ISRT, University of Dhaka
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

• Ph.D. in Economics (2008), University of Hannover , Germany
• M.Sc. in Applied Statistics (1999), University of Dhaka , Dhaka, Bangladesh
• B.Sc. (Honours) in Applied Statistics (1998), University of Dhaka , Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Poverty, Risk, Vulnerability

Book

• Md. Israt Rayhan, 2008. Assessing Household Vulnerability and Coping Strategies to Floods: A Comparative Study of Flooded and Non-flooded Areas in Bangladesh, 2005. Cuvilliar Verlag, Gottingen.

Articles

• Md. Israt Rayhan.2010. Assessing Poverty, Risk and Vulnerability: A Study on Flooded Households in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 3(1): 18-24, Blackwell.
• Md. Israt Rayhan and Ulrike Grote.2010. Crop Diversification to Mitigate Flood Vulnerability in Bangladesh: An Economic Approach. Economics Bulletin, 30 (1): 597-604.
• Sultana Juhara Mannan, Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Ashik Ullah, Abdullah Al Maruf, Md. Israt Rayhan, Mohammad Shamsul Ahsan and Abul Hasnat. 2010. Investigation of Serum Trace Element, Malondialdehyde and Immune Status in Drug Abuser Patients Undergoing Detoxification. Biological Trace Element Research, published online.
• Sifat Sharmin and Md. Israt Rayhan. (accepted). Socio-economic Inequality in Under-Five Child Mortality: A statistical Approach to Determine Development Edge in Bangladesh. The Dhaka University Journal of Science.
• Chowdhury Farhana Faruquee, Ashik Ullah, Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Israt Rayhan, Seheli Parveen, Abul Hasnat. 2010. Interaction study between levofloxacin and omeprazole using urinary pharmacokinetic data. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 23 (2): 143-148.
• Md. Israt Rayhan and Ulrike Grote. 2007. Coping with Floods: Does rural-urban migration play any role for survival in rural Bangladesh? Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 1(2):82-98.
• Md. Israt Rayhan, M. Sekander Hayat Khan and Md. Shahidullah. 2007. Impacts of Bio-social Factors on Morbidity among Children Aged Under-5 in Bangladesh. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 22(1):65-75.
• Md. Israt Rayhan and M. Sekander Hayat Khan. 2006. Factors Causing Malnutrition among under Five Children in Bangladesh. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 5 (6): 558-562.
• Iftekhar, A.S.M.M., Md. Israt Rayhan, M. A. Quadir, S. Akhteruzzaman and A. Hasnat. 2006. Effect of tamarindus indica fruits on blood pressure and lipid-profile in human model: an in vivo approach.. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 19 (2): 125-129.
• Khan, F., Y. Patoare, P. Karim, Md. Israt Rayhan, M.A. Quadir and A. Hasnat. 2005. Effect of magnesium and zinc on antimicrobial activities of some antibiotics.. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18(4): 57-61.

Theses

• Assessing Household Vulnerability and Coping Stategies to Floods: A Comparative study of Flooded and Non-flooded areas in Bangladesh, 2005. (2008). PhD Thesis, Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, University of Hannover, Germany.
• Factors Affecting Malnutrition, Morbidity and Mortality among Under Five Children of Bangladesh (1998-99), M.Sc. Thesis, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Membership

• Life member, Bangladesh Statistical Association (BSA)
• Alumni of Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
• Alumni of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• Alumni of Institute of Environmental Economics and World Trade (IUW), Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Hannover, Germany
• Alumni of Old Cadet Association of Sylhet (OCAS)