Nawzia Yasmin

Nawzia Yasmin is a Bangladeshi academic, professor, doctor and the acting Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice Chancellor of State University of Bangladesh. She is the President of the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network. She is also the chairperson of the State University of Bangladesh.

Early life

Yasmin completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1993 at the Dhaka Medical College. She completed her Master of Public Health in 2000 at the University of Sydney. In 2001, she completed a certificate course in Ultrasonography at the Bangladesh Institute of Medical and Dental Technology.

Career

Yasmin joined the Department of Public Health at the State University of Bangladesh in 2003.

In 2008, Yasmin was appointed editor of the SUB Journal of Public Health. Yasmin has supervised more than 600 graduate thesis. She is a member of the Bangladesh Medical Association, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council and Public Health Association of Bangladesh. She is the president of the Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network.

Yasmin, Dean of the School of Health Sciences at State University of Bangladesh, signed a pledge in 2017 to reject funding from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, which is funded by Philip Morris International, along with University administrators from around the world. Yasmin was the Proctor of the State University of Bangladesh in 2019.

In January 2022, Yasmin was appointed the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the State University of Bangladesh by President Mohmmad Abdul Hamid. She was the dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and head of the Department of Public Health at the State University of Bangladesh. She is also the Chairperson of the State University of Bangladesh. She appointed Dr Md Hassan Kawsar as the treasurer of the State University of Bangladesh.

Yasmin is currently pursuing her PhD in Public Health at Jahangirnagar University.

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