Email:
syed.afroz@econ.ku.ac.bd
Contact:
Alternative email: syedakp.ku@gmail.com
Address:
Room: 3389, Kobi Jibanananda Das Academic building, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Syed Afroz Keramat
Lecturer
Syed Afroz Keramat is a lecturer in economics at Khulna University, Bangladesh. Currently pursuing Ph.D. in health economics at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
Previously, he has been working as a lecturer of economics at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) and Stamford University Bangladesh. He also acted as a short-term consultant in three different projects with the ministry of commerce, Bangladesh.
Mr. Afroz holds three MSc degrees from abroad. He has completed MSc in economics from the University of Warwick, UK; MSc in Development Economics from Lund University, Sweden, and MSc in Risk Management from Pavia University, Italy. Before going abroad for higher studies he has completed his BSS and MSS in economics from Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Mr. Afroz's research interests lie in health economics, public health, labor economics, and development economics.
Ph.D. in health economics [currently Pursuing]
Name of Institution: University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
Erasmus Mundus Double Master of Science (MSc) in Economic Development and Growth [2013-2015]
Name of Institution-1: The University of Warwick, UK
Name
of Institution-2: Lund University,
Sweden
MSc in Risk and Emergency Management [2013]
Name
of Institution: UME
Graduate School, University of Pavia, Italy
Master of Social Science (MSS) in Economics [2012]
Name of Institution: Khulna University, (www.ku.ac.bd), Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Economics [2010]
Name
of Institution: Khulna University, (www.ku.ac.bd),
Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Health Economics, public health, Labour Economics, and Development Economics
Current Research Project/Collaboration
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2018-present Lecturer (Currently on study leave)
Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
01/2016-12/2017 Lecturer, Department of Economics,
American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB);
Website: www.aiub.edu, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
05/2012-08/2012 Lecturer, Economics Discipline,
Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka
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Supervision
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1. Keramat, SA., Alam, K., Gow, J., & Biddle, S. J. (2020).
Impact of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and Lifestyle Factors on Adult Obesity:
Evidence From a 5-Year Cohort Study in Australia. American Journal of
Health Promotion,
0890117120928790. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0890117120928790
2. Keramat, SA., Alam, K., Gow, J., & Biddle, S. J. (2020).
Job-Related Characteristics and Obesity in Australian Employees: Evidence From
a Longitudinal Nationally Representative Sample. American Journal of
Health Promotion, 0890117119901093..
https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117119901093
3. Keramat, SA., Alam, K., Gow, J., & Biddle, S. J. (2020).
Gender differences in the longitudinal association between obesity, and
disability with workplace absenteeism in the Australian working
population. PloS one, 15(5), e0233512.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233512
4. Keramat,
SA., Alam, K., Gow, J., & Biddle, S. J. Obesity, long-term health
problems, and workplace satisfaction: a longitudinal study of Australian
workers. Journal of Community Health, 2020; 45(2), 288-300.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-019-00735-5
5. Keramat, S. A., Alam, K., Gow, J.,
& Biddle, S. J. (2020). A longitudinal exploration of the relationship
between obesity, and long term health condition with presenteeism in Australian
workplaces, 2006-2018. PloS one, 15(8), e0238260.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238260
6. Mahumud,
R.A., Gow, J., Keramat, S.A. et al. Distribution and
predictors associated with the use of breast cancer screening services among
women in 14 low-resource countries. BMC Public Health 20, 1467
(2020).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09557-w
7. Mahumud, RA, Gow, J, Alam,
K, Keramat, SA, Hossain, MG, Sultana, M, Sarker, AR, Islam, SMS. Cost-effectiveness of the
introduction of two-dose bi-valent (Cervarix) and quadrivalent
(Gardasil) HPV vaccination for adolescent girls in Bangladesh. Vaccine,
2020; 38(2):165-172.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.037
8. Mahumud, RA, Gow, J, Alam,
K, Keramat, SA, Hossain, MG, Sultana, M, Sarker, AR, Islam, SMS. Bivalent HPV vaccine cost-effective
at Gavi prices in Bangladesh. PharmacoEconomics
& Outcomes News, 2019; 841(1):4-4.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40274-019-6356-x
9. Mahumud, RA, Keramat,
S. A.,
Ormsby, G. M., Dunn, J., & Gow, J. (2020). Cost-effectiveness evaluations
of the 9-Valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: Evidence from a systematic
review. PloS one, 15(6), e0233499.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233499
10. Mahumud, RA, Keramat, SA, Ormsby, GM,
Sultana, M, Rawal, LB, Alam, K, Gow,
J, Renzaho, AM. Wealth-related inequalities of women’s
knowledge of cervical cancer screening and service
utilisation in 18 resource-constrained countries: Evidence from a pooled decomposition analysis. International Journal
for Equity in Health, 2020; 19(1): 1- 15.
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-020-01159-7
11. Mahumud, RA, Alam, K., Keramat,
S. A., Renzaho, A. M., Hossain, M. G., Haque, R., & Gow, J.
(2020). Wealth stratified inequalities in service utilisation of breast cancer
screening across the geographical regions: a pooled decomposition
analysis. Archives of Public Health, 78(1), 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00410-5
12. Alam, K.,
Mahumud, R. A., Alam, F., Keramat, SA., Erdiaw-Kwasie, M. O., &
Sarker, A. R. Determinants of access to eHealth services in regional
Australia. International journal of medical informatics, 2019; 131,
103960.