| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters | Master of Social Sciences (M.S.S.) in Population Sciences | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2016 |
| Bachelor | Bachelor of Social Sciences (B.S.S.) in Population sciences | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2015 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer | Department of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 31, Jan 2018 | Currently Working |
| Research Associate (RA) | BRAC University | Dhaka | 19, Sep 2017 | 30-01-2018 |
| Research Assistant (RA) | Department of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Sathkhira | 01, Nov 2016 | 30-08-2017 |
| Data Scientist | University of Dhaka | Dhaka |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Data Science | ||
| Population and Development | Population Policies, Health Policies, Population and Environment, Population and Economy, Population and Migration | |
| Projection | Population Projection, Simulation, Modelling, Demographic Projection, Projection of Social Events | |
| Social Sciences | Gender, Sociology, Anthropology, Population Economics | |
| Migration and Urbanization | Internal Migration, International Migration, Remittance, Forced Migration, Rohingya, Urban Health, Urbanization | |
| Global Health | Global Burden of Diseases, DALYS, QALYs | |
| Health Economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
| Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights | Maternal Health, Sexual Health, Infertility, Contraception, ANC, PNC, Delivery Care, Menstrual Regulation (MR), Caesarean Section, Child Health | |
| Public Health | Disability, Injury, Epidemiology, Disease Modelling, Social Determinants of Health | |
| Demography | Nuptiality, Fertility, Mortality, Morbidity, Migration, Urbanization, Age and Sex Structure |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Project Report/Other | Quality of Life (QoL) among Elderly: A Comparative Study between Old Age Home and Family Setting | Md. Zakiul Alam | Md. Mahfuzur Rahman | Population Ageing |
2019 | |
| Research Project Report/Other | Influence of Sibling on Women’s Fertility Preferences and Reproductive Decisions: A Study in Dhaka District | Md. Zakiul Alam | Khadija Akter Sonia | Fertility |
2019 | |
| Research Project Report/Other | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of MR among Married and Unmarried Youth Girls | Md. Zakiul Alam | Nishat Zareen | Reproductive Health |
2018 | |
| Research Project Report/Other | Prevalence and Determinants of Menstrual Higine practice among School Going Chil | Md. Zakiul Alam | Md. Abu Talha | Reproductive Health |
2018 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Assessment in Camps and Selected Host Communities to Better Understand Reasons for not Using Mask and Maintaining Hand Hygiene | Save the Children, Bangladesh | 01-03-2021 | 31-05-2021 | ||
| Effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on family planning and maternal health services in Bangladesh | UNFPA | 01-06-2020 | 31-12-2020 | ||
| Healthy and active aging: The panacea to reap the longevity dividend | UNFPA | 01-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 | ||
| Ending child marriage to reduce childhood mortality in Bangladesh | UNFPA | 01-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 | ||
| Population situation analysis: Bangladesh | UNFPA | 01-03-2019 | 01-08-2019 | ||
| Formative Research for Assessing Exposure and Effectiveness of IEC/SBCC Interven | Directorate General of Family Planning | 01-03-2018 | 01-12-2018 | ||
| Gender-Biased Sex Selection in Bangladesh: Exploring Causes and Consequences | European Union (EU) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | 01-01-2018 | 31-12-2019 |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
|---|---|
| No invited talk is found | |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Collaboration & Membership is found | ||||
| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Md. Zakiul Alam, Md. Syful Islam, Shafayat Sultan, Md. Mahir Faysal, Sharmin Rima, Md. Anwer Hossain, Maliha Mubashirah Mahmood, Shaima Shohuda Kashfi, Abdullah Al Mamun, Hossna Tasmia Monia and Sharmin Sultana Shoma : Population-level preparedness about preventive practices against COVID-19: A cross-sectional study among adults in Bangladesh,
Frontiers in public health (impact factor:3.709) , vol.8 , pp.582701 , 2021
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| 2 |
Md. Zakiul Alam : Is population density a risk factor for communicable diseases like COVID-19? A case of Bangladesh,
Asia-Pacific journal of public health (impact factor:1.255) , no.March , pp.1-3 , 2021
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| 3 |
Md. Zakiul Alam, Md. Syful Islam and Shafayat Sultan : Knowledge and practice of emergency contraception among currently-married women in Bangladesh: Evidence from a national cross-sectional survey,
Journal of Population and Social Studies [JPSS] (impact factor:0.26) , vol.28 , no.4 , pp.308 - 323 , 2020
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| 4 |
Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Md. Zakiul Alam, Md. Syful Islam, Shafayat Sultan, Md. Mahir Faysal, Sharmin Rima, Md. Anwer Hossain, Maliha Mubashirah Mahmood, Shaima Shohuda Kashfi, Abdullah Al Mamun, Hossna Tasmia Monia and Sharmin Sultana Shoma : Do knowledge and attitudes matter for preventive behavioral practices toward the COVID-19? A cross-sectional online survey among the adult population in Bangladesh.,
Heliyon (impact factor:2.85) , vol.6 , no.12 , pp.e05799 , 2020
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| 5 |
Md. Zakiul Alam and Shafayat Sultan : Knowledge and Practice of Menstrual Regulation (MR) in Bangladesh: Patterns and Determinants,
Journal of Population and Social Studies (impact factor:1.34 (2016)) , pp.220-231 , 2019
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| 6 |
Mohammad Mainul Islam, Md. Zakiul Alam, Sayema Haque Bidisha and S. M. Abdullah : Caesarean Section Delivery in Bangladesh,
Journal of Bangladesh Studies (JBS) , vol.21 , no.2 , pp.64-78 , 2019
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| 7 |
Md. Zakiul Alam : Women outweighed men at life expectancy in Bangladesh: Does it mean a better quality of life?,
Heliyon (impact factor:2.85) , vol.7 , no.7 , pp.e07618 , 2021
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Mohammad Bellal Hossain, Md. Zakiul Alam, Md. Syful Islam, Shafayat Sultan, Md. Mahir Faysal, Sharmin Rima, Md. Anwer Hossain, Maliha Mubashirah Mahmood, Shaima Shohuda Kashfi, Abdullah Al Mamun, Hossna Tasmia Monia and Sharmin Sultana Shoma : Stigmatized attitudes related to COVID-19 among the adult population in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional online survey,
Stigma and Health , vol.6 , no.2 , pp.123-133 , 2021
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Shafayat Sultan and Md. Zakiul Alam "Prevalence, patterns and socio-economic determinants of chronic diseases, comorbidity, and multimorbidity among elderly in Bangladesh."
The Second Asian Conference on Population and Development
Hangzhou, China: 2019
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| 2 |
Md. Zakiul Alam "Regional Variation in Life Expectancy and Disability-Free Life Expectancy in Bangladesh: Estimates Using Census 2011 and HIES."
ACPD
Kunming: International Conference on Population and Development of Asian Developing Countries, 2018
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| 3 |
Md. Zakiul Alam and Mohammad Bellal Hossain "Determinants of Mortality Transition in Bangladesh: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model."
The 4th Asian Population Association Conference
Shanghai, China: Asian Population Association, 2018
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| 4 |
Md. Zakiul Alam and Mohammad Bellal Hossain "Trends and Determinants of Contraceptive Method Choice in Bangladesh: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis.."
The 4th Asian Population Association Conference
2018
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| 5 |
Md. Zakiul Alam and Mohammad Bellal Hossain "Determinants of Contraceptive Prevalence Rate in Bangladesh: An Ecological Approach."
The 4th Asian Population Association Conference
2018
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Commander Abdur Rouf Memorial Gold Medal | 2017 | Bangladesh | Commander Abdur Rouf Memorial Gold Medal in the 50th convocation of the University of Dhaka. |
| National | Dean’s Award 2015 | 2017 | Bangladesh | Dean’s Award 2015 by the faculty of Social Sciences having the highest CGPA in Honors (BSS) in the department of Population Sciences. |
| National | Zahid Malik Memorial Trust Scholarship | 2013 | Bangladesh | Zahid Malik Memorial Trust Scholarship having the highest CGPA in each semester of Honors’ examination. |
| National | Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) Scholarship | 2011 | Bangladesh | Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) Scholarship having GPA 5.0 in HSC |
| National | Broad Scholarship | 2008 | Bangladesh | Broad Scholarship having Golden GPA 5.0 in SSC. |
Md. Zakiul Alam
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
Email: zakiul.alam@du.ac.bd
Phone: Department of Population Sciences Room No. :4046-Ka, 3rd Floor, Arts Building