Liza Akter :: Faculty Profile :: University of Dhaka

Biography

Liza Akter is currently working as a lecturer at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka. She obtained her MPhil and MS in Clinical Psychology from the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. As a mental health professional, Clinical Psychologist, she has previously worked as a PSS manager to provide psychological services to the Rohingya Refugee at ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
M.Phil.	Clinical Psychology	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2022
Masters	Clinical Psychology	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2017
Bachelor	Psychology	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2015
H.S.C	Humanities	Manikgonj Govt. Mohila College	Bangladesh	2010
S.S.C	Humanities	Dakkhin Jamsha High School	Bangladesh	2008

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Lecturer	Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Oct 2023	Present
Staff Counsellor	International Organization for Migration (IOM)	Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Sep 2023	Sep 2023
PSS Manager	International Rescue Committee (IRC)	Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Dec 2021	Jun 2023
Psychologist	Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)	Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Oct 2021	Dec 2021
Counsellor	Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)	Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh	Feb 2020	Sep 2021
HIV Counselling Officer	icddr,b	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Jun 2019	Oct 2019
Psychologist	Gonoshasthaya Kendra	Cox's Bazar	Aug 2017	Jan 2018

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Mental Health
Migration Mental Health
Psychometric Instruments
Community mental health services

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
Masters	Mental Health Status among Rickshaw Pullers in Dhaka City	Liza Akter	Md. Rajib Ali	Mental Health	2025
Masters	Opportunities and Challenges of Mental Health Services Provision: Perspectives of Trainee Clinical Psychologists	Liza Akter	Sadia Nazmin Islam Jaba	Mental Health Service	2025
Masters	Exploring the Infertility duration as a mediator between Infertility-related stress and marital adjustment in infertile women in Dhaka City	Liza Akter	Most. Rawnak Islam	Infertility related stress and marital adjustment	Current Year
Masters	Exploring Mental Health Literacy: Perspectives from Indigenous Community of the University of Dhaka	Liza Akter	Saima Islam	Mental Health;	Current Year
Masters	Psychometric Evaluation of the Bangla Version of Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire	Liza Akter	Md. Rifath Hasan Tarofder	Psychometric Tools	Current Year
Masters	Understanding the Mental Health Status of Reproductive-Aged Women Living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome(PCOS) in Bangladesh	Liza Akter	Farzana Yesmin Rifat	Mental health; reproductive aged women	Current Year

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
No project/research work is found

Invited Talk

SL	Invited Talk
No invited talk is found

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Society (BCPS)	General Member (ID: G25002)	2025

Journal Article
1	Nowshin Papri, Ashiqa Tabassum, Tamal Saha, Gulshan Ara, Mantaka Rahman, Shahadat Hossain, M M Jalal Uddin, Md Shahanur Hossain, Liza Akter, M Tasdik Hasan, Khalid M Khan, Quazi Deen Mohammad and Zhahirul Islam : Anxiety and depression and their impact on functional recovery and quality of life in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh, BMJ Open , vol.16 British Medical Journal Publishing Group , 2026 .
2	Liza Akter and Kamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury : Dental anxiety among Bangladeshi patients: a cross-sectional study, Bioresearch Communications , vol.11 , no.2 Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL) , pp.1821-1825 , 2025 . View More
3	Liza Akter and Chayon Kumar Das : Psychological Impact and Coping during Political Crisis in Bangladesh, World Social Psychiatry , vol.7 , no.1 Medknow , pp.39-42 , 2025 .
4	Liza Akter and Farah Deeba : Relapse of psychiatric patients during Covid- 19 pandemic, Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.32 , no.2 , pp.149- 157 , 2023 . View More
5	Liza Akter and Kamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury : Validation of Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, Bangladesh Psychological Studies , vol.32 , pp.57-66 , 2022 .
6	Liza Akter, Farzana Akter Srabony, Farah Deeba and Sanjit Roy : Adaptation of the scale for the assessment of positive symptoms and scale for the assessment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia in Bangladesh, Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy , vol.10 , no.2 Taylor & Francis , pp.201- 213 , 2019 . View More

Conference Proceedings
1	Saima Islam and Liza Akter "Understanding mental health perspectives of indigenous community." International Conference on Applied Psychology: Behavioural Science Advancement 2026 .
2	Liza Akter and Kamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury "Prevalence of Dental Anxiety among Bangladeshi Patients." 6th Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Conference 2023 .
3	Liza Akter and Farah Deeba "Adaptation of the scale for the assessment of positive symptoms and scale for the assessment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia in Bangladesh." 5th Bangladesh Clinical Psychology Conference and 8th ICOPE (International Council of Psychology Educators) Conference 2019 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
Local	Begum Azizun Nesa Memorial Gold Medal	2017	Bangladesh	Liza Akter has been awarded Begum Azizun Nesa Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining the highest GPA in M.S. in Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Name & designation Liza Akter Lecturer

Department Department of Clinical Psychology Faculty of Biological Sciences

Email lizacp@du.ac.bd