Personal Information

Name: HASSAN M. AL-EMRAN

Contact No. +880 1627551090

E-mail:  al-emran@just.edu.bd

             al-emran@bnitm.de

             alemranmb27@hotmail.com

Education

2012-2016            Doctor of Philosophy, 

                            Infectious Disease Epidemiology group

                            Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

2002-2003            Master of Science,   

                            Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

1998-2002            Bachelor of Science, 

                            Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Technical Training Courses

·  CDC, Atlanta, USA: Received training on inhibition ELISA under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Steiner, CDC, to detect Hib PRP in urine (Oct’2006).

·  Colorado Children’sHospital, Denver, USA:, Training was received on the application of PCR and RT-PCR to detect viral DNA and RNA among suspected pediatric pneumonia and meningitis cases, under the supervision of Prof. Eric Simões (Oct’2006).

·  ICDDR,B, Bangladesh: Received training on pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) in the Enteric laboratory under the supervision of Dr, Kaiser Ali Talukder, ICDDR,B (May’2007).

·  Department of Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Attended a short course on SPSS statistical package (July’2007).

·  IVI, Seoul, South Korea: Attended an advance course on vaccinology in International Vaccine Institute (May'2010).

Positions and Employments

Jul’17 onwards       Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jashore University of Science & Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.

May’12- Oct’16      Research Associate, Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.

Jan’09–Sep’11       Senior Research Officer, Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Jan’08–Dec’08       Research Officer, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Bangladesh.

Oct’05–Dec’07       Senior Research Assistant, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Bangladesh.

Workshop

9-14th Mar’09:      A workshop of data analysis and manuscript writing in APPIS Safety study organized by WHO.

Membership:

·      Member of Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Germany.

·      Member of Bangladesh Society of Microbiology (BSM), Bangladesh.

Member of Alumni Association of German Universities in Bangladesh.

Award:

·      Received Charles C. Shepard award from CDC in 2014.

Editor of the journal

·       Associate Editor ofTropical Medicine & International Health(TMIH)

Peer-reviewed publications 

1.     Hogan B, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Sarpong N, Dekker D, Kreuels B, Maiga-Ascofaré  O, Gyau Boahen K, Wiafe Akenten C, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Owusu-Dabo E, May J; Fever Without Source (FWS) Study Group . Malaria Coinfections in Febrile Pediatric Inpatients: A Hospital-Based Study From Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Jun 1;66(12):1838-1845.

2.    Hogan B, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Al-Emran H, Dekker D, Hahn A, Jaeger A, Poppert S, Frickmann H, Hagen RM, Micheel V, Crusius S, Heriniaina JN, Rakotondrainiarivelo JP, Razafindrabe T, May J, Schwarz NG. Prevalence of nasal colonisation by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusamong healthcare workers and students in Madagascar. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15;16(1):420.

3.   Daniel Eibach, Cristina Belmar Campos, Ralf Krumkamp, Hassan M. Al-Emran, Denise Dekker, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Benno Kreuels, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Martin Aepfelbacher, Se Eun Park, Ursula Panzner, Florian Marks, Jürgen May. Extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceaecausing bloodstream infections in rural Ghana, 2007-2012. Int. J of Med Microbiol. May 2016.

4.   Al-Emran HM, Krumkamp R, Dekker DM, Eibach D, Aaby P, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Ali M, Rubach MP, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Crump JA, Cruz Espinoza LM, Løfberg SV, Gassama Sow A, Hertz JT, Im J, Jaeger A, Kabore LP, Konings F, Meyer CG, Niang A, Pak GD, Panzner U, Park SE, Rabezanahary H, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Raminosoa TM, Razafindrabe TJ, Sampo E, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Sarpong N, Soura AB, Tall A, von Kalckreuth V, Wierzba TF, May J, Marks F. Validation and Identification of Invasive SalmonellaSerotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62 Suppl 1:S80-2. 

5.   Al-Emran HM, Heisig A, Dekker D, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Cruz Espinoza LM, Panzner U, von Kalckreuth V, Marks F, Park SE, Sarpong N, May J, Heisig P. Detection of a Novel gyrB Mutation Associated With Fluoroquinolone-Nonsusceptible Salmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium Isolated From a Bloodstream Infection in Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62 Suppl 1:S47-9. 

6.   Al-Emran HM, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Ali M, Baker S, Biggs HM, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Breiman RF, Clemens JD, Crump JA, Cruz Espinoza LM, Deerin J, Dekker DM, Gassama Sow A, Hertz JT, Im J, Ibrango S, von Kalckreuth V,  Kabore LP, Konings F, Løfberg SV, Meyer CG, Mintz ED, Montgomery JM, Olack B, Pak GD, Panzner U, Park SE, Razafindrabe JL, Rabezanahary H, Rakotondrainiarivelo JP, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Raminosoa TM, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Sampo E, Soura AB, Tall A, Warren M, Wierzba TF, May J, Marks F. A Multicountry Molecular Analysis of Salmonella entericaSerovar Typhi With Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62 Suppl 1:S42-6.

7.   Al-Emran HM, Hahn A, Baum J, Cruz Espinoza LM, Deerin J, Im J, Ibrango S, Kabore LP, von Kalckreuth V, Konings F, Marks F, Sampo E, Panzner U, Park SE, Pak GD, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Vinnemeier CD, Warren M, Soura AB. Diagnosing Salmonella entericaSerovar Typhi Infections by Polymerase Chain Reaction Using EDTA Blood Samples of Febrile Patients From Burkina Faso. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62 Suppl 1:S37-41.

8.   Eibach D, Al-Emran HM, Dekker DM, Krumkamp R, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Cruz Espinoza LM, Ehmen C, Boahen K, Heisig P, Im J, Jaeger A, von Kalckreuth V, Pak GD, Panzner U, Park SE, Reinhardt A, Sarpong N, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Wierzba TF, Marks F, May J. The Emergence of Reduced Ciprofloxacin Susceptibility in Salmonella entericaCausing Bloodstream Infections in Rural Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;62 Suppl 1:S32-6.

9.   Cruz Espinoza LM, Nichols C, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Al-Emran HM, Baker S, Clemens JD, Dekker DM, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Boahen K, Im J, Jaeger A, von Kalckreuth V, Pak GD, Panzner U, Park SE, Park JK, Sarpong N, Schütt-Gerowitt H, Toy T, Wierzba TF, Marks F, May J. Variations of Invasive SalmonellaInfections by Population Size in Asante Akim North Municipal, Ghana. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15; 62 Suppl 1:S17-22. 

10.Saha SK, Islam MS, Qureshi SM, Hossain B, Islam M, Zaidi AK, Modak JK, Al-Emran HM, Diaz MH, McGee L, Winchell JM; ANISA Methods Group. Laboratory Methods for Determining Etiology of Neonatal Infection at Population-based Sites in South Asia: The ANISA Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 May;35(5 Suppl 1):S16-22.

11.Farzin A, Saha SK, Baqui AH, Choi Y, Ahmed NU, Simoes EA, El Arifeen S, Al-Emran HM, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Crook D, Seraji HR, Begum N, Black RE, Santosham M, Darmstadt GL; Bangladesh Projahnmo-2 (Mirzapur) Study Group. Population-based Incidence and Etiology of Community-acquired Neonatal Viral Infections in Bangladesh: A Community-based and Hospital-based Surveillance Study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jul;34(7):706-11.

12.Saha S, Modak JK, Naziat H, Al-Emran HM, Chowdury M, Islam M, Hossain B, Darmstadt GL, Whitney CG, Saha SK. Detection of co-colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniaeby algorithmic use of conventional and molecular methods. Vaccine. 2015 Jan 29;33(5):713-8.

13.Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Al-Emran HM, Sarpong N, Hagen RM, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Tannich E, May J. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp.among children in rural Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar 6;9(3):e0003551. 

14.Hayford KT, Shomik MS, Al-Emran HM, Moss WJ, Bishai D, Levine OS. Measles vaccination coverage estimates from surveys, clinic records, and immune markers in oral fluid and blood: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2013 Dec 20;13:1211. 

15.Hayford KT, Al-Emran HM, Moss WJ, Shomik MS, Bishai D, Levine OS. Validation of an anti-measles virus-specific IgG assay with oral fluid samples for immunization surveillance in Bangladesh. J Virol Methods. 2013 Nov;193(2):512-8. 

16.Sultana NK, Saha SK, Al-Emran HM, Modak JK, Sharker MA, El-Arifeen S, Cohen AL, Baqui AH, Luby SP. Impact of introduction of the Haemophilus influenzaetype b conjugate vaccine into childhood immunization on meningitis in Bangladeshi infants. J Pediatr. 2013 Jul;163(1 Suppl):S73-8.  

17.Saha SK, Al Emran HM, Hossain B, Darmstadt GL, Saha S, Islam M, Chowdhury AI, Foster D, Naheed A, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH, Qazi SA, Luby SP, Breiman RF, Santosham M, Black RE, Crook DW; Pneumococcal Study Group. Streptococcus pneumoniaeserotype-2 childhood meningitis in Bangladesh: a newly recognized pneumococcal infection threat. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32134. 

18.Coles CL, Labrique A, Saha SK, Ali H, Al-Emran H, Rashid M, Christian P, West KP Jr, Klemm R. Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Does Not Affect Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniaein Bangladeshi Infants at Age 3 Months. J Nutr. 2011 Aug 10. 

19.Addo-Yobo E, Anh DD, El-Sayed HF, Fox LM, Fox MP, MacLeod W, Saha S, Tuan TA, Thea DM, Qazi S; Multicenter Amoxicillin Severe pneumonia Study (MASS) Group. Outpatient treatment of children with severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in four countries: the MASS study. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Aug;16(8):995-1006.

20.Saha SK, Naheed A, Arifeen SE, Islam M, Al-Emran H, Amin MR, Fatema K, Brooks WA, Breiman RF, Sack DA, Luby SP. Surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniaeamong children in Bangladesh: Antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48 Suppl 2:S75-81.

21. Arifeen SE, Saha SK, Rahman S, Rahman KM, Rahman SM, Bari S, Naheed A, Mannan I, Seraji MHR, Ahmed ASMNU, Hassan MS, Huda N, Siddik AU, Quasem I, Islam M, Fatima K, Al-Emran H, Brooks WA, Baqui AH, Breiman RF, Sack DA, Luby SP. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Children in Rural Bangladesh: Results from a Population Based Surveillance. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48 Suppl 2:S103-13.

22. Saha SK, Khan NZ, Ahmed AS, Amin MR, Hanif M, Mahbub M, Anwar KS, Qazi SA, Kilgore P, Baqui AH; Meningitis Study Group Bangladesh. Neurodevelopmental sequelae in pneumococcal meningitis cases in Bangladesh: a comprehensive follow-up study. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48 Suppl 2:S90-6.

23.  Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Hossain B, Islam M, Foster D, Al-Emran H, Naheed A, Arifeen SE, Luby SP, Santosham M, Crook D. Identification of capsular serotype in culture negative pneumococcal meningitis using sequential multiplex PCR: implications for surveillance and vaccine design. PLoSONE. 2008; 3(10): e3576.

24.  Rabbi F, Sultana N, Rahman T, Al-Emran HM, Uddin MN, Hossain M, Anwar KS, Yasmin M, Nessa J, Ahsan CR. Analysis of Immune Responses and Serological Cross Reactivities among Vibrio choleraeO1, Shigella flexneri2a and Haemophilus influenzaeb. Cell Mol Immunol. 2008; (5): 393-6.

Research Experiences

Research Associate 

Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program (TSAP) funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2010-2013.

Senior Research Officer

Aetiology of Neonatal Infection in South Asia (ANISA) by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2011-2013.

Assessment of the impact of routine introduction of Haemophilus influenzea type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine on Childhood meningitis by Hib Initiative, USA. 2008-2011.

Surveillance for Japanese Encephalitis virus in Bangladesh funded by IVI, Korea. 2008-2012.

Validating immunization coverage with saliva (VICS) study funded by JHU, USA. 2009-2010.

Research Officer

Burden of Pneumococcal Disease in children in Bangladesh:  A Project to Enhance Laboratory Capacity and Create Awareness, and to Prepare for Introduction of a Pneumococcal Vaccine funded by GAVI’s Pneumo-ADIP, USA. 2004-2008.

Multicenter Observational Study to Assess the Safety of Outpatient Treatment of Severe Pneumonia with Oral Amoxicillin in Children aged 3 months to 5 years: A pilot Study funded by Wellcome Trust, 2008.

Senior Research Assistant

Haemophilus influenzae type B Antigenuria in India: Development of a Quantitative Assay funded by GAVI, 2006-2008.

Carriage of H. influenzae & Pneumococci Sub-study (CHIPS) funded by JiViTa, 2008.

Etiology, Prevention and Treatment of neonatal infection in the community funded by USAID, 2008.

Community based cross-sectional sero-prevalence study of hepatitis A infection stratified according to age group in Bangladeshi population funded by GlaxoSmithKline, 2006-2007.