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Mahbubur Rahman
Professor (Adjunct)

MBBS –Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PhD in Epidemiology – Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Master of Public Health – Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Postdoctoral Fellowship – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Tokyo, Japan

Academic:

  • Professor of Epidemiology Graduate School of Public HealthSt. Luke`s International University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Associate Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
  • Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
  • Research Scientist Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
  • Fellow Epidemiologist Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
  • Associate Director Clinical Practice Evaluation and Research Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
  • Assistant Professor Dept. of Epidemiological and Clinical Research Information Management, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

List of Publications:

Latest 10 out of 176:

  • Tsukuda J, Fujitani S, Morisawa K, Shimozawa N, Lohman BD, Okamoto K, Kawaguchi T, Takamatsu Y, Fujii S, Ozaki M, Rahman M, Taira Y. Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: can the initial cerebral tissue oxygenation index predict ROSC? Emerg Med J. 2019 Jan;36(1):33-38
  • Hirth JM, Kuo YF, Starkey JM, Rupp RE, Laz TH, Rahman M, Berenson AB. Regional variations in human papillomavirus prevalence across time in NHANES (2003-2014). Vaccine. 2019 Jul 9;37(30):4040-4046. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.001.
  • Inaba A, Furuhata M, Morimoto K, Rahman M, Takahashi O, Hijikata M, Knowles MR, Keicho N. Primary ciliary dyskinesia in Japan: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pulm Med. 2019 Jul 25;19(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0897-4.
  • Bhandari AKC, Dhungel B, Rahman M. Trends and correlates of cesarean section rates over two decades in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Dec 9;20(1):763.
  • Tomita S, Hoshino E, Kamiya K, Yasuhiro O, Rahman M. Direct and indirect costs of home healthcare in Japan: A cross-sectional study. Health Soc Care Community. 2020 May;28(3):1109-1117.
  • Enomoto A, Saito A, Takahashi O, Kimura T, Tajima R, Rahman M, Iida K. Associations Between Health Literacy and Underweight and Overweight Among Japanese Adults Aged 20 to 39 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study. Health Educ Behav. 2020 Aug;47(4):631-639
  • Ishikawa K, Matsuo T, Tsuda Y, Rahman M, Uehara Y, Mori N. Factors Associated with Daptomycin-Induced Eosinophilic Pneumonia. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Feb 16;11(2):254
  • Tsukuda J, Fujitani S, Rahman M, Morisawa K, Kawaguchi T, Taira Y. Monitoring tissue oxygenation index using near-infrared spectroscopy during pre-hospital resuscitation among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: a pilot study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2021 Mar 4;29(1):42.
  • Bhandari AKC, Adhikari A, Shrestha M, et al. Cesarean Section and Its Correlates Among Early Child Bearing Women in Nepal. MOJ Women’s Health. 2021;10(4):77?83
  • Matsuura N, Saito A, Takahashi O, Rahman M, Tajima R, Mabashi-Asazuma H, Iida K. Associations between nutritional adequacy and insomnia symptoms in Japanese men and women aged 18-69 years: a cross-sectional study. Sleep Health. 2020 Apr;6(2):197-204.
  • 1993 Monbusho Scholarship from Japanese government for research studentship
  • 1994 Monbusho Scholarship from Japanese government for PhD program in clinical epidemiology
  • 1998 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship from Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2000 St. Luke’s Life Science Institute, Japan, award to study for MPH at Harvard University School of Public Health
  • 2011 Biography included in Who’s Who in America 2011 (65th Edition)
  • 2013 Award-winning Post-Doctoral Poster Presentation
  • 2018 Award-winning Junior Residents’ Oral Presentation

Prior Grant Funding:

  • Resource Lab Biostatistician, $2,500,000 (25% effort till June 2015; 5% from July 2015) “UTMB Women’s health research scholars’ program” K12 Institutional Research Career Development Award (BIRCWH) National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development August 29, 2005 – June 30, 2020 (Renewal)
  • Co-Investigator, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, $1,224,025 (direct) (25% effort) PP120150 “Prenatal education and postpartum administration of HPV vaccine: Strategies to increase initiation and series completion among low income women” Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2016
  • Co-Investigator, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, $1.4 million (direct) (30% effort) PP150004 “A multi-pronged approach to increase HPV vaccination rates among adolescents 9-17 years of age from Galveston and Brazoria Counties” Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2017
  • Co-Investigator, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, U54 HD047891 (Hankins) 07/01/2015–06/30/2020 (5% efforts) NICHD $530,000 Obstetric-Fetal Pharmacology Research Center
  • Co-Investigator, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, $1.4 million (direct) (20% effort) PP160010 Maximizing opportunities for HPV vaccination in the Golden Triangle Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) December 1, 2015 – November 30, 2018
  • Co-Investigator, $50,000 “A pilot study to translate the diabetes prevention program via the internet” John Sealy Foundation and Institute for Translational Sciences, September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011
  • Data Analyst and Clinical Epidemiologist, U01CI000192 (E Belongia, PI) “Rapid Analysis of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness” Center for Disease Control and Prevention (60% effort, for time period: August 8, 2005 – June 30, 2007)
  • Co-Investigator, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, $4,971 (2.1% effort) “Association of region of residence with human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among 9-17 year old adolescent children in the US” Sept, 1, 2013 – August 30, 2014
  • Principal Investigator, MERC937 (PAC 93039) –“Investigation of Syndromic Surveillance Alarm for Lower Gastrointestinal Illness” Department of Health & Family Services (November 1, 2006 – January 31, 2007)
  • Principal Investigator, $8,510 HIV/AIDS/STDs Awareness and Health Seeking Behavior among the Rickshaw- Pullers in Dhaka CityIntramural award – Kyoto University, Japan (July 1, 2003 – January 31, 2004)

Principal Areas of Research:

  • Women health issues: cancer prevention, contraception, bone health etc.
  • Obesity/Nutritional awareness
  • Clinical research
  • Systematic review/meta-analysis

Membership of professional body:

  • American Public Health Association
  • Society for Epidemiologic Research, USA
  • American Society of Preventive Oncology
  • International Epidemiological Association
  • Japanese Epidemiological Association
  • The Obesity Society