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Dr. Tilak Chandra Nath

Associate Professor

Postdoc, Ph.D., MPH, MSc, DVM

Research interests: Helminths Bioinformatics, Taxonomy, Molecular Parasitology, One Health, Implementation Research

tilak.parasitology@sau.ac.bd

tilak1986.dvm@gmail.com
+8801917379549
Dept. of Parasitology

Academic Degrees and Qualification

Positions and Affiliations

Director of External Affairs, Sylhet Agricultural University
Associate Professor, Department of Parasitology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Visiting Professor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Executive Board 2022-2026 (Member at Large), World Federation of Parasitologists (WFP)
Research Associate, International Parasite Resource Bank (iPRB), Republic of Korea
Course Facilitator, Public Health, MIT World Peace University, India
Fellow, Special Program on Implementation Research on Tropical Diseases, WHO/TDR-global (https://profiles.tdr-global.net/Chandra.Nath.Tilak)
Assistant Professor, Department of Parasitology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Coordinator, Parasite Resource Bank, Bangladesh
Teaching and Research Assistant, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Korea
Fellow, Parasitology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)

Other Academic, Administrative and Scientific Research Involvements

Director, External Affairs, Sylhet Agricultural University
Member, Academic Council, Sylhet Agricultural University
Member, Internship Implementation Cell-2018, Sylhet Agricultural University
Member, Ethical Committee for Human Research-2021, Public Health Association (South East Asia Chapter)
Member, Ethical Committee-2015, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University.
Member, Academic Committee, Department of Parasitology, Sylhet Agricultural University
Member, Exam Committee (2014-2015), Department of Parasitology, Sylhet Agricultural University
Assistant Hall Provost (01/2018-08/2018), Hazrat Shah Poral Hall, Sylhet Agricultural University

Awards and Recognitions

NIIED KOREA Award for Academic Excellence-Ph.D. (2021)
Dean Award (CBNU) for Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation (2022)
Award for Academic Achievement (NIIED Dean's Award)-2020, National Institute for International Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea
Prime Minister Gold Medal-2010
Chancellor Gold Medal-2011
Cum-laude Universitas Gadjah Mada (Academic year 2016-2017)
University Award-2008
Academic Distinction-2008

Awards and Scholarships

Role as Reviewer

Professional Memberships

Other Social and Cultural Organization Involvement

Conference contributions (Invited Speech)

38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID-2020)
The International Symposium of Science Museums (ISSM-2019)

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

International Conference on Health Science (ICHS-2017); Date: 17-19 August, 2017; Venue: Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.
Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference; Date: 16-18 September, 2016; Venue: Teikyo University, Japan
International Symposium on Tropical Diseases; Date: 16-18 March, 2016; Venue: Hanoi University of Public Health, Vietnam
The 10th Graduate Forum in Health System and Policy; Date: 03-05 March, 2016; Venue: United Nations University.

Conference contributions (Poster Presentations)

International Symposium on Non-Communicable Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases; Date: 04-05 March, 2016; Venue: Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
International Workshop on Social Determinant of Health; Date: 16-19 August, 2016; Venue: Center for Health Policy and management, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Attended Conferences and Workshops

Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany. Entomo-Nematology; Isolation and cultivation of nematode Pristionchus pacificus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from the oriental beetle Exomala orientalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia TDR AHRI Institutional Research Mentorship. Enhancing Institutional Research Mentorship in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Practical Guide
University of Idaho, USA Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (Human-Animal-Plant)
University of Washington, USA Conservation of Parasitic Resources
Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia Implementation Research with a focus on Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Training

Helminths Bioinformatics 2023 Institution: Welcome Connecting Science, UK
Biology of Vector-borne Diseases Institution: University of Idaho (USA)
Implementation Research (IR) on Infectious Diseases of Poverty Institution: TDR (World Health Organization) & Institut Pasteur de Tunis (Tunisia)
Surveillance to Measure the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Institution: TropEd and Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
Good Clinical Practise-GCP Institution: WHO-TDR Regional Training Centre (South East Asia), Indonesia
Social Determinant of Health Institution: Graduate Forum, United Nations University (Japan)
Research Ethics Institution: Chungbuk National University (Korea)
Qualitative Research Methods Institution: Hanoi University of Public Health (Vietnam)

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (MS)

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Ph.D.)

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