FIELD RESEARCH AND PRACTICE CENTRE (FRPC)

BUHS places high priority on Research. The main purpose of research is to generate new knowledge. For this purpose, BUHS adopted a strategy of establishing Field Research and Practice Center (FR&PC) in rural and urban areas. In respect of the former, an FR&PC has been established at the village Binodmuri under Shuhilpur union of Chandina upazilla, Cumilla. The center was jointly inaugurated on 28 February 2023 by Prof. Dr. Faridul Alam, honorable Vice-Chancellor, BUHS and Prof. Dr. Pran Gopal Datta, renowned ENT specialist and hon’ble MP for the area (Cumilla–7, Chandina). Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Sharmin Parveen and other faculty members were also present during the inaugural ceremony. The center has facilities for residential accommodation for researchers. 

Already one faculty research funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has been completed from this center. The principal investigator was Prof. M.A. Hafez, Advisor, Dept. of Biostatistics, BUHS and co-principal investigator Dr. Anindita Datta, Associate Professor, BSMMU. The team consisted of seven other faculty members of BUHS as researchers and associate researchers. Another thesis work of a student of MS Biostatistics program of this university is ongoing under the supervision of Associate Professor Dr. Mojibur Rahman. Prof. Dr. Sharmin Parveen has expressed interest in utilizing the center for the purpose of telemedicine. In future other relevant programs can be run from this center.