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词条 Mohammed Omar Ejaz Rahman
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{{infobox officeholder
| name = Mohammed Omar Ejaz Rahman
| image = VCOMARRAHMAN (cropped).jpg
| caption = Rahman in 2016
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| office = Vice-Chancellor of Independent University Bangladesh
| term_start = 26 January 2012
| term_end =
| successor =
| alma_mater = Harvard University
Northwestern University Medical School
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1957|10|10}}
}}Mohammed Omar Ejaz Rahman (born 10 October 1957) is a Bangladeshi academic psychiatrist and epidemiologist/demographer serving as the current Vice-Chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh. He is also an adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Demography at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University.[1]

Education

After completing his schooling at St. Joseph’s High School (1966-1973) and Notre Dame College (1974-1975) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Rahman was awarded a full scholarship to Harvard College in 1975 and completed his A.B. degree in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University in 1979 and his M.D. degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 1983. He went back to Harvard University and subsequently earned his M.P.H degree in Health Policy and Management in 1987 and his D.Sc. degree in Epidemiology in 1990. Rahman also trained in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is a U.S. Board Certified Psychiatrist.[1]

Career

After completing his D.Sc. degree in Epidemiology from Harvard University in 1990 Rahman spent five years (1990-1995) as a Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. In January, 1996 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Demography at the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He was subsequently promoted to the position of an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Demography in July, 1999 and continued in that position until July, 2003.[1]

In August, 2003, Rahman moved back to Bangladesh (the country of his birth) to accept a position of Professor of Epidemiology and Demography at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He was appointed as the Pro Vice Chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh by the President of Bangladesh in April, 2006 and subsequently re-appointed for a second term in April, 2010. While serving in his second term as Pro Vice Chancellor, Rahman was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Independent University by the President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman in January 2012.[2] In January 2016, he was reappointed as the Vice Chancellor for another four-year term.[3]

Research

Rahman is the author of several co-edited books, and multiple peer-reviewed articles on health and population, international migration and higher education policy in the developing world. He has received numerous research grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.K. National Institute of Health Research, WHO, and several U.N. agencies. He has also has served as a consultant to various international organizations. His current research interests are: Urban Rural Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases, Health Policy with a particular focus on Mental Health in the Developing World, Reproductive Health, International Professional Migration, and Higher Education Policy and Practice in Developing Countries.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.iub.edu.bd/files/faculty/cv/sph/omar_rahman.pdf|title=Mohammed Omar Ejaz Rahman|accessdate=2 September 2017|publisher=Independent University Bangladesh}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-221825|title=Prof Omar made VC of IUB|date=10 February 2012|accessdate=2 September 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/education/2016/mar/04/prof-omar-iub-vc-again|title=Prof Omar IUB VC again|date=4 March 2016|accessdate=2 September 2017|publisher=Dhaka Tribune}}
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