Dr. Shakila Banu has a strong background in Medicine and Epidemiology with training in Paediatrics demonstrated with over 24 years of experience. Her experiences have been in the field of child psychosocial development, nosocomial surveillance, influenza surveillance, follow up of long term Nipah, Japanese encephalitis studies, reproductive health, maternal, newborn and child health programs.

Dr. Banu is an Australian Leadership Award Fellow and DFID scholar.

Dr. Banu has a strong background of conducting Bio-ethics and Implementation Research training. She is the coordinator of Student Services of Technical Training Unit, an Adjunct Faculty of James P Grant School of Public Health

Selected Publications

• Uzzaman MN, Banu S, Habib GMM, Hossain AHME, Kabir MJ,  Karim MR, Islam MR, Sarker MHR, Uddin MJ, Uddin A. Improving Physicians' Capacity for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Care through Blended E-learning: A Pilot Study in Bangladesh. Cureus Journal of Medical Science 2018. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.3808

• Naser AM, Hossain MJ, Sazzad H. M. S., Homaira N , Gurley E. S., Podder G., Afroj S., Banu S,. Rollin P. E, Daszak P., Ahmed B.-N., Rahman M. and Luby S. P. Integrated cluster- and case-based surveillance for detecting Stage III Zoonotic Pathogens: an example of Nipah virus surveillance in Bangladesh. Epidemiol. Infect. (2015), 143, 1922–1930.

• Hamadani JD, Tofail F, Hilaly A, Mehrin F, Shiraji S, Banu S, S.N. Huda SN. Association of postpartum maternal morbidities with children’s mental, psychomotor and language development in rural Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 2012 Mar;30(2):193-204.

• Luby SP, Hossain J, Gurley ES, Ahmed B, Banu S, Khan SU, Homaira N, Rota PA, Rollin PE, Comer JA, Kenah E, Ksiazek TG, and Rahman M. Recurrent Zoonotic Transmission of Nipah Virus into Humans, Bangladesh, 2001–2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 August; 15(8): 1229–1235.

• Islam M S, Mascie-Taylor CGN, Banu S, Islam MN. Methods for improving routine childhood vaccination coverage in Bangladesh. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, 2009; 28 (1): 10-16

• Sejvar JJ, Hossain J, Saha SK, Gurley ES, Banu S, Hamadani JD, Faiz MA, Siddiqui FM, Mohammad QD, Mollah AH, Uddin R, Alam R, Rahman R, Tan CT, Bellini W, Rota P, Breiman RF, Luby SP. Long-term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infection. Ann Neurol. 2007 Sep;62(3):235-42.

• Islam MS, Bhuiya A, Wadud AKMA, Haque MA, Chowdhury MZU, Bhuiyan MH, Banu S. Evaluation of selected indicators of a community led total sanitation project. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine. 25 (2): 33-43, 2006.

• Islam MS, Bhuiya A, Wadud AKMA, Haque MA, Chowdhury MZU, Bhuiyan MH, Banu S. The impact of a community led total sanitation project of CARE Bangladesh. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine. 25 (1): 23-32, 2006.

• Islam MS, McMichael AJ, Cutts FT, Banu S, Bhuiya A. A multivariate analysis of risk factors of measles case fatality in a rural area of Bangladesh. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine. 24 (2): 55-63, 2005.

• Islam MS, McMichael AJ, Cutts FT, Banu S, Bhuiya A. Determinants of measles case fatality in a rural area of Bangladesh. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine.  24 (1): 36-45, 2005.

• Islam MS, Banu S. Measles: Can we eradicate it? Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine. 16(1): 49-55, 1997