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N. M. Rabiul Awal Chowdhury.

Associate Professor

Comilla university
Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

robi285@hotmail.com

+8801716831080

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I dream to be in the leading edge at academic field as well as in development practices through research and program initiatives. Currently I am a PhD student in Asean Institute for Health Development, AIHD, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand, and working as an assistant professor in dept. of Anthropology, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh. Along with teaching; i am contributing in various development research projects as consultant with different national and international organizations. I am also experienced to work with well-reputed national or international organizations (icddr,b, PKSF, CIPRB, Plan international, and BRAC, RED) as full time professional. I prefer to work in a favorable environment with challenge and creativity and contribute in national development from my level through innovative ideas and research initiatives. My core areas of works are teaching, research (health and health related issues), training, monitoring and evaluation, report writing and documentation, program design, planning and management.

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1.	Risk factors of suicide among public university students of Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration. June 2022 Urme SA, Islam MS, Begum H, Chowdhury NR. Risk factors of suicide among public university students of Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration. Heliyon. 2022 Jun 8:e09659.
2.	Dealing with tuberculosis: factors of the tuberculosis medication adherence among marginalized communities: a scoping literature review 2021 Nasrin, S, Chowdhury, R. A., 2021. Dealing with tuberculosis: factors of the tuberculosis medication adherence among marginalized communities: a scoping literature review, International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, Vol 8, No 5 (2021), Print ISSN: 2394-6032, Online ISSN: 2394-6040,https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20211389
3.	Exploring cultural beliefs and practices associated with maternal health-care: a qualitative study of Salmanpur village in Cumilla city 2020 Chowdhury, R.A., Ainul, H., Nasrin, S. 2020. Exploring cultural beliefs and practices associated with maternal health-care: a qualitative study of Salmanpur village in Cumilla city, Comilla University journal of social sciences, Faculty of social science, Volume 3, Number 1, ISSN 2663-2659
4.	Patterns and mechanisms contributing to the males’ positive involvement in reproductive health issues: cases from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh April 2021 Chowdhury, N. M., Lipa, I.J., Fazle Sharior, F., Patterns and mechanisms contributing to the males’ positive involvement in reproductive health issues: cases from a peri-urban area of Bangladesh, Journal of Public Health and Development Vol.19 No.1 January-April 2021.
5.	Behaviour change intervention to reduce caregivers’ exposure to patients’ oral and nasal secretions in Bangladesh. 2013 Gurley, E. S., Chowdhury, R. A., Luby, S. P., et al., 2013. Behaviour change intervention to reduce caregivers’ exposure to patients’ oral and nasal secretions in Bangladesh. International Journal of Infection Control, v9:i2, ISSN 1996-9783, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3396/ijic.v9i2.11121

Annual seminar on Social Inclusion of Indigenous People of Bangladesh January 2017 Annual seminar on Social Inclusion of Indigenous People of Bangladesh, Organized by; Institute of social research & applied anthropology (ISSRA) and department of anthropology, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, Date: January 27-28, 2017
2016, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTHROPOLOGY, ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE IN CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME October 2016 2016, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTHROPOLOGY, ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE IN CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME Conference Date: October 22-23, 2016 Organized by: Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka www.anthropology.du.ac.bd
2016, International Conference On Critical Engagement in Anthropological Landscape in Bangladesh February 2016 2016, International Conference On Critical Engagement in Anthropological Landscape in Bangladesh, Central Auditorium, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 06 – 07 February 2016
2011, Training on Real Time-Result Based Monitoring and Report Writing (RT-RBM) 2011 2011, Training on Real Time-Result Based Monitoring and Report Writing (RT-RBM) Organized & conducted by: Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Direction and acting of Theater, Singing, organizing cultural programs and events, Motivational and popular public speaking, Traveling.