Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) [Currently Pursuing] (University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia)

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Statistics (Department of Statistics, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Honors) in Statistics (Department of Statistics, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh)

Public health | Health Economics | Bio statistics | Machine learning.

Current Research Project/Collaboration

Associate Professor (On Study Leave), Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh. November 2020 to till.

Assistant Professor, Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh. November 2015 to November 2020.

Lecturer, Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh. September 2013 to November 2015.

Assistant Provost, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Hall, January 24, 2021- January 25, 2023.

Postgraduate (Masters) Thesis Supervision 

1. Regional Differences and Determinants of Short Birth Interval in Bangladesh (Mst. Farzana Akter Reshmi, Student No. MS-192006, Session 2018-2019, Examination: 2020).
2. Determinants and Prediction of Anemia Using Machine Learning Techniques (Akash Bala, Student No. MS-192008, Session 2018-2019, Examination: 2020).
3. Prevalence and Determinants of Terminated Pregnancies among Married Women: Analysis of Pooled Cross-sectional Surveys in Bangladesh (Sawda Yeasmin, Student No. MS-182028, Session 2017-2018, Examination: 2019). 
4. Prevalence and determinants of initial and exclusive breastfeeding status in Bangladesh (Animesh Biswas, Student No. MS-172009, Session 2016-2017, Examination: 2019).
   
5. Feature selection and machine learning techniques for classification of gene expression data (Md. Alamgir Sarder, Student No. MS-172010, Session 2016-2017, Examination: 2019).
6. Spatial pattern and determinants of diarrhea, acute respiratory infection and fever among under-five children in Bangladesh (Subarna Kundu, Student No. MS-172018, Session 2016-2017, Examination: 2019).
7. Spatial Imputation and analysis of missing values using different data mining techniques (Rafayat Zakia Mim, Student No. MS-162008 Session 2015-2016, Examination: 2018).

1.  Professor Khondoker Monowar Hossain Memorial Awards for Academic Achievement by Department of Statistics, Rajshahi University.

2.  Brilliant Academic Performance Award by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall, Rajshahi University. 

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Book Chapter

January-December, 2020

01. Maniruzzaman, M., Rahman, M.J., Ahammed, B., Abedin, M.M., Suri, H.S., Biswas, M., El-Baz, A., Bangeas, P., Tsoulfas, G., and Suri, J.S. (2020). Statistical Characterization and Classification of Colon Microarray Gene Expression Data using Multiple Machine Learning Paradigms. Cognitive Informatics, Computer Modelling, and Cognitive Science.Volume 1: Theory, Case Studies, and Applications. 1st Edition (Academic Press), eBook ISBN: 9780128194447. April 2020, Pages 273-317. Publisher’s site.

Journal Article 

July-December, 2024

46. Hossain, M.T.,  Khan, U.S., Jahan, N., Ahammed, B., Islam, M.A., Rahman, M.M., Rahman, M.M., Rahman, R., & Islam, M.N. (2024).“Seen, Yet Unseen”: Predictors of Problematic Pornography Use Among Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh. Sexual Health & Compulsivity (Taylor & Francies). Publisher's Site. 

January-June, 2024

45. Al-Zubayer, M.A., Alam, K., Shanto, H.H., Maniruzzaman, M., Majumder, U.K., Ahammed, B.* (2024). Machine learning models for prediction of double and triple burdens of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science  (Cambridge University Press). Publisher's Site. 

44. Al-Zubayer, M.A., Shanto, H.H., Kundu, S., Sarder, M.A., Ahammed, B.* (2024). The level of utilization and associated factors of WHO-recommended antenatal care visits in South Asian countries. Dialogues in Health (Elsevier B.V.). Publisher's Site.

July-December, 2023

43. Nishat J.F., Khan, U.S., Shovo, T.E.A., Ahammed, B., Rahman, M.M., & Hossain, M.T. (2023). Patterns, prevalence, and risk factors of intimate partner violence and its association with mental health status during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study on early married female adolescents in Khulna district, Bangladesh. BMJ Open (BMJ). Publisher's Site. 

42. Shanto, H.H., Al-Zubayer, M.A., Ahammed, B.*, Sarder, M.A., Keramat, S.A., Hashmi, R., Haque, R., Alam, K. (2023). Maternal healthcare services utilisation and its associated risk factors: A pooled study of 37 low-and middle-income countries. International Journal of Public Health (Frontiers). Publisher's Site. 

January-June, 2023

41. Sarder, M.A., Lee, K.Y., Keramat, S.A., Hashmi, R., & Ahammed, B. (2023). A multilevel analysis of individual and community-level factors associated with childhood immunisation in Bangladesh: Evidence from a pooled cross-sectional survey. Vaccine: X (Elsevier). 14(2023), 100285. Publisher's Site. 

40. Al-Zubayer, M.A., Shanto, H.S.,  Kumkum, R., Alam, S.T., & Ahammed, B.* (2023). Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinic among ever-married women: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017–2018. BMJ Open (BMJ). Publisher's Site. 

39. Nishat, J. F., Shovo, T. E., Ahammed, B., Islam, M.A., Rahman, M. M., & Hossain, M.T. (2023). Mental health status of early married girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. Frontiers in Psychiatry, (Frontiers). 2809.  Publisher's Site. 

July-December, 2022

38. Shanto, H.S., Al-Zubayer, M.A., Khan, Z.I, Ahmed, S.S., Jishan, M., Sarder, M.A. & Ahammed, B.* (2022). Factors affecting depression and stress among tertiary level students during the covid-19 pandemic: a web-based cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Khulna University Studies. Publisher's Site. 

37. Hossain, M.T., Ahammed, B., Jahan, N., Islam, M.A., Rahman, M. M., Khan, B., Sarker, M.J.A., Nibir, M.M., Hasan, M., Hasib, M., Rahman, R., & Islam M.N. (2022). Prevalence and determinants of pornography exposure during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic: A web-based cross-sectional study on students in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Public Health, (Frontiers). 4684. Publisher's Site. 

36. Islam, M. M., Rahman, M. J., Abedin, M. M., Ahammed, B., Ali, M., Ahmed, N.A.M. F., & Maniruzzaman, M. (2022). Identification of the risk factors of type 2 diabetes and its prediction using machine learning techniques. Health Systems (Taylor & Francies). Publisher's Site. 

35. Sathi N.J., Ahammed B., Alam K., Hashmi R., Lee K.Y. & Keramat S.A. (2022).  Socioeconomic inequalities in low birth weight in South Asia: A comparative analysis using demographic and Health Surveys. SSM - Population Health (Elsevier). Publisher's Site.

January-June, 2022

34. Biswas, P., R., Ahammed, B.*, Rahman, M.S., Nirob, B.M., & Hossain, M.T. (2022). Prevalence and determinants of internet addiction among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: An online cross-sectional study. Heliyon (Cell Press Elsevier). Publisher’s Site.

33. Ahammed, B.*, Haque, R., Rahman, S.M., Keramat, S.A., Mahbub, A., Ferdausi, F., Alam, K. (2022). Frequency of watching television, owning a mobile phone and risk of being overweight/obese among reproductive-aged women in low- and lower-middle-income countries: A pooled analysis from Demographic and Health Survey data. Journal of Biosocial Science (Cambridge University Press). Publisher’s Site.

32. Ahammed, B.*, Sarder, M.A., Kundu, S., Keramat, S.A., Alam, K. (2022). Multilevel exploration of individual- and community-level factors contributing to overweight and obesity among reproductive-aged women: A pooled analysis of Bangladesh demographic and health survey, 2004-2018. Public Health Nutrition (Cambridge University Press). Publisher’s Site.

31. Keramat, S.A., Ahammed, B., Mohammed, A., Seidu, A.A., Farjana, F., Hashmi, R., Ahmad, K., Haque, R., Ahmed, S. & Ali, M.A. (2022). Disability, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in Australian adults: An investigation using 19 waves of a longitudinal cohort. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science). Publisher’s Site.

30. Islam, S.M.S., Talukder, A., Awal, M.A., Siddiqui, M.M.U., Ahamad, M.M., Ahammed, B., Rawal, L.B., Alizadehsani, R., Abawajy, J., Laranjo, L., Chow C.K., & Maddison, R. (2022). Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting Hypertension and Its Associated Factors Using Population-Level Data from Three South Asian Countries. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. (Frontiers). Publisher’s Site.

29. Hossain, M.T., Jahan, N., Ahammed, B., Shohel, T.A., Shovo, T.E.A., Khan, B., & Islam, M.N. (2022). Psychometric Evaluation of the Modified “Fear of Covid-19” Scale. Hellenic Journal of Psychology (Psychological Society of Northern Greece). Publisher’s Site.

28. Ferdausi, F., Al-Zubayer, M.A., Keramat, S.A., Ahammed, B* (2022). Prevalence and associated factors of underweight and overweight/obesity among reproductive-aged women: A pooled analysis of data from South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan). Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews (Elsevier).  Publisher’s Site.

27. Haque, R., Alam, K., Rahman, S.M., Mustafa, M.U.R., Ahammed, B., Ahmad, K., Hashmi, R., Wubishet, B.L., Keramat, S.A. (2022). Nexus between maternal underweight and child anthropometric status in South and South-East Asian countries. Nutrition (Elsevier). Publisher’s Site.

26. Talukder, A., Paul, N., Khan, Z.I., Ahammed, B, Haq, I., Ali, M. (2021). Risk factors associated with anemia among women of reproductive age (15–49) in Albania: A quantile regression analysis. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (Elsevier). Publisher’s Site.

25. Keramat, S.A., Sathi, N.J., Haque, R., Ahammed, B., Chowdhury, R., Hashmi, R., and Ahmad, K. (2021). Neighbourhood Socio-Economic Circumstances, Place of Residence and Obesity amongst Australian Adults: A Longitudinal Regression Analysis Using 14 Annual Waves of the HILDA Cohort. Obesities (MDPI). Publisher’s Site.

24.  Ahmed, N.A.M.F., Sultana, M., Ali, M., Abedin, M.M., Ahammed, B., Yeasmin, A., and Maniruzzaman, M. (2020). Identifying the factors causing malnutrition and its impact on mortality among under-five Bangladeshi children. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review (Continuo Publisher). 23(3), 255-260. Publisher’s Site.

23. Rahman, M. H., Kamal, M. M., Islam, M. M., Ahammed, B., & Das, S. (2021). Integrated Pest Management Practices Adopted by Mango Growers at Meherpur Region in Bangladesh. SAARC Journal of Agriculture (SAARC Agricultural Centre, Bangladesh). Publisher’s Site. 

22. Md. Akib Al-Zubayer, Benojir Ahammed*, Md. Alamgir Sarder, Subarna Kundu, Uttam Kumar Majumder, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam (2021). Double and triple burden of non-communicable diseases and its determinants among adults in Bangladesh: Evidence from a recent demographic and health survey. International Journal of Clinical Practice (Wiley-Blackwell). Publisher’s Site. 

21. S.M. Jubaidur Rahman, N. A. M. Faisal Ahmed, Md. Menhazul Abedin, Benojir Ahammed, Mohammad Ali, Md. Jahanur Rahman, Md. Maniruzzaman (2021). Investigate the risk factors of stunting, wasting, and underweight among under-five Bangladeshi children and its prediction based on machine learning approach. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science). Publisher’s Site. 

20. Ahammed, B., Jahan, N., Seddeque, A., Hossain, M.T., Shovo, T.-E.-A., Khan, B., Mamun, M.A., Islam, M.N. (2021). Exploring the association between mental health and subjective sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi university students, HELIYON (Elsevier). Publisher’s Site.

19. Sarder, M.A., Islam, S.M.S., Maniruzzaman, M., Talukder A., and Ahammed, B.* (2021). Prevalence of Unintended Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors: Evidence from Six South Asian Countries. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science). Publisher’s Site. 

18. Shovo T-E-A, Ahammed, B., Khan, B., Jahan, N., Shohel, T.A., Islam M.N. and Hossain M.T. (2021). Determinants of generalized anxiety, depression and subjective sleep quality among University students during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal (Atlantis Press), Publisher’s Site.

January-December, 2020

17. Biswas, A., Abedin, M.M., Maniruzzaman, M., and Ahammed, B.* (2020). Prevalence and determinants of initiation of breastfeeding according to rural-urban women in Bangladesh. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review (Continuo Publisher), Accepted.  Publisher’s Site.

16. Ahammed, B.*, Maniruzzaman, M., Talukder, A., and Ferdausi, F. (2020). Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among young adults in Albania. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention (Springer). Publisher's Site.

15. Hossain, M. T., Ahammed, B., Chanda, S. K., Jahan, N., Ela, M. Z., and Islam, M. N. (2020). Social and electronic media exposure and generalized anxiety disorder among people during COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh: A preliminary observation. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science). Publisher's Site.

14. Sarder, M.A., Alauddin, S., and Ahammed, B.* (2020). Determinants of teenage marital pregnancy among Bangladeshi women: An analysis by the Cox proportional hazard model. Social Health and Behavior (Wolters Kluwer-Medknow). Publisher's Site.

13. Ahammed, B.*, Maniruzzaman, M., Ferdausi, F., Abedin, M.M., and Hossain, M.T. (2020), Socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with low birth weight in Nepal: Data from 2016 Nepal demographic and health survey. Social Health and Behavior (Wolters Kluwer-Medknow). Publisher's Site.

12. Talukder, A., Siddiquee, T., Noshin, N., Afroz, M., Ahammed, B., and Halder, H.R. (2020). Utilization of Antenatal Care (ANC) Services in Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study Exploring the Associated Factors. Anatol J Family Med (Kare Publishing).  Publisher's Site.

11. Sarder, M.A., Maniruzzaman, M., and Ahammed, B.* (2020). Feature Selection and Classification of Leukemia Cancer Using Machine Learning Techniques . Machine Learning Research (Science Publishing Group). Publisher's Site.

10. Talukder A., and Ahammed, B. (2020). Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Malnutrition among Under-Five Children in Bangladesh. Nutrition (Elsevier). Publisher's Site.

09. Chanda, S.K., Ahammed, B., Howlader MH, Ashikuzzaman M., Shovo T-E-A, and Hossain M.T. (2020). Factors associating different antenatal care contacts of women: A cross-sectional analysis of Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2014 data. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science). Publisher's Site.

08. Maniruzzaman, M., Rahman, M, J., Ahammed, B., and Abedin, M, M. (2020). Classification and Prediction of Diabetes Disease using Machine Learning Paradigm. Health Information Science and Systems (Springer). Publisher's Site.

January-December, 2019

07. Ali, M., Siddique, A., Ahammed, B., Khatun, F., Saw, A., and Hossain, G. (2019). Factors influencing low birth weight: Evidence from a Surjer Hashi Clinic in Khulna, Bangladesh. Human Biology Review. Publisher’s Site.

06. Ahammed, B.*, Maniruzzaman, M., Kundu, S., Mahmud J.A., and Ferdausi, F. (2019). Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Tobacco Smoking among Adults in India: A Nationally Representative Household Survey. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review (Continuo Publisher).  Publisher’s Site.

05. Maniruzzaman, M., Rahman, M.J., Ahammed, B., Abedin, M.M., Suri, H.S., Biswas, M., El-Baz, A., Bangeas, P., Tsoulfas, G., and Suri, J.S. (2019). Statistical Characterization and Classification of Colon Microarray Gene Expression Data using Multiple Machine Learning Paradigms. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (Elsevier). Publisher’s Site.

04. Ahammed, B.*, Kabir, R.M., Abedin M.M., Ali, M., and Islam, A.M. (2019). Determinants of different birth intervals of ever married women: Evidence from Bangladesh. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (Elsevier). Publisher’s Site.

03. Abedin, M.M., Maniruzzaman, M., Ali, M., Ahmed, N.A.M.F., and Ahammed, B.* (2019). Assessing and Determining Potential Factors Associated with Vitamin A Supplementation in Bangladesh. Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal (BBOAJ) (Juniper Publishers). Publisher’s Site.

January-December, 2018

02. Ahammed, B.*, and Abedin, M. M. (2018). Predicting wine types with different classification techniques. Model Assisted Statistics and Applications (IOS Press). Publisher’s Site.

01. Islam, M. A. and Ahammed, B (2017). An Econometric Analysis of Real Exchange Rate and Productivity Growth of some Developing Countries in Asia. Annals of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Publisher’s Site.

Conference Paper

January-December, 2019

04. Abedin, M.M., Maniruzzaman, M., Ahmed, N.A.M.F., Ahammed, B., and Ali, M. (2019). Classification and Prediction of Parkinson Disease: A Machine Learning Approach. International Conference on Data Science & SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities. pp 75-78.

03. Maniruzzaman, M., Rahman, M.J., Ahammed, B., and Abedin, M.M. (2019). Logistic Regression-based Feature Selection and Classification of Diabetes Disease using Machine Learning Paradigm. International Conference on Data Science & SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities, and Realities. pp67-74.

January-December, 2017

02. Abedin, M. M., Maniruzzaman, M., Islam, M.S., Ali, M., Ahammed, B., and Ahmed, N.A.M.F. (2017). Comparative Study of Artificial Neural Network Regression and Classical regression. International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture, Health and Environment. ISBN: 978-984-34-0996-6.

January-December, 2015

01. Ahammed, B., and Alam M.M. (2015). Forecasting Failure Number Using Warranty Claims in Multiplicative Composite Scale. International Conference on Statistical Data Mining for Bioinformatics Health Agriculture and Environment. ISBN: 978-984-33-5876-9, PP. 540-554.

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