Kulsuma Akter working as a lecturer at the department of Nursing and Health Science under the faculty of Health Science, Jashore University of science &Technology (JUST). She received her B.Sc in Nursing from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) in 2017 and registered from Bangladesh Nursing & Midwifery Council as a Nurse practitioner. She obtained her Master of Public Health from Leading University in 2019.She has worked as a lecturer in Institute of Child & Mother Health,Matuail, Dhaka-1362 (1 year 2 months) and also worked as a nursing instructor in Sylhet Women’s Nursing College, Sylhet (10 months 6 days) prior to join in JUST.

Published article and book chapters:

1. Factors determining preventive practices of the healthcare workers regarding COVID‐19 in Bangladesh. Health science reports 5 (1), e484 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hsr2.484[Index: Scopus]

2.Biopsychosocial Theories of Mental Health and Illness. Springer Nature DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-8501-4_2

3.Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Relationship. Springer Nature DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-8501-4_4

Completed Project as Principal Investigator:

1.Hospital Nurse Staffing, Missed care, Patient Safety and Quality of Care (R & D Grant of Ministry of Science and Technology.)

2.Exploring Length of Hospitalization, Recovery Time, and Mortality in Children with Severe Pneumonia in District-Level Pediatric Wards.(Research Cell, Jashore University of Science & Technology)