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Bangladesh scientist gets 2nd top position

3 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Bss, Dhaka

Dr Abbas Bhuiya has been appointed Deputy Executive Director (DED) of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). He is the first Bangladeshi scientist to get the second top position of the international health research institution, sources at ICDDR,B told the news agency yesterday. Bhuiya, a leading public health professional and researcher, got the appointment at the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of the organisation. He has been working at ICDDR, B for the last 30 years in various capacities. Prior to his new assignment, he was the head of Social and Behavioral Sciences Unit and Poverty and Health Programme of the institution. He obtained his BA (Hons) and MA in Statistics from Chittagong University and MA and Ph D in Demography from the Australian National University. He has over 100 articles published in scientific journals and books. He is an adjunct professor at the BRAC University's James P Grant School of Public Health. Bhuiya holds position in numerous high level national and international committees including the National Council for Population, the highest level policy body for population in the country.