Sukanta Chowdhury

Scientist and Team Lead

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Bangladesh

Email: sukanta@icddrb.org

VALIDATE Role:

Network Investigator

Research Keywords:

Melioidosis, Leprosy, One Health, AMR, Zoonotic Diseases

Biography:

Dr. Sukanta Chowdhury is currently working as Scientist and Team Lead for One Health Research Group (OHRG), Programme for Emerging Infections, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b (www.icddrb.org). Dr. Chowdhury is a veterinary epidemiologist having more than 10 years research experiences in emerging infections. Dr Chowdhury is involved in multiple zoonotic diseases research projects. Most of his research works focus in avian influenza, AMR and One-health. Dr. Chowdhury is also engaged in other emerging diseases research including Nipah virus, rabies, anthrax, melioidosis, campylobacteriosis, food safety and AMR. Dr. Chowdhury received PhD in epidemiology. Dr. Chowdhury is the principal investigator of ongoing melioidosis and avian influenza surveillance in Bangladesh. and He has published more than 25 research articles in the peer reviewed journal as a first author and co-author. Dr. Chowdhury acts as a member of the North South University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to provide expertise on matters of animal health and welfare, including proper use of laboratory animals in public health research. Dr. Chowdhury serves as an Academic Editor of PLOS Global Public Health journal. Dr. Chowdhury’s primary research interests are epidemiology, infectious diseases surveillance, antimicrobial drug resistance, food safety, public health advocacy, and One Health issues. A diverse group of researchers from veterinary, medical, epidemiology, microbiology, parasitology, anthropology, sociology and statistics are working together in Zoonotic Diseases Research Group to estimate disease burden, exploring transmission dynamics and identifying risk factors at the human–animal interface through a One Health approach.

Related Websites:

icddr,b Profile

LinkedIn Profile

Key Publications:

• Chowdhury S, Barai L, Afroze SR, Ghosh PK, Afroz F, Rahman H, Ghosh S, Hossain MB, Rahman MZ, Das P, Rahim MA. The Epidemiology of Melioidosis and Its Association with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pathogens. 2022 Feb;11(2):149.
• Chowdhury S, Fournié G, Blake D, Henning J, Conway P, Hoque MA, Ghosh S, Parveen S, Biswas PK, Akhtar Z, Islam K. Antibiotic usage practices and its drivers in commercial chicken production in Bangladesh. PloS one. 2022 Oct 17;17(10):e0276158.
• Chowdhury S, Rheman S, Debnath N, Delamare-Deboutteville J, Akhtar Z, Ghosh S, Parveen S, Islam K, Islam MA, Rashid MM, Khan ZH. Antibiotics usage practices in aquaculture in Bangladesh and their associated factors. One Health. 2022 Dec 1;15:100445.
• Chowdhury S, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Kile JC, Hoque M, Rahman MZ, Hossain M, et al. Association of Biosecurity and Hygiene Practices with Environmental Contamination with Influenza A Viruses in Live Bird Markets, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(9):2087-2096.
• Chowdhury S, Aleem MA, Khan MS, Hossain ME, Ghosh S, Rahman MZ. Major zoonotic diseases of public health importance in Bangladesh. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 2021 Mar 2.