Faculty Profile

Dr. Nahid Sultana

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801728707307
  • Email: [email protected]

Research Profile Links

Biography

Dr. Nahid Sultana is an academic and researcher specializing in biostatistics, epidemiology, global public health, and health data science. Her interdisciplinary expertise supports impactful research at the intersection of statistics and population health. She completed both her BSc and MSc in Statistics with First Class Honours at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Bangladesh. She went on to earn a two-year MSc in Biostatistics with Distinction from Hasselt University, Belgium, funded by the Flemish Government’s Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS) Scholarship programme. Dr. Sultana obtained her PhD from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Her doctoral thesis, titled "Indirect Comparisons with Population Adjustment Methods using Single-Arm Studies in Health Technology Assessment," addressed advanced methods in comparative effectiveness research. Since May 2014, she has been a faculty member in the Department of Statistics at SUST, where she is actively involved in teaching and research. Her academic work bridges statistical methodology with applications in public and global health.



Education

  • PhD in Statistics, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • M.S. in Biostatistics, University of Hasselt, Belgium.
  • M.S.(Thesis) in Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.
  • BSC in Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.

Research Interests

  • Clinical Trials
  • Biostatistics & Epidemiology
  • Causal Inference
  • Econometrics
  • Machine Learning
  • Methodology: Bayesian, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel modeling

Active Research Project

  • 1. Haque, M. A., & Sultana, N. (2024-2025). Co-Investigator. Identifying risk factors that affect duration of breastfeeding in Sylhet: A comparison of traditional and Bayesian survival analysis. Funded by SUST Reasearch Center. Project ID: PS/2024/1/42

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Worked as “Co-supervisor” in the project titled “Extent of heritability and environmental effect on cancer” .

External Affiliations

  • Alumnus of the University of Sheffield with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the School of Medicine and Population Health.

Journal Publications

  • 1. Khan, M. A. A.; Babu, M. R.; Haque, M.A., Sultana,N; Ullah, M. O.; et al., (2024), Potential Association between Allergenic Food Exposure and Skin Disease in Bangladesh: An Application of Principal Component Logistic Regression (PCLR); Health Science Report, Wiley (Published 29 September 2024) (2024)
  • 2. Jahan, I., Faruk, S. M. O., Sultana, N., and Hasan, M. N. (2024). Prevalence and Risk Factors associated with Overweight and Obesity among under 5 years’ Children in Bangladesh. Vol: 20(3), 28-37. (2024)
  • 3. Sonia, J.B., Hasan, S.R., Sultana, N., Akter, M.F. and Ullah, M.O., 2024. Impact of Microcredit on Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. Manar Elsharq Journal for Management and Commerce Studies, 2(2), pp.62-69. (2024)
  • 4. Hossain, M. S., Ahmed, T. S., Sultana, N., Chowdhury, M. A. B., & Uddin, M. J. (2023). Examining the disparities of anti-malarial drug consumption among children under the age of five: a study of 5 malaria-endemic countries. Malaria Journal, 22(1), 370. (2023)
  • 5. Ullah, M. O., Akhter, A., Sultana, N., Baidya, M., & Jiban, J. H. (2016). Extents of Environmental and Heritability Effects on Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study at Sylhet City in Bangladesh. Biom iostat Int J, 4(1), 00088. (2016)

Conference

  • 1. A simulation study to explore the effect of repeated use of individual patient data in a MAIC adjusted network meta-analysis; Accepted as an Online Presentation to IDWSDS (International Day on Women in Statistics and Data Science) which was jointly organised by the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science (CWS), the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE), and the American Statistical Association (ASA); held on 10th October, 2023. (2023)
  • 2. Review of Methods Used to Estimate Treatment Effects Against Relevant Comparators Using Evidence From Single-Arm Studies in NICE Single Technology Appraisals; Accepted as a oral presentation at the PGR conference organized by University of Sheffield , UK, 15th June, 2022. (2022)
  • 3. Review of Methods Used to Estimate Treatment Effects Against Relevant Comparators Using Evidence From Single-Arm Studies in NICE Single Technology Appraisals ; https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(22)02258-6/fulltext; Accepted as a Podium Presentation to ISPOR Europe 2022 which took place in-person at the Austria Vienna center, 6-9 November. (2022)

Teaching

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant in Sheffield University, UK
  • SUST teaching: Basic Statistics and Probability; Inferential Statistics; Regression Analysis; Design of Experiments; Multivariate analysis

Awards & Recognition

  • Flemish Government Interuniversity Council Scholarship (VLIR-UOS), for the International Course Program (ICP) on MSc (2-years) in Biostatistics at the Hasselt University, Belgium.
  • Fellowship for PhD program from University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research & GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) , Sheffield University, UK
  • In addition to my academic work, I have reviewed manuscripts for journals such as BMC Cancer, PLOS ONE. I bring a rigorous, detail-oriented approach to reviewing, with a commitment to improving research quality and supporting the scholarly community. I am dedicated to maintaining impartiality, confidentiality, and ethical standards throughout the peer review process.
  • July 2025, SUST Innovation Hub: "Mentor Pool Boot Camp", The Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem Development (DEIED) Project, under the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA).

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. M.S. Thesis (Supervisor): Mim Masuda Keya (Session: 2022-23)- Factors influencing the duration of Breastfeeding in Sylhet(on going)