Pabna University of Science and Technology

Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Nasif Hossain

PhD (NU, Japan), Post-Doc (UTokyo, Japan), Post-Doc (UVA, USA)

Lecturer

Department of Statistics

Pabna University of Science and Technology

Pabna, Bangladesh

Contact Information

+8801843971527 (Personal)

nasif.stat@pust.ac.bd (Office)

nasif.stat.iu@gmail.com (Personal)

Total Publications: 26

Total Publications (26)

18
8

Education (3)

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health from School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 2023
  • Master of Science in Statistics from Department of Statistics, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, 2014
  • Bachelor of Science in Statistics from Department of Statistics, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2013

Teaching Experience (5)

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. 2024/08~2026/02
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2023/11-2024/7
  • Research Assistant, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. 2019/10-2020/9
  • Statistical Officer, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2018/2-2019/9
  • Researcher under the research project in the University Grant Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, Department of Statistics, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. 2015/1-2018/1

Research Interests (3)

  • Child health
  • Infectious diseases
  • Climate Change

Active Research Project (2)

  • Climate & Enteric Infectious Disease (EID) Risk and Vulnerability. (2024/8-present). https://www.planeo.earth/meet-the-team. Co-Investigator, NIH research found
  • Impact of future climate shocks on waterborne diarrheal diseases in order to shape climate, environmental, and health policies. (2024-present). https://www.springsproject.eu/our-people. Team member, European Commission research found

Previous Research Project (3)

  • Temperature and precipitation association with child diarrhea. (2020/10-2023/09). Principal Investigator, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEX), Japanese government research found
  • Surveillance for etiologic agents, among patients or their caregivers from Rohingya refugees as well as the host population in Cox’s Bazar district attending icddr,b operated Diarrhoea Treatment Centre’s. (2018– 2020). Team member, UNICEF research found
  • Health Expenditure Impact on Economic Growth in Bangladesh. (2016- 2017). Principal Investigator, University Grants Commission Bangladesh research found

External Affiliation (1)

  • Adjunct Researchers, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2024/08-PRESENT

Journal Articles (18)

  • *Hossain N, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Nasrin D, Seposo XT, Chua PLC, Pan R, Faruque ASG, Hashizume M. Short-term associations of diarrhoeal diseases in children with temperature and precipitation in seven low- and middle-income countries from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Oct 15;18(10):e0011834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011834. PMID: 39405333; PMCID: PMC11510124. ISSN: 1935-2735 (online).
  • Das R, Hossain MN, Levine MM, Kotloff KL, Nasrin D, Hossain MJ, Omore R, Sur D, Ahmed T, Breiman RF, Faruque ASG, Freeman MC. Impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene indicators on enteric viral pathogens among under-5 children in low resource settings. Sci Total Environ. 2025 Jan 8;961:178401. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178401. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39787644. ISSN: 1879-1026 (online)
  • Shaly NJ, Nuzhat S, Sarmin M, Hossain N, Mariam N, Bhuiyan SET, Nabin MAA, Tariqujjaman M, Haque MA, Ahmed D, Faruque ASG, Ahmed T, Chisti MJ. Pathogen-specific predicting factors of childhood diarrhoea and their seasonality: evaluation from Rohingya refugees and host population in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. J Glob Health. 2026 Jan 23;16:04024. doi: 10.7189/jogh.16.04024. PMID: 41572866; PMCID: PMC12828441.
  • Chua PLC, Madaniyazi L, Tobias A, Ng CFS, Phung VLH, Pan R, Hossain N, Abrutzky R, Carrasco Escobar G, Phung DT, Faruque ASG, Brown P, Stagliorio Coêlho MSZ, Saldiva PHN, Lavigne E, Salazar MA, Royé D, Jung CR, Tantrakarnapa K, Kliengchuay W, Scovronick N, Lynch V, Park J, Kim Y, Huang C, Semenza JC, Hales S, Hashizume M. Data Resource Profile: Climate and Enteric Diseases Research Project (ClimED). Int J Epidemiol. 2026 Jan 2;55(1):dyaf215. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaf215. PMID: 41481241; PMCID: PMC12758008.
  • Sultana AA, Das R, Hossain MN, Amin Sobi R, Naz F, Khan SH, Nasrin S, Nuzhat S, Chisti MJ, Bardhan PK, Sarker P, Ahmed T, Chakraborty S, Faruque A. Clinico-Epidemiological Characteristics of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Enterotoxigenic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli Diarrhea and Impact on Child Growth. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 May 13:tpmd240347. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0347. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40359931. ISSN: 1476-1645 (Online).
  • Takata T, Seposo X, Hossain N, Ueda K. Air Temperature and Gastroenteritis Among Rohingya Populations in Bangladesh Refugee Camps. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e255768. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5768. PMID: 40249618; PMCID: PMC12008762. ISSN: 2574-3805
  • Alam J, Shaima SN, Das R, Haque MA, Hossain MN, Khan SH, Nuzhat S, Chisti MJ, Ahmed T, Chakraborty S, Faruque ASG. Epidemiology and clinical profile of diarrhea associated with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh: Findings from a hospital-based surveillance system, 2008-2023. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Nov 7;19(11):e0013697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013697. PMID: 41202097; PMCID: PMC12611153. ISSN: 1935-2735 (online).
  • Pan R, Chua PLC, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Guo Q, Phung VLH, Hossain N, Lynch V, Jung CR, Salazar MA, Roye D, Phung D, Coêlho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Hales S, Huang C, Semenza JC, Hashizume M. The association between total precipitation and diarrhea morbidity: A multicountry study across diverse climate zones. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Nov 6;9(6):e430. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000430. PMID: 41211605; PMCID: PMC12594309. ISSN: 2474-7882
  • Devanathan G, Chua PLC, Nomura S, Ng CFS, Hossain N, Eguchi A, Hashizume M - Excess mortality during and after the COVID-19 emergency in Japan: a two-stage interrupted time-series design: BMJ Public Health 2025;3:e002357. ISSN: 2753-4294
  • Lin SY, Chua PLC, Yuan L, Hossain N, He J, Yamasaki L, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Hashizume M. A scoping review and thematic analysis of the effects of tropical cyclones on diarrheal diseases. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 9;9(1):e366. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000366. PMCID: PMC11723668. ISSN: 2474-7882
  • Sobi RA, Sultana AA, Khan SH, Haque MA, Nuzhat S, Hossain N, Bardhan PK, Chisti MJ, Chakraborty S, Ahmed T, Das R, Faruque ASG. Impact of Rotaviral diarrhea on child growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0406. ISSN: 0002-9637, ISSN: 1476-1645 (Online).
  • Faruque ASG, Alam B, Nahar B, Parvin I, Barman AK, Khan SH, Hossain MN, Widiati Y, Hasan AM, Kim M, Worth M, Vandenent M, Ahmed T. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Practices and Outreach Services in Settlements for Rohingya Population in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2018-2021. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 5;19(15):9635. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159635. PMID: 35954994; PMCID: PMC9368108. ISSN: 1660-4601.
  • Faruque ASG, Khan AI, Nahar B, Islam SMR, Hossain MN, Abdullah SA, Khan SH, Hossain MS, Khan FH, Prajapati M, Widiati Y, Hasan ASMM, Kim M, Musto J, Vandenent M, Clemens JD, Ahmed T. Cholera outbreak in Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National (FDMN) from a small population segment in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Sep 22;15(9):e0009618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009618. PMID: 34550972; PMCID: PMC8457470, ISSN: 1935-2735 (online).
  • Faruque ASG, Khan AI, Islam SMR, Nahar B, Hossain MN, Widiati Y, Hasan ASMM, Prajapati M, Kim M, Vandenent M, Ahmed T. Diarrhea treatment center (DTC) based diarrheal disease surveillance in settlements in the wake of the mass influx of forcibly displaced Myanmar national (FDMN) in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2018. PLoS One. 2021 Aug 2;16(8):e0254473. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254473. PMID: 34339419; PMCID: PMC8328326, ISSN: 1932-6203 (online).
  • Aktar S, Talukder A, Ahamad MM, Kamal AHM, Khan JR, Protikuzzaman M, Hossain N, Azad AKM, Quinn JMW, Summers MA, Liaw T, Eapen V, Moni MA. Machine Learning Approaches to Identify Patient Comorbidities and Symptoms That Increased Risk of Mortality in COVID-19. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Jul 31;11(8):1383. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11081383. PMID: 34441317; PMCID: PMC8393412, ISSN: 2075-4418.
  • Jahan, Y, Moriyama, M, Rahman, M.M, Shahid, A.S.M.S.B, Rahman, A, Hossain, N, Das, S.K, Hossain, M.I, Faruque, A.S.G, Chisti, M.J., 2019. Changing trends in measles vaccination status between 2004 and 2014 among children aged 12-23 months in Bangladesh, Tropical Medicine and International Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13366, Vol.25, No.25. PP.475-482, ISSN:1360-2276, ISSN:1365-3156 (Online).
  • Biswas, S., Hossain, A., Podder, A.K. and Hossain, M.N., 2017. A Canonical Analysis on the Relationship between Banking Sector and Stock Market Development in Bangladesh, International Journal of Economics and Finance. Vol.10, No.1, DOI:10.5539/ijef.v10n1p167, ISSN: 1916-971X, ISSN: 1916-9728 (Online).
  • Hossain, A., Biswas, S., Hossain, M.N and Podder, A.K, 2017. Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth in Bangladesh: A Factor Analysis Based Causality Approach, International Journal of Economics and Finance. Vol.9, No.8, DOI:10.5539/ijef.v9n8p229, ISSN: 1916-971X, ISSN: 1916-9728 (Online).

Conference Proceedings (8)

  • Hossain N, Zaitchik BF, Lakshmi VV, Colston JM. Spatiotemporal variation in risk of Campylobacter infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data. AGU25. 2025 Dec 17.
  • Hossain M.N, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Nasrin D, Colston JM, Faruque ASG, Hashizume M. Associations of pathogen-specific diarrhoea with temperature and precipitation: a multi-country study in Asia and Africa of the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) . 17th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition, December 8th to 10th, 2024, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Hossain M.N, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Nasrin D, Seposo XT, Chua PL c., et al. Short-term associations of diarrhoeal diseases with temperature and precipitation: a multi-country study in Asia and Africa. ISEE Conference Abstracts;2023. doi:10.1289/ISEE.2023.MP-026.
  • Takata T, Hossain M.N, Seposo X, Ueda K. Temperature and gastroenteritis association in refugee camps in Bangladesh, 2019-2021. ISEE Conference Abstracts;2023. doi:10.1289/ISEE.2023.PK-070.
  • Hossain, A., Biswas, S., Hossain, M.N. and Podder, A. K., 2016. 'Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth in Bangladesh: A Factor Analysis Based Causality Approach' Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30-31 Oct.
  • Sumi, R. S., Hossain, A., Podder, A. K., Hossain, M.N. and Biswas, S., 2015. 'The Role of Health on Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh' Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, DUSDAA, Dhaka, 27-29 Dec
  • Hossain, A., Biswas, S., Podder, A. K. and Hossain, M.N., 2015. 'Impacts of Remittance and Financial Development on Economic Growth: Evidences from Bangladesh' Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, DUSDAA, Dhaka, 27-29 Dec.
  • Hossain, A., Hossain, M.N., Biswas, S., and Podder, A. K., 2015. 'Banks, Stock Markets and Economic Growth: Evidences from Bangladesh' Proceedings of Annual Banking conference, BIBM, Dhaka, 22-23 Nov.

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