Dr. Md. Ismail Tareque
Professor, Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development
University of Rajshahi
tarequemi_pops@ru.ac.bd
Founding Member

Short Biography

Dr. Md. Ismail Tareque is a Professor at the Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi
(http://rurfid.ru.ac.bd/ru_profile/public/teacher/22801966/profile).
He is one of the founding members of National Young Academy of Bangladesh (NYAB).

He has been a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore in 2018. He received his BSc (Hons.) and MSc in Population Science and Human Resource Development, respectively in 2001 and 2002, from RU, Bangladesh, and PhD in Public Health from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan in 2013. He also successfully completed a course at the International Max Planck Research School for Demography (Germany), the Inaugural Global Health Introductory Course in Singapore, and participated in training workshops at the Australian National University (Australia), RAND Corporation (USA), Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (Bangladesh), Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore), and Peking University (China). His areas of research cover health expectancy, mortality, gerontology, disability, intimate partner violence, and public health. In 2017 and 2020, he received RU’s prestigious award, the “Dean’s Award” for his research work.

Selected Publications

  1. Islam, M. S., Ng, T. K. S., Manierre, M., Hamiduzzaman, M., and Tareque, M. I.: Modifications of traditional formulas to estimate and project dependency ratios and their implications in a developing country, Bangladesh. Population Research and Policy Review, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-022-09720-8
  2. Malhotra, R., Tareque, M. I., Saito, Y., Ma, S., Chiu, C-T., and Chan, A.: Loneliness and health expectancy among older adults: a longitudinal population-based study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), 69(11): 3092-3102. 2021.
  3. Malhotra, R., Tareque, M. I., Tan, N. C., and Ma, S.: Association of baseline hand grip strength and annual change in hand grip strength with mortality among older people. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 86: 103961. 2020.
  4. Tareque, M. I., Chan, A., Saito, Y., Ma, S., and Malhotra, R.: The impact of self-reported vision and hearing impairment on health expectancy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), 67(12): 2528-2536. 2019.

Tareque, M. I., Saito, Y., Chan, A., Visaria, A., Ma, S., and Malhotra, R.: Years of life with and without limitation in physical function and in activities of daily living by body mass index among older adults. International Journal of Obesity, 43(11): 2244-2253. 2019