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Mahbub A.H.M. Latif (ড. আবু হেনা এম. মাহবুব-উল লতিফ)

Professor

Office: 104
Phone: 8282
Email: mlatif@isrt.ac.bd

 

 

Education

 

Research Interests

  • Causal inference, medical statistics, design and analysis of experiments, correlated data analysis, statistical computing, public health
  • Short Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
  • My homepage at Dhaka University website

 

Publications (peer-reviewed, selected)

Methodology papers

Collaborative papers

Complete list of publications:

 

Software

Theses

  • “Efficiency and robustness issues in complex statistical designs for two-color microarray experiments”, PhD thesis, Department of Medical Statistics and Center for Statistics, University of Goettingen, Germany, 11/2005. Advisor : Dr. Edgar Brunner. [fulltext]
  • “A comparison of methods for multivariate familial binary responses”, MSc thesis, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Canada, 11/2001. Advisor : Dr. Harry Joe. [fulltext]
  • “An extension of multistate hazards model for transitions and reverse transitions”, MSc thesis, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8/1995. Advisor: Dr. M. Ataharul Islam.

Recent Talks

  • A workshop on “Causal inference for observational data analysis”, at the International Conference on Applied Statistics and Data Science 2025 (ICASDS 2025), Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12/2025
  • “Causal effect of household wealth on cesarean section delivery: Moderating role of maternal education using causal mediation analysis”, at the 8th International Conference on The Role of Statistics and Data Science in 4IR (ICRSDS4IR), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 12/2024
  • Learning Lab on “Establishing nutrition surveillance system and analyzing longitudinal data” at the conference “Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Connecting the Dots Across Systems,” Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12/2024
  • “Compound criteria and breakdown numbers”, 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7/2019
  • “Optimum experimental designs for multiple objectives”, Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 7/2019
  • “Maternal and child anemia: Evidence from Bangladesh demographic health survey 2011”, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, NUI Galway, Ireland, 2/2019
  • “Use of transformed response in assessing the impact of fortified biscuits on micronutrient deficiencies”, St. Luke’s University Research Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 3/2018
  • “Optimum designs for nonlinear mixed effects models in the presence of multiple covariates”, Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM), Baltimore, USA, 7/2017
  • “Comparing risks of developing diabetes complications among Japanese adults ”, St. Luke’s Academia, Tokyo, Japan, 1/2017
  • “Blood glucose levels and diabetes complications ”, St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan, 9/2016
  • “Transform-both-sides Michaelis-Menten models for pharmacokinetic experiments”, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4/2015
  • “A gentle introduction to survival analysis”, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5/2014
  • “Transform-both-sides Michaelis-Menten models for pharmacokinetic experiments”, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, NC, USA, 9/2013
  • “Applications of random effects models in health sciences”, Department of Statistics, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, 4/2012
  • “Optimum designs for transform-both-sides nonlinear mixed effects model in the presence of covariates”, Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 8/2011 (Video Link to the Talk)
  • “Design and analysis of transform-both-sides nonlinear regression models”, Queen Mary, University of London, 1/2010
  • “Analysis of transform-both-sides nonlinear regression models”, Spring Research Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 5/2009
  • “Analysis of transform-both-sides Michaelis-Menten model”, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, 1/2009
  • “Selection of good two-color microarray designs using genetic algorithms”,Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 8/2008

Research Students

Below is the list of students who worked with me for their MS thesis in Applied Statistics at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Courses Taught

    • Graduate courses
      • Introduction to causal inference [2024, 2020-23]
      • Analysis of longitudinal data [2015-16]
      • Advanced survival analysis [2013-15, 2010, 2007]
      • Statistical computing [2010-11]
      • Applied multivariate analysis [2006]

 

  • Undergraduate courses
    • Linear regression analysis [2024, 2007-08]
    • Lifetime data analysis [2020-23, 2010-12, 2005-08]
    • Introduction to R [2023]
    • Elements of probability [2013-16]
    • Programming with Fortran and C [2012, 2005-07]
    • Design and analysis of experiments [2011-13]
    • Epidemiology [2006-07]

 

Erdös number : I found my Erdös number is 4 ( MathSciNet’s Link )

 

Useful Links

Professional Activities

Refereed articles for

  • Journal of Royal Statistical Society, series C
  • American Statistician
  • Bioinfromatics
  • Statistics and Computing
  • Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
  • Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
  • Journal of Applied Statistics

 

Professional Memberships