Tahmeed Ahmed
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Tahmeed Ahmed is a clinician and the executive director of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b) in Bangladesh. Ahmed is globally recognized for his work in research aimed to prevent and treat childhood malnutrition, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases. He developed ready-to-use food from local ingredients that are used to prevent and treat malnutrition [1]. His research led to a 50% reduction in case fatality among hospitalized children [2].
Education[edit]
Ahmed received his Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1976 from Notre Dame College. He then went on to obtain his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Mymensingh Medical College in 1983 [3]. Ahmed received his PhD from the University of Tsukuba in 1996 [4].
Career[edit]
After obtaining his MBBS degree, Ahmed became an in-service trainee (majoring in internal medicine) at Mymensingh Medical College from 1983-1984 [5]. From 1985-1992, Ahmed worked as a medical officer of health for icddr,b [6]. He then became a resident in pediatrics at Dhaka Shishu Hospital in 1989 and 1990 [7]. Then, from 1990 to 1992, Ahmed worked as a clinical trainee in pediatrics at the University of Tsukuba Hospital, Japan [8]. From 1993 to 1999, Ahmed worked as the Senior Medical Officer for icddr,b. Then, from 1999-2002, Ahmed worked as an Associate Scientist for icddr,b [9]. From 2006-2008, Ahmed worked as an adjunct Associate Professor at James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University before becoming a professor of public health nutrition at the same school [10]. Ahmed still holds this position today. On top of his job as a professor, Ahmed worked as the Director and Senior Scientist in the Centre for Nutrition and Food Security at icddr,b from 2011-2015 [11].
Starting in 2014, Ahmed and Prof. Jeffrey Gordon from Washington University led research aiming to target determine how diet can improve the health of gut microbiota in malnourished children. As a result of childhood malnutrition, gut microbiota remains immature. Immature gut microbiota can lead to a myriad of problems, even if the child becomes no longer malnourished. Immature gut microbiota leads to the child's brain not developing properly and the child being susceptible to many diseases even years later [12]. Ahmed and his team of scientists studied the main types of bacteria present in the healthy guts of children [13]. In animal models, they also tested which types of foods promote the health of these bacterial communities [14]. They did this using multiple methods including microbial RNA-seq of cecal contents and shotgun sequencing of DNA isolated from serially collected fecal samples [15]. Lastly, they conducted a trial involving 63 malnourished children aged 12-18 months and tested out different diets [16]. The implementation of this research led to a 50% reduction in case fatality among hospitalized children [17].
In 2015, Ahmed became the Senior Director in the Nutrition and Clinical Services Division at icddr,b. held this position until February 1st 2021, when he became the executive director for of icddr,b. He was appointed this position by the International Board of Trustees of icddr,b. Ahmed made history by being the first Bangladeshi to be appointed to this position. Ahmed has published over 200 articles on his research [18] and works closely with UNICEF, WHO, and the International Atomic Energy Agency in training on nutrition [19].
Awards[edit]
In 2018, Ahmed was awarded the Islamic Bank Development Transformers' Award, which was presented to him by the prime minister of Bangladesh. In 2019, the research on gut microbiome health of malnourished children led by Ahmed and Dixon was awarded runnerup Breakthrough of the Year[20]. Other awards include the Ambulatory Paediatric Association in USA, the Commonwealth Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and the Indian Paediatric Association.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/tahmeed-ahmed
- ↑ https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/tahmeed-ahmed
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- ↑ https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/tahmeed-ahmed
- ↑ https://www.icddrb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=2202&staffID=198
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- ↑ https://www.icddrb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=2202&staffID=198
- ↑ https://www.icddrb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=2202&staffID=198
- ↑ https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/finalists/#Microbes-combat
- ↑ https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/finalists/#Microbes-combat
- ↑ https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/finalists/#Microbes-combat
- ↑ https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/finalists/#Microbes-combat
- ↑ https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/finalists/#Microbes-combat
- ↑ https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/tahmeed-ahmed
- ↑ http://sph.bracu.ac.bd/index.php/facultystaff/82-faculty-staff/383-tahmeed
- ↑ http://sph.bracu.ac.bd/index.php/facultystaff/82-faculty-staff/383-tahmeed
- ↑ https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2019/finalists/#Microbes-combat
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