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Dr Sarker Masud Parvez

Casual Principal Researcher
Child Health Research Centre
s.parvez@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (31)
Conference Paper (1)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Mahfuz, Mehjabin Tishan, Shejuty, Faria Razzaque, Sharmin, Shayla, Gupta, Sudipta Das, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Neheer, Nishantika and Nahar, Quamrun (2025). A scoping review of identifying research on menstruation and menstrual cycle among female athletes of low and low-and-middle-income countries. BMC Public Health, 25 (1) 3761, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-25048-2
Sarker, Supta, Jahan, Farjana, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Shoab, A. K.M., Hasan, Rezaul, El Arifeen, Shams, Billah, Sk Masum, Hoque, Md Mahbubul and Rahman, Mahbubur (2025). Effectiveness of prenatal intervention on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia management in rural Bangladesh: Results from a cluster-randomized trial. Public Health, 238, 221-228. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.12.018
Islam, Md Shariful, Rashid, Mamunur, Sizear, Monaemul Islam, Hassan, Raafat, Rahman, Mahbubur, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Hore, Shuvon Chandra, Haque, Rehnuma, Jahan, Farjana, Chowdhury, Supta, Nurul Huda, Tarique Mohammad, Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M. and Khan, Arifuzzaman (2024). Correction: Cigarette smoking and associated factors among men in five South Asian countries: A pooled analysis of nationally representative surveys. PLoS One, 19 (12) e0315447, 1-1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315447
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Huda, M. Mamun, Rahman, Mahbubur, Jahan, Farjana, Fujimura, Masatake, Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Aich, Nirupam, Hares, Abul, Islam, Zahir, Raqib, Rubhana, Knibbs, Luke D. and Sly, Peter D. (2024). Hematological, cardiovascular and oxidative DNA damage markers associated with heavy metal exposure in electronic waste (e-waste) workers of Bangladesh. Toxicology, 509 153978, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2024.153978
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Huda, M. Mamun, Rahman, Mahbubur, Jahan, Farjana, Fujimura, Masatake, Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Hares, Abul, Islam, Zahir, Raqib, Rubhana, Knibbs, Luke D. and Sly, Peter D. (2024). Hormonal, liver, and renal function associated with electronic waste (e-waste) exposure in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Toxicology, 505 153833, 153833. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2024.153833
Rahman, Mahbubur, Sultana, Jesmin, Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Nurunnahar, Syeda, Baker, Musa, Raqib, Rubhana, Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur, Kippler, Maria and Parvez, Sarker Masud (2024). Effectiveness of soil remediation intervention in abandoned used lead acid battery (ULAB) recycling sites to reduce lead exposure among the children. MethodsX, 12 102772, 102772-12. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102772
Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Salam, Abdus, Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Bari, Aynul, Aich, Nirupam, Jahan, Farjana, Rahman, Mahbubur, Islam, Zubayer, Kabir, Md. Humayun, Shaikh, Md. Aftab Ali, Raqib, Rubhana and Parvez, Sarker Masud (2024). Understanding the occurrence and fate of atmospheric microplastics and their potential risks to human health: a study protocol for cross-sectional analysis. JMIR Research Protocols, 13 e60289, 1-12. doi: 10.2196/60289
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Jahan, Farjana, Abedin, Jaynal, Rahman, Mahbubur, Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Islam, Nafisa, Aich, Nirupam, Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Islam, Zahir, Fujimura, Masatake, Raqib, Rubhana, Knibbs, Luke D. and Sly, Peter D. (2024). Blood lead, cadmium and hair mercury concentrations and association with soil, dust and occupational factors in e-waste recycling workers in Bangladesh. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 257 114340, 114340. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114340
Ante-Testard, Pearl Anne, Rerolle, Francois, Nguyen, Anna T., Ashraf, Sania, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Naser, Abu Mohammed, Benmarhnia, Tarik, Rahman, Mahbubur, Luby, Stephen P., Benjamin-Chung, Jade and Arnold, Benjamin F. (2024). WASH interventions and child diarrhea at the interface of climate and socioeconomic position in Bangladesh. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 1556, 1556. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45624-1
Jahan, Farjana, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Rahman, Mahbubur, Billah, Sk Masum, Yeasmin, Farzana, Jahir, Tania, Hasan, Rezaul, Darmstadt, Gary L., Arifeen, Shams El, Hoque, Md. Mahbubul, Shahidullah, Mohammod, Islam, Muhammad Shariful, Ashrafee, Sabina and Foote, Eric M. (2024). Acceptability and operational feasibility of community health worker-led home phototherapy treatment for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pediatrics, 24 (1) 123, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-04584-7
Foote, Eric M., Jahan, Farjana, Rahman, Mahbubur, Parvez, Sarker Masood, Ahmed, Tasnim, Hasan, Rezaul, Yeasmin, Farzana, Arifeen, Shams El, Billah, Sk Masum, Hoque, Md. Mahbubul, Shahidullah, Mohammod, Shariful Islam, Muhammad, Bhutani, Vinod K and Darmstadt, Gary L (2024). Community health worker-led household screening and management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomized control trial protocol. Gates Open Research, 7 58, 58. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.14033.2
Jannat, Kaniz, Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Rahman, Mahbubur, Thomson, Russell, Amin, Mohammed Badrul and Merom, Dafna (2023). The effects of yogurt supplementation and nutritional education on malnourished infants: A pilot RCT in Dhaka’s slums. Nutrients, 15 (13) 2986, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/nu15132986
Rahman, Mahbubur, Jahan, Farjana, Billah, Sk Masum, Yeasmin, Farzana, Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen, Jahir, Tania, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Das, Jyoti Bhushan, Amin, Ruhul, Hossain, Khobair, Grant, Hannah, Hasan, Rezaul, Darmstadt, Gary L., Hoque, Md Mahbubul, Shahidullah, Mohammod, Islam, Muhammad Shariful, Ashrafee, Sabina and Foote, Eric M. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of home-based neonatal hyperbilirubinemia screening by community health workers using transcutaneous bilimeters in Bangladesh. BMC Pediatrics, 23 (1) 155, 155. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-03969-4
Jannat, Kaniz, Kader, Md. Abdul, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Thomson, Russell, Rahman, Mahbubur, Kabir, Mamun, Agho, Kingsley, Haque, Rashidul and Merom, Dafna (2023). Faecal markers of intestinal inflammation in slum infants following yogurt intervention: a pilot randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Microbiomes, 2 1029839, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/frmbi.2023.1029839
Jahan, Farjana, Foote, Eric, Rahman, Mahbubur, Shoab, Abul Kasham, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Nasim, Mizanul Islam, Hasan, Rezaul, El Arifeen, Shams, Billah, Sk Masum, Sarker, Supta, Hoque, Md. Mahbubul, Shahidullah, Mohammad, Islam, Muhammad Shariful, Ashrafee, Sabina and Darmstadt, Gary L. (2022). Evaluation of community health worker's performance at home-based newborn assessment supported by mHealth in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pediatrics, 22 (1) 218, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03282-6
Shariful Islam, Md, Rashid, Mamunur, Sizear, Monaemul Islam, Hassan, Raafat, Rahman, Mahbubur, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Hore, Shuvon Chandra, Haque, Rehnuma, Jahan, Farjana, Chowdhury, Supta, Huda, Tarique Mohammad Nurul, Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M. and Khan, Arifuzzaman (2022). Cigarette smoking and associated factors among men in five South Asian countries: A pooled analysis of nationally representative surveys. PLoS One, 17 (11) e0277758, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277758
Rahman, Musarrat J., Parvez, Sarker M., Rahman, Mahbubur, He, Feng J., Cunningham, Solveig A., Narayan, K. M. Venkat, Abedin, Jaynal and Naser, Abu Mohd (2022). Urinary sodium excretion and obesity markers among Bangladeshi adult population: Pooled data from three cohort studies. Nutrients, 14 (14) 3000, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/nu14143000
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Knibbs, Luke D, Jahan, Farjana, Rahman, Mahbubur, Raqib, Rubhana, Islam, Nafisa, Aich, Nirupam, Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Islam, Zahir, Fujimura, Masatake and Sly, Peter D (2022). Ecological burden of e-waste in Bangladesh-an assessment to measure the exposure to e-waste and associated health outcomes: a cross-sectional study protocol (Preprint). JMIR Research Protocols, 11 (8) e38201, e38201. doi: 10.2196/38201
Rahman, Mahbubur, Alam, Mahbub-Ul, Luies, Sharmin Khan, Kamal, Abul, Ferdous, Sharika, Lin, Audrie, Sharior, Fazle, Khan, Rizwana, Rahman, Ziaur, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Amin, Nuhu, Hasan, Rezaul, Tadesse, Birkneh Tilahun, Taneja, Neelam, Islam, Mohammad Aminul and Ercumen, Ayse (2022). Contamination of fresh produce with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and associated risks to human health: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (1) 360, 360. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010360
Parvez, Sarker M., Jahan, Farjana, Brune, Marie-Noel, Gorman, Julia F., Rahman, Musarrat J., Carpenter, David, Islam, Zahir, Rahman, Mahbubur, Aich, Nirupam, Knibbs, Luke D. and Sly, Peter D. (2021). Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5 (12), e905-e920. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00263-1
Alam, Mahbub-Ul, Ferdous, Sharika, Ercumen, Ayse, Lin, Audrie, Kamal, Abul, Luies, Sharmin Khan, Sharior, Fazle, Khan, Rizwana, Rahman, Md Ziaur, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Amin, Nuhu, Tadesse, Birkneh Tilahun, Moushomi, Niharu Akter, Hasan, Rezaul, Taneja, Neelam, Islam, Mohammad Aminul and Rahman, Mahbubur (2021). Effective treatment strategies for the removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic-resistance genes, and antibiotic residues in the effluent from wastewater treatment plants receiving municipal, hospital, and domestic wastewater: protocol for a systematic review. JMIR Research Protocols, 10 (11) e33365, 1-14. doi: 10.2196/33365
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen, Azad, Rashidul, Rahman, Mahbubur, Unicomb, Leanne, Ashraf, Sania, Mondol, Momenul Haque, Jahan, Farjana, Winch, Peter J. and Luby, Stephen P. (2021). Achieving equitable uptake of handwashing and sanitation by addressing both supply and demand-based constraints: findings from a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20 (1) 16, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01353-7
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Azad, Rashidul, Pickering, Amy J., Kwong, Laura H., Arnold, Benjamin F., Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen, Rahman, Md. Zahidur, Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Rahman, Mahbubur, Colford, John M., Luby, Stephen P., Unicomb, Leanne and Ercumen, Ayse (2019). Microbiological contamination of young children’s hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and observed hand cleanliness as proxy. PLoS One, 14 (9) e0222355, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222355
Ercumen, Ayse, Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Arnold, Benjamin F., Lin, Audrie, Hubbard, Alan E., Stewart, Christine, Rahman, Zahidur, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Unicomb, Leanne, Rahman, Mahbubur, Haque, Rashidul, Colford, John M. and Luby, Stephen P. (2019). Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young children: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13 (5) e0007323, e0007323. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007323
Lin, Audrie, Ercumen, Ayse, Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Arnold, Benjamin F., Das, Shimul, Haque, Rashidul, Ashraf, Sania, Parvez, Sarker M., Unicomb, Leanne, Rahman, Mahbubur, Hubbard, Alan E., Stewart, Christine P., Colford, John M. and Luby, Stephen P. (2018). Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on child enteric protozoan infections in rural Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67 (10), 1515-1522. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy320
Ercumen, Ayse, Pickering, Amy J., Kwong, Laura H., Mertens, Andrew, Arnold, Benjamin F., Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Hubbard, Alan E., Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Rahman, Md. Zahidur, Kullmann, Craig, Chase, Claire, Ahmed, Rokeya, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Unicomb, Leanne, Rahman, Mahbubur, Ram, Pavani K., Clasen, Thomas, Luby, Stephen P. and Colford, John M. (2018). Do sanitation improvements reduce fecal contamination of water, hands, food, soil, and flies? Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (21), 12089-12097. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02988
Forsyth, Jenna E., Islam, M. Saiful, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Raqib, Rubhana, Rahman, M. Sajjadur, Muehe, E. Marie, Fendorf, Scott and Luby, Stephen P. (2018). Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among pregnant women and sources of lead exposure in rural Bangladesh: a case control study. Environmental Research, 166, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.04.019
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Azad, Rashidul, Rahman, Mahbubur, Unicomb, Leanne, Ram, Pavani K., Naser, Abu Mohd, Stewart, Christine P., Jannat, Kaniz, Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen, Leontsini, Elli, Winch, Peter J. and Luby, Stephen P. (2018). Achieving optimal technology and behavioral uptake of single and combined interventions of water, sanitation hygiene and nutrition, in an efficacy trial (WASH benefits) in rural Bangladesh. Trials, 19 358. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2710-8
Luby, Stephen P., Rahman, Mahbubur, Arnold, Benjamin F., Unicomb, Leanne, Ashraf, Sania, Winch, Peter J., Stewart, Christine P., Begum, Farzana, Hussain, Faruqe, Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Leontsini, Elli, Naser, Abu M., Parvez, Sarker M., Hubbard, Alan E., Lin, Audrie, Nizame, Fosiul A., Jannat, Kaniz, Ercumen, Ayse, Ram, Pavani K., Das, Kishor K., Abedin, Jaynal, Clasen, Thomas F., Dewey, Kathryn G., Fernald, Lia C., Null, Clair, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Colford, John M. (2018). Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Global Health, 6 (3), E302-E315. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(17)30490-4
Ercumen, Ayse, Pickering, Amy J., Kwong, Laura H., Arnold, Benjamin F., Parvez, Sarker Masud, Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Kullmann, Craig, Chase, Claire, Ahmed, Rokeya, Unicomb, Leanne, Luby, Stephen P. and Colford, John M. (2017). Animal feces contribute to domestic fecal contamination: evidence from E-coli measured in water, hands, food, flies, and soil in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (15), 8725-8734. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01710
Parvez, Sarker Masud, Kwong, Laura, Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen, Ercumen, Ayse, Pickering, Amy J., Ghosh, Probir K., Rahman, Md. Zahidur, Das, Kishor Kumar, Luby, Stephen P. and Unicomb, Leanne (2017). Escherichia coli contamination of child complementary foods and association with domestic hygiene in rural Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 22 (5), 547-557. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12849

Conference Paper

Parvez, Sarker Masud, Hasan, Shaikh Sharif, Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Jahan, Farjana, Rahman, Mahbubur, Aich, Nirupam, Islam, Zahir, Raqib, Rubhana, Knibbs, Luke D and Sly, Peter D (2023). Trace metal concentrations, geoaccumulation index and risk assessment from soil of electronic waste (e-waste) exposed and non-exposed area, Bangladesh. ISEE 2023: 35th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 17-21 September 2023. Research Triangle Park, NC United States: Environmental Health Perspectives. doi: 10.1289/isee.2023.mp-028

Thesis

Parvez, Sarker Masud (2025). Characterizing the Environmental Burden and Health Impact of Electronic Waste (e-waste) in Bangladesh. PhD Thesis, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/193bf0d
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