MSc (DU) 2004, MPH (NSU) 2009,

PhD Scholar, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Germany

A) Journal Publication:

1) Broek JMV, Roy SK, Khan WA, Biswas R, Banu B, Ara G and Chakraborty B. Risk factors for mortality in shigellosis: a case control study among severely malnourished children in Bangladesh.The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2005; 23( 3): 259-265

2) Afrose L, Banu B, Ahamed KR, Khanom K . Factors associated with knowledge on breastfeeding among female garments workers in Dhaka city. The South-East Asian Journal of Public Health. 2012; 1 (3): 249-255

3) Banu B, Hasnin SS, Khanom K. Nutritional Status of the Children of Non-Formal Primary School: Bangladesh Experience. South Asian Journal of Population Health. 2011; 4 (1&2): 83-90

4) Banu B, Khanom K. Effects of Education Level of Father and Mother on perceptions of Breast Feeding. Journal of Enam Medical College. 2012; 2 (2):67-73

5) Shrestha S, Banu B, Devkota B, Thapa N, Khanom K, Ali L, Pederse BS.  Changing Trends on the Place of Delivery: Why do Nepali Women give Birth at Home.  Journal of Reproductive Health. 2012; 9:25

6) Banu B, Rahman S, Begum K, Ahmed T, Choudhury HA, Ali L. Prescribing behavior of diabetes treating physicians in selected health care facilities of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2014; 58(3):180-186

7) Haque M, Banu B, Islam K, Islam ASMM, Naser MA. Nutritional status and hygiene practice among ethnic communities in selected area of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Nutrition. 2013-14; 26: 87-94

8) Banu B, Sharmin S, Yasmin F, Khanom K. Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing among Secondary School Children: Bangladesh Experience. South Asian Journal of Population and Health. 2014; 7 (1&2): 21 -32

9) Ser PH, Banu B, Jebunnesa F, Fatema K, Nasrin R, Yasmin R, Furusawa H, Ali L, Ahmad A, Watanabe C. Arsenic exposure increases maternal but not cord serum immunoglobulin G level in Bangladesh. Pediatrics International. 2015; 57 (1)

10) Haque M, Banu B, Naser MA. Obesity status among psoriasis patients in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. South Asian Journal of Population Health. 2014; 7 (1&2): 33 -39

11) R Islam, KM Muktadir, ZA Rizvi, S Hossain, B Banu, KR Ahmed, K Khanom, JHB Masud. Educational Intervention on Hand washing among the School Children in a Rural area of Bangladesh. European Academic Research, Jan 2015; 2:10.

12) Banu B, Mustafa K. A comparative study on traditional and skill based health educational intervention on hand washing among secondary school children in Bangladesh. Paripex: Indian Journal of Research. 2015; 4(6):  ISSN 2250-1991

13) Yasmin F., Banu B., Zakir S., Sauerborn R., Ali L., Souares A. Positive influence of short message service and voice call interventions on adherence and health outcomes in case of chronic disease care: a systematic review. Medical Informatics and Decision Making.2016, 16:46. DOI: 10.1186/s12911-016-0286-3

14) Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui, Liaquat Ali, Asher Fawwad, Bilkis Banu, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Nazish Waris, Anum Butt, Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Abdul Basit. Mobile SMS: A tool for behavior and life style modification in management of diabetes – a study from Karachi, Pakistan. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 22 October 2019 (Available Online). In Press

15) F. Yasmin, L. Ali, B. Banu, F. B. Rasul, R. Sauerbornand A. Souares. Understanding patients’experience livingwith diabetes type 2 and effective diseasemanagement: a qualitative study followinga mobile health intervention in Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research (2020) 20:29 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4811-9.

16) Banu B, Mustafa K, Mark J. Kittleson, Touhid Bhuiyan, Sayed Asaduzzaman. Concurrent Field Practice act as an efficient teaching pedagogy to originate public health professionals:  A Bangladesh Context. Asia Journal of Public Health. 2019.

17) Ulfat Ara, Afsana Yesmin,  Sarder Mahmud Hossain, Bilkis Banu, Mohammad Raziul Haque. Oral Health seeking behavior and practice among underprivileged Adult Population in a Selected Area of Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Rangpur dental journal. 2020. (In Press)

18) Bilkis Banu, Sayed Asaduzzaman, Nasrin Akter,Sarder Mahmud Hossain, Touhid Bhuiyan. Concurrent Field Practice act as an efficient teaching pedagogy to originate public health professionals:  A Bangladesh Context. Universal Journal of Public Health. April 2020; 8 (4): 113-119. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2020.080401.

19) Bilkis Banu. Using Mobile Technology for Diabetes Management. National Bulletin of Public Health. March 2019; 1 (4): 12-13.

20) Rabbani G, Billah B, Giri A, Hossein SM, Mahmud AI, Banu B, Ara U, Alif SM. Factors associated with health complaints among leather tannery workers in Bangladesh- a pilot study. Workplace Health and Safety. May 2020. 2165079920936222. DOI: 10.1177/2165079920936222. 

21) Farzana Yasmin, Nazmun Nahar, Bilkis Banu, Liaquat Ali, Rainer Sauerborn and Aurelia Souares. The influence of mobile phone-based health reminders on patient adherence to medications and healthy lifestyle recommendations for effective management of diabetes type 2: a randomized control trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research (2020) 20:520 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05387-z.

22) Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui, Liaquat Ali, Asher Fawwad, Bilkis Banu, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Nazish Waris, Anum Butt, Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Abdul Basit. Mobile SMS: A tool for management of diabetes via patients-relative’s knowledge and belief. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2020 Jun 1; 8(2):455-60.

B) Book/ Booklet/ Module Publication:

1. Prescribing Behavior of Diabetes Treating Physicians, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-19701-7, Published on August 2013.
2. ডায়াবেটিস ব্যবস্থাপনায় রোগীর করণীয়, BUHS Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Published on February 2016.

1. Member of writing and editing team in the development of the Training Module for the Physicians in Management & Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Bangladesh, supported by World Diabetes Foundation and Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, published by BUHS Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February, 2017.
2. Member of writing and editing team in the development of the Training Module for the Nurses in Management & Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Bangladesh, supported by World Diabetes Foundation and Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, published by BUHS Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February, 2017.
3. Member of writing and editing team in the development of the Training Module for the Nutritionist in Management & Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Bangladesh, supported by World Diabetes Foundation and Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, published by BUHS Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February, 2017.
4. Member of writing and editing team in the development of the Training Module for the Community Health Workers in Management & Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Bangladesh, supported by World Diabetes Foundation and Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, published by BUHS Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February, 2017.
5. Member of writing and editing team in the development of the Training Module in Communication Skill Development, published by Dept of Health Promotion and Health Education, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh, August, 2018.

• Booklet on ‘`দাঁতের যত্নে করণীয়', Published by Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Published on August 2019.
• Leaflet on ‘ডেঙ্গু সচেতনতা , Published by Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Published on August 2019.
• Booklet on ‘নিরাপদ খাবার, সুস্থ জীবন, Published by Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Published on April 2019.
• Booklet on ‘শিশুদের মোবাইল আসক্তি প্রতিরোধে সৃজনশীল কর্মকান্ড', Published by Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Published on April 2019.
• Booklet on ‘ইলেকট্রনিক ডিভাইস ব্যবহারে চোখের সতর্কতা', Published by Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Published on December 2019.
• Booklet on ‘Vaccination Schedule’, Published by Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Published on December 2019.

1. Fellowship award as an Innovation Public Health Education for 2013 under the Next Generation of Public Health Experts Program with full stipend of $5000 from James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. Conference travel grant amounting 1800 EURO in the 49 European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Congress in Barcelona, Spain (September, 2013).
3. Scholarship for PhD Programs 2014 under the USAID̕s Next Generation of Public Health Experts Project (NGPHEP) from James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) of BRAC Institute of Global Health (BIGH) of BRAC University amounting 30,000 USD.
4. Research grant entitled ‘A comparative study on communication versus traditional technology-based health educational intervention focusing on diabetes’ amounting 10,500 Euro from the Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Germany.
5. Fellowship award with stipend amounting 3500 Euro from the Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Germany for 5 months (June to October 2017).
6. Conference travel grant amounting 700 EURO in the 53 European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Congress in Lisbon, Portugal (September, 2017).
7. Research grant entitled ‘Perceptions regarding Smartphone Application fro the self-management of diabetes: A formative study’ amounting 3621 Euro from the Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Germany (December 2017 – February 2018)
8. Achieved Best Session Presentation Award for the paper entitled ‘Non-adherences to diabetes self-care activities among rural diabetic patients of Bangladesh’. 2nd International Conference on Public Health, 19-20 March 2019, Kualalampur, Malaysia.
9. Achieved Best Presentation Award for the paper entitled ‘Drug, diet and physical activities management of Bangladeshi rural diabetic patient’. 1st Scientific Congress on NCD. 20-21 October 2019, BSMMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• Member of Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh
• Research fellow of  BNNC (Bangladesh National Nutrition Council)
• Life member of NSB (Nutrition Society of Bangladesh)
• Member of Bangladesh Health Education Society
• Member of International Union for Health Promotion & Education (IUHPE)
• Member of Bangladesh Public Health Association