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Faculty Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty Members DR. Sharmin Akter

DR. Sharmin Akter

Assistant Professor

DVM, MS in Epidemiology and Public Health (SAU)

Research interests: One health; Antimicrobial resistance; Infectious, zoonotic and foodborne diseases; Spatial, molecular and quantitative epidemiology; Food safety

sharmin.eph@sau.ac.bd


+8801735636395
Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health

Research Interests

  • Zoonotic, Food-borne and infectious diseases
  • Food safety and food hazards analysis
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Spatiotemporal modeling
  • Environmental hygiene and sanitation
  • Public health and one health
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Disease surveillance and outbreak response
  • Human animal interactions

Research Support

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Caprine Babesiosis in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Funded by University Grant Commission (UGC), Bangladesh (SAURES, SAU) (2019- 2020). (Co-Investigator)
  • Molecular identification and antibiotic sensitivity of Salmonella spp. isolated from faeces of Buffalo in Sylhet district of Bangladesh.Funded by MoST (2021- 2022).(Co-Investigator)
  • Disease risk management and control model of Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in buffaloes, Funded by UGC, Bangladesh (SAURES, SAU) (2022- 2023) (Co-Investigator)
  • Evaluation of diagnostic tests of Pesti des Petits Ruminants (PPR) virus identification in field condition in Bangladesh. Funded by UGC, Bangladesh (SAURES, SAU) (2022- 2023). (Principle-Investigator)
  • Evaluating screening tests, estimating true prevalence and identifying factors for caprine brucellosis in northeastern Bangladesh using Bayesian approaches. Funded by UGC, Bangladesh (2023- 2024). (Co-Investigator)