Dr Yasmin Jahan
Assistant Professor
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom
I am working as an assistant professor for the Stop-NCD project (quantitative component) on Global Health Policy in the Department of Global Health and Development. Before joining the LSHTM, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Hiroshima University, Japan, and Telepsychiatry Research and Innovation Network Limited (TRIN), Bangladesh. I have completed my Ph.D. (Health Science) at Hiroshima University, Japan (2021). During my Ph.D. course, I was awarded the best student award from Hiroshima University, Japan, in 2017. Before starting my Ph.D., I completed my MD and MPH (epidemiology) in Bangladesh. In addition, I have more than 12 years of working experience, out of which 5 years were with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). While I was employed at icddr,b, I also worked as a co-investigator in the PERCH project with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.
Affiliations
Teaching
•Works as a guest lecturer at School of Medicine, University of Dundee (2025 to present)
•Works as a guest lecturer at Hiroshima University, Japan (2023 to present)
•Worked as a teaching assistant at Hiroshima University, Japan (2017-2023)
- Assisted in teaching research methodology, research frameworks, hypothesis generation, and community health care approaches.
- Supported Masters and Ph.D. students to understand all aspects of the research process, especially in protocols and manuscript writing.
• Worked as a lecturer in the Biochemistry department of Mh Samorita Hospital & Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Feb-Mar 2012)
Research
Currently, I'm working on a project called Stop-NCD (Stop-NCD, https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/stop-ncd), where I explore the quantitative components. The project aims to improve population health and well-being on a broad and long-term basis by developing high-quality NCD-applied research to guide better primary care diagnosis, treatment, and referral for associated hypertension, diabetes, and general mental health problems in West Africa. This project is funded by the NIHR.
I have worked as a PI for non-communicable diseases (2017) and mental health projects (2021), which were funded by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Program (KAKENHI) and Bangladesh Medical and Research Council (BMRC). I was awarded the Best Student Scholarship in recognition of my academic excellence at Hiroshima University, Japan, in 2017. I have also worked with the collaboration of Johns Hopkins University as a Co-I on the project entitled The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) (2014).
I have wide experience in epidemiological research in the fields of non-communicable diseases, childhood pneumonia, diarrhea, febrile illness, immunization, maternal and child health, mental health, infectious diseases, and social determinants of health in low-income settings. My research interests lie in randomized control trials, cross-sectional studies, and case-control studies, especially in low- and middle-income countries.