Researcher Profile

My research interest focuses on estimating the effect of risk factors and preventive interventions on non-communicable diseases (NCD) especially cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality at the population level. I have experience of conducting various research projects related to NCD that include surveillance and community management of hypertension, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and vascular events; worksite promotion to prevent CVD; smoking and mortality; indoor air pollution and its cardiopulmonary health effects; and risk factors of cancer. I am interested in applying advanced methods to evaluate efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological (lifestyle and nutritional intervention) in the context of cardiovascular diseases and other non-communicable diseases.

Selected publications include:

• Ahmed, S., Chowdhury, M. A., Khan, M. A., Huq, N. L., & Naheed, A. (2017). Access to primary health care for acute vascular events in rural low income settings: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res, 17(1), 47. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-1987-8
• Chowdhury, M. A. H., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., & Alam, D. S. (2016). Effect of community health worker-provided targeted education with regular follow-up of hypertensive patients on blood pressure control: 24-month results of a longitudinal study in Bangladesh. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 1(3), 105-115. doi: 10.4103/2468-8827.198580
• Alam, D. S., Talukder, S. H., Chowdhury, M. A., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., Pervin, S., Khan, S., Hasan, K., Koehlmoos, T. L., Niessen, L. W. (2016). Overweight and abdominal obesity as determinants of undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in Bangladesh. BMC Obes, 3, 19. doi: 10.1186/s40608-016-0099-z
• Alam, D. S., Chowdhury, M. A., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., & Clemens, J. D. (2015). Prevalence and Determinants of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Bangladesh. COPD, 12(6), 658-667. doi: 10.3109/15412555.2015.1041101
• Alam, D. S., Chowdhury, M. A., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., & Niessen, L. W. (2014). Awareness and control of hypertension in Bangladesh: follow-up of a hypertensive cohort. BMJ Open, 4(12), e004983. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004983
• Alam, D. S., Jha, P., Ramasundarahettige, C., Streatfield, P. K., Niessen, L. W., Chowdhury, M. A., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., Evans, T. G. (2013). Smoking-attributable mortality in Bangladesh: proportional mortality study. Bull World Health Organ, 91(10), 757-764. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.120196
• Alam, D. S., Chowdhury, M. A., Siddiquee, A. T., Ahmed, S., Hossain, M. D., Pervin, S., Streatfield, P. K., Cravioto, A., Niessen, L. W. (2012). Adult cardiopulmonary mortality and indoor air pollution: a 10-year retrospective cohort study in a low-income rural setting. Glob Heart, 7(3), 215-221. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.06.00