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Demography, Statistics, Public health

Biography

Dr Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Sciences at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his PhD in Statistics from the University of Padua, Italy, with the European Doctoral School of Demography (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, and Warsaw School of Economics, Poland). He trained as a mathematical demographer and has particular research interests in modelling and forecasting mortality. Dr Rabbi has worked as a visiting researcher at various universities and leading demographic research institutes in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia. With a decade of experience in quantitative research, Dr Rabbi has also presented his research at several international population conferences as an invited speaker.

Activities

Employment (3)

University of Dhaka: Dhaka, Dhaka, BD

2022-09 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Population Sciences)
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Bangladesh University of Textiles: Dhaka, BD

2020-02 to 2022-09 | Assistant Professor (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
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Bangladesh University of Textiles: Dhaka, BD

2012-03 to 2020-02 | Lecturer (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
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Education and qualifications (5)

University of Padua: Pauda, Veneto, IT

2015-10-01 to 2019-02-11 | PhD (Statistical Sciences)
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SGH Warsaw School of Economics: Warsaw, PL

2014-11-01 to 2015 | PhD (European Doctoral School of Demography)
Education
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research: Rostock, DE

2014-09-01 to 2015 | PhD (European Doctoral School of Demography)
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University of Dhaka: Dhaka, Dhaka, BD

2008 to 2010 | MS (Department of Statistics, Biostatistics and Informatics)
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University of Dhaka: Dhaka, Dhaka, BD

2003 to 2008 | BSc (Hons) (Department of Statistics)
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Professional activities (3)

Italian Statistical Society (AISP): Treviso, IT

Special mention for PhD thesis in Demography
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icddr,b: Dhaka, BD

2024-01-02 to present | Member, Technical Review Committee (Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System )
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Australian National University: ACT, ACT, AU

2018-03 to 2018-06 | Visiting Fellow (School of Demography)
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Funding (2)

InGRID transnational visiting grant for IECM

Grant
InGRID (Hague, NL)
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InGRID-2 transnational visiting grant for IECM

Grant
InGRID (Hague, NL)
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Works (26)

Effect of Excess Mortality on Longevity During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in South Asia

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi; Hafiz T. A. Khan
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Comparing the Performance of ChatGPT-4 and Medical Students on MCQs at Varied Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Advances in Medical Education and Practice
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Ambadasu Bharatha; Nkemcho Ojeh; Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi; Michael Campbell; Kandamaran Krishnamurthy; Rhaheem Layne-Yarde; Alok Kumar; Dale Springer; Kenneth Connell; Md Anwarul Majumder
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Self-reported side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among health professions students in India

PeerJ
2024-04-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2167-8359
Contributors: Md Anwarul Azim Majumder; Ambadasu Bharatha; Santosh Kumar; Madhuri Chatterjee; Subir Gupta; Heather Harewood; Keerti Singh; WMS Johnson; Archana Rajasundaram; Sudeshna Banerjee Dutta et al.
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The Effects of Learning and Eating Behaviours among Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Medical Education
2023-04-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sayeeda Rahman; Rita Kirton; Brenda Roach; Maria Teresa Villagomez Montero; Alexey Podcheko; Nader Nouraee; Sadia Ahsan; Joshua Noel Nisar; Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi
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Evaluation of Short-Term Side Effects Following the First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Physicians and Dentists: A Cross-Sectional Study from India

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Md Anwarul Azim Majumder; Keerti Singh; WMS Johnson; Archana Rajasundaram; Subir Gupta; Uma Gaur; Santosh Kumar; Madhuri Chatterjee; Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi; Vijay Prasad Sangishetti et al.
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Stochastic mortality forecasts for Bangladesh

PLOS ONE
2022-11-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi; Raphael Mendonça Guimaraes; Hafiz T. A. Khan
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) related adverse skin reactions among healthcare workers at the main COVID-19 isolation center in Barbados

Frontiers in Public Health
2022-10-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Prevalence of COVID‐19 vaccine reactogenicity among Bangladeshi physicians

FASEB BioAdvances
2022-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2573-9832
Part of ISSN: 2573-9832
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Mortality Forecasting with the Lee–Carter Method: Adjusting for Smoothing and Lifespan Disparity

European Journal of Population
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0168-6577
Part of ISSN: 1572-9885
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Mortality and life expectancy forecast for (comparatively) high mortality countries

Genus
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2035-5556
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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What Went Wrong with the Achievement of Replacement Fertility in Bangladesh and Its Consequences on the Demographic Dividend: The Role of Proximate Determinants?

Romanian Journal of Population Studies
2018-09-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1843-5998
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Urban-rural differences in disability-free life expectancy in Bangladesh using the 2010 HIES data

PLOS ONE
2017-07-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Do increasing legal age at marriage and increased use of contraception will matter to achieve demographic goal: Revisiting the role of proximate determinants in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research
2016-01-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2408-8447
Part of ISSN: 0253-5432
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Explaining fertility transition of a developing country: an analysis of quantum and tempo effect

Fertility Research and Practice
2015-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2054-7099
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Factors influencing fertility preference of a developing country during demographic transition: Evidence from Bangladesh

South East Asia Journal of Public Health
2015-07-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2313-531X
Part of ISSN: 2220-9476
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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The Socio-economic Determinants of Antenatal Health Care Utilization in Bangladesh: Evidence from Multivariate Techniques

Dhaka University Journal of Science
2015-01-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2408-8528
Part of ISSN: 1022-2502
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Relationship between Contraceptive Prevalence Rate and Total Fertility Rate: Revisiting the Empirical Model

Journal of Population and Development
2014-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Determinants of child malnutrition in Bangladesh - A Multivariate Approach

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
2014-09-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2091-0576
Part of ISSN: 2467-9100
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Lower and upper bounds of life expectancies and total expected longevity of a developing country

South East Asia Journal of Public Health
2014-08-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2313-531X
Part of ISSN: 2220-9476
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Imbalance in Life Table: Effect of Infant Mortality on Lower Life Expectancy at Birth

Journal of Scientific Research
2013-08-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2070-0245
Part of ISSN: 2070-0237
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Factors Influencing Age at First Birth of Bangladeshi Women- A Multivariate Approach

American Journal of Public Health Research
2013-08-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2327-669X
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Estimating threshold age between early deaths and late deaths for a developing country

South East Asia Journal of Public Health
2013-07-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2313-531X
Part of ISSN: 2220-9476
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Transition to Second Parity: Role of Employment and Household Decision-Making Autonomy in Bangladesh

American Journal of Public Health Research
2013-07-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2327-669X
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Determinants of Birth Spacing and Effect of Birth Spacing on Fertility in Bangladesh

Dhaka University Journal of Science
2013-05-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2408-8528
Part of ISSN: 1022-2502
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Estimation of force of mortality from third degree polynomial of lx

European Scientific Journal
2013-04-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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Mass Media Exposure and its Impact on Fertility: Current Scenario of Bangladesh

Journal of Scientific Research
2012-04-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2070-0245
Part of ISSN: 2070-0237
Contributors: Ahbab Moahammad Fazle Rabbi
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