Zakaria Hossain
Statistician
Climate Change, Environment and Health
Short Biography
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">An experienced Statistician with 5.1 years of working experience who has a track record of success in complex data management, experience with impact evaluation and quantitative research, and the ability to manage and analyze both large and nationally representative datasets. Proficient in several data analysis, collection and visualization software, including Stata, Excel, R, SPSS, Minitab, SurveyCTO, KoboCollect, PowerBI, and LaTeX. Have completed Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Applied Statistics from University of Dhaka and currently working as a Statistician at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, and previously employed as a Research Officer at Population Council Bangladesh, and as a Consultant at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Bangladesh and before that worked as an Intern Research Assistant at icddr,b, and at University of Dhaka as a Research Assistant and as a BSc Level Researcher.</span></p>
Current Projects
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:95%;mso-pagination:none;border:none; mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:95%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#404040;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">BRAC Health Program (BHP) Surveillance System: Exploring the impact of Climate Change on Health in the Saline and Drought-Prone Areas in Bangladesh <o:p></o:p></span></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
Other Publications
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">Evaluation findings from a group model intervention among first-time mothers in an urban area of Bangladesh (DOI: 10.31899/sbsr2024.1041)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
Research Interests
<p style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">My research focuses on using statistics and data analysis to improve public health especially in low-resource settings. I am particularly interested in how climate change environment and social factors affect health outcomes such as maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">With hands-on experience in survey design field supervision and data analysis at organizations like BRAC JPGSPH and Population Council I enjoy working on research that combines public health and environmental data to support evidence-based policies. I also aim to explore how real-time data systems and tools like Stata R and SurveyCTO can be used to monitor and respond to health challenges caused by climate change.<o:p></o:p></span><u1:p></u1:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" data-pm-slice="0 0 []"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In the future I hope to work on interdisciplinary projects that link health environment and social issues to help protect vulnerable communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
Education
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- sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Completed Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Applied Statistics from University of Dhaka </span></p>