MrRajat Das Gupta

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of South Carolina

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of South Carolina
  • Graduate Research Assistant
    Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

BIO

I am a physician by training. I have completed MBBS from Dhaka Medical College under the University of Dhaka on 2014. Then I completed one year rotatory internship programme from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on May 2015. On July 2015, I joined at James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University as research associate. I was involved with designing a health communication commodity jointly with BRAC Health, Nutrition and Population Programme. Then I completed my MPH from James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University on January 2017. I was awarded with International Post Graduate Training Scheme supported by WHO-TDR to pursue the MPH. After I worked at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health as a senior research associate. Currently I am pursuing PhD in Epidemiology at University of South Carolina, USA. My field of interest is epidemiology of non communicable diseases. I have published extensively in the Lancet, BMJ Open, Plos One, Biomed Central and Elsevier Journals.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of South Carolina, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, United States2021 - present
  • Teaching Fellow
    BRAC University, Dhaka, James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh14 Aug 2017 - 2021

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Graduate Research Assistant
    Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, United States2019 - present
  • Senior Research Associate
    BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh2019 - 2019
  • Research Associate
    BRAC University, Dhaka, James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh15 Feb 2017 - 2019
  • Research Associate
    BRAC University, Dhaka, James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh1 Jul 2015 - 15 Dec 2015
  • Intern Doctor
    Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh1 Jun 2014 - 31 May 2015

DEGREES

  • Masters of Public Health (MPH)
    James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh30 Jan 2016 - 31 Jan 2017
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
    Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh6 Jan 2009 - 11 May 2014

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • WHO TDR Fellow
    BRAC University, Dhaka, James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh20 Dec 2015 - 31 Jan 2017
    Training on Implementation ResearchOtherSupervised by Sarker M

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Bengali
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read and speak
  • Hindi
    Can speak and understand

WHO REGION

  • WHO South-East Asia Region

COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY

  • Bangladesh

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