profiles

2020                Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

2011                Master of Public Health (MPH)
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland

2010               Diploma in Population Sciences (DPS)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

2005               Diploma in Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries  
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel

2000               Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)|Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Comilla Medical College, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Dr. Arif Mahmud is a dedicated public health physician, medical epidemiologist, and faculty member with over 15 years of experience in public health research and five years in academic teaching. His expertise spans maternal and child health, infectious and chronic disease epidemiology, disease surveillance, and community-based participatory research.

Dr. Mahmud began his career in clinical medicine before transitioning to public health research at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). He has since held leadership roles with organizations such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health—where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship- and the Texas Department of State Health Services, where he managed the statewide tuberculosis program and served as the program's evaluation focal point.

Currently an Assistant Professor at Morgan State University, Dr. Mahmud teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and has served as Course Director for classes including Global Public Health, Basic Epidemiology, Health Education Research Methods, and the MPH Capstone Project.

His core strengths include program leadership, epidemiologic research, data analytics, stakeholder engagement, and grant management. He has presented at major conferences such as APHA, ISPPD, ICPHR, and ANISA, a multinational research collaboration with the CDC, WHO, CHRF, and Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Mahmud is an active member of several professional organizations, including CSTE, APIC, SHEA, APHA, and AMCHP.

Research Interest:
Maternal and Child Health, Community-Based Participatory Research, Infectious and Chronic Disease Epidemiology.

Selected Publication:
Baqui AH, McCollum ED, Mahmud A, et al. (2020). Population-based incidence and serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease prior to introduction of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in Bangladesh. PLOS ONE, 15(2): e0228799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228799

McCollum ED, Ahmed S, Mahmud A, et al. (2020). Effectiveness of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiographic pneumonia among children in rural Bangladesh: A case-control study. Vaccine, 38(42): 6508–6516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.035

Lee ACC, Mullany LC, Mahmud A, et al. (2020). Urinary tract infections in pregnancy: Prevalence, risk factors, and antibiotic resistance in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20:1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2665-0

O'Keefe AM, Mahmud A, et al. (2019). What differentiates underserved smokers who successfully quit? Journal of Community Health, 44(1): 44–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-018-0551-8

Baqui AH, McCollum ED, Mahmud A, et al. (2018). Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine impact assessment in Bangladesh. Gates Open Research, 2:21.

Saha SK, Schrag SJ, Mahmud A, et al. (2018). Causes and incidence of community-acquired serious infections among young children in South Asia (ANISA). The Lancet, 392: 145–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31127-9

Wright J, Mahmud A, et al. (2018). Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction predict sepsis mortality in young infants. BMC Pediatrics, 18:118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1087-x

Khanam R, Creanga AA, Mahmud A, et al. (2017). Antepartum complications and perinatal mortality in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 17:8.

Quaiyum MA, Baqui AH, Mahmud A, et al. (2016). Burden, timing, and causes of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Journal of Global Health, September 2016.

Baqui AH, Mahmud A, et al. (2015). Safety and efficacy of alternate antibiotic regimens for neonates with severe infections in low-resource settings: An equivalence trial. The Lancet Global Health, April 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70347-X

Lee ACC, Mahmud A, et al. (2015). Screening and treatment of genitourinary infections in early pregnancy to prevent preterm birth: A cluster randomized trial.