Dr. Md. Shahanur Hossain :: Faculty Profile

Biography

Dr. Shahanur Hossain is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and working with Brain Injury patients in Bangladesh for their neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation. Apart from Neuropsychology he has extensive experiences on addiction behaviour, sexual health, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder and personality disorder. Dr. Hossain is one of the international certified addiction professional and master trainer. Currently he is working ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Clinical Neuropsychology	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2022
M.Phil.	Cognitive Distortions	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2009
Masters	Clinical Psychology	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2002
Bachelor	Psychology	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2001
H.S.C	Science	Dhaka	Bangladesh	1997
S.S.C	Science	Rajshahi	Bangladesh	1995

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Associate Professor	Dept. of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka	Dhaka	Jul 2023	Present
Asst. Professor	University of Dhaka	Dhaka	Jun 2013	Jul 2023
Lecturer	University of Dhaka	Dhaka	Feb 2010	Jun 2013
Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Acid Survivors Foundation	Sirajgong, Bogra	Oct 2008	Apr 2010
Psychologist	CREA	Dhaka	Dec 2007	Feb 2010
HIV counselor	Dhaka Ahsania Mission	Dhaka	Feb 2006	Dec 2007

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Clinical Neuropsychology, Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Brain Tumor, Dementia and degenerative disease	Since 2013 neuropsychology is my specialized area of clinical and research work. Any form of Acquired Brain Injury specially Traumatic Brain Injury , its consequences, neuropsychological assessment, formulation, care plan and neuropsychological rehabilitation is the area of research work. Descriptive, experimental, outcome study using both qualitative and quantitative methodology.
Substance Use Disorder and Co-occurring mental and physical disorder	In the field of drug addiction my research started since 2004 and I was heavily involved with the clinical work untill 2013.Later on I completed the Universal Treatment Caricullum and have been working as master trainer in Bangladesh.

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
M.Phil	Neropsychological profiles of children with psychological trauma	Dr. Md. Shahanur Hossain	Dr. Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman	Marzia al Hakim	Psychological trauma-Children	0000
Masters	Exploring burden and the associated factors among family caregivers of dementia patients	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Tahamina	Caregivers of dementia patients	2022
Masters	Cognitive, affective, and behavioral changes among students with gunshot injuries during the July movement	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Sumaya Tasnim	Cognitive, affective, and behavioral changes	2022
Masters	Neuropsychological factors influencing the post stroke depression at a tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Sanjida Alam	Post stroke depression	2022
Masters	Effectiveness of Psychoeducational Intervention in Managing Burden among Caregivers of Stroke Survivors	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Marjia Akter	Caregivers of Stroke Survivors	2022
Masters	Memory impairment among patients having depression	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Abdul Hi Siddique	Memory impairment Depression	2022
Masters	Mild Cognitive Impairment among Middle Aged Population of Gazipur City in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Olima Akter Mim	Mild Cognitive Impairment	2022
Masters	Adaptation and Validation of Conners’ Adult ADHD Scale for use in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Adity Sarker	Adult ADHD Scale	2022
Masters	Memory Impairment Among Brain Tumor Patients in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Afnan Tahmim Adrita	Memory BrainTumor Patients-Bangladesh	2022
Masters	Factors Influencing Memory Impairment among TBI Survivors at Early Recovery Stage	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Khadija Begum	Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)	2022
Masters	Exploring Changes in Personality after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Ahsan Bin Arefin	Traumatic Brain Injury	2022
Masters	Cognitive Impairment Among Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors at One Month Post Injury	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Getanjali Roy	Traumatic Brain Injury	2021
Masters	Neuropsychological Status among Patients with Substance Use Disorder at Post Withdrawal Period	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Shuvo Sarkar	Substance Use Disorder	2021
Masters	Anxiety Depression and Stress among the caregivers of patients suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Masudur Rahman Manna	Anxiety Depression and Stress caregivers of patients Traumatic Brain Injury-Bangladesh	2021
Masters	Effect of lead toxicity on human executive functioning	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Meskat Nowshin Keya	Lead toxicity	2020
Masters	Factors influencing Caregiver burden of Stroke survivors	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Naznin Akter	Caregiver-Stroke Patients	2020
Masters	Relationship between Executive functioning and driving behavior	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Badsha Zulkar Nayen	Driving Behavior	2020
Masters	Relationship Between Mood And Processing Speed Of Brain	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Shajjadur Rahman	Mood And Processing Speed Of Brain	2019
Masters	Neuropsychological difference of OCD and other anxiety disorder	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Fahmida Sultana	Mental health	2019
Masters	Neuropsychological profile of female with substance used disorder	Shahanur Hossain		Ishrat Jahan	Neuropsychology	2019
Masters	Mental Health of Blind Adolescents	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Tamzid Karim	Mental Health-Blind Adolescents	2018
Masters	Memory impairment among TBI patients	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Humayun Kabir	Traumatic Brain Injury	2018
Masters	Neuropsychological profile of dementia patients in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Pooja Vottacharjo	Dementia	2018
Masters	Impact of psychoeducation in the management of acute symptom of TBI	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Fairuz Hossain Tamanna	Traumatic Brain injury	2018
Masters	Neuropsychological impairment among brain tumor patients in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Mst. Moslema Afruzzahan	Brain tumor patients-Bangladesh	2017
Masters	Neuropsychological Profile of Stroke patients in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Hafizur Rahman	Stroke patients-Bangladesh	2017
Masters	Neuropsychological profile of Traumatic Brain Injury patients in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Tazina Siddika	Traumatic Brain Injury patients-Bangladesh	2017
Masters	Cognitive and affective impairment among cancer patients experiencing chemotherapy	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Zayeed Bin Alam	Cancer patients-Chemotherapy	2016
Masters	Development of a hyperactivity scale for children in the context of Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Saiara Subah	Development-Hyperactivity scale-Children-Bangladesh	2016
Masters	Relationship of working memory and processing speed of brain with road traffic accident	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Bidhan Sarkar	Memory	2016
Masters	Impact of psychotherapy on working memory and prossening speed	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Hasina Momotaz	Psychotherapy Memory	2015
Masters	Emotional state and cognitive performance of stroke patient in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Saima Nusrat	Emotional statestroke patient-Bangladesh	2015
Masters	Understanding the challenges to build and maintain intimate relationship among same sex	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Farah Mehnaz	Relationship	2015
Masters	Experiences of female sexual functioning among Bangladesi women	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Falguni Rani Das	Sexuality-Women-Bangladesh	2015
Masters	Mental health status among trafficked people	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Md. Abul Bashar	Mental health-trafficked people	2014
Masters	Utility of Dhaka University Obsessive Compulsive Scale	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Sangitta Kundu	Obsessive Compulsive Scale	2014
Masters	Internet sex addiction in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Mohsina Sharmin	Internet sex	2014
Masters	Psychiatric Problems among The Drug Dependent People in Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Hasina Nouroj	Psychiatric Problems	2013
Masters	Psychological problems among children living in the street and institution Bangladesh	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Simun Nasa	Psychological problem-Children	2013
Masters	Mental Health Status among the survivor of a manmade disaster	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Suvra Prakash Dey	Mental Health	2013
Masters	Psycho-sexual problems and it 's etiological role in drug dependency	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Mahjareen Binta Gaffar	Psycho-sexual problems	2013
Masters	Dysfunctional Attitude and Perceived Stress among Male Residential Students of Dhaka University.	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Ishrat Jahan	Stress	2012
Masters	Impact of Psycho education on anxiety level and perceived pain among cardiac surgery patient on preoperative period	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Tuba Musarrat Ansary	Psycho education-anxiety level-cardiac surgery patient	2012
Masters	Effectiveness of psycho-education on depression	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Farhana Naznin	Psychoeducation-Depression	2012
Masters	Mental Health Status Among Family Members of Patients Having Chronic Mental and Psychical Illness	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Yeasmin Akter Mitu	Mental Health -Chronic Mental and Psychical	2011
Masters	Stuttering: basics and beyond	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Subhashish Kumar Chatterjee	Stuttering	2010
Masters	Internet addiction: impact and management	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Naima Zannat	Internet addiction	2010
Masters	Psychology of lesbianism	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Urmi Haque Tangila	Psychology-Lesbianism	2010
Masters	Postpartum depression	Md. Shahanur Hossain		Razia Sultana	Depresion	2010

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
Neuropsychology	Validation of Brain Injury Questionnaire of Sexuality	Neuroscience Research Center of Dhaka University	30-01-2020	30-01-2020
Clinical Psychology	Current status of training, practice and research of CBT in Bangladesh	Self	18-10-2018	31-10-2019
Clinical Psychology	Brain injury clinic	Nasirullha Foundation	01-03-2017	01-03-2020	HallidayQuinn ltd, UK
Clinical Psychology	Cognitive Impairment of Chemotherapy among cancer patients	UGC	08-09-2015	10-02-2015	WHO
Clinical Psychology	Adaptation of ASSIST	Biotechnology Research center, DU	10-02-2014	26-06-2019	WHO

Invited Talk

Role of Psychotherapy in the

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Society	General Secretary	2019	2021
2	Asian Cognitive Behavior Therapy Association	Board Member	2015	2021

Journal Article
1	Tanjin, T. & Hossain, M.S : Childhood Abuse and Current Psychological Problems of University Female Students, Bangladesh Journal of Psychological Studies , vol.23 , 2013 .
2	Hossain, M.S., Jahan,S., Akhter, R., Ferdous, R.S : Clinical Features and Etiology of Panic Disorder and its Management using CBT, Bangladesh Psychological Studies , vol.22 , 2012 .
3	Ansary, T.M. & Hossain, M.S. : Effectiveness of Psycho education in Reducing Anxiety Level and Pain Perception among Cardiac Surgery Patients in Preoperative Period, Bangladesh Psychological Studies , vol.22 , 2012 .
4	Hossain, M.S., Deeba, F. & Begum, R : Exploring Cognitive Distortions Among Different Individuals with Depressive Disorder, Dhaka University Journal of Psychology , vol.33 , 2009 .
5	Uddin, M.Z., Hossain, M. S., Mohit, M. A., Chowdhury, M. K. P., Islam, M. M., Karim, M. E. & Firoz, A. H. M : Characteristics of Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry , vol.21 , no.2 , 2008 .
6	Hossain, M.S. & Chowdhury, K. U. A : High Risk Situations as Determinant of Relapse in Drug Addiction: Bangladeshi Perspective, Bangladesh Psychological Studies , vol.18 , 2008 .
7	Uddin, M.Z., Mohit, M. A., Chowdhury, M. K. P., Hossain, M. S., Hossain, M. J., Karim, M. E. & Firoz, A. H. M : Anxiety, Depression and Hopelessness among 50 Patients Having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry , vol.19 , no.2 , 2005 .
8	Dively, J., Gilbreath, D., Cosgrove, P., Rinker, A., Leininger, J., Vernon, A., Hossain, M. S., Karim, A.K.M.R., Huq.M., & Mahmud, S.H.“ : Substance Abuse Across Cultures: Bangladesh and America, Indian Journal of Psychological Issues , vol.12 , no.1&2 , pp.4-19 , 2004 .

Conference Proceedings
1	Hossain, M.S., Walton, N., Khatun, N., Chowdhury, K.U., Powell, G.E. & McCarter, R "Prevalence of post concussion symptoms in an Asian country; base rates and effects of mild traumatic brain injury." Eleventh world congress on brain injury , pp. 618-619. Hague: International Brain Injury Association, 2016 . View More
2	Hossain, M.S. & Gaffar, M.B "Male Sexual Problems and it's Role in Drug Dependency." European Society for Sexual Medicine , pp. 10. Istanbul: Journal of sexual Medicine by Elsevier, 2014 . View More

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
International	NEUROPSYCHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD	2016	United Kingdom	Division of neuropsychology of British psychological society in conjunction with British neuropsychology society have given this award to complete a neuropsychology placement in UK
International	Nasirullha Foundation Fellowship award	2014	United Kingdom	This fellowship awarded to attend a training program in Turkey organized by European Society for Sexual Medicine.
International	Gandhi Fellowship Award	2014	United Kingdom	This fellowship was awarded to attend international conference on neurorehab held in Chennai, India.
National	BANSDOC MPhil fellowship	2007	Bangladesh	This fellowship awarded for outstanding result of Masters and to complete M.Phil

Name & designation Dr. Md. Shahanur Hossain Associate Professor & Chairman

Department Department of Clinical Psychology Faculty of Biological Sciences

Email shossain_cp@du.ac.bd

Phone +88-2-9661900/7807