Researcher Profile

For the last 33 years I have gained extensive experience in the design, implementation, and analysis of data from clinical and community-based epidemiological/vaccine studies. My primary interests are to conduct researches on vaccines and infectious diseases. Besides clinical studies on ORS, drug trial, vaccine studies, vitamin A supplementation and hospital surveillance, I have been involved in community-based research on diarrhoeal and respiratory diseases and other public health problems in Bangladesh. Recently I have completed several studies on pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines. Currently I am the Principal Investigator of several Flu, Hepatitis E, pneumococcal, polio, Japanese encephalitis (JE) and rotavirus vaccine studies and epidemiological studies on tuberculosis in icddr,b. The vaccine studies included all phases I,II, III, IV and with ICH GCP maintained. I have more than 142 publications in international journals and had 115 conference presentations.  

• 2014- Member, ROTA Council.
• 2012- Received  Bruce Squires Award by Canadian Medical Association Journal for the article “Neonatal outcomes after influenza immunization during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. 2012 Apr 3;184(6):645-53.
• 2008- Diarrhoea Working Group, Brighton Collaboration, UK.
• 2005- Reviewer of  “Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency” (Sida).
• 2003- SIDS Working Group: Brighton Collaboration, UK.
• 2000-2012- Member, icddr,b Research Review Committee.
• 2000- Outreach award for the World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and  Nutrition, Boston, USA.
• 1998- “The Robert D. and Helen S. Wright” award by the Johns Hopkins University School of  Hygiene and Public Health, USA. 
• Member- Bangladesh Medical Association
• Member- Nutrition Association of Bangladesh
• Member- South Asia Advisory Board, Flu    
• Member- Public Health Association of Bangladesh
• Member- Bangladesh Environmental society
• Member- Epidemiological Association of Bangladesh
• Member, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
• Reviewer of the book “Matlab: Women, Children and Health” edited by Fauveau V.

Selected publications include:

• Zaman K, Fleming JA, Victor JC et al. Non-interference of rotavirus vaccine with measles-rubella vaccine at 9 months and  improvements in anti-rotavirus immunity: a randomized trial. J Infect Dis 2015 (in press).
• Estivariz C F,  Anand A, Gary H E.Jr, Rahman M, Islam J, Bari T I,  Wassilak S G, Chu S Y, Weldon W C, Pallansch M A,  Heffelfinger J D,  Luby S P, Zaman K. Immunogenicity of three  doses of bivalent, trivalent or type one monovalent oral poliovirus vaccines provided with  a short (2-Week) interval schedule. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015; 15: 898-904.
• Zaman K, Naser AM.  Power M et al. Lot -to-lot consistency of live attenuated SA 14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis vaccine manufactured in a Good Manufacturing Practice facility and non-inferiority with respect to an earlier product. Vaccine 2014; 32: 6061–6066.
• Jain V, Rivera L, Zaman K et al. Prevention of mild and moderately severe influenza in children by an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine: a randomized, controlled trial. N Engl J Med 2013; 369: 2481-91.
• Zaman K, Yunus M, Arifeen SE et al. Methodology and lessons-learned from the efficacy clinical trial of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in Bangladesh. Vaccine 2012; 30S: A94-A100.
• Zaman K, Hossain S, Banu S et al. Prevalence of smear-positive tuberculosis in persons aged ≥ 15 years in Bangladesh: results from a national survey, 2007-2009. Epidemiol Infect  2012; 140: 1018-27.
• Zaman K, Anh DD, Victor JC et al. el. Efficacy of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against sever rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants in developing countries in Asia: A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2010;376 :615-623.
• Zaman K, Sack DA, Yunus M et al. Successful co-administration of a human rotavirus and oral poliovirus vaccines in Bangladeshi infants in a 2-dose schedule at 12 and 16 weeks of age.  Vaccine 2009; 27: 1333-1339.
• Zaman K, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Rahman, M, Raqib R, Wilson E, Omer SB, Shahid N, Breiman RF, Steinhoff MC. Effectiveness of Maternal influenza immunization in mothers and infants. N Eng J Med 2008; 15: 1555-1564.
• Zaman K, Baqui AH, Yunus M, Sack RB, Bateman OM, Chowdhury HR, Black RE. Acute respiratory infections in children: a  community based longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh. J Trop Pediatrics 1997;43:133-137.