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Department of Food Technology and Nutrition Science

Academic Profile of Mohammad Rahanur Alam

Mohammad Rahanur Alam

About Mohammad Rahanur Alam

My area of interest is mainly the relationship between genetic polymorphisms and various metabolic disorders such as obesity, diabetes, etc., as well as health behaviors such as diet preference, physical activity, etc. 

Publications

Alam, M. R., Kabir, M. R., & Reza, S. (2021). Comorbidities might be a risk factor for the incidence of COVID-19: Evidence from a web-based survey. Preventive Medicine Reports, 21, 101319.

Habib, M. A., Alam, M. R., Ghosh, S., Rahman, T., Reza, S., & Mamun, S. (2021). Impact of knowledge, attitude, and practice on iodized salt consumption at the household level in selected coastal regions of Bangladesh. Heliyon, 7(4), e06747.

Chowdhury, A. I., Alam, M. R., Rabbi, M. F., Rahman, T., & Reza, S. (2021). Does higher body mass index increase COVID-19 severity? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity medicine, 23, 100340.

Alam, M. R., Karmokar, S., Reza, S., Kabir, M. R., Ghosh, S., & Al Mamun, M. A. (2021). Geriatric malnutrition and depression: Evidence from elderly home care population in Bangladesh. Preventive medicine reports, 23, 101478.

Hossain, M. S., Tonmoy, M. I. Q., Fariha, A., Islam, M. S., Roy, A. S., Islam, M. N., ... & Rahaman, M. M. (2021). Prediction of the Effects of Variants and Differential Expression of Key Host Genes ACE2, TMPRSS2, and FURIN in SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis: An In Silico Approach. Bioinformatics and biology insights, 15, 11779322211054684.

Ghosh, S., Kabir, M. R., Alam, M. R., Chowdhury, A. I., & Al Mamun, M. A. (2020). Balanced diet related knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among adolescent school girls in Noakhali district, Bangladesh: A cross sectional study. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health.

Shill, L. C., Alam, M. R., Chowdhury, A. I., & Alam, S. (2021). Association of FTO gene (rs9939609) with obesity and type-2 diabetes mellitus: Review from current studies. Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, 28(4), 447-452.

Alam, M. R., Hossain, M. S., Chowdhury, P., Siddiquee, A. H., Alam, M. B., Ullah, M. S., & Reza, S. (2020). Assessment of Food Security Status and the determinants of food security in selected households from coastal area of Noakhali, Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11(9), 210-217.

Experiences and Activities

Sep 2018- to date:

Assistant Professor at Dept. of Food Technology and Nutrition Science,

Noakhali Science & Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh.

Responsibilities: Teaching various theoretical and practical courses to both undergraduate and graduate students, Supervising master thesis and undergraduate thesis, etc.

 

May 2018- Sep 2018:

Lecturer at Dept. of Public Health Nutrition,

Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Responsibilities: Teaching various theoretical and practical courses to undergraduate students.

 

Jan 2018- Mar 2018:

Research Intern at Chair of Food and Bioprocess Engineering,

Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Responsibilities: Analysing the diffusion of micellar bound casein into serum phase of skim milk in dependency of temperature.

 

Feb 2016- Jun 2017:

Research Assistant at Institute of Diabetes and regeneration,

Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany.

Responsibilities: Testing of cell cultures form pancreatic cell line and immunofluroscence analysis of cell cultures.

 

Nov 2015- Apr 2016:

Project Assistant at The Early Nutrition eAcademy,

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Responsibilities: Content writing for CIH course module: Early nutrition and life in low resource setting