Abdus Salam
 | Bio: | Dr. Mohammed Abdus Salam, a Bangladeshi national, joined ICDDR,B on 13 October 1981 as a Medical Officer of the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B. After serving as Interim Head of the Clinical Sciences Division of ICDDR,B from 2001-2003, he was appointed as the Director the division on 01 July 2003.
Dr. Salam graduated from Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1976. After completion of internship at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he received training in paediatric medicine and surgery at Dhaka Children’s Hospital for about two years. He had served as Medical officer at the Dhaka Station Hospital of ICDDR,B for six months, he served at the Sebha Army Hospital, Sebha, Libya for about two years, before rejoining ICDDR,B in 1981.
Dr. Salam has built his expertise in clinical trials, and is the founding member of the “Clinical Trial Group” within the Clinical Sciences Division. This group has published dozens of original articles and review papers in high impact international journals. He has published over 70 original articles and review papers, one book chapter as a co-author, and several special publications. He has served as invited speaker in many international workshops and conferences.
Dr. Salam has associated with various committees of ICDDR,B. He chaired the Occupational and Environment Safety Committee for a couple of years, and the Pharmacy Committee for 14 years. He is a member of the Research Review Committee and Ethical Review Committee of the Centre. Dr. Salam is a life-member of the Bangladesh Medical Association.
Dr. Salam is a regular faculty of the Technical Training Unit of ICDDR,B, both for case management and research methodology courses for nationals and international trainees, and national NGOs, and served as faculty of the WHO organised workshops.
He had provided consultancies for training programme in Nepal, for control and management of cholera in Ecuador and Peru (for USAID), and was the lead clinician of ICDDR,B’s team in Goma, 1994.
Dr. Salam has also served as member in various expert/technical committees including for WHO, European Union, and CHNRI. He is a reviewer of several peer-reviewed international journals.
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 | e-mail: | masalam@icddrb.org | |
 | Address: | Director, Research Administration (RA) icddr,b, Dhaka
BD - Bangladesh | |
Last update: Friday, August 26, 2011
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