Tahmeed Ahmed is a Bangladeshi Scientist with a particular research focus on Gastroenterology, Public Health Nutrition, and Global Health. He is a physician by training with specialization in treating patients with cholera and diarrheal diseases as well as maternal and childhood malnutrition. He has been serving as the Executive Director of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) since February 1, 2021.[1] He is the first Bangladeshi to serve in the role.[2]
Tahmeed Ahmed | |
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| Executive director of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | John D. Clemens |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Mymensingh Medical College University of Tsukuba |
Dr. Ahmed is also working as a Professor of Public Health Nutrition in the James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University.[3] He is an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Global Health at University of Washington.[4] He is also chair of the drafting committee of Bangladesh’s nutrition policy.[5]
Life
editDr. Ahmed's father was an economist who died while he was a child.[6] His mother encouraged him to pursue a career in medicine.[6] He attended St. Gregory's High School and College and Notre Dame College, Dhaka.[6] Later he completed his Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S) from the Mymensingh Medical College in 1983.[7] He was an in-service trainee majoring in internal medicine at the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from 1983 to 1984.[7] In 1996, he completed a Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba.[6]
Career
editDr. Ahmed joined the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) in 1985 as a medical officer.[7] He has been promoted to the position of Scientist in 2003 and appointed as the Head of Nutrition Programme at International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh in 2005. Dr. Ahmed became Senior Director of Nutrition and Clinical Services Division at icddr,b on 2015. On February 1, 2021, he succeeded Professor John D. Clemens as the Executive Director of icddr,b.[6]
His research works primarily focus on community-based and clinical studies to improve nutritional status of populations particularly children and women and to further optimize management of diarrheal diseases and associated conditions.[6] He is also interested in upstream research using tools to study microbiota, proteome, and metabolome in improving the treatment of nutritional disorders.[8]
Dr. Ahmed is an Editorial Board Member in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He was recognized as Goalkeepers Champion by the Gates Foundation in 2024.[5][9][10]
Notable works
editAwards
edit- 2007 - Development Market Place Award 2007 from the World Bank[14]
- 2003 - Dr Sultan Ahmed Choudhury Gold Medal Award from Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
References
edit- ^ Lane, Richard (2021-02-06). "Tahmeed Ahmed: new leader of icddr,b". The Lancet. 397 (10273): 463. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00253-1. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 33549182. S2CID 231809757.
- ^ "Dr Tahmeed Ahmed made icddr,b executive director". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health". bracjpgsph.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "Tahmeed Ahmed | University of Washington - Department of Global Health". globalhealth.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ a b "Gates Foundation Celebrates Children's Health and Nutrition Champions at Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ a b c d e f Lane, Richard (February 2021). "Tahmeed Ahmed: new leader of icddr,b". The Lancet. 397 (10273): 463. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00253-1. PMID 33549182. S2CID 231809757.
- ^ a b c "icddr,b - Researcher Profile". www.icddrb.org. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "icddr,b - Researcher Profile". www.icddrb.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Report, Star Digital (2024-09-28). "Dr Tahmeed Ahmed recognised as Goalkeepers Champion by Gates Foundation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Foundation, Gates. "Gates Foundation Celebrates Children's Health and Nutrition Champions at Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress". www.prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Ahmed, Tahmeed; Choudhury, Nuzhat; Hossain, M. Iqbal; Tangsuphoom, Nattapol; Islam, M. Munirul; de Pee, Saskia; Steiger, Georg; Fuli, Rachel; Sarker, Shafiqul A. M.; Parveen, Monira; West, Keith P.; Christian, Parul (2014-06-27). "Development and acceptability testing of ready-to-use supplementary food made from locally available food ingredients in Bangladesh". BMC Pediatrics. 14 (1): 164. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-14-164. ISSN 1471-2431. PMC 4098698. PMID 24972632.
- ^ Chen, Robert Y.; Mostafa, Ishita; Hibberd, Matthew C.; Das, Subhasish; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Naila, Nurun N.; Islam, M. Munirul; Huq, Sayeeda; Alam, M. Ashraful; Zaman, Mahabub U.; Raman, Arjun S.; Webber, Daniel; Zhou, Cyrus; Sundaresan, Vinaik; Ahsan, Kazi (2021-04-22). "A Microbiota-Directed Food Intervention for Undernourished Children". New England Journal of Medicine. 384 (16): 1517–1528. doi:10.1056/nejmoa2023294. ISSN 0028-4793. PMC 7993600. PMID 33826814.
- ^ Gehrig, Jeanette L.; Venkatesh, Siddarth; Chang, Hao-Wei; Hibberd, Matthew C.; Kung, Vanderlene L.; Cheng, Jiye; Chen, Robert Y.; Subramanian, Sathish; Cowardin, Carrie A.; Meier, Martin F.; O’Donnell, David; Talcott, Michael; Spears, Larry D.; Semenkovich, Clay F.; Henrissat, Bernard (2019-07-12). "Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children". Science. 365 (6449): eaau4732. doi:10.1126/science.aau4732. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 6683325. PMID 31296738.
- ^ "icddr,b - Researcher Profile". www.icddrb.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.