Associate Professor
Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh
My research interest lies in medical anthropology with a special focus on refugee health, global health, reproductive and sexual health, indigenous health-seeking behavior, maternal, and child health, gender and power relationship in health, indigenous medical System and Critical Medical system, critical epidemiology, vector-borne diseases, advanced anthropological theories, advanced anthropological methodologies, geographical interest in South Asia (e.g.: Bangladesh, India). I am interested in developing community participatory sustainable research methodologies in future. I am also interested in visual and media anthropology.
| Master of Social Science (MSS) | University of Dhaka | Anthropology | 2010 |
| PhD | Arizona State University | Sociocultural Anthropology, Concentration: Medical Anthropology and Global Health | 2026 |
| Master of Arts (MA) | Georgia State University | Anthropology, Concentration: Medical Anthropology | 2019 |
| Bachelor of Science (BSS) | University of Dhaka | Anthropology | 2009 |
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Dept. of Anthropology, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh |
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Dept. of Anthropology, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh |
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Somoy TV, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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Department of Anthropology, Comilla University, Bangladesh |
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Rahman. M Abdur, Islam M Redwanul, Chowdhury. Monica, Asaduzzaman. Md, Barua. Prottoy, Haque. MA. (2024) Impact of COVID-19 on celebration of death, mortuary, and funerary customs in Bangladesh: A qualitative study. Heliyon. 2024 Apr 27;10(9):e30369. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30369. PMID: 38720756; PMCID: PMC11076953.
Asaduzzaman. Md, Rahman, Md Abdur, Islam, Ridwanul (2022), “Herbal medicine system of Tripura ethnic community based on indigenous knowledge: An observation”- Journal of Rural Development, BARD, Cumilla, Bangladesh.
Asaduzzaman, Md, AE Arif, (2021), “Men’s Migration and Women’s Participation within Household and Its Beyond: Interpreting Their Adaptation Strategies in Social and Economic Activities” International Journal of Science and Business https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo
Shapna. Kulsum, Asaduzzaman. Md, CS. Muzammel, AA Mamun, D Bhuiyan, (2021), “Non-medical Factors Affecting the Decision of Caesarean: A Study through Path Analysis” International Journal of Current Science Research and Review 4 (07), 711-721
Rahman. Abdur, Khatun. Rabeya, Asaduzzaman. Md, Khatun. Rabeya, AE. Arif, (2019), “Culture, Illness and Health Seeking in Rural Setting: A Case in a Village of Comilla, Bangladesh” Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Research 1 (02), 60-65
Asaduzzaman. Md, Arif. Asif, (2018), “Understanding Socio-cultural Milieus of Infertility: A Study of a Village in Bangladesh.” Culture and Society, Department of Anthropology, University of Rajshahi, Volume 1, May 2018, ISSN 2616-8022
Arif. Asif, Rahman. Md, Asaduzzaman. Md, (2016), “The Cultural Interpretation of Eye Illness: A Medical Anthropological Study in a Rural Bangladesh.” Journal of Nazrul University, volume 4 No. 1. December 2016. ISSN 2227-5940
Huda. Md, Rahman. Md, Asaduzzaman. Md, Arif. Asif, (2016), “The Pattern of Family, Marriage, and Kinship System of Thanchangya Community in CHTs.” Man, and Culture. A Journal of the Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology, Volume 2, No. 1 and 2, June- December 2016. ISBN 978-984-34-2020-6
Arif. Asif, Asaduzzaman. Md, (2016), “Understanding Psycho-social Milieus of Divorce and Remarriage: A study in Rural Bangladesh.” Rabindra Journal, VOL. 41, No. 1, October 2016. ISSN 2477-1714
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Asaduzzaman, Md (2025). Wombs Under Watch: Reproductive Struggles in the Shadow of Care of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. Presented at the Medical Anthropology Europe Conference 2025. September 16-19, Vienna, Austria.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2025). Hepatitis C Among Rohingya Women: Socio-Political and Cultural Challenges in the Refugee Camp. Presented at the International Refugee Health Conference 2025, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 27-29, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canda.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2025). Seeds of Reproductive Transformation: Interventions in Family Planning and Sociopolitical Dynamics of Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh. Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 85th Annual Meeting. March 25- 29, Portland, Oregon.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2024). Balancing Acts: Navigating the Tightrope of CHW Roles in Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting 2024. Nov 20- 23, Tampa, Florida.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2024). Navigating Health in Complex Terrain: The Role of Community Health Workers in Rohingya Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the North American Refugee Health Conference 2024, Minneapolis, Canada. August 5-7, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2024). Challenges in Delivering Trauma-Informed Care for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Anthropological Approaches. Presented at the ‘ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION Conference, 25 June – 28 June 2024, organized by the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, UK.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2024). Lost in Limbo: Rootlessness, Suffering, and Health Outcomes of Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 84th Annual Meeting. March 26- 30, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2023). The impact of vulnerability on maternal healthcare access of Rohingya refugees: Analyzing political ecology of the healthcare system in refugee camp settings in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the Conference on Australian Anthropological Society Annual Meeting at Macquarie University, Sydney, 28 November-1 December 2023
Asaduzzaman, Md (2023). Participatory maternal health interventions: Analyzing strategy and outcomes in Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the Conference on ‘Contested Knowledge: Anthropological Perspectives’ organized by German Anthropological Association at Munich, 25 – 28 July, at Munich, German.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2023). Climate change, health outcomes, and intervention strategies of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 83rd Annual Meeting. March 28- April 1, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2023). Propaganda Campaign Against the Bengali Nations During the Regimes of Two Pakistan: Analysis of Media Representation Leading to Genocide in 1971. Presented at the International Association of Genocide Studies (IAGS) Conference. July 10- 14, University of Barcelona, Spain
Asaduzzaman, Md (2022). Health disparities by religious identity: Comparing child growth among Christian and Muslim children in Egypt and Jordan. Presented at the Fifteenth Annual ASMEA Conference. November 5 - 7, 2022, Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2021). Fifty Years of Bangladesh Genocide and Aftermath. Presented (online) at the 15th Biannual International Association of Genocide Studies (IAGS) Conference. July 19- 23, University of Barcelona, Spain
Asaduzzaman, Md (2019). Participant and Paper Presenter, Annual Graduate Research Symposium, April 3, 2019, Organized by Dept. of Anthropology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Asaduzzaman, Md (2017). Participant and Paper Presenter, Annual Seminar on Social Inclusion of Indigenous People in Bangladesh, January 27-28, 2017, Organized by ISRAA and Dept. of Anthropology, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2016). Participant, 46th Annual Conference of The Indian Anthropological Society on anthropological research in North East India: Retrospect and Prospect, November 8-10, 2016 held at Manipur University, India.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2015). Participant and Paper Presenter, International Conference on “Anthropology, Adaptation, and Resilience in Climate Change Regime” organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka on 12 September 2015.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2016). Participant and Paper Presenter, Seminar on “Nationalism and Religion,” Organized by Dept. of Anthropology, Jahangir Nagar University on 30 March 2016.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2016). Trainer, Workshop on “Understanding Visual Anthropology,” organized by the Department of Anthropology, the University of Dhaka, on 14 March 2016.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2016). Panel Discussant, International conference on “Critical Engagement in Anthropological Landscape in Bangladesh.” 06 – 07 February 2016. Organized by Dept. of Anthropology, SUST, Bangladesh.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2016). Participant and Paper Presenter, International conference on “Critical Engagement in Anthropological Landscape in Bangladesh.” 06 – 07 February 2016. Organized by Dept. of Anthropology, SUST, Bangladesh.
Asaduzzaman, Md (2016). Participant and Paper Presenter, a 2nd annual seminar on “Diversity, Culture, and Politics of Indigenous Peoples” Organized by ISRAA and Dept. of Anthropology, Rajshahi University in Bangladesh dated 22-23 January 2016 |
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