Food Technology and Nutrition Science

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Food Technology and Nutrition Science

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EXTERNAL PROFILES

Assistant Professor

Mohammad Rahanur Alam

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Food Technology and Nutrition Science

BIOGRAPHY

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Implementation Science Program evaluation Precision Nutrition

2022 - 2027

PhD in Implementation Science in Community Nutrition (On going)

Department of Nutrition
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

2023 - 2027

Master in Statistics (On going)

Haslam College of Business
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

2022 - 2027

PhD in Implementation Science in Community Nutrition (On going)

Department of Nutrition
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

2015 - 2018

Master of Science in Nutrition and Biomedicine

School of Life Sciences
Technical University of Munich, Germany

2010 - 2014

B.Sc. with honour in Nutrition and Food Science

Institute of Nutrition and Food Science
University of Dhaka

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February 01, 2023 to February 02, 2023
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Training
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Organization: Peter Rives Training and Consultation
September 01, 2019 to September 15, 2019
Basic Course on GIS and its Applications
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Organization: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
March 01, 2019 to March 10, 2019
Advanced Training on Biotechnology
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Organization: National Institute of Biotechnology, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
September 01, 2023 to September 30, 2023
Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue
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Organization: Crucial learning
August 01, 2023 to August 10, 2023
An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
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Organization: Emergency Management Institute, Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA
January 08, 2017 to August 15, 2017
International Summer School on Human Nutrition Research
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Organization: German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

1

GSS Travel Award

Graduate Student Senate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: June 01, 2025

2

W. K. McClure Scholarship for the Study of World Affairs program

Center for Global Engagement, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description: Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index (sHEI) for Assessing Diet Quality Among Bangladeshi Young Adults.
Date: April 01, 2025

3

GSS Award for Excellence in Research

Graduate Student Senate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: February 01, 2025

4

Student Research Award 2025

Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB), USA
Description: Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis of Bean Marketing Messages for College Students: A Mixed-Methods Approach Using Multiple Lexicons
Date: January 06, 2025

5

Oscar Roy Ashley Graduate Fellowship

Graduate School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: August 01, 2024

6

GSS Award for Excellence in Service

Graduate Student Senate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: February 01, 2024

7

Sadie K. Stanton Human Ecology Scholarship

College of Education, Health, & Human Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: January 01, 2024

8

Student Faculty Research Award

Graduate School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description: The development of a food and nutrition security project for college students: the Bean Ambassador Program As Student PI
Date: August 25, 2023

9

Summer Graduate Research Assistantship Award

Graduate School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: May 01, 2023

10

Bangladesh Sweden Trust Fund

Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
Description:
Date: January 01, 2023

11

Geraldine M. Piper Fellowship

Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: January 01, 2023

12

Graduate Fellowship

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Description:
Date: January 01, 2023

13

Published Paper Award-2021

Research cell, Noakhali Science and Technology University
Description: Comorbidities might be a risk factor for the incidence of COVID-19: Evidence from a web-based survey (Q1), Geriatric malnutrition and depression: Evidence from elderly home care population in Bangladesh (Q1) and Impact of knowledge, attitude, and practice on iodized salt consumption at the household level in selected coastal regions of Bangladesh (Q1)
Date: December 31, 2021

14

NSTU Research Grant FY2022/22

Research cell, Noakhali Science and Technology University
Description: Analysis of Heavy Metals in Foodstuffs and an Assessment of the Health Risks to the General Public via Consumption in Noakhali and Dhaka City, Bangladesh (NSTU/RC-FN-01/T-22/44)
Date: June 01, 2021

15

UGC Research Grant FY2020-21

University Grant Commission of Bangladesh
Description: Crosstalk between Antioxidant Activity and Selected Heavy Metal Content of Different Branded and Non-branded Spices Collected from Selected Markets of Noakhali, Bangladesh- PI Declined to receive the fund
Date: June 01, 2020

16

NSTU Research Grant FY2020/21

Research cell, Noakhali Science and Technology University
Description: Association of Genetic Variants in FTO (rs9939609) Gene and near MC4R (rs17782313) Gene with Obesity and Other Health Behaviors among Selected Bangladeshi Population NSTU/RC-FTNS/T-21/71
Date: June 01, 2020

17

Innovation, Research and Development (R&D) Grant (FY2020/21)

Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Description: Determination of the antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of lactoferrin isolated from Black Bengal goat’s milk
Date: June 01, 2020

18

Innovation, Research and Development (R&D) Grant (FY2018/19)

Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Description: Prevalence and environment determinants of overweight and obesity among the school going children of Dhaka city
Date: June 01, 2018

19

Archbishop Stipend

Technical University of Munich, Germany
Description:
Date: January 01, 2017
2024
Journal

Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in vegetables of Bangladesh

Authors: Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Shill, Lincon Chandra and Raihan, M Maruf and Rashid, Rumana and Bhuiyan, Md Nizamul Hoque and Reza, Sompa and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur
Journal: Scientific Reports, Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK London , Volume: 14 , Issue: 1 , Page: 15616
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65734-6
2024
Journal

Health effects of heavy metals in meat and poultry consumption in Noakhali, Bangladesh

Authors: Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur
Journal: Toxicology reports, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 12 , Page: 168--177
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2024.01.008
2024
Journal

Meta-analysis investigating the impact of the LEPR rs1137101 (A> G) polymorphism on obesity risk in Asian and Caucasian ethnicities

Authors: Supti, Dilara Akhter and Akter, Farzana and Rahman, Md Imranur and Munim, Md Adnan and Tonmoy, Mahafujul Islam Quadery and Tarin, Rabia Jahan and Afroz, Sumaiya and Al Reza, Hasan and Yeasmin, Roksana and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and others
Journal: Heliyon, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 10 , Issue: 6
2023
Journal

Heavy metals induced health risk assessment through consumption of selected commercially available spices in Noakhali district of Bangladesh

Authors: Islam, Md Shahedul and Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Shill, Lincon Chandra and Reza, Sompa and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur
Journal: Heliyon, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 9 , Issue: 11
2023
Journal

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nutrition among school teachers in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Authors: Habib, Mohammad Asadul and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Rahman, Tanjina and Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Shill, Lincon Chandra
Journal: Plos one, Publisher: Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA , Volume: 18 , Issue: 3 , Page: e0283530
2023
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Association of an intronic SNP rs9939609 in FTO gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus among Bangladeshi population: A case--control study combined with updated meta-analysis

Authors: Kar, Kumkum and Munim, Md Adnan and Fariha, Atqiya and Roy, Arpita Singha and Rahman, Md Imranur and Akter, Shahana and Tonmoy, Mahafujul Islam Quadery and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Raunak, Ahmed Ifrad Bin and Selim, Shahjada and others
Journal: Human Gene, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 35 , Page: 201133
2023
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Assessing nutritional status and functionality in geriatric population of Bangladesh: the hidden epidemic of geriatric malnutrition

Authors: Reza, Sompa and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Mamun, Md Abdullah Al and Akhter, Marufa and Habib, Mohammad Asadul
Journal: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Publisher: SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA , Volume: 9 , Page: 23337214231172663
2023
Journal

Commercially available iodized salts in Noakhali, Bangladesh: estimation of iodine content, stability, and consumer satisfaction level

Authors: Habib, Mohammad Asadul and Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Rahman, Tanjina
Journal: Food Chemistry Advances, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 2 , Page: 100294
2023
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Crosstalk between FTO gene polymorphism (rs9939609) and obesity-related traits among Bangladeshi population

Authors: Shill, Lincon Chandra and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur
Journal: Health Science Reports, Publisher: Wiley Online Library , Volume: 6 , Issue: 7 , Page: e1414
2022
Journal

Effect of stevia leaves (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) on diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies

Authors: Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Rahanur Alam, Mohammad and Raihan, M Maruf and Rahman, Tanjina and Islam, Saiful and Halima, Oumma
Journal: Food Science \& Nutrition, Publisher: Wiley Online Library , Volume: 10 , Issue: 9 , Page: 2868--2878
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2904
2021
Journal

Comorbidities might be a risk factor for the incidence of COVID-19: Evidence from a web-based survey

Authors: Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Kabir, Md Ruhul and Reza, Sompa
Journal: Preventive medicine reports, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 21 , Page: 101319
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101319
2021
Journal

Geriatric malnutrition and depression: Evidence from elderly home care population in Bangladesh

Authors: Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Karmokar, Sushmita and Reza, Sompa and Kabir, Md Ruhul and Ghosh, Susmita and Al Mamun, Md Abdullah
Journal: Preventive medicine reports, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 23 , Page: 101478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101478
2021
Journal

Impact of knowledge, attitude, and practice on iodized salt consumption at the household level in selected coastal regions of Bangladesh

Authors: Habib, Mohammad Asadul and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Ghosh, Susmita and Rahman, Tanjina and Reza, Sompa and Mamun, Sumaiya
Journal: Heliyon, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 7 , Issue: 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06747
2021
Journal

Does higher body mass index increase COVID-19 severity? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Rabbi, Md Fazley and Rahman, Tanjina and Reza, Sompa
Journal: Obesity medicine, Publisher: Elsevier , Volume: 23 , Page: 100340
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obmed.2021.100340
2021
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Prediction of the effects of variants and differential expression of key host genes ACE2, TMPRSS2, and FURIN in SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis: an in silico approach

Authors: Hossain, Md Shahadat and Tonmoy, Mahafujul Islam Quadery and Fariha, Atqiya and Islam, Md Sajedul and Roy, Arpita Singha and Islam, Md Nur and Kar, Kumkum and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Rahaman, Md Mizanur
Journal: Bioinformatics and biology insights, Publisher: SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England , Volume: 15 , Page: 11779322211054684
2021
Journal

Association of FTO gene (rs9939609) with obesity and type-2 diabetes mellitus: Review from current studies

Authors: Shill, Lincon Chandra and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Alam, Sofiul
Journal: Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Publisher: N/A , Volume: 28 , Issue: 4 , Page: 447--452
2020
Journal

Balanced diet related knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among adolescent school girls in Noakhali district, Bangladesh: A cross sectional study

Authors: Ghosh, Susmita and Kabir, Md Ruhul and Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Chowdhury, Akibul Islam and Al Mamun, Md Abdullah
Journal: International journal of adolescent medicine and health, Publisher: De Gruyter , Volume: 34 , Issue: 5 , Page: 319--325
2020
Journal

Assessment of Food Security Status and the determinants of food security in selected households from coastal area of Noakhali, Bangladesh

Authors: Alam, Mohammad Rahanur and Hossain, Md Shahadat and Chowdhury, Pinaki and Siddiquee, AH and Alam, Md Bashir and Ullah, Md Sharif and Reza, Sompa
Journal: Indian Journal of Public Health Research \& Development, Publisher: N/A , Volume: 11 , Issue: 9 , Page: 210--217
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