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papia.stat@ru.ac.bd

Professor (Grade 2), Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi


DR. MST. PAPIA SULTANA
PROFESSOR
Statistics


Education Summary  
M.Sc (RU), M.Phil (RU), PhD (NUS)

Research Interest  
Biometrics and Bioinformatics, Parametric, Semi-parametric and Non-parametric estimation, Medical Statistics, Clinical trial, public health, health economics, educational statistics, Epidemiology
Level Institution Year
Doctoral
(PhD)
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore 2009
Doctoral
(M.Phil)
Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi 2003
Masters
(M.Sc)
Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi 1996
Bachelor/Honors
(B.Sc (Hons))
Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi 1995

Experience in Rajshahi University

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2019-07-01 to Detartment of Statistics, University of Rajshahi PROFESSOR Grade 2
2015-04-21 to 2019-06-30 Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi PROFESSOR
2010-12-01 to 2015-04-20 Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
2004-12-16 to 2010-11-30 Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2002-07-16 to 2004-12-15 Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi LECTURER

Experience in other Organization/Institute

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2016-09-09 to 2017-02-10 Engineering Faculty, RU Part Time Teacher
2013-07-01 to 2013-12-31 Engineering Faculty, RU Part Time Teacher
2009-01-01 to 2009-12-29 Clinical Trial Unit, Singapore General Hospital Biostatistician
2005-01-10 to 2009-06-30 Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore TA
2004-08-01 to 2004-12-30 Department of Antropology, University of Rajshahi Part Time Teacher

Book

1. Papia Sultana "Probability models for rater agreement in medical diagnosis" Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, German

Published: January 2013

Book Chapter

1. Papia Sultana "Tobacco use in Bangladesh" . DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.105012

Published: June 2022

Journal

1. Kibria MG, Islam T, Badiuzzaman M, Mamun AA, Sultana P and Hawlader MDH "Assessing the choice of smoke-free policies for multiunit housing and its associated determinants in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study" BMJ Open 2024;14:e074928

Published: January 2024
2. Rahman MT, Alam MJ, Ahmed N, Roy DC, Sultana P "Trend of risk and correlates of under-five child undernutrition in Bangladesh: An analysis based on Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data, 2007-2017/18" BMJ Open 13: e 070480

Published: May 2023
3. Sultana P, Pal M and Sinha BK "Exact Inference in a tetranomial distribution" Sequential Analysis: Design Methods and Applications, Vol-42(1)

Published: January 2023
4. Rahman MT, Alam MJ, Roy DC, Sultana P "The cut-off point of obesity among under-five children and Analyse the trend in Bangladesh" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-23(1), pp 27-32

Published: January 2023
5. Kibria MG, Islam T, Islam MT, Kabir R, Ahmed S and Sultana P. "Stigma and its associated factors among patients with COVID-19 in Dhaka city: Evidence from a cross-sectional investigation" PeerJ 10:e14092

Published: October 2022
6. Ali MA, Roy DC and Siltana P "Some Aspects of Sampling for a finite population in big data analysis" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-22(1), pp 243-256.

Published: January 2022
7. Suraiya Shikha and Papia Sultana "Multivariate Correspondence Analysis in Patterning Correlates of Tobacco Use in Bangladesh" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-21(1), pp 17-24

Published: June 2021
8. Debnath MR, Ali MA, Roy DC and Sultana P "Minimax estimation of the scale parameters of the laplace double exponential distribution" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-21(1), pp 105-116

Published: June 2021
9. Tarafdar P, Sultana P and Sinha BK "Unbiased Sequential Binomial/Trinomial Parameter(s) Estimation: An Informative Review" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-20(2), 57-84

Published: December 2020
10. Ibnat A and Sultana P "Correspondence Analysis to Patterning Heavy Smokers in Bangladesh" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-19, pp 53-65

Published: July 2020
11. Monir M, Sarkar SK and Sultana P "Multilevel analysis to predict both Tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco product use in Bangladesh" International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol-20(1), pp 97-108

Published: July 2020
12. Rafi MA, Sayeed MZ, Sultana P, Aik S and Hossain G "Pre-hospital delay in patients with myocardial infarction: an observational study in a tertiary care hospital of northern Bangladesh" Research Square, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-15704/v1

Published: March 2020
13. Rahman MM, Zhang C, Swe KT, Rahman MS, Islam MR, Kamrujjaman M, Sultana P, Hassan MZ, Alam MS, and Rahman MM "Disease-specific out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in urban Bangladesh: A Bayesian analysis" PLoS ONE, 15(1): e0227565, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227565

Published: January 2020
14. Siddique AE, Rahman M, Hossain MI,…, Sultana P,…, and Hossain K "Association between chronic arsenic exposure and the characteristic features of asthma" Chemosphere.DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125790

Published: December 2019
15. Rahman M and Sultana P "Distribution and risk factors of child malnutrition in Bangladesh, based on Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey-2014 data" Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics,.10:425, DOI: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000425

Published: July 2019
16. Sultana P, Rahman M and Akter J "Correlates of stunting among under-five children in Bangladesh: A multilevel approach" BMC Nutrition, DOI: 10.1186/s40795-019-0304-9

Published: July 2019
17. Paul SK, Islam MS, Hasibuzzaman MM, Hossain F, Anjuman A, Saud ZA, Haque MM, Sultana P, Haque A, Andric KB, Rahman A, Karim MR, Siddique AE, Karim Y, Rahman M, Miyataka H, Xin L, Himeno S, and Hossain K "Higher risk of hyperglycemia with greater susceptibility in females in chronic arsenic-exposed individuals in Bangladesh" Science of the Total Environment, 668, pp: 1004-1012, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.029

Published: March 2019
18. Haque MA, Jewel MAS and Sultana MP "Assessment of physicochemical and bacteriological parameters in surface water of Padma River" Applied Water Science, 9:10.DOI: 10.1007/s13201-018-0885-5.

Published: January 2019
19. Begum M and Sultana P "Socioeconomic and demographic factors patterning smokeless tobacco use behavior in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional multilevel analysis" Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistic,.9:4, DOI: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000411

Published: September 2018
20. Sultana P, Rahman MT, Roy DC, Akter S, Jung J, Rahman MM and Akter J "Tobacco control policies to promote awareness and smoke-free environments in residence and workplace to reduce passive tobacco smoking in Bangladesh and its correlates" Plos One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198942

Published: May 2018
21. Sultana P, Rahman MT and Roy DC "Marketing policy that accelerate tobacco use in Bangladesh: A statistical investigation." Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics, 8:6, DOI: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000386

Published: September 2017
22. Begum M and Sultana P "Current pattern of product specific smokeless tobacco use in Bangladesh" Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics, 8:4, DOI: 10.4172/2155-6180.1000362

Published: August 2017
23. Kabir ASME, Rahman M and Sultana P "Farming practices among the slum dwellers of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh." International Journal of Statistical Sciences. Vol.16, pp 17-22

Published: July 2017
24. Kabir ASME, Rahman M and Sultana P "Surviving with seasonal extremeness: A case study of slum dwellers of Rajshahi City" International Journal of Statistical Sciences. Vol.16, pp 23-32.

Published: July 2017
25. Islam MR, Rahman MS, Islam Z, Zhang C and Sultana P "Inequalities in finantial risk protection in Bangladesh: an assessment of universal health coverage" International Journal for Equity in Health, 16:59, DOI 10.1186/s12939-017-0556-4

Published: July 2017
26. Rahman MM, Akter S, Jung J, Rahman MS and Sultana P "Trend, projection, and appropriate body mass index cut-off point for diabetes and hypertension in Bangladesh" Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 126, pp 43-53

Published: June 2017
27. Hossain M, Rahman MS, Islam MS, Sultana P and Faruki SI "Prevalence of springtail (Collembola) in the cultivated maize fields at Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi district, Bangladesh" Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(1), pp 186-190

Published: February 2017
28. Sultana P, Rokonuzzaman M, Kabir H, Parvin D, Rahman M and Islam MN "Direct and indirect losses due to occupational health hazards in silk industries: A statistical investigation." International Journal of Statistical Sciences. Vol.15, pp 19-28

Published: July 2016
29. Naima US, Ahmed N, Dip MD and Sultana P "A Statistical Investigation on Pre-Hypertension and Hypertension Association with Siesta among the Students of Rajshahi University." International Journal of Statistical Sciences. Vol.15, pp 29-42.

Published: July 2016
30. Rahman MT, Roy DC and Sultana P "Knowledge and attitude towards tobacco use in Bangladesh" Journal of Bangladesh Studies. 38 (2015), pp 69-84

Published: January 2016
31. Sultana P, Akter S, Rahman MM and Alam MS "Prevalence and Predictors of Current Tobacco Smoking in Bangladesh" Journal of Biometrics and Its Applications, Vol-1 (1): 102

Published: November 2015
32. Sultana P, Li J and Hu J "Comparison of Three Dimensional ROC Surface for Clustered and Correlated Markers" Statistica Neerlandica. (doi:10.1111/stan.12065)

Published: March 2015
33. Zakaria ND, Ong MEH, Gan HN, Foo D, Doctor N, Leon BSH, Goh ES, Yih Yng NG, Tham LP, Charles R, Shahidah N, Sultana P and Venkataraman A for the PAROS study group "Implications for public access defibrillation placement by non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurrence in Singapore" Emergency Medicine Australia (doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12174)

Published: December 2014
34. Akter S, Rahman MM, Krull S and Sultana P "Nationwide survey of prevalence and risk factors for diabetes and prediabetes in Bangladeshi adults" Diabetes Care, Vol 37, e9-e10

Published: November 2014
35. Akter S, Rahman MM, Krull S and Sultana P "Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes and their risk factors among Bangladeshi adults: a nationwide survey" Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol 92, pp 204-213a.

Published: October 2014
36. Rahman MM, Gilmour S, Saito E, Sultana P and Shibuya K "Self-reported illness household strategies for coping with health-care payments in Bangladesh" Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol 91, pp 449-458

Published: September 2014
37. Ho LO, Shahidah N, Koh N, Koh ZX, Sultana P and Ong MEH "Poor performance of the modified early warning score for predicting mortality in critically ill patients presenting to an emergency department" World Journal Emergency Medicine, Vol 4, No 4, pp 273-277

Published: November 2013
38. Rahman MM, Gilmour S, Saito E, Sultana P and Shibuya K "Health-related financial catastrophe, inequality and chronic illness in Bangladesh" PLOS ONE. Vol 8(2).

Published: October 2013
39. Hong W, Earnest A, Sultana P, Koh Z, Shahidah N and Ong MEH "How accurate are vital signs in predicting clinical outcomes in critically ill emergency department patients" European Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol 20(1), pp 27-32

Published: June 2013
40. Ong MEH, Fook-Chong S, Annathurai A, Ang SH, Tiah L, Yong KL, Koh ZX, Yap S and Sultana P "Improved neurologically intact survival with the use of an automated load-distributing band chest compression device for cardiac arrest presenting to the emergency department" Critical Care, 16:R144 doi:10.1186/cc11456

Published: October 2012
41. Hong CC, Sultana P, Wong ASL, Chan KP, Pek PP and Ong MEH "Prehospital delay in patients presenting with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction" European Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 18(5), pp 268-271.

Published: November 2011
42. Ong ME, Sultana p, Chong SF, Annitha A, Ang SH, Tiah L and Yong KL "Comparison of Load Distributing Band and Standard Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients Presenting with Cardiac Arrest to Emergency Department" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Vol. 26 (suppl. 1), s43.

Published: June 2011
43. Islam K, Haque A, Karim MR, Fajol A, Hossain E, Salam KA, Ali N, Saud ZA, Rahman M, Rahman M, Karim MR, Sultana P, Hossain M, Akhand AA, Abul Mandal, Miyataka H, Himeno S and Hossain K "Dose-response relationship between arsenic exposure and the serum enzymes for liver function tests in the individuals exposed to arsenic in Bangladesh" Environmental Health. Vol 10(1), 64

Published: January 2011
44. Ong MEH, Wong ASL, Chan KP, Bergin ART, Sultana P, Lim SH, Chua TSJ, Lim ST, Chin CT, Pek PP and Venkataraman A "Improving door-to-balloon times in Asia for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction via direct activation by emergency physicians of percutaneous coronary intervention" International Journal of Cardiology, Vol 145 (3), pp-613-614

Published: November 2010
45. Ong MEH, Chiam TF, Peng Ng FS, Sultana P, Lim SH, Leong BSH, Ong VYK, Tan ECC, Tham LP, Yap S and V. Anantharaman, on behalf of the Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Epidemiology (CARE) Study Group "Reducing Ambulance Response Times Using Geospatial–Time Analysis of Ambulance Deployment" Academic Emergency Medicine. Vol 17 (9), pp 951-957

Published: September 2010
46. Ong MEH, Annathurai A, Shahidah N, Leong BSH, Ong VYK, Tiah L, Ang SH, Yong KL and Sultana P "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Interruptions With Use of a Load-Distributing Band Device During Emergency Department Cardiac Arrest" Annals of Emergency Medicine. Vol 56(3), pp 233-241.

Published: April 2010
47. Rahman MM, Akter S, Islam MR and Sultana MP "Adolescent pregnancy complication and wastage in Bangladesh" Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, Vol 30 (3) pp 147-153

Published: March 2010
48. Ong MEH, Yap S, Chan KP, Sultana P and Venkataraman A "Knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation amongst Asian primary health care physicians" Open Access Emergency Medicine, Vol 1, pp 11-20

Published: January 2010
49. Akter S, Rahman MM, Hasan M and Slutana MP "Demand for child in Rajshahi city: A multivariate analysis" Middle East Journal of Nursing. Vol 2(4), pp 19-25

Published: January 2010
50. Sultana MP and Mian MAB "Parametric regression model and covariates of control time of diabetes mellitus" Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, ISSN 0256-503X, Vol XXXI, pp 193-198.

Published: December 2008
51. Rahman MM, Akter S, Islam MR and Sultana MP "Women’s Knowledge about AIDS in Rural Area of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh" South Asian Journal of Population and Health (JPH), ISSN: 1560-4373, Vol. 1. No.1.

Published: January 2008
52. Akter S, Rahman MM, Sultana MP and Rahman JAMS "Adolescent motherhood in rural Rajshahi of Bangladesh" Journal of Population, Indonesia. Vol 13, No 1, pp 47-59

Published: December 2007
53. Sultana MP "Cox proportional hazard model and the covariates of control time of diabetes mellitus" Rajshahi University Studies, ISSN 1681-0694, Part B

Published: July 2007
54. Sultana MP "Dowry system and it’s correlates" Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, ISSN 0256-503X, Vol XXIX, pp 129-136

Published: December 2006

Conference

1. Sultana P "Testing homogeneity between raters" Data Science and SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities, University of Rajshahi

Published: December 2019
2. Sultana P "Probability models for identifying best among the novice candidates" 2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics 2019, University of Dhaka

Published: December 2019
3. Sultana P "Pattern, Prevalence and Predictors of Child Malnutrition in Bangladesh, based on BDHS-2014 data" Conference on Data Science, Mawlana Bhasani STU, Bangladesh

Published: September 2018
4. Sultana P "Models and methods for Public Health" Conference on Quantitative Research Methods for Public Health, Mawlana Bhasani STU, Bangladesh

Published: August 2018
5. Sultana P "Models and methods for Public Health" Conference on Quantitative Research Methods for Public Health, Mawlana Bhasani STU, Bangladesh

Published: August 2018
6. Sultana P, Rokonuzzaman M, Kabir H, Parvin D, Rahman M and Islam MN "Direct and indirect losses due to occupational health hazards in silk industries: A statistical investigation" International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture Health and Environment, University of Rajshahi

Published: December 2017
7. Kundu TR and Sultana P "Quitting policies of tobacco use in Bangladesh: A statistical investigation" International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture Health and Environment, University of Rajshahi

Published: December 2017
8. Sultana P "Weighted volume under three dimensional ROC surface for biomarkers in biomedical studies" International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture Health and Environment, University of Rajshahi

Published: December 2017
9. Sultana P "Patterns of new born care in Bangladesh" The Second International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, University of Dhaka

Published: January 2015
10. Rahman MT, Roy DC and Sultana P "Measuring the Level of Knowledge of Tobacco Use in Bangladesh" The Second International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, University of Dhaka

Published: January 2015
11. Begum M and Sultana P "Current pattern of smokeless tobacco use in Bangladesh" The Second International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, University of Dhaka

Published: January 2015
12. Sultana P "Does Cohen’s Kappa address non-homogeneous raters?" The Second International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, University of Dhaka

Published: January 2015
13. Sultana P, Begum M, Akter S and Rahman MM "Smokeless Tobacco Use in Bangladesh" International Conference on Statistical Data Mining for Bioinformatics Health, Agriculture and Environment, University of Rajshahi

Published: January 2012
14. Sultana P "Non-parametric Approach to Compare Two Volumes Under the Multidimensional ROC Surface" First International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Published: January 2010
15. Sultana P "Correlated Two sample Test for Agreement Index Based on Probability Model" MPSGC4, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Published: August 2008

Seminar / Symposium / workshop attended

1. Sultana P "Models and interpretation for categorical data analysis" International workshop on Epidemiology and Public Health, GPHRF, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Published: March 2019
2. Sultana P "Sampling and sample size in epidemiology" International Workshop on Health Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Published: March 2012
3. Sultana P "Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions" Workshops on Probability Theory and Applications in Machine Learning, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Published: June 2011
4. Sultana P "Non Traditional Sampling in Statistics" Workshop on Sample Survey, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Published: March 2011
5. Ong MEH, Lin Z, Sultana P, Liu N, Koh ZX, Shahidah N and Ser W "Integrating Heart Rate Variability for the Prediction of Cardiac Arrest in Critically Ill Patients Presenting With Acute Cardiovascular Conditions" Resuscitation Science Symposium

Published: December 2010

Advanced Statistical Inference

Equip students in statistical inference covering the theory and the applications at an advanced level. This course will give students a view of the nature of advanced statistical methods and to nurture advanced statistical thinking.

Probability Measure

Introduce the concepts of sets, classes of events, measure and integral with respect to a measure, random variables and function and probability measure to show their basic properties, and to provide a basis for further studies in Analysis & Probability.

Programming with R and Python

This course is designed to provide basic concepts of computer programming with R and Python for statistical analysis of numeric and string data.

Programming with R

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Biostatistics

The aim of this course is to give an overview about survival analysis and medical statistics.

Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

Describing the origin and basic knowledge of differential equations, Laplace transforms and Linear algebra.

Health and Epidemiology

The aim of this course is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to critique, design and conduct and human population based research, including observational studies and randomized controlled trials.

Stochastic Processes

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