Curriculum Vitae
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🎓 Education
B.Sc. (Honours) in Statistics
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh · 2021–Present
- Current Standing: Final Year, B.Sc. in Statistics
- Academic Performance: GPA ≥ 3.75/4.00 in all major statistical courses (Probability, Regression, Statistical Inference, Sampling, Design of Experiments)
- Advanced Coursework: Machine Learning, Epidemiological Methods, Research Methodology, Data Science, Demography, Stochastic Processes
🔬 Research Experience
SUST Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Public Health Research Team
Research Collaborator · January 2024 – Present
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Md. Jamal Uddin, Department of Statistics, SUST
- Lead author/co-author of 20+ manuscripts under review in Q1 journals (e.g., Scientific Reports, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BMJ Global Health)
- Multi-country DHS analysis (Bangladesh, Nepal, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Mozambique) using complex survey-weighted regression, spatial ML, and explainable AI (SHAP/LIME)
- Focus areas: maternal health (skilled birth attendance, antenatal care), child stunting, mental health (depression/anxiety), and intimate partner violence
ELITE Research Lab
Research Assistant · January 2026 – Present
- Developing interpretable AI models for healthcare decision-making using explainable AI (XAI) and privacy-preserving techniques
- Working on agentic AI systems for autonomous reasoning and human-AI interaction
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Cognitive Solution Bangladesh (CSBD) / TeamCSBD
Research Assistant · January 2025 – Present
Supervisors affiliated with UBC Canada & University of Saskatchewan
- Completed intensive epidemiology & public health training program (Jan–Jul 2025)
- Led project: “Trends of Under-Five Child Stunting in Bangladesh and Association with Household WASH Practices”
- Reproducible research pipelines using STATA, R, Python; interactive dashboards for health disparities research
- đź”— https://www.teamcsbd.com/
DataKothon Research Lab, Bangladesh
Research Assistant (Intern) · June–August 2025
- Systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, and epidemiological data management for peer-reviewed publications
SUST Research Centre Funded Projects
Research Collaborator · 2023–Present
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Ohid Ullah
- Impact of Pesticide Use on Farmers’ Health in North-Eastern Bangladesh (2025–26, SUST-funded) – longitudinal data modeling and GLM
- Statistical demography research: fertility, mortality, migration, women’s empowerment, LULC change, flood vulnerability
- đź”— https://www.sust.edu/
đź“° Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed (Scopus/WoS):
Md Salek Miah, Mohammad Ohid Ullah. Associations of Internet Use and Pregnancy Loss with Depression and Anxiety among Women in Bangladesh. BMC Women’s Health (Springer Nature), 2025.
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-025-04166-4Md Salek Miah, et al. Household Water and Handwashing Facilities and Early Childhood Education Participation in Nepal. Health Science Reports (Wiley), 2026.
DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.72254Md Salek Miah, Mohammad Ohid Ullah. Identifying Determinants of Depression Among Ever-Married Women in Bangladesh: A Machine Learning Approach. International Journal of Statistical Sciences, 25(2):33–46, 2025.
DOI: 10.3329/ijss.v25i2.85733
Manuscripts Under Review (Q1 Journals – Selected):
| Manuscript | Journal | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Analysis of Skilled Birth Attendance in Burkina Faso | Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Predicting Cesarean Delivery Using ML in Six Asian LMICs | Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Determinants and Provincial Inequalities of Low Birth Weight in Bangladesh and Nepal | International Journal for Equity in Health | Editor Stage |
| Exploring Determinants and Spatial Inequalities of Quality Antenatal Care in Nepal | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Identifying Key Determinants and Spatial Insights of Skilled Birth Assistance in Bangladesh | Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Explainable ML Approaches to Predict Knowledge of Pregnancy Danger Signs in Haor Region | Global Health and Research Policy | Under Review |
| Predicting Skilled Birth Attendance in Zambia Using Explainable ML | Global Health and Research Policy | Under Review |
| Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression Among Women in Zambia | Journal of Adaptive Disorder Reports (Elsevier) | Under Review |
| Women’s Empowerment and Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia | Global Mental Health (Cambridge Press) | Under Review |
| Intimate Partner Violence and Dual Burden of Anxiety/Depression in Zambia | Global Mental Health (Cambridge Press) | Under Review |
| Women’s Decision-Making Autonomy and Mental Health in Five LMICs | BMJ Global Health | Under Review |
| Comparative Study of ML Algorithms for Skilled Birth Assistance in Nepal | BMC Women’s Health (Springer Nature) | Peer Review in Progress |
| Women’s Empowerment and IPV with Mental Health in Bangladesh | Archives of Women’s Mental Health (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Sub-national Determinants of IPV Among Married Women in Bangladesh | BMC Women’s Health | Under Review |
| Risk Factors and Spatial Patterns of Mental Health in Bangladesh and Nepal | BMC Women’s Health (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Stratified and Spatial Patterns of Depression/Anxiety in Mozambican Women | PLOS ONE | Under Review |
| Child Undernutrition and Household WASH Practices in Bangladesh | PLOS ONE | Under Review |
| Comparative Determinants of Single and Multiple Pregnancy Loss in Bangladesh | Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
| Digital Connectivity and Mental Health Among Women in Bangladesh | Discover Mental Health | Under Review |
| Determinants and Spatial Variation of Skilled Birth Attendance in Nepal | BMC Health Services Series (Springer Nature) | Under Review |
đź“„ Full list of 20+ manuscripts under review available on Publications page.
🎤 Conference Presentations
- 14th Al Farabi International Congress – Selçuk University, Türkiye (Apr 2025) – CVD Risk Prediction using ML & Survival Analysis
- RURS 1st International Student Conference – Rajshahi University (2025) – Buriganga River Water Quality & Public Health Risks
- University of Liverpool Conference (2025) – RPD3 Phosphorylation as an Epigenetic Switch in Yeast Metabolic Regulation
- 2nd Student Research Conference – Leading University, Sylhet (2025) – Mental Health of University Students During Quota Movement
- Bangladesh Statistical Association Conference (2025) – Maternal & Newborn Healthcare Determinants in Haor Region
🏆 Awards & Honors
| Award | Organization | Year | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner – DNA Day Writing Contest | ISCB RSG Bangladesh | 2025 | — |
| Runner-up – Poster Competition | 6th Bangladesh Economics Summit | 2025 | 10,000 BDT |
| Top 10 – Data Hackathon | Comilla University | 2025 | — |
| Scholarship Recipient | Aftab Uddin–Khudeja Banu Welfare Trust UK | 2016 | 10,000 BDT |
| Scholarship Recipient | Khandoker Trust International | 2013 | — |
🛠️ Technical Skills
Statistical Programming:
R (tidyverse, survey, lme4, lavaan, survival, spdep) · Python (pandas, scikit-learn, geopandas, statsmodels) · STATA · SPSS · SAS
Machine Learning & AI:
XGBoost · Random Forest · SVM · Neural Networks · H2O.ai · Caret · TensorFlow · Keras
Explainable AI: SHAP · LIME · DALEX
Deep Learning: CNNs, RNNs, Transfer Learning
Geospatial Analysis:
ArcGIS Pro · QGIS · sf · tmap · geopandas · folium · spdep
Visualization:
ggplot2 · Plotly · Tableau · Power BI · Matplotlib · Seaborn
Research Tools:
LaTeX/Overleaf · R Shiny · Git · Docker · Dagitty · Jupyter · RMarkdown
Databases: MySQL · MS Access · DBeaver
🌍 Peer Review & Editorial Service
- Invited Peer Reviewer – Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health (Cambridge University Press) · March 2026 – Present
🤝 International Collaborations
- Dr. Mohammad Shahab Uddin – University of Chittagong / University of Essex, UK
- Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU) – Canada
- Brunel University London · De Montfort University Leicester · University of Oulu, Finland (Erasmus Mundus Scholar collaboration)
🏛️ Professional Memberships
- Research Collaborator – SUST Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Public Health Research Team
- Member – Share-Net Bangladesh (International SRHR Knowledge Network, 2026)
- Member – International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
- Student Member – Bangladesh Statistical Association (BSA)
- Research Collaborator – Cognitive Solution Bangladesh (CSBD)
- Research Collaborator – DataKothon Research Lab & Innovation Research Bangladesh (IRB)
- Member – SUST Data Science Club · Daffodil International University Research Society
đź“ś Selected Certifications
- Data Science and Machine Learning with Python – Coursera (Jan 2025)
- Data Analysis with R – IBM via Coursera, Credly Verified (Oct 2024)
- Exploratory Data Analysis for Machine Learning – IBM (Jan 2025)
- Machine Learning using Python – Simplilearn
- Deep Learning for Beginners – Simplilearn
- Inferential Statistics – Great Learning
- Statistics for Machine Learning – Great Learning
- MKCRD Basic Research Training (Season Two) – Mar 2026
đź’» Featured Projects
- Interactive Statistical Calculator – R Shiny. 🔗 Live Demo
- MovieLens Recommendation System – R Studio / Hugging Face Spaces. 🔗 Live Demo
- Water Quality Intelligence Platform (Buriganga River) – Real-time monitoring for climate-resilient decision-making. 🔗 Live Demo
- Weather Monitoring & Forecast App – R Studio / Hugging Face Spaces. 🔗 Live Demo
🧑‍🏫 Teaching Experience
- Statistics & Mathematics Tutor – Local coaching centers, Sylhet (2022–Present)
– Improved student exam scores by average 1.5 letter grades - Workshop Instructor – SUST Research Science Club (Nov 2024–Present)
– Conducted hands-on R programming and ggplot2 workshops for 150+ participants
Last updated: April 2026