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MrRajib Chowdhury

Adjunct Faculty

Independent University Bangladesh (IUB)

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Independent University Bangladesh (IUB)
  • Consultant
    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
  • Consultant – Vector Management
    The World Bank
  • Vector Management Specialist
    Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
  • +8801912168475 (Mobile)
  • +8801715039831 (Mobile)
  • 355/2 East Nakhalpara, Tejgaon, Dhaka, 1215, Bangladesh

BIO

Rajib Chowdhury is an entomologist with a Master of Public Health specializing in epidemiology. He successfully completed the TDR Fellowship Program on Project Management at WHO/SEARO. Since 2006, he has conducted several implementation and operational research projects on visceral leishmaniasis, most of which were supported by TDR.

 

Over the past two decades, he has also been actively involved in research on other vector-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and filariasis.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Department of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh2019 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Consultant
    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh1 Jan 2016 - present
  • Consultant – Vector Management
    The World Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh3 Mar 2020 - present
  • Vector Management Specialist
    Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, Local Government Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh2 Mar 2025 - present

DEGREES

  • MSc
    University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, Bangladesh1 Jan 1992 - 1 Jan 1993
  • Master of Public Health (MPH)
    University of South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh2017 - 2018

CERTIFICATIONS

  • (1) Biodiversity; & (2) Experimental Design and Statistics
    University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway23 Nov 1997 - 4 Dec 1997
  • ArcView Desktop GIS
    Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh5 May 2003 - 8 May 2003
  • SPSS and Research Methods
    International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh19 Jan 2006 - 30 Mar 2006
  • Certificate Course on Research Bioethics (CCRB)
    Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC), Dhaka, Bangladesh24 Jan 2006 - 13 Apr 2006
  • Morphological and molecular (PCR) methods for Sandfly identification
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States28 Feb 2008 - 12 May 2008
  • GSM Training
    WHO Regional Office for South East-Asia (SEARO), New Delhi, India22 Oct 2009 - 23 Oct 2009
  • GSM Managers’ Training
    WHO Regional Office for South East-Asia (SEARO), New Delhi, India2 Dec 2009 - 4 Dec 2009
  • Second Asian training course on biosafety for human health and the environment in relation to potential release of genetically modified vectors
    Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai, India22 Feb 2010 - 5 Mar 2010
  • Advanced WHO-IRTC/UNIL course on immunology, vaccinology and biotechnology applied to leishmaniasis
    University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland5 Oct 2011 - 15 Oct 2011
  • Project Monitoring and Evaluation
    Bangladesh Institute of Management, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh22 Mar 2016 - 24 Mar 2016
  • Systematic reviews of health research
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Apr 2019 - 5 Apr 2019

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • TDR Fellowship
    WHO/TDR, Geneva, Switzerland2008 - 2010
    NTDOtherSupervised by Dash AP

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

WHO REGION

  • WHO South-East Asia Region

COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY

  • Bangladesh

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