Bangladeshi academic
Nawzia Yasmin is a Bangladeshi academic, professor, socialite and physician. She serves as the acting vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor of the State University of Bangladesh.[1][2][3] She is the president of the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network.[4] She is also the chairperson of the State University of Bangladesh.[5]
Early life
Yasmin completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1993 at the Dhaka Medical College.[1] She completed her Master of Public Health in 2000 at the University of Sydney.[1] In 2001, she completed a certificate course in ultrasonography at the Bangladesh Institute of Medical and Dental Technology.[1]
Career
Yasmin joined the Department of Public Health at the State University of Bangladesh in 2003.[1]
In 2008, Yasmin was appointed editor of the SUB Journal of Public Health.[1] Yasmin has supervised more than 600 graduate thesis.[1] She is a member of the Bangladesh Medical Association, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council and Public Health Association of Bangladesh.[1] She is the president of the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network.[1]
Yasmin, dean of the School of Health Sciences at State University of Bangladesh, signed a pledge in 2017 to reject funding from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, which is funded by Philip Morris International, along with university administrators from around the world.[6] Yasmin was the proctor of the State University of Bangladesh in 2019.[7]
In January 2022, Yasmin was appointed the pro-vice-chancellor of the State University of Bangladesh by President Mohmmad Abdul Hamid.[8][9] She was the dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and head of the Department of Public Health at the State University of Bangladesh.[10] She is also the chairperson of the State University of Bangladesh.[11] She appointed Md Hassan Kawsar as the treasurer of the State University of Bangladesh.[12]
As of 2024, Yasmin is pursuing her PhD in public health at Jahangirnagar University.[1]
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