlab, Bangladesh. ASCODD XIII, Philippine.
19. Islam, M.S., D. Paul, M.M. Hoq, Z.H. Mahmud, S.B. Neogi, I.K. Jahid, M.S. Islam, H. P. Endtz. (2009). Abundance and genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae isolated from plankton in freshwater habitat in Bangladesh. Published in the 12^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition (ASCODD XII). Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 25-27, 2009. p. 49.
20. Islam, M.S., M.A.Y. Sharker, S. Rheman, S. Hossain, Z.H. Mahmud, M.S. Islam, A.M.K. Uddin, M. Yunus, M.S. Osman, R. Ernst, I. Rector, C.P. Larson, S.P. Luby, H.P. Endtz and A. Cravioto. (2009). Effects of local climate variability on disease transmission dynamics. Published in the 12^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XII). Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 9-12, 2009. p.64.
21. Islam, M.S., M.S. Islam, Z.H. Mahmud, M. Ansaruzzaman, M.H. Uddin, G.B. Nair, G.K. Schoolnik, H.P. Endtz and A. Cravioto. (2009). Algae as a reservoir of cholera and role of algae in seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. Published in the 13^th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. Kolkata, India. April 6-9, 2009. p. 66.
22. Islam, M.S., Z.H. Mahmud, M.S. Islam, S. Akter, A. Naser, M. Howes, L. Mehta, A.U. Bhuiya and H.P. Endtz. (2008). Water quality of some open defaecation free and non-open defaecation free villages in Bangladesh. Published in the WatSan Expo ’08. Bangladesh-China Frendship Conference Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 4-5 March 2008. P.24.
23. Islam, M.S. Z. H. Mahmud, M. H. Uddin, M. Yunus, S. P. Luby, G. B. Nair and D. A. Sack. (2007). Reduction of diarrhoeal diseases using Siraj Mixture as point of use water treatment strategy in Bangladesh. Published in the 11^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 4-6, 2007. p.168.
24. Islam, M.S., Z. H. Mahmud, M. N. Uddin, S. B. Neogi, M. Shafiqul Islam, G. Howard, S. P. Luby, G. B. Nair and D. A. Sack. (2007). Microbiological qualities of pond sand filter, river sand filter, dug-well and deep tube-well waters in three districts of Bangladesh. Published in the 11^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 4-6, 2007. p. 195.
25. Islam, M.S.,  M.A.Y. Sharker, S. Rheman, S. Hossain, Z.H. Mahmud, A.M.K. Uddin, M.S. Osman, I. Rector, S.P. Luby, C.P. Larson, G.B. Nair, and D.A. Sack. (2007). Climate change and transmission dynamics of cholera. Published in the 11^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 4-6, 2007. p. 196.
26. Islam, M.S., S. Kabir, S. I. Khan, M. Shafiqul Islam, Z. H. Mahmud, I. K. Jahid, S. B. Neogi, G. B. Nair and D. A. Sack. (2006). Hospital wastewater treated with duckweed: a case study. In: Proceedings of the International conference on decentralized water and wastewater system, Fremantle, Western Australia, July 10-12, p. 55-56.
27. Islam, M.S., Sheikh, M.A., Rahman, K.S. Jahan, N. Rahman, M., Johnston, R., Gupta, S.K. and Luby, S.P. (2006). Bacterial contamination of tubewell water in Bangladesh and probable sources of contamination. In: Proceedings of the 8^th Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 6-8, p. 126.
28. Islam M.S., Brooks, A., Kabir, M.S., Jahid, I.K., Matin, A., Islam, M.S., Goswami, D., Larson, C.P., Wagatsuma, Y., Nair, G.B. and Luby, S.P. (2006). Extent of faecal contamination of drinking-water sources in 2004 flood in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the 8^th Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 6-8, p. 127.
29. Islam, M.S., M.Shafiqul Islam,., M. Ansaruzzaman, and D.A. Sack. (2005). Blue-green algae as a long-term reservoir of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the ‘Vibrio 2005’ conference, Ghent, Belgium, November 6-8, p. 30.
30. Islam M.S., Mahmuda, M.G. Morshed, H.B.M. Bakht, M.N.H. Khan, R.B. Sack, and D.A. Sack. Role of cyanobacteria in persistence of Vibrio cholerae O139 in microcosms. Published in the 10^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition. Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 7-9, 2003. p. 2.
31. Islam M.S., M. M. Goldar, M. G. Morshed, H. B. M. Bakht, R. B. Sack, and D. A. Sack. Role of chemotaxis in association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with a cyanobacterium, Anabaena Published in the 10^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition. Dhaka, Bangladesh., December 7-9, 2003. p. 3.
32. Islam M.S., I. K. Jahid, M. M. Rahman, M. Z. Rahman, K. Winans and G. K. Schoolnik. Biofilm provides shelter for Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. Published in the ASM Conferences on Biofilms 2003. Victoria, British Columbia. November 1-6, 2003. p. 87.
33. Islam, M.S., Khan M. N. H., Khondkar M. and Sack R. B. (2002). Role of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. Published in the 37th Joint Conference of US-Japan cooperative Medical Science Program, Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections panel, held in Okinawa, Japan, December 17-19, 2002. p. 25-30.
34. Islam, M.S., Neogi S. B., Islam M. S., Bhattacharya K. C., Bakht H. B. M., Khan M.N.H., Aziz K.M.A., Nair G.B. and Sack D.A. (2002). Experiences, information and knowledge on hygiene promotion. Published in 28^th WEDC Conference, Sustainable Environmental Sanitation and Water Services, held in Calcutta, India, 2002. p. 164-167.
35. Islam M.S., M.N.H. Khan, M.A. Rahman, M.A. Sadique, S.M. Muniruzzaman, Baqui, A.H., Hossain, M.S., Siddique, A.K., Sack, R.B., Sack, D.A., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (2000). Role of animate and inanimate objects in transmission of shigellae in index families elucidated by culture and fluorescent antibody techniques. Abstracts published in the Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Fukuoka, Japan, April 21-22. V 01.74 (March 2000), Page # 73- 74.
36. Islam, M. S., Sadique, A., Goldar M. M., Hossain, M.S., Rahman, M.M., Baqui, A.H., Rahman, M.A, Albert, M.J. and Sack, R.B. (1999). Detection of shigellae from rectal swabs and hand washing samples of carriers from families of index cases of Shigellosis. Abstracts published in the proceedings of 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during February 13- 14, 1999. page # 64.
37. Islam. M.S., Khan, M.N.H, Khondker, M., Yunus, M., Rahman, M.A., Sadique, M.A., Huq, E., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell R.R. (1999). Blue green algal bloom formation in pond ecosystems and seasonality of cholera cases in an endemic area of Bangladesh. Abstracts published in the proceedings of 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during February 13-14,1999. page # 63.
38. Islam M. S., Khan K.M.., Islam, L.N., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (1999). Survival of Vibrio cholerae 0139 with Anabaena sp. and detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from aquatic environmental samples. Abstracts published in the proceedings of 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during February 13-14, 1999. page # 58.
39. Islam M. S., Goldar M. M., Morshed M. G., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A.and Colwell, R.R. (1999). Probable role ofmucinase in survival of Vibrio cholerae 01 in association with a cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. Abstracts published in the proceedings of 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during February 13-14,1999. page # 61.
40. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.Z., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1997). Detection of nonculturable Shigella dysenteriae 1 from artificially contaminated volunteers’ fingers using fluorescent antibody and PCR techniques. Abstract published in the proceedings of 4th Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, Karachi, Pakistan during November 21-24, 1997. Abstract # F9.
41. Islam, M.S., Rahman, M.M., Alam, M.J., Rahim, Z., Khan, S.I. and Albert, M.j. (1997). Role of chemotaxis in the association of Vibrio cholerae O139 with different aquatic flora and fauna. Abstract published in the proceedings of the 8th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, February 26-28, 1997. Page # 96.
42. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Shahid, N.S., Hasan, K.Z., Ekramullah, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1996). Faecal contamination of a fish-culture farm where duckweeds grown in Hospital wastewater are used as fish-feed. Abstracts published in the proceedings of the 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 13-14, 1996. page # 49.
43. Islam, M.S., Mahmuda, S., Alam, M.J., Rahim, Z., Begum, S., Morshed, M.G., Albert, M.J., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (1996). Studies on the Association and Survival of Vibrio cholerae O139 with Various Cyanobacteria in Microcosms. Thirty-second US-Japan cholera and Related Diarrhoeal Diseases Conference, held in Nagasaki University, Japan, November 14-16, 1996. p. 143- 145.
44. Islam, M.S., Miah, M.A., Moniruzzaman, M.S., Begum, S., Felsenstein, A., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1995). Survival potential of nonculturable Vibrio cholerae O1 by laboratory microcosms using polymerase chain reaction and fluorescent antibody methods. Abstract published in the Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Scientific Conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 21-22, 1995. Abstract No. 8:5, page 23.
45. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.A., Venkatesan, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1995). Persistance of Shigellae dysenteriae 1 as viable but nonculturable state in inanimate objects. Thirty-first US-Japan cholera and Related Diarrhoeal Diseases Conference held in Kiawah Island, USA, December 1-3, 1995. Page # 212.
46. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Rahim, Z., Hossain, Z., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1995). Probable role of blue-green algae and physico-chemical conditions of water in maintaining endemicity and seasonal of cholera in Bangladesh. Thirty- first US-Japan cholera and Related Diarrhoeal Diseases Conference held in Kiawah Island, USA, December 1-3, 1995. p# 178.
47. Islam, M.S., Miah, M.A., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Role of blue-green algae as reservoir of Vibrio cholerae O1. Abstract published in the proceedings of the 7^th  Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 17-19.
48. Islam, M.S., Naz, A., Alam, M.J., Khan, S.I., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Survival and multiplication of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Bangladeshi cooked foods. Abstract published in the proceedings of the 7^th  Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Dhaka, September 17-19, 1994.
49. Islam. M.S., Naz, A., Alam, M.J., Khan, S.I., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Survival and multiplication of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Bangladeshi cooked foods. Abstract published as supplementary pages to Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Scientific Publications in the proceedings of the Third Commonwealth Conference on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, held in Shatin, Hong Kong, November 11-14, page # 58.
50. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Non- culturable Vibrio cholerae O139. Abstract published in the 94^th ASM general meeting, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, May 23-27, 1994. Page # 317, Abstract #N-11.
51. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Non- culturable Vibrio cholerae O139. Abstract published in the proceedings of 93 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology held in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 23-27, 1994. P.317.
52. Islam, M.S., Parveen, S., Khan, S.I., Neogi, P.K., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Effect of salinity on toxigenic Escherichia coli during survival in artificial aquatic environment. Proceedings of the Third Annual Scientific Conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 15-16, 1994. Abstract no.30, page #34.
53. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Blue-green algae as a reservoir of Vibrio cholerae and its probable role in maintaining endemicity and seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. Published in the 30^th Joint Conference of US-Japan cooperative Medical Science Program, cholera and related diarrhoeal diseases panel, held in Kyushu University, Japan, December 6-8, 1994. p. 40-45.
54. Islam, M.S., (1994). Reservoirs, seasonality and endemicity of cholera in Bangladesh: Role of environment. Proceedings of the third Annual Scientific Conference of the icddr,b held in Dhaka  January 15-16, 1994. p.9-10.
55. Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Sur, G.C., Felsenstein, A., Venkatesan, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1993). The use of polymerase chain reaction and the fluorescent, antibody methods for detecting viable but nonculturable Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in laboratory microcosms. Proceedings of the 6th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease, held in Karachi, Pakistan, December 11-13, 1992. p.198-199.
56. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Neogi, P.K.B. and Khan, S.I. (1993). Seasonality and toxigenicity of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated from different components of pond ecosystems of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Abstract published in the Proceedings of the Third Congress of Asia Pacific Association of Societies of Pathologists, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 14-17, 1993, page 77.
57. Islam. M.S., Hossain, M.A., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Venkatesan, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1993). Use of the polymerase chain reaction and fluorescent antibody methods for detecting viable but nonculturable Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in aritificially contaminated inanimate objects. Proceedings of the twenty-ninth US-Japan joint conference on Cholera and related diarrhoeal diseases held in California, USA during December 1-3, page # 226.
58. Islam. M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Albert, M.J.,Venkatesan,M., Rahman, M.M., Hossain, M.S., Mahalanabis,D.and Sack, R.B.(1993). A study of detection of shigellae using polymerase chain reaction and culture techniques on stool of dysentery patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract published in the Proceedings of Second Annual Scientific Conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 16-18, 1993. Abstract No.35, page 33.
59. Islam, M.S. (1991). Toxigenicity and toxin genes of Vibrio cholerae 01 isolated at different time intervals from laboratory microcosms. 4^th  Asian Conference in Medical Laboratory Technology held in Bangkok, Thailand. 1-5 April, 1991.
60. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Bradley, D.J. (1991). Attachment of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 to various freshwater plants and survival with a filamentous green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum. First International Scientific Conference of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 22-24, 1991.
61. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J., Rahim, M.Z. and Khan, S.I. (1991). Faecal contamination of ponds in and around Dhaka city. Annual Scientific Conference of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, October 26-28, 1991. Abs. No.10, p.33.
62. Islam, M.S., Alam, M.J. and Khan, S.I. (1991). Freshwater pond ecosystem as a reservoir of Vibrio cholerae O1 in an endemic area of Bangladesh. Twenty-seven joint conference on cholera and related diarrhoeal diseases, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., September 25-27,1991. p.215.
63. Islam. M.S., Alam, M.J., Siddique, A.B. and Khan, S.I. (1989). Abundance of members of Vibrionaceae in various components of ponds in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 6(1):52-3.
64. Islam, M.S., Drasar, B.S., Bradley, D.J. and Aziz, K.M.S. (1989). Long term persistence of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in the mucilaginous sheath of Anabaena variabilis, a blue green alga. Fifth Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 21-23, Abstract No.5, Bacteriology Section, P. 45.
65. Islam, M.S., Morshed, M.G., Aziz, K.M.S., Chowdhury, A.A. Bacterial study of sediment in three different locations in the Buriganga river. Section II., Abstract No.114. Proceedings of the 9^th Science Conference of BAAS. 1984.
66. Islam. M.S., Drasar, B.S. and Bradley, D.J. Survival of V cholerae O1 in artificial aquatic ecosystems. Abs. No.108, p.72. Proceedings of the 31^st Conference of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. University of Leeds. December, 1983.
67. Islam, M.S., Rashid, M.H., Aziz, K.M.S., Huq, M.I., Chowdhury, A.A. and Rahim, M.Z. A preliminary survey of isolation of vibrios from water plants, water and soil sediments in ponds of Dhaka city. Proceedings of the 2^nd Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease. Calcutta, India. February 21-24, 1983. Abstract No.23, P. 23.
68. Islam, M.S., Rashid, M.H., Aziz, K.M.S., Huq, M.I., Chowdhury, A.A. and Rahim, M.Z. Study of the presence of bacterial flora in water plant, water and soil specimens from Shahbagh pond in Dhaka city. Proceedings of the 6^th  and 7^th  Annual Science Conference of BAAS. February 7-11, 1982, Abstract No.253, P. 117.
69. Islam, M.S., Rahim, M.Z., Aziz, K.M.S., Huq, M.I. and Chowdhury, A.A. Isolation of coliforms and faecal streptococci from the Buriganga river. Abstract No.254, P. 117. Proceedings of the 6^th and 7^th Annual Conference of BAAS. February, 7-11, 1982.
70. Islam, M.S. and Aziz, K.M.S. (1978). Association of Vibrios with some hydrophytic plants. Proceedings of the 3^rd Annual Science Conference of BAAS. University of Chittagong. January 8-12, 1978, Abstract No.121, P. 52.
71. Bonnefille, B., Karlsson, O., Raqib, R., Parvez, MF., Islam, MS., and Martin, J. Nontarget analysis of polluted surface waters: A case study in Bangladesh at ACES Research Day; to be held in Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden from November 11- 12, 2021.
72. Islam, M.S., Rahman, M. Z., Mahmud, Z. H.,  Bari, S. M. N., Riadul, M. Hossainey, H. Gope, P.S. and Islam, M.S. (2017). Detection and Characterization of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens in Paper Currency in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Published in the 51^st Conference on Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections which was held at Champagne B Hall, Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea from February 9-10, 2017 organized by US- Japan Cooperative Medical Science Programme (USJCMSP) and hosted by International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
73. Mahmud, Z. H., Shirazi,F.F., Hossainey, M.R.H., Islam, M.I., Ahmed, A., Nafiz, T. N.,  Sultana, J., Islam,M.S., Islam, M.A. and Islam, M.S.(2017). Antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence factors of Escherichia coli strains isolated from human pit sludge.  Published in the 51^st Conference on Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections which was held at Champagne B Hall, Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea from February 9-10, 2017 organized by US- Japan Cooperative Medical Science Programme (USJCMSP) and hosted by International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
74. Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z. H.,  Zaman, R. U.,  , Islam, A. K. M. R.  Islam, S. M. S., Clemens J. D. and Islam, M. S. (2014). Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics between clinical and environmental isolates of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology – 15 (ISME-15), Seoul, South Korea. August 24 – 29, 2014.
75. Mahmud, Z. H., Hossainey, M. R. H.,  Khanum, H.,  Zaman, R.U., Islam, M.E., Islam,M.S., Shawan, M.M.A.K.,  Mahmud, H. A., Clemens J.D., and Islam, M. S. (2014). Parasitic Health Risk Associated with Sewage Runoff Water in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology – 15 (ISME-15), Seoul, South Korea. August 24 – 29, 2014.
76. Islam, E, Mahmud, Z. H., Islam, M. S., Zaman, R.M.,  Khanum, H., Gope, P. S., Zaman, R.U.,  Islam, M.R.,  Shawan, M. M. A.K.,  Mahmud, H.A., Faruque,S. M., Clemens, J. D. and  Islam,  M. S. (2014). Prevalence and Intensity of Parasites in Household Yard Soil of Urban and Rural Areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. 16^th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. 9-11 February 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
77. Islam, M. S.,   Islam, A. K. M. R.,  Islam, S. M. S. Mahmud, Z.H.,  Faruque, S. M., Clemens, J. D. and Islam,  M. S. (2014). Longer Survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Association with a Blue-green Alga, Anabaena variabilis in Microcosm. 16th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. 9-11 February 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
78. Mahmud, H.A.,  Mahmud, Z.H.,  Asadulghani, Rahman, B., Islam, M.S., Zaman, R.U., Gope, P. S., Islam, M.R.,  Islam, E.,  Shawan, M. M. A. K., Faruque, S. M., Clemens, J. D., and Islam, M. S., (2014). Regional Variation in Biofilm Forming Capacity of V. cholerae O1 and Relationship with Antibiotic Susceptibility. 16^th  International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. 9-11 February 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
79. Shawan, M. M. A. K., Mahmud, Z. H., Asadulghani, Rahman, B., Islam, M. S., Gope, P. S.,  Zaman, R.U., Islam, M.R., Islam, E., Khan, M.H.,  Mahmud, H. A.,  Faruque, S. M., Clemens, J.D.  and Islam, M. S. (2014). Regional Variation in Antibiotic Resistance Pattern and Molecular Analysis among Clinical Isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated during Cholera Outbreak in 2009-2010. 16th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. 9-11 February 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
80. Zahid H. Mahmud, Shafiqul Islam, Rokon U. Zaman, Mahmuda Akter, Kaisar A. Talukder, Pradip K. Bardhan, Azharul I. Khan, Faye C. Rhodes, Abdul Kamara, Isatta M.Wurie, S.M.Gevao, Wondimagegnehu Alemu, Amara Jambai, Shah M. Faruque, John D. Clemens and M. Sirajul Islam. (2014). Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated from Sierra Leone Cholera Outbreak in 2012. 16th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. 9-11 February 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
81. Mahmud, Z.H., Dhar, R.P., Gope, P.S., Islam, M.S., Khanam, H, Endtz, H.P.and  Islam, MS, (2012). Abundance of Geohelminth Giardiasis among children of Haor areas of Bangladesh. ASCODD XIII, Philippine, January 10-12, 2012.
82. Gope, P.S.,  Mahmud, Z.H.,  Neogi, S.B.,  Islam, S., Ahmed, D., Begum, A., Endtz, H.P., Cravioto, A., Collins, A. and Islam, M.S. 2011. Virulence genes and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Aeromonas spp. isolated from environmental and clinical sources. Published in the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14-17, 2011. p. 254.
83. Sarowar T, Mahmud ZH, Ahsan N, Gope PS, Akter S, Zaman RU, Islam S, Endtz HP, Cravioto A, and Islam MS. 2011. Role of transposons in antibiotic resistance among Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates. Published in the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14-17, 2011. p. 258.
84. Islam MR, Zaman RU, Gope PS, Akter S, Matin MA, Mahmud ZH, Islam S, Hossain MM, Hoq MM, Madden K, Endtz HP, Cravioto A, Schoolnik GK, Islam MS. 2011. Role of fertilizers in the growth of phytoplankton and Vibrio cholerae O1 in a pond ecosystem in Matlab, Bangladesh. Published in the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14-17, 2011. Page # 253.
85. Mahmud ZH, Haque MN, Zaman RU, Gope PS, Akter S, Islam MR, Malek MA, Islam S, Endtz HP,  Cravioto A, Islam MS. 2011. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from patients and water sources in Matlab, Bangladesh. Published in the 13^th Anual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14-17, 2011. Page # 255.
86. Siddique SJ, Gope PS, Mahmud ZH, Islam MR, Zaman RU, Akter S, Islam S, Endtz HP, Cravioto A, Islam MS. 2011. Enumeration and identification of pathogenic bacteria from different water sources of Matlab, Bangladesh. Published in the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14-17, 2011. Page # 256.
87. Ferdausi D, Islam S, Gope PS, Mahmud ZH, Rahmatullah M, Endtz HP, Cravioto A, Schoolnik GK, Islam MS. 2011. Survival of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in association with Anabaena variabilis in microcosms. Published in the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON). Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14-17, 2011. Page # 257.
88. Islam, M.M., Z.H. Mahmud, P.K. Bardhan, M.S. Hossain and M.S. Islam. (2011). A cholera outbreak in refugee camps of Teknaf: A case satudy of pollution, policy and international organizations. Published in the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII). Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 14-17, 2011. p. 110.
89. Mahmud, Z. H. D. Paul, P.S. Gope, T. Sarwar, S. Akter, M.S. Rahman. M.S. Islam, H.P. Endtz, A. Cravioto and M.S. Islam. (2009). Contamination of bottled drinking water with Pseudomonas aeruginosa – a potential health hazard. Published in the 12^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition (ASCODD XII). Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 25-27, 2009. p. 58.
90. Mahmud, Z.H., D. Paul, S. Akter, M. Kamruzzaman, P.S. Gope, M.S. Islam, H.P. Endtz, A. Cravioto and M.S. Islam. (2009). Characterization of pigmented Chromobacterium violaceum isolated from Northeastern Hilly Region of Bangladesh. Published in the 12^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XII). Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 9-12, 2009. p.186.
91. Mahmud, Z.H., A.C. Wright, M.S. Islam, J.G. Morris and A. Ali. (2009). Isolation and characterization of Vibrio vulnificus strains from tilapia fish in Bangladesh. Published in the 13^th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. Kolkata, India. April 6-9, 2009. p. 6.
92. Mahmud, Z.H., D. Paul, P.S. Gope, T. Sarwar, S. Akter, M.S. Islam, M.M. Hoq, H.P. Endtz, A. Cravioto and M.S. Islam. (2009). Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bottled drinking-water: Potential health hazard. Published in the 12^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XII). Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 9-12, 2009. p.74.
93. Kamruzzaman, M., M.A. Matin, A.N.M.H. Kabir, Z.H. Mahmud, M.S. Islam, D. Paul, H.P. Endtz, A. Cravioto and M.S. Islam. (2009). Evaluation of chemical and microbiological qualities of raw and treated wastewater in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Published in the 12^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XII). Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 9-12, 2009. p.75.
94. Haque, I.T., Z.H. Mahmud, A. Begum, M.H. Uddin, D. Paul, M.S. Islam, M.A. Matin, M. Ansaruzzaman, H.P. Endtz, A. Cravioto and M.S. Islam. (2009). Nostoc sp. Prohibits vibriophage-mediated lysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 in microcosm. Published in the 12^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XII). Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 9-12, 2009. p.107.
95. Luby, S., Sheikh, M.A., Gupta, S.K., Islam, M.S., Rahman, S., Jahan, N., Rahman, M.M., Ram, P.K. and Johnston, R. (2006). Usefulness of hydrogen sulfide testing for assessing water quality in Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the 11^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition, Bangkok, Thailand, March 8-10, p. 108.
96. Gupta, S.K., Sheikh, M.A., Rahman, K.S., Jahan, N., Rahman, M.M., Amin, A., Ram, P.K., Islam, M.S., Johnston, R. and Luby, S. (2006). Evaluation of the chulli water purifier as a household water treatment strategy in Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the 11^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition, Bangkok, Thailand, March 8-10, p. 107.
97. Ansaruzzaman, M., Bhuiyan, N.A, Sultana, M., Islam, Z., Islam, M.S., Sack, D.A. and Nair, G.B. (2006). Vibrio cholerae O1 with rstr genes of the classical and El Tor types in the aquatic environments in Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the 11^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition, Bangkok,Thailand, March 8-10, p. 151.
98. Ansaruzzaman, M., Mahmud, Z.H., Neogi, S.B., Mallik, A.K., Matin, A., Rahman, K.S., Nair, G.B., Luby, S.P., Sack, D.A. and Islam, M.S. (2006). Synergistic action of point-of-use disinfectants on contaminated surface water in Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the 8^th Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 6-8, p. 126.
99. Sack, R.B., Sack, D.A., Colwell, R.R., Huq, A., Chun, J., Zo, Y., Grim, C., Lipp, E., Rivera, I., Morris, J.G., Johnson, J., Ali, A., Sozhamannan, S., Longini, I., Nizam, A., Weiss, P., Siddique, A.K., Islam. M.S.,Yunus, M., Faruque, S.M., Qadri, F., Albert, M.J., and Nair, G.B. (The US-Bangladesh Cholera Working Group). (2001). Epidemiology and ecology of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh: The association of environmental variables and cholera outbreaks. Proceedings of the 36th Joint conference on cholera and other bacterial enteric infections panel, held in Osaka, Japan, January 17-19, 2001.p. 9-14.
100. Huq, A., Islam, M.S., Russek-Cohen, E., Yunus, M., Aziz, K.M.A., Mahmud, A., Khan, M.N.H., Chakrabarty, J., Sack, R.B. and Colwell, R.R. (2001). Simple water filtration for cholera intervention. Proceedings of the 36th Joint conference on cholera and other bacterial enteric infections panel, held in Osaka, Japan in January 17-19, 2001.p. 15-20.
101. Rahim, Z., Islam. M.S., Sack, R.B., Huq, A. and Colwell, R.R. (1999). Preliminary survey of the abundance of Aeromonas phages in ponds and sewage beds of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstracts published in the proceedings of 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 13-14, 1999. page # 62.
102. Rahim, Z., Islam, M.S., Alam, M.j., Shahid, N.S., Hasan, K.Z., Ekramullah, M., Sack, R.B. and Albert, M.J. (1996). Relative abundance of Aeromonas spp. in wastewater and non-wastewater areas of a duckweed-based fish-culture project. Abstracts published in the proceedings of the 5th annual scientific conference of icddr,b held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Januray 13-14,1996, page # 49.
103. Begum, A., Islam. M.S., Alam, M.J., and Khan, S.I. (1996). Prevalence of Vibrio spp. and faecal coliforms in aquatic components of pond ecosystems at Matlab, Bangladesh. Abstracts published in the proceedings of the 14th annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 18, 1996, Page # 20-21.
104. Ansaruzzaman, M., Rahman, A., Alam, K., Islam. M.S., Qadri, F. and Albert, M.J. (1994). Some strains of Aeromonas sobria share somatic (O) antigen with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal. Published in the 30th joint conference of U.S.-Japan cooperative Medical Science Program, Cholera and Related Diarrhoeal Diseases Panel held in Kyushu University, Japan, December 6-8, 1994. p. 46-51.
105. Islam, A.K.M.N. and Islam. M.S. (1994). Hydrophytes, eutrophication and diseases. Proceedings of the International Workshop on ecological bases for water resources management in hypertrophic and polluted tropical freshwater ecosystems. Workshop held in Novernbber 25-28, 1991 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. p. 173-178.
106. Yunus, M., Sack, R.B., Zaman, K., Hoque, E., Islam, M.S. and Rahman, R. (1994). Transmission of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal among family contacts of index cases in a rural area in Bangladesh. Abstract published in the proceedings of the 7^th  Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Dhaka, September 17-19, 1994.
107. Hoque, B., Mahalanabis, D., Islam. M.S. and Alam, M.J. (1994). Multi-method approach to study handwashing behaviour. Abstract published in the proceedings of the Third Commonwealth Conference on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, held in Shatin, Hong Kong, November 17-19,1994. page # A160, Abstract # P72.
108. Albert, M.J., Ansaruzzaman, M., Bardhan, P.K., Faruque, A.S.G., Faruque, S.M., Islam. M.S., Mahalanabis, D., Rahman, M., Sack, R.B., Salam, M.A., Siddique, A.K., Yunus, M., Zaman, K. (1994). Cholera in Bangladesh and Goma, Zaire, 1994. Published in the 30th joint conference of US.-Japan cooperative Medical Science Program, Cholera and Related Diarrhoeal Diseases Panel held in Kyushu University, Japan, December 6-8, 1994. p. 21-23.
109. Albert, M.J., Ansaruzzaman, M., Bardhan, P.K., Faruque, A.S.G., Islam, M.S., Mahalanabis, D., Sack, R.B., Salam, M.A., Siddique, A.K., Yunus, M. and Zaman, K. (1993). Epidemic Cholera in Bangladesh due to Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal. Proceedings of the twenty nine joint conference on cholera and related diarrhoeal diseases held in California, USA, December 1-3.
110. Amako, K., Dong, F., Shimodori, S., Islam, M.S. and Sack, R.B. (1992). The interaction of Vibrio cholerae with the cryoprotective protein of prawn cell: Protection of cholera vibrio from the killing in low pH fluid. Proceedings of the US-Japan cholera symposium, held in 1992 in Tokyo, Japan.
111. Huq, A., Colwell, R.R., Hasan, J.A.K., Loomis, L., Sack, R.B. and Islam, M.S. (1992). Field evaluation of a newly developed rapid detection kit for Vibrio cholerae O1 in stool specimens. Proceedings of the 32^nd  ICAAC conference, held in Anaheim, California, USA.
112. Ali, M.A., Huq, A., Felsenstein, A., Rahman, R., Islam, M.S. and Hossain, K.M.B. (1988). Detection and isolation of Vibrio cholerae 01 from plankton by conventional culture method and indirect fluorescent antibody technique. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 5(1):40.
113. Rahim, Z., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam, M.S. and Huq, M.I. A limnological study of a pond of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 10^th   Annual Science Conference of BAAS. March, 23-27, 1985. Abstract No. 225, P. 108.
114. Rahim, Z., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam. M.S. (1985). Current environmental pollution by human fecal contamination. Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on protecting the environment from degradation under the auspices of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. P. 232-37.
115. Morshed, M.G., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam. M.S. and Khan, M.R. (1985). Physicochemical factors and the pollution level by faecal coliform bacteria in the Buriganga river. (1985) In: Proceedings of the seminar on protecting environments from degradation under the auspices of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. May, 13-16. P. 157-162.
116. Morshed, M.G., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam, M.S., Chowdhury, A.A. Study of physico-chemical parameters of water in the Buriganga. Proceedings of the 4^th  National Botanical Convention, University of Dhaka. December 1-2, 1984. Abstract No.6.
117. Morshed, M.G., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam, M.S. and Chowdhury, A.A. Study of the influence of physico-chemical factors on the coliform bacteria in the Buriganga river. Proceedings of the 9^th  Annual Science Conference of BAAS. February 7-11, 1984. Abstract No.114, Section II.
118. Rahim, Z., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam, M.S., Huq, M.I., Chowdhury, A.A. Limnological study of a pond of Dhaka, Bangladesh.. Proceedings of the 4th National Botanical Conference. December 1-2, 1984. Abstract No. 16, P.6.
119. Aziz, K.M.S., Morshed, M.G., Islam, M.S., Huq, M.I., Rahim, M.Z. and Chowdhury, A.A. Bacteriological study of water in three different locations of the Buriganga river. Proceedings of the 8^th Annual Conference of BAAS. February 5-7,1983. Abstract No. 372, P. 196.
120. Aziz, K.M.S., Morshed, M.G., Islam, M.S. and Chowdhury, A.A. Isolation of drug resistant coliform bacteria in the Buriganga river. Proceedings of the 3^rd  Bangladesh Society of Microbiology Conference. 1983. Abstract No.19.
121. Morshed, M.G., Aziz, K.M.S., Islam, M.S. and Chowdhury, A. A.  Ratio of E. coli and Klebsiella spp. in the water of the Buriganga river, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference of BAAS. February 5-7, 1983. Abstract No.371, P. 196.
122. Islam, A.K.M.N. and Islam, M.S. Limnological and ecological studies of Shahbagh pond in Dhaka. Proceedings of the first Bangladesh Botanical convention, University of Dhaka. November 15-17, 1976. Abstract No.53, P. 19.

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1. Attended a dissemination programme of the study “Voice of the Grassroots: Effect of Climate change on health” held at BRAC University Auditorium, BRAC University, 65, Mohakhali, Dhaka, on the 23 July, 2023.
2. Attended a Program Implementation Committee (PIC) meeting of Child Wellbeing Survey held at BBS Conference Room, Parisankhyan Bhaban (Ground Floor), E-27/A, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207 on the 29 March, 2023.
3. Attended a Stakeholder’s Consultation Meeting on ‘Urban Child Wellbeing Survey’ organized by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in collaboration with UNICEF Bangladesh at BBS Conference Room, Parisankhyan Bhaban (Ground Floor), Agargaon, Dhaka-1207 on the 22 March, 2023.
4. Attended a meeting of the Sectional Committee on Biological Sciences to review the applications of scientists for nomination as BAS Associate Fellow 2022, held on Thursday, 16 February 2023 at the Academy, National Science and Technology Complex, Agargaon, Dhaka 1207.
5. Attended the meeting of “Survey on Children’s Education in Bangladesh 2021: Based on MICS Approach” organized by Demography and Health Wing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics and Informatics held at the conference room of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Parishankhyan Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka on the 22nd December, 2022.
6. Sirajul Islam, gave a presentation on Phytoplankton as a reservior of Vibrio cholerae and prevention of cholera by Siraj Mixture in the 5th Young Scientist Congress held on 25 -27 November 2022 at National Science and Technology Complex, Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Page: 24.
7. Sirajul Islam, acted as a Judge to evaluate the presentation of the Young researchers from Bangladesh, India and Indonesia on NCDs and Environment Change. Held on 17th November 2022 at Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.
8. Attended an International Workshop on Digital Health Apps for a Secured Society as a panel discussant on the 9th June 2022 at the Dhaka club Limited jointly organized by Nottingham Trent University, UK and the Institute of Information Technology of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
9. Presented a dissemination seminar on “Study report of COVID-19 Virus in water and waste water: icddr,b and DWASA joint research work” at the Buriganga Hall, WASA Bhabhan, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka held on the 30th May 2022.
10. Attended the Annual General Meeting of the Committee of Action for Research, Extension, and Services (CARES) held at the Center for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS), University of Dhaka on the 28th May, 2022.
11. Attended the Programme Impleentation Committee (PIC) meeting of “Rapid MICS 2021 PIC meeting” held at the conference room of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Parishankhyan Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka on the 23rd May, 2022.
12. Attended a conference on “Rapid MICS 2021” held at Demography and Health Wing, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics and Informatics Division, Agargaon, Dhaka on the 28th April, 2022.
13. Attended an inaugoration ceremony of” 50 years of Independece: Development in Health sector of Bangladesh” held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre organized by Bangladesh Health Watch on the 2^nd April, 2022.
14. Attended as chair in the National Conference On Disaster, Climate, and Sustainability held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka organized by Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), University of Dhaka on the March 14, 2022.
15. Attended Webinar on “Outlooks on feed industry at Bangladesh development scenarios by 2041” to be held on the 17th February 2022.
16. Attended Webinar on “The Sectional Committee on Biological Sciences review the application of the scientist for nomination as BAS Associate Fellow 2021” held on the 7th February, 2022.
17. Gave a lecture in the icddr,b Journal Club through zoom online “A Systematic Approach to Discover the Inter-epidemic Reservoir of Cholera: Experience Sharing”on the 21st December, 2021.
18. Attended Webinar on “Topical Webinar 4: Exploring the role of operational research” organized by the GOARN Global meeting of partners (GMP) on the 16th December, 2021.
19. Attended Webinar on “‘Go with GOARN’ – the realities of deploying experts for an international outbreak response” organized by the GOARN Global meeting of partners (GMP) on the 15th December, 2021.
20. Attended in the stakeholders meeting on research study on “Fecal pathogens in aquaculture value chains and evaluation of risk reduction strategies in Bangladesh” held at Sasakawa Seminar Room, icddr,b Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 14^th December 2021.
21. Attended in “The Project Implementation Committee meeting (PIC) of Rapid MICS 2021 headed by Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) held in the conference room of the Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Parishankhan Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 7th December, 2021.
22. Attended Webinar on “Curbing the Invisible Pandemic: Effective Solutions to Collectively Combat Antimicrobial Resistance” jointly co-organized by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Institut Pasteur Korea (IPK), the Embassy of Denmark in Korea, and the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) on the 7th December, 2021.
23. Attended in “Proceedings of the Selection Committee Meeting to evaluate the applications received for BAS-Dr. Sultan Ahmed Choudhury Scientific Talents Nurture Fund Award.’ held at Conference Room, NMST Bhavan, Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 8^th November, 2021.
24. Attended Webinar on “Popular Lecture on the discovery of Nobel Prize Winners, 2021 event jointly organized by the Committee of Action for Research, Extension and Services (CARES) and the Asian Federation of Biotechnology, BD region” on the 2^nd November, 2021.
25. Attended Webinars on “Linking Youth to The Wise for Digital Equity and Care” jointly hosted by icddr,b and The Global Health Network Asia (TGHN Asia)on the 1st September, 2021.
26. Attended Webinars on “Data Management in Clinical Trials” on the 7^th September, 2021 organized by University of Nottingham, UK as a part of NEWS-K seminar series.
27. Attended Webinars on “Launch of the Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW) COVID-19 Research Repository” organized by Bangladesh Health Watch on the 30^th June, 2021.
28. Attended Webinars on “Driving factors of COVID-19 in Slums and Non-slum Areas of Dhaka and Chattogram” organized by Bangladesh Health Watch and icddr,b on the 22^nd June, 2021.
29. Conducted “Cambridge Advanced Short Course on Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology” organized by Cambridge Program to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental risk reduction (CAPABLE) held at Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Mohakhali, Dhaka during 1-18 February, 2020.
30. Gave an academy lecture on “Discovery of reservoir of cholera and invention of Siraj Mixture to control cholera in Bangladesh” was organized by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences held at the Gallery of the Department of Botany in University of Dhaka on the 24^th February, 2020
31. Attended in Cambridge Programme to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental risk reduction (CAPABLE) Annual General Assembly Meeting on Global Health arranged by the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, held in the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England September 5– 6, 2019.
32. Attended in Training and seminar on metagenomic sequence analysis as a part of the AQUA-AMR project arranged by the University of Birmingham, held in the University of Birmingham, UK June 25-28, 2019.
33. Attended in REACH Conference on Water Security and Poverty held at Keble College, University of Oxford, UK from the March 27 – 29, 2019. I delivered a presentation on “Matlab Observatory” in the Breakout Session on “The challenge of achieving safe water”.
34. Attended in Cambridge Programme to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental risk reduction (CAPABLE) Annual Scientific Meeting on Global Health arranged by the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge held in the University of Cambridge, England September 27 – 28, 2018.
35. Attended the Inter Academy Partnership for Research (IAP-R) and the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) Regional Workshop on the SDGs held in Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Mala.ysia August 13-14, 2018.
36. Attended the conference on Water –borne infectious diseases jointly organized by Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) held in Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 15-16, 2018. I presented a paper on “Development of a Point-of- use Water Treatment Strategy for Prevention and Control of Water-borne Diarrhoeal Diseases in Bangladesh” in the free paper session.
37. Attended in REACH: Improving Water Security for the Poor Bangladesh High-Level Symposium arranged at the FARS Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 12^th April, 2018.
38. Attended in 52^nd Joint Panel Conference on Cholera and other Bacterial Enteric Infections, held at the 60^th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s Accession to the Throne International Convention Center, The Republic of Korea February, 20-23 2018. I gave a presentation on “A comparative analysis of association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with phytoplankton and zooplankton in fresh water ecosystems in Matlab, Bangladesh”.
39. Attended in Fourth Annual Conference of Gobeshona: Building Local Climate Knowledge held at the Independent University, Bangladesh on the 8^th January, 2018. I gave a presentation on “Point-of-use Water Treatment as an Adaptation Option to Prevent Climate Change-induced Waterborne Diseases”.
40. Attended in Annual Partners’ Meeting and the Consortium Advisory Group meeting arranged by the SHARE Consortium of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in London, December 6^th-7^th, 2017. I gave a presentation on “Role of onsite sanitation in contamination of underground aquifer in different hydrogeological regions of Bangladesh” in the Consortium Advisory Group meeting.
41. Attended in 14^th Asian Conference on Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD),held in Kochi, India, October 30, – November 1, 2017. I gave a presentation on “Algal reservoir, transmission and prevention of cholera in Bangladesh”.
42. Attended in Grant writing workshop for the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Research Hub application on “Water and Sanitation in Low and Middle Income Countries: health and other effects” held in the University of Warwick, Coventry, England, October 5-6, 2017.
43. Attended in Cambridge Programme to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental risk reduction (CAPABLE) workshop arranged by the Department of Public Health and Primary Care held in the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, September 18^– 21, 2017.
44. Attended in Roundtable meeting on WASH and antimicrobial resistance arranged by the SHARE consortium and AMR centre in London on 15^th June, 2017.
45. Attended in REACH conference on Improving Water Security for the Poor held in Kenya from April 3-6, 2017. I gave a presentation in the “Integrating water quality in water security” section on “Understanding groundwater contamination from pit latrines” in the programme held at Naivasha.
46. Attended in 51^st Conference on Cholera and Other Bacterial Bacterial Enteric Infections which was held at Champagne B Hall, Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea organized by US- Japan Cooperative Medical Science Programme (USJCMSP) and hosted by International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea. February 9-10, 2017.
47. Attended in 19^th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) in the Pacific Rim which was held at Champagne A & B Hall, Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea organized by US- Japan Cooperative Medical Science Programme (USJCMSP) February 7-8, 2017.
48. Attended in SHARE Consortium Advisory Group meeting which was held at Dickens Library, Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SN, UK organized by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I attended as a member of the Consortium December 14-15, 2016.
49. Attended in Water Security Conference and REACH workshops at St. Catherine’s College, the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom December 9-11, 2015 I gave a presentation on how the water quality is related to health, livelihood and poverty as part of a session on “Health-Related Water: Gaps, Conjectures and Wild Cards”
50. Attended The Regional Workshop on Protecting Human Health from Climate Change held in New Delhi, India July 15-17, 2015. I gave a presentation on the “Effects of climate variables in transmission dynamics of cholera in Bangladesh”.
51. Attended in 49^th US Japan Conference on Cholera and other Enteric Bacterial Infections held in Gainesville, Florida, USA January 14-16, 2015.
52. Attended in the International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-15) conference held in Seoul, South Korea. August 24 – 29, 2014.
53. Attended in the International Union of Microbiological Society (IUMS-2014) held in Montreal, Canada. from July 27 – August 1, 2014,
54. Attended in “2014 Water Microbiology Conference”, held at the University of North Carolina, USA May  5-7, 2014.
55. Attended in Water and Health Conference-2013 held in University of North Carolina, USA October 14-18, 2013.
56. Attended in 13^th Asian Conference on Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) held at the Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City, Philippines January 10-12, 2012.
57. Organized WHO short course on control of cholera and other epidemic-prone diarrhoeal diseases in humanitarian emergencies. Beirut, Lebanon. September 26 – 30, 2011.
58. Attended in the “Consultation workshop on the best practices and knowledge products on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaption (CCA) for the Conference of the Parties (COP17) ”. Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), held in Dhaka on November 3, 2011.
59. Attended in the “Review workshop with lab medicine specialist of different institutes to review the strategic and guideline for lab networking”. IEDCR, Dhaka, Bangladesh. October 31 – November 1, 2011.
60. Attended in  the 13^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 14-17, 2011.
61. Attended in the International Conference on Dealing with Disasters from, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 11 – 12, 2009.
62. Attended in the 12^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition (ASCODD XII) held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. May 25-27, 2009.
63. The 12^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XII). Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 9-12, 2009
64. Taught a module of laboratory aspects of diarrhoeal diseases in the MPH Course at BRAC University. icddr,b, Dhaka. 2008.
65. Attended  in the 11^th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 4-6, 2007.
66. Attended  in the International conference on decentralized water and wastewater system, held in Fremantle, Western Australia, July 10-12, 2006.
67. Attended  in the 11^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition, held in Bangkok, Thailand, March 8-10, 2006.
68. Attended  in the 8^th Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 6-8, 2006.
69. Attended  in the ‘Vibrio 2005’ conference, held in Ghent, Belgium, November 6-8, 2005
70. Attended  in the 10^th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases and Nutrition held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. December 7-9, 2003.
71. Attended  in the ASM Conferences on Biofilms 2003 held in Victoria, British Columbia. November 1-6, 2003
72. Attended the 28^th WEDC Conference, Sustainable Environmental Sanitation and Water Services, held in Calcutta, India, November 2002.
73. Attended in the 36^th US-Japan cholera & other bacterial enteric infections Joint Panel Meeting held in Osaka, Japan, January 17-19, 2001.
74. Attended  in meeting of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, held in Fukuoka, Japan, Apri1 21-22, 2000.
75. Attended  in the 33^rd US-Japan cholera & related Diarrhoeal Diseases Joint Panel Meeting held in Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA in December 3-5, 1997.
76. Attended  in Fourth Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhoea and Malnutrition, held in Karachi, Pakistan, November 21-24, 1997.
77. Attended in Eighth Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, February 26-28, 1997.
78. Attended in the 30^th Joint Conference of US-Japan cooperative Medical Science Program, cholera and related diarrhoeal diseases panel, held in Kyushu University, Japan, December 6-8, 1994.
79. Attended in the sixth Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Karachi, Pakistan, December 11-13, 1992.
80. Attended in the first International Scientific Conference of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 22-24, 1991.
81. Attended in the Annual Scientific Conference of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, October 26-28, 1991.
82. Attended  in the 31^st conference of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. held in University of Leeds, England. December, 1983.
83. Attended  in 2^nd Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Calcutta, February 21-24, 1983.
84. Attended in the 8^th Annual Science Conference of Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science held in Dhaka University, Dhaka. February 5-7, 1983.
85. Gave a lecture in International Training Course on Diarrhoeal Disease: Laboratory Aspects. March 15-26, 1982.
86. Attended in the Second Annual Conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 14-15, 1981.
87. Attended in Regional Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh February 16-20, 1981.
88. Attended in icddr,b and WHO sponsored “Inter-Regional Training Course on Diarrhoeal Diseases: Laboratory Aspects”, held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh in March 23 to April 3, 1981.
89. Attended in icddr,b and WHO sponsored “Conference on Experimental Cholera Vaccine”, held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh  April 6-8, 1981.
90. Attended in the International Conference on shigellosis which was held in Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh in June 15-20, 1981.
91. Attended in Fourth and Fifth Bangladesh Science Conference held in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, March 2-5, 1980.
92. Attended in the first Annual Conference of Bangladesh society of Microbiologists held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Apri15-6, 1980.
93. Attended in the Workshop on Medical Education on Diarrhoeal Diseases, held in ICDDR,B Dhaka, Bangladesh November 15-21, 1980.
94. Attended in the Inter-Regional Training Course on Diarrhoeal Diseases: Clinical Aspects, held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh in December 8-20, 1980.
95. Attended in the National Workshop on Oral Rehydration held in icddr,b, Bangladesh, September 26-28, 1979 .
96. Attended in the Third Annual Science Conference of Bangladesh AOTS Alumni Society (BAAS) held in Chittagong, Bangladesh, January 8-12, 1978.
97. Attended in the First Bangladesh Botanical Convention held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 15-17, 1976.

       Total number: 22

1. Gave a lecture on “Importance of Diagnostic Laboratory in the Outbreak Investigation of Diarrhoeal Diseases including Cholera and Shigella” in the International Course on Management of Cholera, Invasive Diarrhea, and Malnutrition in Emergency (Nov, 01- 07, 2020) organized by Technical Training Unit, icddr,b held at icddr,b Mohakhali, Dhaka through Zoom conference on November 3, 2020.
2. Participated in the “Cambridge Advanced Short Course on Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology” organized by Cambridge Programme to Assist Bangladesh in Lifestyle and Environmental risk reduction (CAPABLE) held at Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Mohakhali, Dhaka during 1-18 February, 2020.
3. Participated as a faculty in the 8^th International Course on Management of Cholera, Invasive Diarrhea and Malnutrition in Emergency and the delivered speech was titled “Importance of diagnostic laboratory in the outbreak investigation of diarrheal diseases including cholera and shigella” held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh December 3-9 2017.
4. Participated as a faculty in the 7^th International Course on Management of Cholera, Invasive Diarrhea and Malnutrition in Emergency and the delivered speech was titled “Importance of diagnostic laboratory in the outbreak investigation of diarrheal diseases including cholera and shigella” held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 27 -April 2, 2017.
5. Participated as a faculty in the 6^th International Course on Management of Cholera, Invasive Diarrhea and Malnutrition in Emergency and the delivered speech was entitled “icddr,b’s response to Cholera Epidemics in Zimbabwe and other countries” and “Importance of diagnostic laboratory in the outbreak investigation of diarrheal diseases including cholera and shigella” held in icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh from December 4-8, 2016.
6. Participated in National Training on the Case Management of Cholera and other Diarrhoeal Diseases held in Erbil, Iraq. September 6-16, 2015. I delivered lectures on “Sample collection and laboratory diagnosis of diarrhoeal diseases” and “Prevention and control of diarrhoeal diseases” in the Ramada Conference Hall, Sulaimaniya. I also taught how to detect cholerae using rapid diagnostic tests on event of a cholera outbreak.
7. Participated as a facilitator in the training course on “Control of cholera and other epidemic-prone diarrheal diseases in humanitarian emergencies”, held in the Mövenpick Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon, October 27- 31, 2014. I delivered lectures on “Diagnosis and laboratory services”.
8. Participated as a facilitator in the training course held in American University of Beirut on “Control of cholera and other epidemic-prone diarrheal disease in humanitarian emergencies” September 26-30, 2011. I delivered lectures on “Diagnosis and laboratory services”.
9. Taught a course on “Diarrheal Diseases Microbiology” to the 4^th year medical students of the Catholic University held at Beira, Mozambique, June 8-12, 2009.
10. Course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents, sponsored by icddr,b held on May 12-23, 1996. Scientists from 5 different countries attended this course.
11. Co-course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents sponsored by icddr,b held on August 13- 24 1995,.
12. Co-course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents sponsored by icddr,b held on August 7 – 18 1994.
13. Course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents sponsored by icddr,b. held on September 5-23,, 1993. Scientists from 10 different countries attended this course
14. Co-course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents sponsored by icddr,b held on March 15 – April 2, 1992.
15. Course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents, sponsored by icddr,b. I taught all the bacteria belonging to Vibrionaceae that cause diarrhoeal diseases held on 5-23 May, 1991. Scientists from 5 different countries participated in this course.
16. Course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents, sponsored by icddr,b held on November 24 -December 12, 1991.. I taught all the bacteria belonging to the family Vibrionaceae and different categories of coli that are responsible for causing diarrhoeal diseases.
17. Course Director of a two week training course for the M.Sc. (final year) students of the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka on Laboratory aspects of diarrhoeal diseases sponsored by icddr,b. held on January 13-24, 1991.
18. Course Director of a two week training course for the M.Sc. (final year) students of the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka on laboratory aspects of diarrhoeal diseases sponsored by icddr,b held on December 15-26, 1991.
19. Co-course Director of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal disease agents sponsored by icddr,b held on July 8-26, 1990.. I taught all the bacteria belong to Enterobacteriaceae that caused diarrhoeal diseases. Scientists from 7 different Asian Countries participated in this course.
20. Course Director of six training courses on Microbiological aspects of diarrhoeal diseases held from February 1988 to August 1989. This was a two week course sponsored by Epidemic Control Preparedness Programme (ECPP) of icddr,b and Ford Foundation. Each course was participated by the 10-15 Chief Medical Technologists from District Hospital Laboratory of Bangladesh.
21. A faculty member of international training course on laboratory diagnosis of common diarrhoeal diseases agents sponsored by icddr,b held on October 16 – November 03, 1988.. I taught all the bacterial flora belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae that cause diarrhoeal diseases.

Preceptor of the South East Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) fellows came for 3 month course on laboratory aspects of diarrhoeal diseases in icddr,b in 1988

1. The final year Master of Science (M. Sc.) students of the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, on environmental microbiology from 1981-1983 and 1989.
2. The 3rd year and 4th year M.B.B.S. students of Dhaka Medical College on different microbiological aspects of diarrhoeal diseases.
3. The M.B.B.S. doctors who came in icddr,b for one week courses on different aspects of diarrhoeal diseases. I taught them about the different microbiological aspects of diarrhoeal diseases from 1979-1980.
4. The final year students of Paramedical Institute who did their two years Diploma course in Medical Technology. I took both theoretical and practical classes on bacteriology from 1980-1983.

1. Participated in a two weeks training in International course on research methodology organized by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 16 -27 May, 1993.
2. Received two weeks training on scanning and transmission electron microscopy and fluorescent microscopy at the Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, USA, February 21 – March 5,1992.
3. Received two weeks training on molecular biology at the Department of Bacterial Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington D.C., USA, 8 – 19 March, 1992.
4. Received two weeks training on polymerase chain reaction technique, at the Department of Bacteriology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand, 1-14 April, 1991.

Past and present collaboration with international and national institutions include the following:
COLLABORATION WITH SCIENTISTS & INSTITUTIONS OF USA

Stanford University:
Professor Gary K. Schoolnik
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology,,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

University of Maryland:
Professor Rita R. Colwell
Department of Microbiology

University of Florida
Professor J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
Emerging Pathogens Institute

Johns Hopkins University
Professor Bradley Sack
Department of International Health
Professor David Sack
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
Professor Michael Emch
Department of Geography

Emory University:
Professor Ira Longini
Department of Biostatistics
Azhar Nizam
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health

Dartmouth Medical College:
Professor Ronald K. Taylor
Geisel School of Medicine

University of Notredame
Professor Jennifer L. Tank
Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Marc Muller
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Art Sciences

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research:
Dr. Malabi Venkatesan,
Department of Bacterial Immunology

COLLABORATION WITH SCIENTISTS & INSTITUTIONS OF UK
Oxford University:
Dr. Robert Hope
School of Geography and the Environment
Professor David J. Bradley,
Department of Zoology

Cambridge University:
Dr. James Ajioka
Department of Pathology
Division of Microbiology and Parasitology
Professor John Danish
Rajib Chowdhury
Department of public health and primary care

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:
Professor Sandy Cairncross
Environmental Health Group

Loughborough University
Rebecca Scott
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Northumbria University:
Professor Andrew Collins
Disaster and Development Centre (DDC).

University of Newcastle upon Tyne:
Dr. Thomas Curtis
Department of Civil Engineering

University of Birmingham:
Professor Richard Lilford
Institute of Applied Health Research
Dr. Willem van Schaik
Institute of Microbiology and Infection

University of Warwick
Dr. Samuel Wattson
WMS-Population Evidence and Technologies
AUSTRALIA: Professor Paul Manning, Director, Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

SWEDEN:
Stockholm University:
Professor Oskar Karlsson
Dr. Jonathan Martin
Department of Environmental Science

JAPAN:
Professor K. Amako
Department of Bacteriology
Faculty of Medicine,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

THAILAND:
Dr. Peter Esheverria, Armed Forces
Research Institute of Medical Service, Thailand.

EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE SCIENTIFIC WORKS IN BANGLADESH:

• Dhaka University (Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology, Department of Applied Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Zoology, Department of Parasitology, Department of Soil Science, Department of Geology)
• Rajshahi University (Department of Botany)
• Jahangirnagar University (Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
• Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)
• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
• North-South University (Department of Biology and Chemistry, Department of Environmental Science and Management)
• Stamford University
• Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
• WaterAid Bangladesh
• UNICEF Bangladesh
• Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA)
• Practical Action in Bangladesh
• Environment and Population Research Center (EPRC)Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Water Development Board

1. Detection of low number of bacteria from both clinical and environmental samples by using polymerase chain reaction technique.
2. Southern hybridization using non-radioactive probe.
3. Labeling and detection of DNA using enhanced chemiluminescent (ECL) technique.
4. Colony blot hybridization using non-radioactive probe.
5. Detection of nonculturable but viable bacteria using PCR and fluorescent antibody methods.
6. Viability testing of nonculturable bacteria using Kogure’s method.
7. Phage typing of V cholerae
8. Antisera production against cholerae and S. flexneri.
9. Detection of toxigenicity of cholerae and E. coli using tissue culture assay, rabbit ileal loop assay, infant mouse assay, ELISA and colony blot hybridization techniques.
10. I routinely diagnose the members of Vibrionaceae and Enterobacteriaceae from clinical samples (stool and rectal swab) as well as environmental samples (water, food, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and soil).
11. From 1983-1987, I worked as a Ph. D. student on a project entitled “Studies of aquatic flora as possible reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1″ under the guidance of Prof. David J. Bradley, Director, Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K.

During my Ph. D. programme, I carried out the following experiments:

1. Survival of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 with different aquatic flora in artificial aquatic ecosystems.
2. Attachment of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 to different aquatic flora in laboratory conditions.
3. Partitioning of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in three components of artificial aquatic ecosystems e.g. plants, water and sediments by isotope labeling.
4. Detection and identification of V cholerae O1 inside the mucilaginous sheath of blue green algae by phase contrast and fluorescent microscopy.
5. Attachment of V cholerae O1 to aquatic plant by transmission and scanning electron microscopy.
6. Detection of V cholerae O1 inside the mucilaginous sheath of blue green algae by transmission electron microscopy using colloidal gold particles.
7. Development of modified bacteriological techniques to recover stressed bacterial cells from artificial aquatic ecosystems.
8. Assays to detect cholera toxin and toxin genes by tissue culture, ELISA and DNA-DNA hybridization techniques.

In January, 1978, I was appointed as Research Assistant by the Department of Microbiology at Matlab Field Station of icddr,b  and performed the following responsibilities:

1. Field sampling, monitoring environmental parameters, isolation of vibrios and other pathogenic microorganisms from clinical, water and other sources.
2. Routine independent diagnostic work of Microbiology Laboratory.
3. Biochemical and other tests to classify isolates and maintain complete and accurate stock cultures.
4. Performed Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent assay for the detection of Rotavirus from the stool of diarrhoeal patients in the hospital.

After my assignment at icddr,b field station, I was appointed as Senior Research Officer in icddr,b, Dhaka in 1979 where I organized a Microbiology Laboratory for various training courses. These courses which are participated by eminent scientists of home and abroad aimed at teaching different microbiological aspects of diarrhoeal diseases.

From 1979-1983, I worked as faculty members in various national and international courses. I also supervised various research projects undertaken by M.Sc. students of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

Awarded scholarship from the National Council of Science and Technology Division, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of Bangladesh to carry out a six months research from July to December, 1977 on a project entitled “Association of vibrios with Hydrophytic plants and planktons“, under the guidance of Dr. K.M.S. Aziz, Associate Director, Training and Extension, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).

Awarded a scholarship from Asiatic Society of Bangladesh for doing a six months research from January to June, 1977, on a project entitled “Study of Taxonomy, Ecology and Economic Importance of Lichen Flora in Bangladesh“, under the guidance of Professor A.K.M. Nurul Islam, Head, Department of Botany and Dean, Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka.

One year research work from November, 1975 to October, 1976 on a project entitled “Limnological and Ecological Studies of Shahbagh pond in Dhaka”, under the guidance of Professor A.K.M. Nurul Islam, Head, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Primary Position	Institution	Year
Emeritus Scientist	Laboratory Sciences and Services Division	February 01, 2017 to Date
Emeritus Scientist	Executive Director Division	February 01, 2015 to January 31, 2017
Environmental Microbiologist	Laboratory Sciences Division icddr,b and Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases	July 2001 to January 2015
Scientist	Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b	July 1994 to June 2001
Associate Scientist	Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b	May 1992 to June 1994
Assistant Scientist	Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b	January 1988 to April 1992
Ph. D. Scholar	London University, United Kingdom	August 1983 to December 1987
Senior Research Officer	Training Branch, icddr,b	February 1979 to August 1983
Research Assistant	Microbiology Branch, Matlab, icddr,b	January 1978 to June 1979
Research Scholar	National Council of Science And Technology, Government Of Bangladesh	July 1977 to December 1977
Research Scholar	Asiatic Society of Bangladesh	January 1977 to June 1977

OTHER CONCURRENT POSITIONS

Primary Position	Institution	Year
Chairperson Committee for the workforce need analysis and right-sizing the Clinical Laboratories, Laboratory Sciences and Services Division	icddr,b, Dhaka	March 2017 – July 2017
Acting Director Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases	icddr,b, Dhaka	Occasionally 2012 – 2015
Acting Director Laboratory Sciences Division	icddr,b Dhaka	Occasionally 1998-2012
Acting Division Director Laboratory Sciences Division	icddr,b, Dhaka	Occasionally 1995-1997
Acting Head Dept. of Laboratory Research	icddr,b Dhaka	Occasionally 1994-1995
Head, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory	icddr,b Dhaka	1990 to 2015
Acting Chief Environmental Microbiology Section	Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b	1988-1990
External Examiner	Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka	1989 to date
External Examiner	Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University	1995 to date
Ph. D Examiner	Universities of UK and South Africa
Acting Head Research Microbiology Branch	Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b	Occasionally 1988-1989
External Research Supervisor	Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka	1988 to date
External Research Supervisor	Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University	1992 to date
Postgraduate Student Coordinator	Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b	1990-2000
Member, Government Selected Specialized Committee for the Environmental Quality Standard	Department of Environment, Government of Bangladesh	1990 to 1991

Sl. No.	Title	Project period	Funding amount	Investigated as	Funding source
1	Microbes in environmental samples – SS	Jun, 2018-May, 2022	US $ 40,305	Principal Investigator	icddr,b
2	Characterization of environmental pollution in Bangladesh by novel non-target mass spectrometry “exposomic” analysis	Aug, 2019- Dec, 2022	US $ 148,254	Co-Principal Investigator	Stockholm University, Sweden
3	Evaluation of Water and Sanitation Intervention in FDMN’s Camps	Apr, 2020- Dec, 2021	US $ 34,365	Principal Investigator	University of Warwick, UK
4	Understanding the Hydro-climatic Drivers of cholera outbreak	Nov, 2017-Dec, 2022	US $ 40,505	Principal Investigator	University of Notre Dame, USA
5	Survey of sewage and other contaminated surface water sources for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in and around Dhaka city	Sep, 2020-Mar, 2021	US $ 11,763	Principal Investigator	Dhaka WASA
6	Providing  COVID-19 Testing Kit and equipment for Rohingya Refugees in advent of Global Pandemic	Aug, 2020-Dec, 2020	US $ 52,988	Principal Investigator	Rotary Club of Dhaka Mavericks, Bangladesh and Rotary Club of New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Rotaract Club of Yale and other Rotary and Rotaract Clubs
7	Bangladesh Longituidinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and non vascular Events (BELIEVE) rural cohort study	Jul, 2018-Dec, 2021	£14,20,000	Co-investigator	University of Cambridge, UK
8	Comparison of Diarrhea Measurement Method with Microbiological Indicators	May, 2019-Dec 2020	£ 19,998	Principal Investigator	University of Warwick, UK
9	REACH: Improving water security for the poor.	Jan, 2019-May 2020	£ 225,307	Principal Investigator	University of Oxford, UK
10	Health effects of a large-scale drinking water intervention on arsenic levels in Goalmari, Bangladesh.	Jan, 2019-Jan 2020	£ 79,650	Principal Investigator	University of Cambridge, UK
11	Water security and Poverty	2014-2021	£ 10M	Joint PI	DFID, UK
12	Finding Safe Drinking Water for Bangladesh,	2016-2019	US $132,970	Local PI	University of North Carolina, USA
13	AMR in drinking water: A nationality representative surveillance in Bangladesh	Mar, 2019-Dec 2019	US $ 9,969	Principal Investigator	World Health Organization (WHO)
14	Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) 2018: Water quality Monitoring and Surveillance	Nov 2018-Oct 2019	US $ 116,342	Principal Investigator	UNICEF
15	SHARE consortium, LSHTM	2016-2017	£ 7 M	Co-applicant	DFID, UK
16	Safe drinking water to mitigate arsenic,	2015-2016	£ 2.9 M	Co-applicant	NSF, USA
17	SHARE consortium, LSHTM,	2010-2015	£ 10 M	Co-applicant	DFID, UK
18	Microbiological evaluation of the effectiveness of soapy water on cleaning hands.	May, 2011-Feb, 2012	US $ 54,127	Co-investigator	USAID Bangladesh/CDC
19	Biofilm formation by Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladeshi natural aquatic habitats	2001-2007	US $ 324,270	Principal Investigator	NIH & Ellison Medical Foundation
20	Improving measures for handwashing behavior in Bangladesh.	Jul 2007-Jul 2008	US $ 61,078	Co-investigator	Water and Sanitation Program, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
21	Detection and Characterization of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens in Paper Currency in Dhaka, Bangladesh.	Jul, 2013- Jun 2014	US $ 24,695	Co-investigator	SIDA, Sweden
22	Epidemiology and ecology of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh (Ecology part).	1996-2001	US $ 517,920	Principal Investigator	NIH, USA
23	Role of various aquatic flora, fauna and physicochemical conditions of water in maintaining cholera in Bangladesh.	Jun, 1995-Dec, 1997	US $ 167,465	Principal Investigator	SDC, Switzerland
24	Survey of culturable V. cholerae O1 and O139.	June, 1994-Dec, 1996	US $ 48,000	Principal Investigator	BADC, Netherlands
25	Microbiological investigation of a duckweed project in Mirzapur.	Jun, 1994- May 1995,	US $ 21,799	Principal Investigator	SDC, Switzerland
26	The role of aquatic flora on the long-term survival of Vibrio cholerae in the environment, a mechanism for the maintenance of endemic cholera.	May, 1988 -Apr, 1989	US$ 18,670	Principal Investigator	USAID, USA
27	Investigation of carrier state and the role of animate and inanimate objects as reservoir of secondary host of Shigella.	Oct, 1991- Sep, 1993	US$ 162,679	Principal Investigator	SDC, Switzerland
28	Investigation of cryoprotective proteins as receptors for V. cholerae O1 in freshwater planktons of Bangladesh.	December 8 to 21, 1991	US $ 7,000	Principal Investigator	US-JAPAN cholera Panel
29	Are waste stabilization ponds (WSP) barriers to, or reservoirs of, cholera? How much V. cholerae is there in wastewater?	1998-2002	£ 238,302	Principal Investigator	DFID, UK
30	A Simple water filtration for cholera intervention.	Sep, 1998- Aug, 2001	US $ 794,940	Principal Investigator	NIH, USA
31	Evaluation of the newly designed Osmotic Bags for preparation of oral dehydration solution.	Jan, 1996- Dec, 1998	US$ 23,381	Co-principal Investigator	UCB Limited UK
32	Assessing risk to groundwater from onsite sanitation (ARGOSS).	1997-2000	£ 207,667	Co-investigator	DFID, UK
33	Formulation and evaluation of a new selective medium for Aeromonas spp.	Mar, 1988- Feb, 1989	US$ 18,070.	Co-investigator	USAID, USA
34	Development of an appropriate hand washing technique.	Jan, 1990 -Nov, 1990	US$ 23,772.	Co-investigator	WHO
35	Pathological and microbiological studies on primary fatal cases of diarrhoeal illness and acute lower respiratory infection.	Dec, 1989-Nov, 1994	US $ 129,383 (per annum)	Co-investigator	UNDP/WHO
36	A comparative study of four                 different methods for the identification of V. cholerae O1 in stool and water samples.	August 18-30, 1991	US $ 4,500	Co-investigator	University of Maryland, USA
37	Biofilm formation by V. cholerae O1 in Bangladeshi natural aquatic habitats.	2001-2007	US $ 324,270	Principal investigator	NIH & Ellison Medical Foundation, USA
38	Environmental Persistence of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the Environment.	2001-2004	US $ 573,835	Co-Investigator	NIH, USA
39	Infectious Disease Risk Management in Bangladesh and Mozambique, Phase-1.	Oct, 2002- Dec, 2005	US $ 253,178	Principal Investigator	DFID, UK
40	Assessing and improving drinking water quality following flooding.	Jul, 2005- Dec, 2005	US $ 77,191	Principal Investigator	UNICEF
41	Preparation of guidelines for point of use water purifying agents according to the sources of water used and commercially available purifying agents.	Jun, 2005-Jun, 2007	US $ 297,889	Principal Investigator	Government of Bangladesh
42	Microbiological contamination of surface water in Dhaka city.	Jan, 2005-Jun, 2005	US $36,119	Principal Investigator	Japanese Government
43	Application of rapid H2S test to monitor on-site water quality to motivate community groups to treat water.	Feb, 2006- Jun, 2007	US $ 158,827	Principal Investigator	USAID
44	Climate change and its impact on                          Transmission dynamics of cholera.	Feb, 2006- Mar, 2007	US $ 29,500	Principal Investigator	UNDP
45	Evaluation of health impact study of Sanitation, Hygiene Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh.	Apr, 2007-Mar, 2009	US $ 901,273	Co-PI	UNICEF, Bangladesh
46	Measuring the impact of total sanitation in Bangladesh.	Mar, 2007-Feb, 2009	US $ 300,000	Co-PI	World Bank, Bangladesh
47	Chlorine shock treatment of tube wells.	Sep-Oct, 2004	US $ 9,760	Co-PI	UNICEF, Bangladesh
48	Efficiency of PSF and RSF to remove bacterial and viral contamination from surface water of Bangladesh.	Feb-Mar, 2006	US $ 10,583	PI	DFID Bangladesh
49	Improving measures of hand washing behavior in Bangladesh.	Jul, 2007- Jul, 2008	US $ 61,078	Co-PI	World Bank, USA
50	A pilot study to improve hand hygiene in a low income urban community in Dhaka.	Sep, 2007- Dec, 2008	US $ 100,000	Co-PI	P & G, USA
51	Ensuring safe water by a sustainable water treatment strategy: A community based climate change adaptation initiative.	Nov, 2007- Nov, 2008	US $ 65,199	PI	UNDP
52	Establishment of minimum safe distance between groundwater based water point and pit latrine at different hydro-geological conditions.	Mar-Dec 2008	US$ 46,760.	PI	Water Aid BD through VERC
53	Impact of the surface water treatment plant (SWTP) on arsenic exposure: pilot study in Goalmari Bangladesh.	Feb, 2009- Jun, 2010	US $ 109,285	PI	VEOLIA, France
54	End-user Preferences for and Use of Point-of-Use Water.	Aug, 2008- Jan, 2010	US $ 162,000	Co-PI	SIDA, Sweden
55	Ecosystem Nutrient Addition and the Epidemiology and Evolution of Cholera in Bangladesh.	Aug, 2008- Aug, 2009	US $ 121,000	PI	Stanford University, USA
56	Impact of food hygiene in reducing the contamination of weaning food and water in a diarrhoea-endemic area in Bangladesh.	May, 2010- Apr, 2011	US $ 97,193.	PI	DFID through LSHTM
57	The health impact of chlorinating shallow tubewell drinking water.		US $ 170,332	Co-investigator	SIDA/SAREC
58	UNICEF SHEWA-B Evaluation: Response to UNICEF RFP/2007-001, Conduct a Health Impact Study.	2007- 2009	US $ 700,000	Co-investigator	UNICEF
59	Disgust, hygiene and infectious disease in Rural Bangladesh.	Jul-Dec, 2010	US $ 10,658	PI	DFID through LSHTM
60	Development of full proposal on safe distance of groundwater sources from nearby pit latrine.	Nov, 2010- Mar, 2011	US $ 15,384	PI	DFID through LSHTM
61	SHARE: Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (Coordination).	Jan, 2011- Jan, 2015	US $ 401,042.	PI	DFID through LSHTM
62	Risk factor determination and relation with contamination of Tube-wells.	Mar, 2011- Feb, 2012	US $ 47,610	PI	DFID through LSHTM
63	Faecal Contamination of commuters’ hands in public places in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.	Mar, 2011- Feb, 2012	US$ 47,423	PI	DFID through LSHTM
64	Hydrologic drivers and controls of cholera epidemics: Fields validation for local water reservoir dynamics.	Mar, 2011- Feb, 2012	US $ 91,164	PI	EPFL, Switzerland
65	Impact assessment of a sanitation, hygiene education and water supply intervention to a large population over five years in Bangladesh.	Dec, 2010- Nov, 2011	US $ 2,954,674	Co-PI	UNICEF, Bangladesh
66	Microbiological evaluation of the effectiveness of soapy water on cleaning hands.	May, 2011- Feb, 2012	US $ 54,127	Co-I	USAID Bangladesh & CDC
67	Pathways of bacterial and chemical pollutions around pit latrine and establishing safe distance of groundwater point at different hydrogeological conditions of Bangladesh.	Jul, 2012- Dec, 2014	US $ 461,859	PI	DFID through LSHTM and WaterAid in Bangladesh

SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENT (Ph.D)

Sl. No.	Name	Year	Thesis title
1.	Ryan Rego	2021	The effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on the spread of diarrhoeal disease in areas of high population density
2.	Ross R McInnes	2021	Metagenome-Wide Analysis of Rural and Urban Surface Waters and Sediments in Bangladesh.
3.	Alexander Fischer	2020	Risk Narratives and Institutional Responses: Charting the Evolution of Unregulated Drinking Water Services in Rural Bangladesh, 1972-2016
4.	Varun Goel	2020	Multi-level population and environmental factors impacting diarrhoeal disease transmission in Bangladesh; spatial epidemiology and spatial statistics
5.	Md. Shafiqul Islam	2012	Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 with algal hosts

SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENTS (M.Sc.)

Sl. No.	Name	Year	Thesis title
1	Ashok Kumar Barman	2022	E. coli contamination and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in drinking water: A nationally representative surveillance in Bangladesh.
2	Dipankar Dutta	2015	Association of Salmonella typhi with blue green algae
3	Mehedee Hasan	2015	Association of Shigella dysenteriae with Anabaena variabilis in laboratory microcosms
4	Farozaan Fatema Shiraji	2015	Antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence factors of E. coli strains isolated from human pit sludge; A justification prior to agricultural use
5	Pankoj Kumar Das	2015	In-vitro thermal annihilation of pathogens ( bacteria and parasites) from cow dung and human pit a usual means of bio-fertilizer; considering bio-risk
6	Md. Rakon Uz Jaman Khakon	2015	Isolation of Vibrio cholerae from various phytoplankton in Pagla sewage treatment plant, Narayanganj
7	Rahul Debnath	2015	Comparative study on the survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in association with Anabaena variabilis
8	Muhammad Riadul Haque Hossainey	2014	Parasitic Health Risk Associated with Sewage Runoff Water during Rainy Season in Dhaka City
9	Mir Parsia Afrin	2014	Survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with a blue green alga, Anabaena variabilis in sea, pond and laboratory microcosms.
10	Khan Md. Imran	2014	Growth response of Vibrio cholerae O139 in various selective and non-selective media during survival in different components of microcosms.
11	Tanvir Noor Nafiz	2014	Recovery of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus from mixed population in different components of Microcosms.
12	Ms. Tanzina Akter	2014	Comparative study on the survival of altered and hybrid Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variants in association with Anabaena variabilis.
13	Peerzadi Farzana Hossain	2014	Comparative survival of Vibrio vulnificus in association with a blue green alga Anabaena variabilis in laboratory microcosms.
14	Mir Himayet Kabir	2013	Survival of Vibrio mimicus in association with Anabaena variabilis in microcosm
15	Mir Alvee Ahmed	2013	Anabaena variabilis acts as a long term reservoir of Vibrio cholerae non O1/non O139 in microcosm.
16	Hafij Al Mahmud	2013	Regional variation in biofilm forming capacity of Vibrio cholerae O1 and relationship with antibiotic susceptibility
17	Md Nazmul Hassan	2012	A comparative study on Electrocoagulation and activated sludge process in the treatment of textile effluent in and around Dhaka city
18	Md. Kamil	2012	Microbiological and chemical analysis of drinking water sources in urban city of Bangladesh
19	Md. Ehteshamul Islam	2012	Prevalence and intensity of parasites in household yard soil of urban and rural areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
20	Md. Mahfuz Ali Khan Shawan	2012	Regional variation in antibiotic resistance pattern and molecular analysis among clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated during cholera outbreak in 2009-2010
21	Md. Hasanuzzaman Khan	2012	Enhanced survival of air-liquid interface (ALI) biofilm forming Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with Anabaena variabilis
22	Qazi Qumrun Nahar	2012	Survival of Shigella flexnerie 2B in association with Anabaena variabilis in laboratory microcosms
23	Liza Sarker	2012	Survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with Oscillatoria limosa, Nitzchia gracilis  in microcosms.
24	Munira Begum	2012	Survival of Vibrio cholerae O1  in association with Oscillatoria proteus and chlorococcum infusionum in laboratory microcosms.
25	Ripon Chandra Dhar	2011	Fecal Contamination of Household Soil: A Source of Geohelminth and Specially Giardiasis Among Children of Haor Areas, Bangladesh.
26	Mehenur Sarwar	2011	Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) resistant bacteria as indicators of environmental pollution in Dhaka with tannery and textile effluents and its possibilities to be used in bioremediation.
27	Md. Rasheduzzaman	2010	Prevalence of Vibrio cholerae in Liza parsia, Mystus vittatus and Oreochromis niloticus collected from coastal water of Bangldaesh.
28	Dilara Firdousi	2010	Survival of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) in association with Anabaena variabilis
29	Md. Rafiqul Islam	2009	Role of physic-chemical properties and nutrients in relation to phytoplankton and abundance to Vibrio cholerae O1 in aquatic pond ecosystem, Matlab, Bangladesh.
30	Md. Rokon Uz Zaman	2009	Isolation and molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae collected from different ponds at Matlab, Chandpur.
31	Md. Nazmul Islam	2009	Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from patients and water sources in Matlab, Bangladesh.
32	Tasnuva Sarowar	2009	Profiling of integrons emerged in clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae
33	Iffat Tasnim Haque	2008	The role of Nostoc in prohibiting the lysis of the Vibriophages specific for Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor: A Microcosm Study.
34	Md. Shahnewaz Khan	2008	A microcosm experiment on the grazing effect of Copepod on Anabaena variabilis and their role as reservoir of Vibrio cholerae.
35	Debasish Paul	2008	Abundance and genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae in association with plankton in fresh and brackish water habitat: an environmental study.
36	Partha Sarathi Gope	2008	Characterization and distribution of virulence genes in Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio cholerae isolated from environmental and clinical samples.
37	Jannatul Ferdous	2008	Isolation & detection of pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli in different stages of Pagla Treatment Plant and evaluation of it’s effectiveness.
38	Sharmily Sanjida Khanam	2008	Detection of parasitic protozoans to observe wastewater treatment efficacy at Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant and molecular identification of Giradia lamblia.
39	Mozaffar Hossain Manik	2008	Isolation and characterization of Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus from export quality frozen fishes of Bangaldesh.
40	Masuma Sultana	2008	Detection, quantification and seasonal variation of helmints in a municipal sewage treatment plant in Bangladesh and assessment of its treatment efficacy.
41	Sankar Chandra Mandal	2008	Prevalence and characterization of Vibrio vulnificus in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus).
42	Zahid Hassan	2008	The attachment mechanism of Vibrio cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus with suspended particulates in esturarine waters.
43	Marufa Yeasmin	2008	Enteric Escherichia coli isolated and detected using cultural and molecular techniques from the hands of low income community in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
44	Md. Shamsur Rahman	2007	Incidence of Vibrio cholerae in freshwater fishes of Bangladesh.
45	Afroza Naznin	2007	Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 (569B) with Anabaena viriabilis in presence of classical Vibrio phage IV.
46	Sumi Akter	2007	Study of seasonal abundance of Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with different phytoplankton in the aquatic environment of Matlab, Bangladesh.
47	Md. Kamrul Hasan	2007	Role of amino acids exist in the mucilaginous sheath of blue green algae for the growth and survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 in microcosm.
48	Md. Kamruzzaman	2007	Assessment of chemical and microbiological contamination loads in raw and treated wastewater at Pagla wastewater treatment plant, Dhaka city.
49	Md. Abdul Malek	2007	A study of physical, chemical and microbiological contamination of raw and treated river water supplied by Chandnighat water treatment plant, old Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
50	Haimanti Saha	2007	A study of biological and chemical parameters of different commercial bottle mineral water in Bangladesh.
51	Rumana Tasmin	2006	Abundance of zooplankton in the surface water system in Dhaka city and association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with copepod.
52	Mahmud Hasan	2006	Role of chitin and algae for biofilm formation of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic environment of Bangladesh.
53	Jannatul Ferdous	2006	Survival of Vibrio cholerae O139 in association with Anabaena variabilis in different aquatic environments: A microcosm study.
54	Hasina Parveen	2006	Abundance of healminth parasites in surface water of Gulshan lake, Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
55	Khondokar Shamsur Rahman	2006	The microbiological assessment of water from arsenic-free sources in Bangladesh.
56	Md. Mizanur Rahman	2006	Partial characterization of phenotypic and genotypic trait of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from different communities of Bangladesh.
57	Nasreen Jahan Popy	2006	Assessment of bacterial contamination of tube-well water in Bangladesh and probable sources of contamination: Implication in disease transmission.
58	Abul Khayer Mallik	2005	A study of biological and chemical parameters of treated and untreated deep tube well water in Dhaka city
59	Qazi Asadul Islam	2005	Study of chemical and microbiological parameters in surface and underground water of Matlab, Chandpur, Bangladesh.
60	Fahmida Rahman	2004	Role of Anabaena vriabilis as feed for copepod and abundance of zooplankton in relation to bio-physico-chemical parameters of lotic and lentic environment of Dhaka city.
61	Md. S. M. Ahasanul Kobir	2003	Nutritional enrichment and modification of alkaline peptone water (APW) to improve recovery of Vibrio cholerae O1 from environmental samples.
62	Md. Almujaddade Alfasane	2001	Seasonal distribution of Vibrio cholerae in association with algal population in a cholera endemic area of Bangladesh.
63	Md. Ziaur Rahman	2001	Occurrence of pathogenic genes in Vibrio mimicus isolated from aquatic environment of Bangladesh
64	Ms. Rizwana Tasmin	2001	Molecular characterization of pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from brakish water environment of Bangladesh.
65	Md. Iqbal Kabir Zahid	2001	Biodiversity of gram negative bacteria in biofilm.
66	Md. Raknuzzaman	2001	Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with plankton in the Buriganga river of Dhaka, Bangladesh
67	Abdullah-Al-Mahmud	2000	Study of survivability and coexistence of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in a mixed state with copepods in laboratory microcosm using Microbiological and Molecular Genetic Techniques.
68	Ms. Sunjukta Ahsan	2000	A comparative study on virulence properties and biotypes determination of rough and smooth strains of Vibrio cholerae O1.
69	Ms. Sukalyani Banik	1999	A compartive survival study of rough and smooth strains of V. cholerae in association with Anabaena spp. in microcosms.
70	Sucharit Basu Neogi	1999	Survival potential of V. cholerae O1 and V. cholerae O139 bengal in association with copepods: a microcosm experiment using bacteriological methods and techniques of genetics and molecular biology.
71	Ms. Sabina Ahmed	1998	Detection of Vibrio cholerae in association with cyanobacteria using culture, dot and colony blot hygridization from microcosms.
72	Ms. Latifa Yasmin	1997	Relationship between physico-chemical parameters, algal bloom formation and faecal coliforms in the pond ecosystem.
73	Md. Muniruzzaman Goldar	1997	Role of mucinase in the survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with a blue green alga (Cyanobacterium), Anabaena sp. In aquatic microcosms.
74	Ms. Mahbuba Rahman	1997	Chemotaxis of Vibrio cholerae O139 towards Anabaena sp. as influenced by physico-chemical parameters.
75	Md. A.N.M. Hamidul Kabir	1997	Studies on the relation of physico-chemical and biological parameters and the survival of vibrios in pond ecosystem in a cholera endemic area of Bangladesh.
76	Md. Khalid Mahmood Khan	1997	Survival study of Vibrio cholerae O139 with Anabaena sp. and detection of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from aquatic environmental samples.
77	Md. Mizanur Rahman	1996	Role of chemoattractant in attachment of V. cholerae with blue green algae.
78	Ms. Sultana Mahmuda	1996	Survival and association of V. cholerae O1 and O139 with various blue green algae.
79	Md. Shahidul Kabir	1995	Vibrio spp. In the duckweed based sewage treatment and fish culture ponds with special reference to Vibrio cholerae O139.
80	Anowara Begum	1995	Prevalence of vibrios in the aquatic components of the pond ecosystem at Matlab, Bangladesh
81	Md. Nurul Huda Khan	1995	Helioplankton dynamics and physico-chemical limnology of four ponds in Matlab, Chandpur.
82	Afrin Naz	1994	The survival and growth of Vibrio cholerae O139 in common Bangladeshi foods and drinks.
83	Md. Alamgir Hossain	1993	Examination of survival potential of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 on fomite surfaces using PCR and FA techniques.
84	Md. Zakir Hossain	1993	The role of certain animate objects on the survival of Shigella dysenteriae type 1.
85	Ms. Sahana Parveen	1992	Impact of various physico-chemical stresses on toxigenicity of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
86	Md. Kamrul Hasan	1991	Survival and growth of Shigella flexneri in various Bangladeshi foods.
87	Ms. Ferdous Binte Rezwan	1991	Response of Shigella flexneri to physiochemical stresses in aquatic environment.
88	Md. Jahangir Alam	1989	The ecology of Vibrionaceae in the freshwater pond environs of Dhaka, Bangladesh

SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENTS: B.Sc. (Hons)

Sl. No.	Name	Year	Thesis title
1	Rifah Nanjiba	2020	Training on laboratory methods (Internship)
2	Tarik Hasan	2012	Survivability of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus at freezing temperature in Tilapia fish.
3	Shanzida Jahan	2010	Enumeration of bacterial flora and identifica-tion of pathogenic bacteria from different water sources of Matlab, Bangladesh
4	Sanjida-Binte Nizam	2010	Microbiological quality assessment of different pond water samples collected from Khulna District
5	Ripon Chandra Dhar	2009	Prevalence of intestinal helminths among children living in slum areas of Dhaka city

• Editor-in-Chief, Bangladesh Environmental Society Newsletter from November 2000 to 2002.
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition.
• Reviewer of the Tropical Medicine and International Health.
• Reviewer of BMC Public Health.
• Reviewer, Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
• Reviewer, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases.
• Reviewer, Indian Journal of Medical Research.
• Reviewer, Epidemiology and Infection.
• Reviewer, Chemistry and Ecology
• Reviewer, Emerging Infectious Diseases.
• Reviewer, Water Science and Technology.
• Assisted Dr. K.M.S. Aziz, Editor-in-Chief for editing and publishing the proceeding’s of the Third Annual Bangladesh Science Conference of the Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Chittagong, Bangladesh in January 8-12, 1978.
• Assisted Dr. K.M.S. Aziz, Editor-in-Chief for editing and publishing the 4th and 5th proceeding’s of the Bangladesh Science Conference of Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Rajshahi, Bangladesh in March 2-5, 1980.
• A member of the committee in preparing and compiling “Manual on Treatment and Prevention of Diarrhoea” in English and Bengali. These manuals were published in December 1980. These are the Special Publications of icddr,b bearing Special Publication No.12.
• A member of the committee for preparation of the Trainer’s Guide for the Manual of Treatment and Prevention of Diarrhoea, in English and Bengali.
• Assisted Dr. A.S.M. Mizanur Rahman for preparing “Diarrhoea Babosthapona Gono-Proshikhhon Pustika” which is a Bengali version of “Manual on Management of Diarrhoea for Community Workers.
• Assisted Dr. Md. Imdadul Huq for editing and publishing the Abstracts of the First and Second Annual Conference organized by the Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists held in Dhaka in April 5-6, 1980 and February 14-15, 1981 respectively.

• Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences

• Life member of The John Snow Society, Royal Society for Public Health, UK.

• American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

• Bangladesh Environmental Society (Founding Vice-President)

• Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS).

• Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM).

• Association of Scientists and Scientific Professions (BASSP).

• Bangladesh Botanical Society.

• President, Staff Welfare Association of icddr,b (year 2002-2003)

• Gulshan Society of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Greater Khulna Society, Bangladesh

• Gulshan Joggers’ Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Gulshan Runners’ Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Co-operative Society of Uttara, Sector-11, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1) Abu Dhabi, 2) Australia, 3) Belgium, 4) Canada, 5) Ethiopia, 6) France, 7) Germany, 8) Haiti, 9) Hong Kong, 10) India, 11) Indonesia, 12) Iraq, 13) Jamaica, 14) Japan, 15) Kenya, 16) Lebanon, 17) Morocco, 18) Mozambique, 19) Nepal, 20) Netherlands, 21) Pakistan, 22) Philippines, 23) Saudi Arabia, 24) Singapore, 25) South Korea, 26) Sudan, 27) Switzerland, 28) Syria, 29) Tanzania, 30) Thailand, 31) Uganda, 32) UK, 33) USA, 34) Democratic Republic of Congo, 35) Zimbabwe, 36) Sudan

I am an Emeritus Scientist in the Laboratory of Environmental Health of Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr,b. I was the founder and Head of this laboratory until recently. Besides the research work, I also used to supervise the inter-departmental services provided by the laboratory testing environmental samples of Clinical Sciences Division and Community Health Division. Environmental samples from various national and international institutions of Bangladesh were also tested in this laboratory under my supervision.

Various stool, rectal swab and environmental samples (water, food, fish, drinks etc.) collected from different areas of Bangladesh, affected by diarrhoeal diseases epidemic were also tested in this laboratory under my supervision.

Member of the Government selected specialized committee for the environmental quality standard to set up bacteriological standards of drinking, swimming, lake, river and other surface waters.

EXTRA ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

I was one of the eleven of my school team in Football, Cricket and Volley-Ball games. I played several times in Inter-School Football, Cricket and Volley-Ball competition. I also enjoy playing Lawn Tennis and Table Tennis.

1	Professor John D Clemens Ex. Executive Director International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) 68, Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh Telephone: 880-2-9827001-10, Ext. 3100 Email: jclemens@icddrb.org
2	Professor Sandy Cairncross Professor of Environmental health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street (Gower Street) London WC1 7HT United Kingdom Tel: +44(0) 1727812626 Email: sandy.cairncross@lshtm.ac.uk
3	Professor Andrew Collins Director Disaster and Development Center Department of Geography and Environment Northumbria University Lipman Building Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST UK Tel: +44(0) 191 227 3754/3408 Fax: +44(0) 191 227 4715 Email: andrew.collins@unn.ac.uk