Lecturer
Department of Public Health, FCUB
Mobile: +8801718857332
Email: rurocky84@gmail.com
Name | : | Dr. Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury |
Educational Qualifications | : | PhD, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Commonwealth research fellow, University of West London, London, United Kingdom Erasmus+ scholar, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey MPhil, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh MPH, First Capital University of Bangladesh, Chuadanga, Bangladesh MSc, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh BSc, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
Designation | : | Assistant Professor (Adjunct) |
Department | : | Department of Public Health |
Faculty |
| Faculty of Health Science and Technology |
Address | : | 5th Floor (East Side), University Main Campus, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, First Capital University of Bangladesh, Ghoramara, Alamdanga Road, Chuadanga-7200, Chuadanga Sadar, Chuadanga, Khulna, Bangladesh |
Professional Experiences (Institute Name, Designation, Duration) | : | · Position: Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Organization: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science and Technology First Capital University of Bangladesh, Chuadanga-7200, Bangladesh Duration: May 2025 – Present · Position: Assistant Professor Organization: Department of Population Science, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Trishal, Mymensingh, Bangladesh Duration: October 2025 – Present · Position: Teaching Associate Organization: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Duration: Feb 2023 – October 2025 · Position: Executive director (Founder member) Organization: Barindra Poribes Unnoyon Seschasebi Songostha (NGO for environmental development in Bangladesh), Rajshahi, Bangladesh Duration: Dec 2021 – Present · Position: Lecturer Organization: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science and Technology First Capital University of Bangladesh, Chuadanga-7200, Bangladesh Duration: Oct 2015 – Dec 2021 |
Research Interest | : | Epidemiology, Geography/environment, Evidence-based clinical practice, Demography, Universal health coverage, Maternal and Child Health, Communicable and non-communicable disease, Biostatistics, Machine learning |
Research Article
| : | 1. Khatun MT, Mondal MNI, Mondal MAH, Haque M, Parvin S, Sultana MS, Chowdhury MRK. Nocturnal internet use and its association with behavioral, psychological, and sociodemographic variables among university students in Bangladesh. Discov Educ. 2026. 2. Bornee FA, Chowdhury MRK, Islam MZ. et al. Machine learning approaches in identifying factors associated with hypertension and undiagnosed hypertension in adults in rural areas of Bangladesh. Arch Public Health 2026;84:116. 3. Nahar MA, Mondal MNI, Haque M, Parvin S, Sultana MS, Islam MR, Chowdhury MRK. Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among under-five children in Bangladesh using nationally representative data. 2026;65(6):516-28. 4. Chowdhury MRK, Dinh DT, Brennan A, Reid CM, Nanayakkara S, Lefkovits J, et al. Risk prediction modelling of 30-day all-cause mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention in an Australian population: leveraging machine learning. Open Heart. 2026;13:e003619 5. Chowdhury MRK, Rashid M, Stub D, Dinh D, Karim MN, Billah B. A Study Protocol on Risk Prediction Modelling of Mortality and In-Hospital Major Bleeding Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in an Australian Population: Machine Learning Approach. Methods and Protocols. 2025; 8(6):148. 6. Siddiquea BN, Magliano DJ, Chowdhury HA, Chowdhury MRK, Afroz A, Shah SS, Billah B. Glycaemic control and its related factors among people with type 2 diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front. Clin. Diabetes Healthc. 2025;6:1695235. doi: 10.3389/fcdhc.2025.1695235 7. Rahman FN, Das S, Chowdhury MRK, Kader M, Mashreky SR. Health outcomes and health-seeking behaviour following traumatic brain injury among older people: a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh. Front. Aging. 2025; 6:1513137. 8. Raihana Z, Kader M, Islam MZ, Bornee FA, Mondal MNI, Chowdhury MRK, Billah B. Factors associated with the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms in rural hypertensive adults in Bangladesh: leveraging extreme gradient booster machine learning algorithm. Front. Psychol. 2025;16:1650667.9. 9. Chowdhury MRK, Stub D, Dinh D, Chowdhury HA, Karim MN, Chowdhury HA, Billah B. Preoperative Factors Associated with In-Hospital Major Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2025; 34(6):566-584 10. Rahman F, Rashid M, Chowdhury MRK, Kader M. Association between adolescent pregnancy and infant mortality: a population-based study. Front. Pediatr. 2025; 13:1459594. 11. Rahman FN, Iwuagwu AO, Ngwu CN, Kalu ME, Kasherwa A, Tasnim A, Chowdhury MRK, Rashid M, Kader M. Psychosocial wellbeing and risk perception of older adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: perspectives on the role of social workers. Front. Psychiatry 2025; 15:1505279. 12. Chowdhury MRK, Stub D, Dinh D, Chowdhury HA, Billah B, Karim MN. Preprocedural Risk Factors of In Hospital Mortality Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review of Risk Adjustment Models. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2025; 2025:8760459, 15 pages. 13. Bornee FA, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Siddique BN, Billah B, Akter F, Karim MN. Exploring under-five child malnutrition in Bangladesh: Analysis using the Extended Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (ECIEF). Public Health Nutrition 2025; pp. 1 – 30. 14. Chowdhury MRK, Stub D, Dinh D, Karim MN, Siddiquea BN, Billah B. Preoperative variables of 30-day mortality in adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2024; 33(7):951-961. 15. Rahman FN, Iwuagwu AO, Ngwu CN, Kalu ME, Kasherwa A, Chowdhury MRK and Kader M. Connecting the experiences of persons with disabilities and social workers in Nigerian care institutions regarding COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative descriptive-interpretive design. Front. Public Health 2024; 12:1466313. 16. Islam MZ, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Billah B, Rashid M, Kabir R, Hasan M and Kader M. Prevalence and determinants of fetal macrosomia in Bangladesh. Front. Pediatr. 2024; 12:1405442. 17. Islam MZ, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Kader M, Billah , Islam MS, Rashid M. Determinants of low birth weight and its effect on childhood health and nutritional outcomes in Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2024; 43:64. 18. Islam SM, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Bornee FA, Chowdhury HA, Billah B, Kader M, Rashid M. Prevalence and determinants of diarrhea, fever, and coexistence of diarrhea and fever in children under-five in Bangladesh. Children 2023; 10(11), 1829. 19. Yesmin MF, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Bornee FA, Kader M, Mondal MNS, Hossain M, Rashid M. Urban–rural difference in factors associated with childhood functional difficulty in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. Front. Public Health 2023; 11:1270853. 20. Tasneem T, Begum A, Chowdhury MRK, Rahman S, Macassa G, Manzoor J and Rashid M. Effects of acne severity and acne-related quality of life on depressive symptoms among adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Front. Psychol 2023; 14:1153101. 21. Chowdhury MRK, Rahman AS, Billah B, Rashid M, Almroth M, Kader M. Prevalence and factors associated with severe undernutrition among under-5 children in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal: A comparative study using multilevel analysis. (Nature) Scientific Report 2023; 13, 10183. 22. Sizear MI, Macassa G, Chowdhury MRK, Rashid M. Coping with COVID-19 Pandemic and Sustained Health Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh. Epidemiologia. 2023; 4(1):85-93. 23. Siddiquea BN, Afroz A, Chowdhury MRK, Savira F, Alif SM, Bhattacharya O et al. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2023;13:e064754. 24. Rahman MS, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Islam MR, Krull Abe S, Hossain K, Iwabuchi T, Tsuchiya KJ, Gilmour S. Determinants and Projections of Minimum Acceptable Diet among Children Aged 6–23 Months: A National and Subnational Inequality Assessment in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023; 20(3):2010 25. Savira F, Alif SM, Afroz A, Siddiquea BN, Shetty A, Chowdhury HA, Bhattacharya O, Chowdhury MRK, Islam MS, Ali L, Billah B. Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2022;12(12):e064468 26. Chowdhury MRK, Khan HTA, Rashid M, Mondal MNI, Bornee FA, Billah B. Prevalence and correlates of severe under-5 child anthropometric failure measured by the composite index of severe anthropometric failure in Bangladesh. Front. Pediatr 2022.10:97856827. 27. Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MS, Billah B. Kabir R, Perera NKP, Kader M. The prevalence and sociodemographic risk factors of coexistence of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under five years in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nutrition 2022; 8:84. 28. Rashid M, Chowdhury MRK, Kader M, Hiswåls AS, Macassa G. Determinants of Utilization of Institutional Delivery Services in Zambia: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022; 19(5):3144. 29. Islam MS, Mondal MNI, Karim MR, Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MA, Khan HTA. Effects of communicable diseases on life expectancy in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income countries. Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 2021; 15(8): 2329-2333 30. Chowdhury MRK, Khan HTA, Rashid M, Kabir R, Islam S, Islam MS, Kader M. Differences in risk factors associated with single and multiple concurrent forms of undernutrition (stunting, wasting or underweight) among children under 5 in Bangladesh: a nationally representative cross-sectional study BMJ Open 2021; 11:e052814. 31. Anik AI, Chowdhury MRK (jointly 1st author), Khan HTA, Mondal MNI, Perera NKP, Kader M. Urbanrural differences in the associated factors of severe under-5 child undernutrition based on the composite index of severe anthropometric failure (CISAF) in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:2147 32. Chowdhury MRK, Khan HTA, Mondal MNI. Differences in the socio-demographic determinants of undernutrition in children aged <5 years in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh measured by the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure. Public Health 2021; 198:37-43 33. Chowdhury MRK, Khan HTA, Mondal MNI, Kabir R. Socio-demographic risk factors of severe malnutrition for children aged under five involving various birth cohorts in Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science 2021, 53(4):590-605 34. Chowdhury MRK, Khan MMH, Khan HTA, Rahman MS, Islam MR, Islam MM, Billah B. Prevalence and Socio-demographic risk factors of childhood anemia in Nepal. A multilevel analysis. Plos One 2020; 15(10): e0239409. 35. Chowdhury MRHK, Chowdhury MRK, Nipa NS, Moni MA, Kordowicz M Kabir R. Masturbation experience: A case study of undergraduate students in Bangladesh. Journal of Population and Social Studies 2019; 27(4):369-372. 36. Chowdhury MRHK, Chowdhury MRK, Kabir R, Perera NKP, Kader M. Does the addiction in online pornography affect the behavioral pattern of undergrad private university students in Bangladesh? Journal of Health Science 2017, 12(3), 1-8. 37. Ferdous N, Kabir R, Khan HTA, Chowdhury MRK. Exploring the relationship of domestic violence on health seeking behavior and empowerment of women in Pakistan. Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health 2017, 14(1): e12231-1-e12231-8. 38. Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MS, Khan MMH: Level and determinants of complimentary feeding practice among children 6-23 months of age in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 2016, 16:944. 39. Chowdhury MRK, Khan MMH, Islam MR, Perera NKP, Shumack MK, Kader M: Low maternal education and socio‐economic status were associated with household food insecurity in children under five with Diarrhoea in Bangladesh. Acta Paediatrica 2016, 105(5):555-561. 40. Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MS, Khan MMH, Mondal MNl, Rahman MM, Billah B: Risk factors of child malnutrition in Bangladesh: A multilevel analysis of a nationwide population-based survey. Journal of Pediatrics 2016, 172(e1):194-201. 41. Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MS, Mondal MNl, Sayem A, Billah B: Social impact on stigma regarding Tuberculosis hindering adheres to treatment: A cross-sectional study carried out in Tuberculosis patients at Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis 2015, 68:461–466. 42. Mondal MNl, Hoque N, Chowdhury MRK, Hossain MS: Factors associated with misconceptions about HIV transmission of ever-married women in Bangladesh. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 2015, 68:13–19. 43. Hoque N, Mondal MNI, Chowdhury MRK, Howard J: Socio-demographic factors affecting on knowledge level of Tuberculosis patients in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. African Health Science 2015; 4(14):855-864. 44. Mondal MNI, Chowdhury MRK, Sayem A: Factors associated with pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. Journal of Human Ecology 2014, 45(1):61-68. 45. Mondal MNI, Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MM: Gender difference and knowledge. A Study on Tuberculosis patients. Asian Profile 2013, 41(4):307-317. 46. Hoque MN, Mondal MNI, Moni SY, Chowdhury MRK. Determinants of blood pressure control in hypertensive diabetic patients in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh. Applied Demography and Public Health. Springer Publication, Chapter 15, 2013. |
Membership | : | The Asian Cohort Consortium (ACC) The Australian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) |
Conference Papers | : | Aug 2024: CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Perth Australia. Chowdhury MRK, Stub D, Dinh D, Karim MN, Reid C, Lefkovits J, Brennan A, Billah B. Machine Learning Approaches to Predict 30-Day Mortality Following PCI in an Australian Population (Poster)
Oct 2023: Australian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia. Chowdhury MRK, Stub D, Dinh D, Karim MN Siddiquea BN. Preoperative factors of 30-day morality following percutaneous coronary intervention. (Oral presentation)
Jun 2020: Doctoral Students’ Conference 2020, University of West London, United Kingdom. Chowdhury MRK, Khan HTA: Socio-demographic risk factors of severe malnutrition for children aged under five involving various birth cohorts in Bangladesh. (Oral presentation)
Dec 2015: 1st International Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Khulna, Bangladesh Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MS: Levels and determinants of complementary feeding pattern among children of 6 to 23 months in Bangladesh. (Oral presentation)
Nov 2015: The 4th annual conference on Human Rights and Health, Swedish Red Cross University College, Sweden. Kader M, Perera NKP, Chowdhury MRK: Effect of women’s decision-making autonomy on utilization of antenatal care – evidence from a nationally representative sample of Bangladeshi women
Dec 2014: 5th Regional Global Health Conference, University of Health Science, Dhaka, Bangladesh Chowdhury MRK, Rahman MS, Mondal MNI, Sayem A, Chowdhury SMSH: Delay in diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. (Oral presentation)
Dec 2014: 5th Regional Global Health Conference, University of Health Science, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rahman MS, Chowdhury MRK, Mondal MNl, Islam MR: Child malnutrition in Bangladesh: A multilevel analysis of a nationwide population-based survey. (Oral presentation) |
Scholarships and Awards | : | Oct 2023
· Erasmus+ Exchange Program
Jan 2010 University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh ·Financial reward, Achieving 1st Class in Bachelor level study |
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Research Gate Link |
| https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammad-Rocky-Khan-Chowdhury |
Google Scholar Link |
| https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hgbRGwYAAAAJ&hl=en |
