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Farha Musharrat Noor

Senior Research Assistant

Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR)

Short Biography

Farha Musharrat Noor is a senior research assistant at JPGSPH and have joined in JPGSPH since September, 2022. She has completed her B.S. and M.S. in Statistics from university of Dhaka. She is skilled in conceptualizing and conducting quantitative research following biostatistics, epidemiological research designs, analyzing cross-sectional and time-series data, and disseminating research findings. Currently she is involved with ARISE project which evaluates the accountability and responsiveness of health and well-being in urban informal settlement in Bangladesh. Besides the research experience, she served as a teaching fellow in the modules of Epidemiology, Quantitative Research Methodology, and Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Programs in the MPH programme at JPGSPH. Furthermore, she has mentored the MPH students with their Biostatistics final project assignment.

Module(s) taught (in MPH)

  • MPH 521: Biostatistics

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Islam MM, Noor FM. Correlation between COVID-19 and weather variables: A meta-analysis. Heliyon. 2022 Aug 18: e10333. 

2. Noor FM, Islam MM. Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Mortality Among COVID-
19 Patients: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Community Health. 2020 Sep 12:1-3. 

3. Noor FM, Hossain MB, Islam QT. Prevalence of and risk factors for long-term disabilities 
following chikungunya virus disease: A meta-analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious 
Disease. 2020 Mar 8:101618.  

4. Noor FM, Islam MM. Prevalence of clinical manifestations and comorbidities of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: A meta-analysis. Fortune Journal of Health Sciences. 2020; 3: 55-97. 

5. Islam QT, Sagor HB, Tuli TC, Noor FM, Islam MM. Changing Clinical Pattern of Dengue Fever and Its Unusual Manifestations-9 2019 Outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. 2020 Dec 30; 39 (1):9-18.  

6. Noor F. M., Hossain M. B., Islam Q. T. A Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Clinical 
Manifestations of Chikungunya Virus Disease in Bangladesh. Bangladesh J Medicine 2019; 30 (2): 71-77.  

7. Islam MM, Noor FM. Prevalence and factors of cesarean delivery among Bangladeshi 
reproductive aged women: evidence from multiple Indicator cluster survey 2019 data. Journal of Public Health. 2021 Apr 21:1-0.

8. Islam MM, Islam MT, Noor FM. Determinants of Malnutrition among Under-Five Children in 
Bangladesh: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2019 Data. Fortune Journal of 
Health Sciences. 2022;5(2):284-95. 

9. Islam MM, Noor FM, Uddin MA, Hasan MR. Risk Factors for Under-Five Child Mortality: 
Evidence from Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019. Eur. J. Med. Health Sci., 4(3), 79-90. 

Research Interests


Epidemiology Infectious Diseases Child and Maternal Health Digital Health Climate Change.

Education


  • MSc (University of Dhaka)
  • BSc (University of Dhaka)