Prof. Dr. Sohel Reza Choudhury

 

ACADEMIC RECORDS:

 

Master of Medical Science (MMedSc) (Clinical Epidemiology) 2005, University of New Castle, NSW, Australia

Doctor of Medical Science (DrMedSc equivalent to PhD), 1996, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan

Field of study: Public Health: Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Obtained ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, USA), certification on April 27 1995 after fulfilling all requirements.

Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) 1988, DhakaMedicalCollege, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

 

JOB RECORDS:

 

  1. Professor (1 April 2013 – till date), Department of Epidemiology & Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  2. Associate Professor and Project Coordinator, Anti-Tobacco Program (1 January 2010 – 30 March 2013), Department of Epidemiology & Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  3. National Professional Officer (NCD Risk Factor Surveillance/ Surveillance of Tobacco Control),World Health Organization, Bangladesh (September 2007 to December 2009)
  4. Associate Professor (1 September 2006 to 15 August 2007)

Department of Epidemiology & Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

  1. Assistant Professor (1 November 2004 to 30 August 2006),
  2. Lecturer (October 2001 to October 2004)

Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Science, UniversitiSains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia

  1. Senior Technical Officer(March 2001 to October 2001)

Helen Keller International, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  1. Research Associate (Joshu, faculty member) (April 1997 – March 2001)

Dept. of Health Science, Shiga Univ. of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.

  1. Visiting Research Scholar(April, 1996 – March, 1997)

Department of Health Science, ShigaUniversity of Medical Science, Shiga,

Japan

  1. Medical Officer(October 1990 – June 1991)

Monowara Hospital (Pvt.) Ltd. 54, Siddeswari Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  1. House Surgeon( November 1989 – October 1990)

Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Dept., Holy Family Red Crescent Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  1. Internship training (August 1988 – August 1989)

DhakaMedicalCollegeHospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

 

  1. Visiting Professor, Center for Epidemiological Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science,  Japan
  2. Guest Faculty, Department of Pubic Heath, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  3. Guest Faculty, Department of Public Health, State University of Bangladesh
  4. Organizing Secretary, United Forum Against Tobacco (UFAT), Bangladesh
  5. President, Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network (BTCRN)
  6. Member of International Epidemiological Association. (IEA)
  7. Member, International Society of Hypertension (ISH)
  8. Member of Epidemiological Association of Bangladesh
  9. Member of Public Health Association of Bangladesh
  10. Life member, Ekhlaspur Center of Health (ECOH), Motlob, Dhaka

 

RESEARCH GRANTS / PROJECTS

 

  1. Collaborative study with University of Cambridge, UK titled “BangladEsh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) study from 1 Dec 2015 to 31 May  2018. ( Local PI)
  2. Grant from World Lung Foundation on Evaluation of media campaign “Baby Alive” in Bangladesh. 2015, (PI)
  3. Collaborative study with University of Nagoya, Japan and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) titled Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Metabolic and Social Risk Factors among the Urban Poor in Bangladesh form 2014 to 2017.
  4. Bloomberg Initiative grant for Tobacco Control from Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK), USA for the project “Engaging Physicians for Tobacco Control- formation of a platform for national policy on tobacco control in Bangladesh”  from May 2015 to April 2017. (PI)
  5. Grant from Global Bridges/ Pfizer Inc in 2014: Capacity Building of Primary care physicians for tobacco cessation in Bangladesh. (PI)
  6. Educational grant from Medtronic Philanthropy through  Medtronic Foundation, USA for the project” support Capacity Building ofPhysicians at Primary Carefor Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction” from Dec 2013 to Dec 2015. ( Co-PI)
  7. Bloomberg Initiative grant for Tobacco Control from Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK), USA for the project “United Forum Against Tobacco-Mobilizing Physicians in tobacco control policy advocacy in Bangladesh” from Feb 2013 to April 2015. (PI)
  8. Grant from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh (2011) for development of a model for estimating salt intake from spot urine sodium excretion in Bangladeshi population. (PI)
  9. Grant from South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO),  World Health Organization to establish Tobacco cessation service in National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute in the year 2011 (PI)
  10. Bloomberg Grant from Campaign for Tobacco free Kids (CTFK), USA for Tobacco for the project “Engaging health care professionals for tobacco control in Bangladesh” from Jan 2011 to Dec 2012. (PI)
  11. Establishment of a coronary heart disease and stroke registration system in a rural population of Bangladesh. PI. Funded by Bangladesh Medical Association under HNPSP programme 2006. (PI)
  12. Community based surveillance of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. Co-PI.  Funded by WHO Bangladesh.  2005( Co-PI)
  1. Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in a rural population of Bangladesh. Co-PI. Funded by WHO Bangladesh. 2005 (PI)
  2. Development and validation of cardiovascular disease risk calculator for Malaysian population. Co-PI. Funded by Ministry of Science Technology and Education, Government of Malaysia. 2002-2004 (Co-PI)
  3. Homocysteine as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in Malaysian Population. PI. Short Term Grant. UniversitiSains Malaysia, Kota Bharu.2003-2004 (PI)
  4. International Study on Macronutrients and Blood pressure (INTERMAP). Co-PI of Japanese group and clinic coordinator. Ministry of Health&Welfare, Japan and NHLBI, NIH, USA. 1996-2000 (Co-investigator)
  5. Co-PI. Ministry of Health&Welfare, Japan and NHLBI, NIH, USA. 1996-2000 (Co-PI)
  6. NIPPON Assoc. Investigator. Ministry of Health & Welfare, Japan 1996-2000 (Co-Invesigator)
  7. Cardiovascular risk factor survey in ShigarakiTown, Shiga Japan. Associate Researcher. Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan, 1991-1996

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Articles:

  1. Choudhury SR. Ueshima H. Kita Y et al. Alcohol intake and serum lipids in a Japanese population.  International Journal of Epidemiology1994; 23: 940-947
  2. Choudhury SR, Okayama A, Kita Y, et al. The associations between alcohol drinking and dietary habits and blood pressure in Japanese men. Journal of Hypertension 1995;13:587-593
  3. Choudhury SR, Yoshida Y, Kita Y et al. Association between electrocardiographic ischemic abnormalities and ischemic heart disease risk factors in a Japanese population. Journal of Human Hypertension 1996; 10: 225-234
  4. Ueshima H, Okayama A, Kita Y, Choudhury SR. Current Epidemiology of Hypertension in Japan (in Japanese). Nihon Rinsho 1997: 55(8); 146-151
  5. Ueshima H, Okayama A, Kita Y, Choudhury SR. Large scale calcium channel blocker intervention trials (in Japanese). Clinical Calcium 1997: 7 (12); 21-26
  6. Ueshima H, Okayama A, Kita Y, Choudhury SR et al Characteristics of hypertension in Japanese population (in Japanese). Current Therapy 1997: 15 (11); 57-63
  7. Okuda N, Okayama A, Choudhury SR, Ueshima H. Standardization of food table for international cooperative study INTERMAP (in Japanese). JACD 1997: 32; 115-123
  8. Ueshima H, Okayama A, Kita Y, Choudhury SR et al. Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease (in Japanese). SaishinIgaku 1998: 53 (1); 29-35
  9. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A, et al. Relationship between blood pressure and alcohol consumption on the previous day in Japanese men. Hypertension Research: Clinical & Experimental 1998: 21; 175-178
  10. Liu LJ, Ueshima H, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Choudhury SR et al. Differences in dietary habits and relative body weight by smoking status: results from the 1990 National Cardiovascular Survey in Japan. CVD Prevention 1998:1; 282-289
  11. Ueshima H, Okayama A, Choudhury SR, Kita Y et al. Drinking habit and health. RinshoIgaku 1999;35:51-57 (in Japanese)
  12. Shimizu J, Kita Y, Hai K, Okayama A, Choudhury SR et al. Randomized controlled trial for smoking cessation among city office employees. Japanese Journal of Public Health 1999;46:1-13.
  13. Liu LJ, Choudhury SR, Okayama A et al. Changes in body mass index and its relationship to the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, alcohol consumption and daily physical activity in Japanese: Japan 1980 and 1990 National Surveys. Journal of Epidemiology 1999: 9:163-174
  14. Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H, Wada M, Nozaki A, Choudhury SR et al. Stroke incidence and case fatality in Shiga, Japan 1989 to 1993. International Journal of Epidemiology 1999: 28:1059-1065
  15. Ueshima H, Zhang X, Choudhury SR. Epidemiology of hypertension in China and Japan. Journal of Human Hypertension 2000;14; 765-770
  16. Hayakawa T, Okayama A, Ueshima H, Kita Y, Choudhury SR, Tamaki J on behalf of the NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Prevalence of impaired activities of daily living and impact of stroke and lower limb fracture in elderly persons in Japan. CVD Prevention 2000; 3: 187-194
  17. Okayama A, Ueshima H,Marmot M,Elliott P,Choudhury SR, Generational and regional differences in trends of mortality from ischemic heart disease in Japan from 1969 to 1992. American Journal of Epidemiology 2001;153:1191-1198
  18. Watanabe M, Barzi, Neal B, Ueshima H, Miyoshi Y, Okayama A, Choudhury SR.Alcohol consumption and the risk of diabetes by body mass index levels in a cohort of 5,636 Japanese. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.2002; 57: 191-7
  19. Mao X, Okamuara T, Choudhury SR, Kita Y, Kodowaki T, Okayama A, Niki I, Ueshima H. What unfavorable factors are associated with low serum total cholesterol in a Japanese population? J Epidemiol. 2002; 12: 271-9
  20. Ueshima H, Okayama A, Saitoh S, Nakagawa H, Rodriguez B, Sakata K, Okuda N, Choudhury SR, Curb JD. Differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors beween Japanese in Japan and Japanese-Americans in Hawaii: the INTERLIPID study. J Hum Hypertens. 2003;17:631-9
  21. Hasniza BA, Rusli BN, Winn T, Nazmi BMN, Naing L, Sohel RC. A study of knowledge, attitude, and practice, on contact dermatitis, among hospital cleaners in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. NCD Malysia 2003;2:15-18
  22. Rasool AHG, Rahman ARA, Choudhury SR, Singh RB. Blood pressure in acute intra cerebral haemorrhage. J Hum Hypertension. 2004;18:187-192
  23. Zaman MM, Choudhury SR, Ahmed J et al. Non-biochemical Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in general clinic-based rural population of Bangladesh. J epidemiology. 2004; 14:63-68
  24. Ueshima H, Choudhury SR, Okayama A et al. Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for stroke death in Japan. NIPPONDATA80. Stroke. 2004; 35:1836-1841
  25. Okuda N, Ueshima H, Okayama A, Saitoh S, Nakagawa H, Rodriguez BL, Sakata K, Choudhury SR, Curb JD. Relation of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake to serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol among Japanese men in Japan and Japanese -American men in Hawaii: the INTERLIPD study. Atherosclerosis. 2005;178:371-9
  26. Zaman MM, Choudhury SR, Ahmed J et al. Plasma Lipids in a rural population of Bangladesh. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. 2006; 13: 444-448
  27. Zaman MM, Ahmed J, Choudhury SR et al. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in rural Bangladeshi women. Diabetes Care 2006; 29 (6): 1456-7
  28. Tamaki J, Ueshima H, Hayakawa T, Choudhury SR, Kodama K, Kita Y, Okayama A; NIPPON DATA80 Research group. Effect of conventional risk factors for excess cardiovascular death in men: NIPPON DATA80. Circulation Journal 2006; 70:370-5
  29. Zaman MM, Ahmed J, Choudhury SR et al. Prevalence of ischemic heart disease in a rural population of Bangladesh. Indian Heart J 2007; 59 (3): 239-41
  30. Hassan NB, Choudhury SR, Naing L, Conroy RM, Rahman AR. Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version of Rose Angina Questionnaire. Asia Pacific J Public Health. 2007;19 (3):45-51.
  31. Rahman MT, Sultana R, Choudhury SR. Seropositivity and pattern of viral hepatitis in clinically suspected cases of hepatitis in Dhaka city. Bangladesh Med. Res Counc Bull. 2007 33(3):103-106
  32. Nakamura Y, Ueshima H, Okuda N, Higashiyama A, Kita Y, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Murakami Y, Okayama A, Choudhury SR, Rodriguez B, Curb JD, Stamler J; INTERLIPID Research Group. Relation of dietary and other lifestyle traits to difference in serum adiponectin concentration of Japanese in Japan and Hawaii: the INTERLIPID Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2008 Aug; 88(2):424-30.
  33. Guo Z, Miura K, Chowdhury T, Hozawa A, Okuda N, Okamura T, Saitoh S, Sakata K, Nakagawa H, Okayama A, Yoshita K, Kadowaki T, Choudhury SR, Nakamura Y, Rodriguez BL, Curb JD, Elliot P, Stamler J, Ueshima H. Relationship of the Polyunsaturated to Saturated Fatty Acid Ratio to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in Japanese: the INTERLIPID Study. J AtherosclerThromb 2010; 17:777-784
  34. Kabiruzzaman M, Malik FN, Ahmed N, Badiuzzaman M, Choudhury SR, Haque T et al. Burden of Heart Failure Patients in a Tertiary Level Cardiac Hospital. (J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2010; 28: 24-29).
  35. Rahman MT, Afroze N, Tahmin T, Nipa NN, Faisal RH, Choudhury SR. Light microscopic Study of cervical smear in a tertiary hospital at Dhaka. Mymensingh Med J. 2010;19:208-212
  36. Rumana N, Turin TC, Miura K, Nakamura Y, Kita Y, Hayakawa T, Choudhury SR, Kadota A, Nagasawa S, Fujioshi S, Takashima N, Okamuar T, Okayama A, Ueshima H. Prognostic Value of ST-T Abnormalities and Left High R Waves With Cardiovascular Mortality in Japanese (24-Year Follow-Up of NIPPON DATA80). 2011;107:1718-1724
  37. Pallipudi KM, Sinha D, Choudhury S, Mustafa Z Andes L, Asma S. Exposure to Tobacco Smoke among adults in Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Public Health 2011;55:210-9
  38. Rahman MA, Spurrier N, Mahmood MA, Rahman M, Choudhury SR, et al. (2012) Is There Any Association between Use of Smokeless Tobacco Products and Coronary Heart Disease in Bangladesh? PLoS ONE 7(1): e30584. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030584
  39. Rahman MA, Spurrier N, Mahmood MA, Rahman M, Choudhury SR, Leeder S. Why Do Bangladeshi PeopleUse Smokeless Tobacco Products? Asia Pacific J Public Hlth (2012). DOI: 10.1177/1010539512446957 published online 31 May 2012.
  40. Turin TC, Shahana N, Wangchuk L ‘Specogna A, Mamun A, Mudassir Khan M, Choudhury SR, Zaman M, Rumana N. The Burden of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases and the Conventional Risk Factors in the South Asian Population. Global Heart, 2012 vol. Xx,doi:10 . 1 016/j Gheart.201 2.0 .001
  41. Kabiruzzaman M, Malik F, Ahmed N, Badiuzzaman M, Choudhury SR, Haque T, Banik D, Ahmed MN, Rahman MH, Dutta AK, Khandaker RK, Malik A. Prevalence of Anaemia in Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Cardiac Hospital with a Primary Diagnosis of Heart Failure. JNHFB 2012; 1: 45-47.
  42. Ahmed MN, Malik F, Ahmed N, Badiuzzaman M, Dutta AK, Banik D, Rahman MH, Huq TS, Kabiruzzaman M, Kalimuddin M, Choudhury SR, Khan AK, Jamal MF. Association of Coronary Artery Disease and Left Bundle Branch Block in Electrocardiogram of a Bangladesh Population. JNHFB 2012; 1:48-51.
  43. Pallipudi KM, Sinha DN, Choudhury S, Zaman MM et al. Predictors of tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco use among adults in Bangladesh. Ind J Cancer. 2012;49:387-92
  44. Choudhury SR. Tobacco Control in Bangladesh: Current Scenario and Challenges. SUB J Pub Hlth 2012;5(2):5-8
  45. Nakamura Y, Ueshima H, Okuda N, Murakami Y, Miura K, Kita Y, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Okayama A, Turin TC, Choudhury SR, Rodriguez B, Curb JD, Stamler J; INTERLIPID Research Group. Serum leptin and total dietary energy intake:the INTERLIPID Study. Eur J Nutr (2013) 52:1641–1648
  46. Islam MM, Jesmin S, Akter S, Mowa CN, Sakuramoto H, Choudhury SR et al. Endothelin-1 and Metabolic Syndrome in Bangladeshi Rural Women. Ann Vasc Med Res 2014; 1(2): 1008.
  47. Zaman MM, Choudhury SR, Rahman S, Ahmed J. Prevalence of Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart Diseases in Bangladeshi Children. Indian Heart J. 2015;67:45-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.02.009
  48. Zaman MM, Choudhury SR, Ahmed J, Hussain SMA, Sobhan SMM, Turin TC. Prevalence of Stroke in a Rural Population of Bangladesh. Glob Heart. 2015;10:333-4. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.04.007
  49. Nakamura Y, Ueshima H, Okuda N, Miura K, Kita Y, Miyagawa N, Yoshita K, Nakagawa H, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Okamura T, Okayama A, Choudhury SR, Rodriguez B, Masaki KH, Chan Q, Elliott P, Stamler J.Relationship of three different types of low‑carbohydrate dietto cardiometabolic risk factors in a Japanese population: theINTERMAP/INTERLIPID Study. Eur J Nutr,2015 DOI 10.1007/s00394-015-0969-z
  50. Al Mamun M, Rumana N, Pervin K, Azad MC, Shahana N, Choudhury SR, Zaman MM, Turin TC.Emerging Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in Bangladesh.J AtherosclerThromb. 2015 Dec 18.
  51. Zaman MM, Choudhury SR, Ahmed J, Talukder H, Rahman AHM. Blood glucose and cholesterol levels in adult population of Bangladesh: Results from STEPS 2006 survey. Indian Heart J. 2016 Jan-Feb;68(1):52-6
  52. Sazzad MF, Moniuzzaman M, Chanda PK, Ahmed MNU, Rasheed H, Gomez NC, Ali MS, Choudhury SR, Malik F, Ahmed F. Short term Clinical and Angiographic outcome of skeletonized harvesting techniques of left internal mammary artery, compared to pedicled harvesting for coronary revascularization. University Heart Journal 2016; 12: 82-87
  53. Zaman MM, Choudhury SR, Ahmed J, Khandaker RK, Rouf MA, Malik A. Salt Intake in an Adult Population of Bangladesh. Glob Heart. 2017; 12(3): 265–266.
  54. Khalequzzaman M, Chiang C, Hoque BA, Choudhury SR, Nizam S, Yatsuya H, Matsuyama A, Hirakawa Y, Islam SS, Iso H, Aoyama A. Population profile and residential environment of an urban poor community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017; 22:1 DOI 10.1186/s12199-017-0610-2
  55. Siddiqui TH, Choudhury SR, Hossain M,Khondker L. Relation betweenpeiodontal disease and ischemichealth disease.Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Med UnivJ. 2017;10:48-51
  56. Chandra Banik P, Mostafa Zaman M, Ahmed J and Reza Choudhury S. Prevalence of Behavioral Risk Factors of Noncommunicable Diseases in a Rural Population of Bangladesh. Austin J Public Health Epidemiol. 2017; 4(1): 1054.
  57. Khalequzzaman M, Chiang C, Choudhury SR, et al. Prevalence of noncommunicable disease risk factors among poor shantytown residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a community-based cross sectional survey. BMJ Open 2017;7:e014710. doi:10.1136/
  58. Chandra Banik P, Mostafa Zaman M, Ahmed J and Reza Choudhury S. Prevalence of Risk Factors of Noncommunicable Diseases in an adult Population of rural Bangladesh. Cardiovas J. 2018; 10(2):126-134
  59. Turk T, Newton F, Choudhury S,Shafiqul Islam MS. Predictors of Quitting Attempts Among Tobacco Users in Bangladesh After a Communication Campaign to Launch Graphic Warning Labels on Packaging. Health Education & Behavior 1-9, 2018 DOI:10.1177/1090198118775486
  60. Okami Y, Ueshima H, Nakamura Y, Okuda N, Nakagawa H, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Choudhury S,Chan Q, Elliot P, Stamler J, Miura K.  The Relationship of Dietary Cholesterol with Serum Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Confounding by Reverse Causality: The INTERLIPID Study. June 2018. Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis DOI: 10.5551/jat.43075

Articles published as a member of research group:

  1. As a member of INTERMAP / INTERLIPID Research Group
  1. Stamler J, Elliott P, Dennis B, Dyer AR, Kesteloot H, Liu K, Ueshima H, Zhou BF; INTERMAP Research Group. INTERMAP: background, aims, design, methods, and descriptive statistics (nondietary). J Hum Hypertens. 2003;17:591-608.
  2. Dennis B, Stamler J, Buzzard M, Conway R, Elliott P, Moag-Stahlberg A, Okayama A, Okuda N, Robertson C, Robinson F, Schakel S, Stevens M, Van Heel N, Zhao L, Zhou BF; INTERMAP Research Group. INTERMAP: the dietary data–process and quality control. J Hum Hypertens. 2003;17:609-22.
  3. Zhou BF, Stamler J, Dennis B, Moag-Stahlberg A, Okuda N, Robertson C, Zhao L, Chan Q, Elliott P; INTERMAP Research Group. Nutrient intakes of middle-aged men and women in China, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States in the late 1990s: the INTERMAP study. J Hum Hypertens. 2003;17:623-30. 4: Dyer AR, Elliott P, Stamler J, Chan Q, Ueshima H, Zhou BF; INTERMAP Research Group. Dietary intake in male and female smokers, ex-smokers, and never smokers: theINTERMAP study. J Hum Hypertens. 2003;17:641-54.
  4. Zhao L, Stamler J, Yan LL, Zhou B, Wu Y, Liu K, Daviglus ML, Dennis BH, Elliott P, Ueshima H, Yang J, Zhu L, Guo D; INTERMAP Research Group. Blood pressure differences between northern and southern Chinese: role of dietary factors: the International Study on Macronutrients and Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 2004;43:1332-7.
  5. Conway R, Robertson C, Dennis B, Stamler J, Elliott P; INTERMAP Research Group. Standardised coding of diet records: experiences from INTERMAP UK. Br J Nutr. 2004;91:765-71.
  6. Dyer AR, Greenland P, Elliott P, Daviglus ML, Claeys G, Kesteloot H, Chan Q, Ueshima H, Stamler J; INTERMAP Research Group. Estimating laboratory precision of urinary albumin excretion and other urinary measures in the International Study on Macronutrients and Blood Pressure.Am J Epidemiol. 2004;160:287-94.
  7. Dyer AR, Greenland P, Elliott P, Daviglus ML, Claeys G, Kesteloot H, Ueshima H, Stamler J; INTERMAP Research Group. Evaluation of measures of urinary albumin excretion in epidemiologic studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;160:1122-31.
  8. Elliott P, Stamler J, Dyer AR, Appel L, Dennis B, Kesteloot H, Ueshima H, Okayama A, Chan Q, Garside DB, Zhou B. Association between protein intake and blood pressure: the INTERMAP Study. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:79-87.
  9. Curb JD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, He Q, Koropatnick TA, Nakagawa H, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Okayama A; INTERLIPID study group. Differences in lipoprotein particle subclass distribution for Japanese Americans in Hawaii and Japanese in Japan: the INTERLIPID study. J Clin Lipidol.2011 Jan-Feb;5(1):30-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2010.11.007. Epub 2010 Dec 4.
  1. As member of NIPPONDATA80 Research group
  1. Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H; Nippon Data80 Research Group. What cause of mortality can we predict by cholesterol screening in the Japanese general population? J Intern Med. 2003;253:169-80.
  2. Nakamura Y, Okamura T, Tamaki S, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H; NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Egg consumption, serum cholesterol, and cause-specific and all-cause mortality: the National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Non-communicable Disease and Its Trends in the Aged, 1980 (NIPPON DATA80). Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;80:58-63.
  3. Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Kadowaki T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Elliott P, Ueshima H; NIPPON DATA80 research group. A combination of serum low albumin and above-average cholesterol level was associated with excess mortality. J Clin Epidemiol. 2004 ;57:1188-95.
  4. Miyamatsu N, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, NakamuraY, Oki I, Ueshima H for NIPPON DATA80 research group. Different effects of blood pressure on mortality from stroke subtypes depending on BMI levels: a 19-year cohort study in the Japanese general population—NIPPON DATA80. J Hum Hypertens. 2005;19:285-91.
  5. Nakamura Y, Ueshima H, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Tamaki S, Okayama A; NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Association between fish consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Japan: NIPPON DATA80, 1980-99. Am J Med. 2005;118:239-45.
  6. Horibe H, Kasagi F, Kagaya M, Matsutani Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H; The NIPPON DATA80 Research Group; Working Group of Electrocardiographic Coding for the National Survey of Circulatory Disorders, 1980. A nineteen-year cohort study on the relationship of electrocardiographic findings to all cause mortality among subjects in the national survey on circulatory disorders, NIPPON DATA80. J Epidemiol. 2005 ;15:125-34.
  7. Okayama A, Kadowaki T, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Ueshima H; on behalf of The NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Age-specific effects of systolic and diastolic blood pressures on mortality due to cardiovascular diseases among Japanese men (NIPPON DATA80*). J Hypertens. 2006 ;24:459-62.

 

  1. As a member of Asia Pacific Cohort Studies collaboration:
  1. Zhang X, Patel A, Horibe H, Wu Z, Barzi F, Rodgers A, MacMahon S, Woodward M; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and stroke in the Asia Pacific region. Int J Epidemiol. 2003;32:563-72.
  2. Woodward M, Zhang X, Barzi F, Pan W, Ueshima H, Rodgers A, MacMahon S; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. The effects of diabetes on the risks of major cardiovascular diseases and death in the Asia-Pacific region. Diabetes Care. 2003; 26:360-6.
  3. Patel A, Barzi F, Jamrozik K, Lam TH, Ueshima H, Whitlock G, Woodward M; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Serum triglycerides as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in the Asia-Pacific region. Circulation. 2004;110:2678-86.
  4. Lawes CM, Parag V, Bennett DA, Suh I, Lam TH, Whitlock G, Barzi F, Woodward M; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Blood glucose and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Diabetes Care. 2004;27:2836-42.
  5. Woodward M, Huxley H, Lam TH, Barzi F, Lawes CM, Ueshima H; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. A comparison of the associations between risk factors and cardiovascular disease in Asia and Australasia. Eur J Cardiovasc PrevRehabil. 2005;12 :484-91.
  6. Feigin V, Parag V, Lawes CM, Rodgers A, Suh I, Woodward M, Jamrozik K, Ueshima H; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Smoking and elevated blood pressure are the most important risk factors for subarachnoid hemorrhage in the Asia-Pacific region: an overview of 26 cohorts involving 306,620 participants. Stroke. 2005;36:1360-5.
  7. Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Joint effects of systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol on cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Circulation. 2005 29;112:3384-90.
  8. Huxley R, Woodward M, Barzi F, Wong JW, Pan WH, Patel A; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Does sex matter in the associations between classic risk factors and fatal coronary heart disease in populations from the Asia-Pacific region? J Womens Health. 2005;14:820-8.
  9. Barzi F, Patel A, Woodward M, Lawes CM, Ohkubo T, Gu D, Lam TH, Ueshima H; Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. A comparison of lipid variables as predictors of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region. Ann Epidemiol. 2005;15:405-13.
  10. Kengne AP, Nakamura K, Barzi F, Lam TH, Huxley R, Gu D, Patel A, Kim HC, Woodward M; Asia Pacific Cohort Study Collaboration. Smoking, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in men in the AsiaPacific region. J Diabetes.2009 Sep;1(3):173-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2009.00028.x. Epub 2009 May 5.
  11. David Battya,, Federica Barzi, Rachel Huxley, Charissa Y. Changc , Sun Ha Jeed,, Konrad Jamrozik , Gary Whitlock, Hyeon Chang Kim, Xianghua Fang , Tai H. Lam , and Mark Woodward. For the APCSC Writing committeeObesity and liver cancer mortality in Asia: the Asia Pacific Cohort Study Collaboration. Cancer Epidemiol. 2009 December ; 33(6): 469–472. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2009.09.010.

 

 

  1. As a member of The Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects) group
  1. The Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects). Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants. Lancet. 2014 Mar 15; 383(9921): 970–983. doi:  1016/S0140-6736(13)61836-X

 

  1. As a member of Food monitoring group.
  1. Food Monitoring Group. Allemandi L, Samman N, Neal B, Dunford E, Choudhury SR, Hassell T, de Menezes EW, L’ Abbe M, Li N, Blanco-Metzler A, Valdes L, Ortiz J, Snowdon W, Czernichow S, de Ariza JS, Rahman A, Barquera S, Bayandorjt T, Govind S, Mhurchu CN, de Núñez L, Garcia MR, Lin G, Varela-Moreiras G, van Rossum C, Westenbrink S, MacGregor G, JebbS,Charrondiere R, Legetic B, Legowski B, Linders H, Schoj V, Webster J, Campbell N, Arcand J, Hutchinson H, Jeffery B,Santiago OP, Aalbersberg B, Pillay A, Guggilla R, Correa-Rotter R, Bayandorjt T, Govinds S, Eyles H, Cárdenas MK,Miranda J, Heredia C, Schönfeldt H, Vaesken LS, Supornsilaphachai C, Fitt E, Farrand C, Maulik P, Wolmarans P. Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food Chem.2013 Oct 1;140(3):451-7. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.065. Epub 2012 Nov 16.

 

  1. As a member of MMM Investigators

 

  1. Thomas Beaney, Aletta E Schutte, Maciej Tomaszewski, ConoAriti, Louise M Burrell, Rafael R Castillo, Fadi J Charchar, AlbertinoDamasceno,Ruan Kruger, Daniel T Lackland, Peter M Nilsson, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Agustin J Ramirez, Markus P Schlaich, Jiguang Wang, Michael A Weber,Neil R Poulter, on behalf of the MMM Investigators. May Measurement Month 2017: an analysis of blood pressure screening results worldwide. Lancet Glob Health 2018. Published OnlineMay 16, 2018http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30259-6

 

Conference presentations (Published abstracts):

  1. Choudhury SR, Okayama A, Kita Y, et al. Effect of drinking and dietary habit on blood pressure in Japan (In Japanese). Journal of Epidemiology 1994:4(suppl): 101-102 (Presented at the 5th Annual Conference of Japan Epidemiological Association, Sendai, Japan)
  2. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A, et al. Mechanism of increase blood pressure by alcohol: Effect of previous day drinking on blood pressure in regular drinker (in Japanese). Journal of Epidemiology 1995: 5 (suppl); 69 (Presented at the 6th Annual Conference of Japan Epidemiological Association, Osaka, Japan)
  3. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Kita Y et al. Alcohol drinking and cardiovascular disease risk factors: An analysis of data from National Circulatory Disease Survey 1990. Japanese Journal of Alcohol Studies and Drug Dependence 1996; 31 (4): 306 (Presented in the 31st annual conference of Japanese Medical Society of Alcohol and Drug Studies in Yokohama, Japan)
  4. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Tanaka S, et al. Relationship between HBA1C and other CVD risk factors: Data from national survey of Japan, 1990. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 1997:13 (suppl B) (Presented at the 4th International Conference of Preventive Cardiology, 1997, Montreal, Canada)
  5. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Horibe H et al. Relationship between electrocardiographic (ECG) ischemic changes and coronary heart disease risk factors in a middle-aged Japanese population. Journal of Epidemiol 1998:8 (suppl 1); 49 (Presented at 5th Asia pacific conference of International Epidemiological Association, 1998, Tokyo, Japan.)
  6. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A, et al. Population attributable fraction of alcohol drinking for hypertension in Japanese men. Journal of Hypertension  1998; 16 (2): S253.  (Presented at 17th Scientific Meeting of the International  Society of Hypertension, 1998, Amsterdam, Netherlands.)
  7. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A et al. Alcohol drinking and hypertension in a Japanese population. Japanese Journal of Alcohol Studies and Drug Dependence 1998 ;33 (4): p-4-4 (Presented in the 33rd annual conference of Japanese Medical Society of Alcohol and Drug Studies in Kobe, Japan)
  8. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A et al. Alcohol drinking and Mortality in Japanese Men: An Analysis from NIPPON data. Journal of Epidemiology 1999:9 (suppl): 86 (Presented at the 9th Annual Conference of Japan Epidemiological Association, Nagoya, Japan)
  9. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A et al. Alcohol drinking and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Japanese Men. European Journal of Cardiology 1999:20 (suppl):667 (Presented at the 21st Annual Conference of European Society of Cardiology, Barcelona, Spain)
  10. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Horibe H et al. Mild ST-T wave changes in ECG and coronary heart disease mortality in a Japanese population. Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. 2001:36 (suppl May):13 (Presented at the 5th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Osaka, Japan).
  11. Choudhury SR, Ueshima H, Okayama A et al. Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for stroke death in Japan: NIPPON DATA 80. Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Medical Sciences. School of Medical Sciences, UniversitiSains Malaysia. May 2004.
  12. S Choudhury, M Zaman, J Ahmed, M Sobhan, T Haque, A Malik. Prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a rural population of Bangladesh. Selected for oral presentation in World Congress of Cardiology held in Barcelona, Spain, 2-6 September 2006. (http://spo.escardio.org/abstract-book/presentation.aspx?id=48151)
  13. S Choudhury, M Zaman, J Ahmed, S Numan, S Islam, K Parvin, N Yoshiike. Distribution of blood pressure in a lean population of rural Bangladesh. Selected for poster presentation in 21st Scientific meeting of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH 2006) held from October 15 to 19 in Fukuoka, Japan.
  14. S Choudhury, F Tabassum, J Ahmed, M Zaman, A Rouf, R Khandaker, A Malik. Daily salt intake estimated from urinary excretion of sodium in a Bangladeshi population. Selected for poster presentation in World Congress of Cardiology 2010, Beijing, China. Abstract in Circulation online 2010, 122 :e115 e352-e353 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.192774
  15. J Ahmed, S Choudhury, M Zaman. Impact of Community Intervention Program on Tobacco Consumption in a Rural Population of Bangladesh. Selected for poster presentation in World Congress of Cardiology 2010, Beijing, China. Abstract in Circulation online 2010, 122 :e115 e274-e275 doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.192774
  16. S Choudhury, J Ahmed, M Zaman. M Sobhan, A Hussain. Burden of stroke and its related disabilities in a rural community of Bangladesh. Presented as poster in the World Congress of Epidemiology organized by International Epidemiological Association 2011, Edinburg, Scotland. Doi: 10.1036/jech.2011.142979h.79
  17. S Choudhury, MR Bhuiyan, MA Al-Mamun, KM Palipudi, DN Sinha, S Asma. Influence of health care provider’s advice and anti smoking advertisement on attitude towards quitting. Presented at World Congress on Tobacco or Health 2010, Singapore.
  18. S Choudhury. Challenges in tobacco control in Bangladesh. Presented as invited lecturer in the World Congress of Cardiology 2012. Dubai, UAE.
  19. S Choudhury, MR Bhuiyan, MA Al-Mamun, F Malik, N Ahmed, M Bodiuzzaman, S Islam, RK Khandaker, A Malik. Engaging cardiologists in tobacco control in Bangladesh. Presented in oral scientific session in the World Congress of Cardiology 2012. Dubai, UAE. Circulation 2012; 125(19):e48. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31824fcd6b.
  20. Choudhury S. Current scenario of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in Bangladesh. Presented at International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The Endgame for Tobacco. 10-12 September 2013, New Delhi.
  21. Ahmed J, Choudhury SR, Zaman M. Trend of Tobacco Consumption in a Rural Area with a Community Based Tobacco Cessation Programme In Bangladesh. 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), 20-24 March 2012. Poster Presentation, D1-P38, page.253.
  22. Al Mamun MA, Bhuiyan MR, Choudhury SR. KAP and risk perception on smoking and smokeless tobacco among female garment workers in Dhaka city. Presented at International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The Endgame for Tobacco. 10-12 September 2013, New Delhi.
  23. Sohel Choudhury, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Jasimuddin Ahmed, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Abdur Rouf, RK Khandaker, Abdul Malik. Daily salt intake estimated from 24 hour urinary excretion of sodium in an urban population of Bangladesh. Presented (oral) at World Hypertension Congress . 27-30 June 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.
  24. Sohel Choudhury, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Jasimuddin Ahmed, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Abdur Rouf, RK Khandaker, Abdul Malik. Urban rural difference in daily salt intake estimated from 24 hour urinary excretion of sodium in Bangladesh. Presented (Oral) at World Congress of Cardiology. 4-7 May 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
  25. M Bhuiyan, M A Al Mamun, A Rahman, S R Choudhury. Knowledge, attitude and practice and risk perception on smoking and smokeless tobacco among female garment workers in Bangladesh. 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi  Poster presentation)
  26. M Ahmed,WChisty, S R Choudhury, J Ahmed. Physicians’ attitude towards smoker patients in an urban population of Bangladesh. 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi ( Poster)
  27. A Rahman, MA Al Mamun, SR Choudhury, T Haque, F Malik. Tobacco use among cardiovasculardisease patients in an urban population of Bangladesh 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi ( Poster)
  28. T Zissan, MM Zaman, J Ahmed, SR Choudhury, M Ahmed. Hypertension screening: a good opportunity for tobacco cessation in Bangladeshi villagers? 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi ( Poster)
  29. MA Al Mamun, SR Choudhury, S Jubayer. Prevalence of smoking among physicians in Bangladesh. 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi ( Poster)
  30. J Ahmed,SRChoudhury,MM Zaman. Making homes smoke free by raising awareness among school children in Bangladesh 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi ( Poster)
  31. ABM Kamruzzaman,SRChoudhury,MA Al Mamun,T Rahman. Evaluation of a tobacco control media campaign in Bangladesh. 16th WCTOH 2015, Abu Dhabi ( Poster)
  32. S Choudhury, K Walter, A Al-Mamun, S Jubayer, M Bhuiyan, L Candler, V Shah, ESebrie Monitoring compliance with the ban on tobacco advertising and promotion at the point of sale in Bangladesh (2017).Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A198 DOI:10.18332/tid/84060
  33. MA Rahman1, MA Al-Mamun, MR Bhuiyan, F-T-N Malik, SR Choudhury. Tobacco use among urban residents with diagnosed major Non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh.Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A285DOI:10.18332/tid/83882
  34. S Jubayer, SR Choudhury, MA Al Mamun, J Ahmed, MM Zaman. Effect of community based tobacco cessation intervention in a rural community of Bangladesh. Tob. Induc. Dis.2018;16(Suppl 1):A312DOI:10.18332/tid/83884
  35. S Choudhury, S Jubayer, A Al-Mamun, F Malik. Effect of nurse-based brief intervention for tobacco cessation among admitted cardiac patients in a tertiary care hospital of Dhaka City Bangladesh Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A324 DOI:10.18332/tid/84043
  36. J Ahmed, SR Choudhury, M Zaman. Reduction of tobacco consumption in a rural area with a community based tobacco control program in Bangladesh. Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A328. DOI:10.18332/tid/84091
  37. T Zissan1, K Parvin, MM Zaman, J Ahmed, Choudhury SR. Declining trend of tobacco use in a rural community of Bangladesh, 2006-2013. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A781DOI:10.18332/tid/84208

 

Technical reports:

  1. Rickets in Bangladeshi children: a small focus or a wide spread problem? Nutritional Surveillance Project Bulletin No.4. June 2001. Helen Keller International, Bangladesh.
  2. World Health Organization, Country Office for Bangladesh. Global Adult Tobacco Survey: Bangladesh report 2009. Dhaka