Palash Chandra Banik
Assistant Professor
PhD (ongoing) – Bangladesh University of Professionals – 2025
MPhil in NCD – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University – 2012
BSc PT – University of Dhaka – 2008
HSC– Dhaka Board-2002
SSC– Dhaka Board- 2000
Academic:
- July 1, 2017- Till the date Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS) Department Noncommunicable Diseases Full time Assistant Professor
- December 1, 2014 – June 30, 2017 Bangladesh University of Health Sciences Department Noncommunicable Diseases Full time Senior Lecturer
- July 1, 2013-November 30 2014 Bangladesh University of Health Sciences Department Community Medicine Full time Senior Lecturer
- September 1, 2012 -June 2013 Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences (BIHS) Department Community Medicine Full time Senior Research fellow
- April 2010 -June 2013 State College of Health Sciences Department Physiotherapy A part-time employee Lecturer
- April 15, 2009 -June 2013 Physiotherapy & Paralyzed Welfare Centre (PPWC) A part-time employee Senior Physiotherapist
- MAM Khan, H Banoo, SS Ahmed, PC Banik. Fever of Unknown Origin due to Left Atrial Myxoma. JOPSOM 2011; 30(1-2): PP. 62-65.
- S Sultana, SJ Mumu, PC Banik, L Ali. Prevalence and determinants of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance among the Santal Adivasis. Diabetes and Endocrine Journal.December 2014: 42(Suppl 1); p22.
- N Jahan, M Das, R Mondal, S Paul, T Saha, R Akhtar, MAM Khan, PC Banik. Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders among the Bangladeshi Garments Workers. SMU Medical Journal 2015; 2(1), PP. 102-113.
- SR Sultana, M Das, M Faruque, R Mondol, RN Nurani, M Hossain, PC Banik. Musculoskeletal Disorders among Type 2 Diabetic Subjects in Bangladesh. SMU Medical Journal 2015; 2(2), PP. 67-80.
- M Das, CM Sabbir Ahmed, MMH Chowdhury, MK Islam, PC Banik. Health Assessment among the General People of Khulna Division in Bangladesh- A pilot study. SMU Medical Journal 2015; 2(2), PP. 124-133.
- PC Banik. Report of the Expert Group Consultation on Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health in WHO- SEAR Countries 2015 published by WHO SEA Regional Office, New Delhi, India.
PC. Banik, M. Das, SK. Paul, SR. Sultana, M. Moniruzzaman, L. Ali. Foot Pain among the Elderly Subjects of Dhaka City. International Journal of Epidemiology 2015; 44(Supplement 1): i238-239. http://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv096.428 - M Das, PC Banik, Z Hassan, M Khalequzzaman, L Ali. Prevalence of Undiagnosed Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study of Different Recommendations. International Journal of Epidemiology 2015; 44(Supplement 1): i269-270. http://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv096.516
- MSAM Ahmed, M. Moniruzzaman, S. Chowdhury, PC Banik. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment among Urban Population of Bangladesh Using WHO/ISH Risk Prediction Chart. International Journal of Epidemiology 2015; 44(Supplement 1): i202. http://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv096.327
- MS Zaman, L Barua, S Bushra, T Sultana, I Hossain, S Sultana, PC Banik, M Faruque, M Moniruzzaman, MM Zaman. Salt Intake Behavior among the Faculties and Doctors of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences. Cardiovascular Journal 2016; 8(2): 94-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cardio.v8i2.26804
- Sadiya Sultana, Rajib Mondal, Madumita, Md Ibrahim Khalil, Palash Chandra Banik. Shin-splints among sports persons in different reputed clubs in Dhaka city. SMU Medical Journal 2016, 3(2):111- 122.
- Rajib Chandra Sarker, Rajib Mondal, Sadiya Sultana, Md Ibrahim Khalil, Palash Chandra Banik. Upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among young adult computer users. Journal of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation 2016; 1(1): 13-18.
- PC Banik, M Moniruzzamn, F Zaman, M Faruque, L Ali. Prevalence of Hypertension among Urban and Rural Type 2 Diabetic Subjects in Bangladesh. Journal of Hypertension 2016; 34(LBPS 03-18): e529. http://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000501452.18894.26
- Awarded for NOMA fellowship from July 2010 to July 2012 by University of Oslo, Norway
- Selected for Best poster award by the Bangladesh Endocrine Society and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists at 1st Endocrine Conference 2013, AACE Bangladesh Chapter, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Fellow, International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention (ISCEP)
- Research Fellow, International Society of Hypertension (ISH)
- Selected for the best oral best presentation award by the National Heart Foundation Day 2020.
- Selected for the best oral presentation award by the 1st NCD National Conference February, 2022.
- Continuing Education Bursary, University of Oxford, 2021
- Received travel grant 1000 USD to attend in IEA Scientific Meeting on 24-26 December 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
- Received travel grant 1500 Euro to participate in 51st EASD Meeting on September 14 to 18 2015, at Stockholm, Sweden
- Received travel grant 2000 USD to attend in Expert Group Consultation on Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health in WHO-SEAR Countries’, 27-28 July 2015, Organized by Tata Memorial Hospital in collaboration with Regional Office of WHO, Mumbai, India
- Received travel grant 1500 Euro to attend in 52nd EASD Meeting on September 12 to 16 2016, at Munich, Germany
- Received travel grant of 50,000 Japanese Yen to participate in 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS2017) on March 17 to 19, 2017 at Kanazawa, Japan
- Received travel grant 700 Euro to attend in EASD Postgraduate Courses in Yerevan, Armenia, on April 6 to 8, 2017, Yerevan, Armenia.
- Received travel grant 300 USD to participate in 49th Ten Day Teaching Seminar in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention by International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 4 to June 16, 2017.
- Received travel grants 1000 GBP to attend the 18th Congress of the International Headache Society from 7 to September 10, 2017, in Vancouver, Canada.
- Received travel grant 1500 USD to participate in the 142nd American Neurological Association (ANA) 2017 Annual Meeting on 15 to October 17, 2017, at San Diego, U.S.A.
- Received travel grant 700 USD to attend in XXIV World Congress of Neurology (W.C.N.) 2019 on 26 to October 31, 2019, at Dubai, U.A.E.
- Received scholarship 1700 GBP for the certificate course on “Prevention Strategies for Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs)” by the University of Oxford on May 2021.
CONSULTANCY
- Participated in ‘Expert Group Consultation on Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health in WHO-SEAR Countries’, 27-28 July 2015, Organized by Tata Memorial Hospital in collaboration with Regional Office of WHO, Mumbai, India
- Participated in 4 expert’s meetings as a consultant in ‘Development of factsheet and sticker on dietary salt intake based on National Communication Strategy for reduction of NCD in Bangladesh’ organized by Dept of H.P. & HE, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences with the technical assistance of WHO country office for Bangladesh.
- Worked as a National Consultant of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in ‘Rupsha 800-Megawatt Combined Cycle Power Plant Project.’
- Working as a Consultant Research in a Project “Capacity Building of Nursing Services Phase 2 (CBNS- II)” funded by JICA
- Working as a Coordinator in a Project on Employment Injury Insurance funded by GiZ Bangladesh.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AS A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- Tobacco Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Adults attending the outpatient department (O.P.D.) of Public Hospitals funded by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA (Completed)
- Opportunities and Challenges of COVID- 19 Overall Case Handling in Bangladesh: Testing – Isolation – Contact Tracing – Quarantine – Hospitalization, funded by Swedish
- International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and managed by Bangladesh Health Watch, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health. (Completed)
- Efficacy of counselling for the positive changes in markers for the prevention of hypertension among adult slum dwellers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: A randomized control trial, funded by BANBEIS (Ongoing)
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AS A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/CO-INVESTIGATOR
- Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Urban Population Aged 40-70 Years Using WHO/ISH Risk Prediction Chart Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, during the financial year 2012-2013.
- Awareness on Diabetic Retinopathy among Patients of Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from A Tertiary Level Hospital funded by Bangladesh Medical and Research Council (BMRC), Bangladesh, during the financial year 2012-2013.
- Cardiovascular risk assessment among the urban and rural population aged 40-70 years using WHO/ISH risk prediction chart. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, during the financial year 2013-2014.
- Barriers to Physical Activity among patients with diabetes mellitus funded by Bangladesh Medical and Research Council (BMRC), Bangladesh, during the financial year 2013-2014.
- Project on ‘Perceptions of health insurance among potential consumers in Bangladesh,’ which is funded by Rockefeller Foundation and managed by Center of Excellence for Universal Health Coverage and icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Completed)
- Project on ‘Prevalence of cancer among type 2 diabetic subjects’ funded by the ministry of science and technology (MOST), Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. (Co-Investigator, in completed)
- Project on ‘Three (03) Days Training on Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Diseases, COPD, Cancer, Arsenicosis, Thalassemia, etc. for Health Service Providers, e.g., Medical
- Assistant/SACMO’ which is funded by NCDC Program of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Total Participants- 750. The financial year 2016-17. (Completed)
- Project on ‘Three (03) Days Training on Noncommunicable Diseases prevention and control for Health Service Providers (Nurses and Medical Assistant/SACMO) funded by NCDC
- Program of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Total Participants- 2000. The financial year 2017-18. (Completed)
A research project on “Livelihood status of the persons with diabetes,” funded by NCDC Program of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. (Completed) - A research project on “Practice and Treatment towards Diabetes Mellitus of Diabetic Patients in Bangladesh perspective” funded by NCDC Program of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. (Completed)
- A Project on “Global Health Research for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes” Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK. (Completed)
- A research project on “Implementing PEN. Intervention Model in Reducing Hypertension, Diabetes and Their Risk Factors in a Rural Community in Bangladesh,” funded by NCDC Program of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. (Completed)
- A research project on “Knowledge, attitude and practice of health hazards related to mobile phone uses among the college and university students in Dhaka City, Bangladesh,” funded by Bangladesh Medical and Research Council (BMRC), Bangladesh, during the financial year 2019-2020. (Completed)
- A research project on “Strengthening of Health Care System in Reducing Hypertension, Diabetes and Their Risk Factors in a Rural Community in Bangladesh,” funded by NCDC Program of DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. (Completed)
- Baseline survey of the capacity building of nursing services phase -2 project funded by JICA (completed).
- Disease Pattern and associated risk factor among the rural population in Bangladesh funded by MOST. (ongoing).
- Development of a health worker’s protection action plan based on COVID 19 lesson learned in Bangladesh funded by WHO. (ongoing)
- Baseline, midline and endline survey of employment injury insurance funded by GiZ. (ongoing)
- Survey and study of Training Needs Assessment of Officers and staff of Municipalities and City Corporations for effective primary health care delivery services, Funded by ADB. (Completed)
- Musculoskeletal disorders and its associated factors among Jamdani handloom workers in Bangladesh, funded by Sheba Nari o Shishu Kendra (Ongoing)
PROJECT WORK COMPLETED AS A MEMBER/JUNIOR CONSULTANT
- Health Education Program for the Bangladeshi Garments Workers, which was the project of Bangladesh Diabetic Association and Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, which was funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation S.D.C. and New Asia Group.
- Evaluate the Diabetic Retinopathy Education Treatment and Training (DRETT) Program of ORBIS International as a junior consultant.
Membership
- Life Member, BSMMU Alumni Association
- Member Secretary, Social Forum, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences
- Ex-Organizing Secretary, Public Health Association of Bangladesh.
- Member, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (HBPRCA)
- Member, World Sleep Society (207340)
- Member, European Stoke Organization (ESOMember03287)
- Life Member, Public Health Association of Bangladesh. (00419)
- Life Member, Epidemiology Foundation of India (E.F.I.) (00438)
- Member, European Society of Hypertension (ESH) (37126)
- Member, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborator Network
- Member, Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network (BTCRN)
- Associate Member, International Headache Society (I.H.S.) (BPBA01)
- Member, European Society of Cardiology (E.S.C.) (775941)
- Member, Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA)
- Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP)
- Member, European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) (775941)
- Member, American Neurological Association (ANA) (1199990)
- Member, European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (350686)
- Member, International Epidemiological Association (IEA) (00007237)
- Member, The Obesity Society (T.O.S.) (23078)
- Life Member, World N.C.D. Federation (L-0057)
- Research Fellow, International Society of Hypertension (ISH) (Previous-17,486; Present-2390)
- Member, American Society for Microbiology (A.S.M.) (200002039)
JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
- PLOS Global Public Health (Academic Editor)
- Frontier Cardiovascular Epidemiology (Associate Editor)
- Frontier Cardiovascular Medicine (Review Editor)
- Frontier Digital Health (Review Editor)
Journal Reviewer
- Annals of Epidemiology
- BMC Cancer
- BMC Geriatric
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- BMC Public Health
- BMC Medicine
- BMJ
- BMJ. Open
- Children and Youth Services Review
- Clinical Ophthalmology
- Clinical Opthalmology
- Cureus
- Diabetes Metabolism Research and Review
- Diabetes Metabolism Research and Review
- Frontier Cardiovascular Medicine
- Frontier Digital Health
- Frontier in Public Health
- Health Policy and Technology
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research
- JMIR Cancer
- JMIR Formative Research
- JMIR Medical Informatics
- JMIR MHealth and UHealth
- JMIR Research Protocols
- JMIRx | Med
- Journal of Applied Biomechanics (JAB.)
- Journal of Gynecological Research and Obstetrics
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
- Journal of Patient Experiences
- Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care
- Medical Science Monitor
- Plos Global Public Health
- PlosOne
- Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
- Scientific Review
- Young
EVENTS ORGANIZING EXPERIENCE
- Associate Organizing Secretary, 4th Regional Public Health Conference, Organized by Bangladesh University of Health Sciences with the collaboration of the University of Oslo, Norway, on 02-03 March 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Convener, Registration Committee, Annual Conference 2021, Public Health Association of Bangladesh, Held on 3-4 September 2021.
- Member, IT Committee, Annual Conference 2021, Public Health Association of Bangladesh, Held on 3- 4 September 2021.
- Member, Organizing Committee, 9th Regional Public Health Conference 2022. Held on 25 and 26 February 2022, In Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Convener, Press and Publication Sub-Committee, 9th Regional Public Health Conference 2022. Held on 25 and 26 February 2022.
- Member Secretary, Registration Sub-Committee, 9th Regional Public Health Conference 2022. Held on 25 and 26 February 2022.
- Member, IT Sub-Committee, 9th Regional Public Health Conference 2022. Held on 25 and 26 February 2022.
- Member Secretary, Social Forum, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences.
PRESIDED SCIENTIFIC SESSION AS A CHAIR/ CO-CHAIR/ JURY MEMBER
- Chair in a free paper session at XI South East Asia Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association. September 26-29, 2013, Pokhara Nepal.
- Chair in a poster session at 42nd Annual National Conference Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine organized by Hind Institute of Medical Sciences and King George’s Medical University. February 26-28, 2015, Lucknow, UP, India.
- Chair in a free paper session at IEA Thailand 2015 organized by International Epidemiological Association, on 23-26 November 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
Worked as a Jury Member in 9th Regional Public Health Conference February 2022.
SEMINAR, SYMPOSIUM, COURSE, TRAINING AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
- Attended “2nd Indian National Seminar on Plants in Diabetes: Prospects and Challenges” from 08 to April 9, 2011, Guwahati, Assam, India.
- Participated in a four days residential short Course on “Universal Health Coverage for junior faculty and young professionals in health and development” organized by Center of excellence for universal health coverage from 9 am to 5 pm March 2013.
- Participated at short Course on ‘Measuring and Monitoring Health Equity using ADePT Health’ organized by Center of excellence for universal health coverage at 9 am to 5 pm April 2013
- Completed training on ‘WHO STEPwise Surveillance of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors’ organized by the National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases (NCCRF&HD) and World Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh held from 22 to June 26, 2014.
- Completed training on ‘Generic Training of Trainers (TOT)’ organized by Bangladesh Training and Research Foundation (BTRF), BCCP, from 9 am to 5 pm on September 14-18, 2014.
- Participated at ‘National Public Health Seminar 2014’ organized by the National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM) with the support of WHO in September 2014.
- Participated at the ‘5th Regional Public Health Conference’ organized by Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, on 17-18 December 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Participated at a symposium on ‘Tobacco Control in Bangladesh’ organized by Bangladesh Stroke Association (B.S.A.) with the technical support of Bangladesh Center for Communication Program (BCCP), on December 31, 2014, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Participated at 51st Annual Meeting of EASD, Organized by European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 14-18 September 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
- Participated at IEA Thailand 2015 organized by International Epidemiological Association, on 23-26 November 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
- Participated at World Diabetes Congress 2015, Organized by International Diabetes Federation, on November 30 to December 4, 2015, in Vancouver, Canada.
- Participated at 52nd Annual Meeting of EASD, Organized by European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 12-16 September 2016, Munich, Germany.
- Participated at 7th Regional Public Health Conference Organized by Bangladesh University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the University of Oslo, Norway, 06-07 December 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Participated at 22nd Diabetes and Endocrine Conference, Organized by Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Endocrine Society and Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, 08-10 December 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Participated in 49th Ten Day Teaching Seminar in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, and going to organize by International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in collaboration with University of Cambridge, UK at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 4 to June 16, 2017
- Participated in the “GEOHealth Short Course on Environmental Health Research” from 23-25 March 2019 at BRAC CDM, Savar. This training program was organized by BSMMU and supported by the University of Chicago, U.S.A.
- Completed IDF online short course on “Diabetes and CVD” and has been awarded 1 European CME Credits organized by International Diabetes Federation (IDF), (Certificate No: 00021127)
- Completed IDF. online short course on “Prevention of type 2 diabetes” and has been awarded 1 European CME Credits organized by International Diabetes Federation (IDF), (Certificate No: 00021131)
- Participated in the “ACC 20 together with World Congress of Cardiology virtual” organized by American College of Cardiology, in June 2020.
- Completed the NCD Academy Course in “cardiovascular diseases and Stroke Prevention” organized by American College of Cardiology, on 8 January 2021.
- Completed a workshop on “Data Management, Analysis & Mapping in R, Stata, Biostatistics and Epidemiology: theory and applications and Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” 12 to 28 March 2021 organized by Global Public Health Research Foundation
- Completed certificate course on “Prevention Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)” organized by University of Oxford, UK on May 2021.
- Completed a certificate course on “Global Flagship Course on Health Systems” organized by World Bank on June 7 to 16, 2021.
- Completed workshop on “Data to Action for Bangladesh” Organized by NHFH&RI, Bangladesh and CDC, USA on 8 to 17 November, 2021.
- Presented and selected for the best oral best presentation award by the National Heart Foundation Day December, 2020.
- Presented and selected for the best oral presentation award by the 1st NCD National Conference February, 2022.