Dr. Rokshana Parvin
Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
Bangladesh Agricultural University
rokshana.parvin@bau.edu.bd
Member since 2021

Short Biography

Rokshana Parvin is a veterinarian and currently working as Professor, at the Department of Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. She has completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Masters (M.S.) in Pathology from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh, PhD in virology from University of Leipzig, Germany, and Post-Doc from the National reference laboratory for Avian Influenza, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Germany. 

In her 15 years carrier she actively participated in research, academics and a bit of administration. Her research focused on zoonotic infections like avian influenza virus, avian corona virus, SARS-CoV-2, and other transboundary diseases of animals such as lumpy skin disease in cattle, PPR in goat, ND in poultry since 2007 with special preference to the virological and pathological aspect of the diseases. Molecular diagnosis and characterization, biological properties and pathogenesis study of the pathogens are primary interest. She has granted many research grants and successfully completed 16 research projects as principal- and co-investigator. She published several scientific articles and attended many national and international scientific conferences. She also actively involved in pedagogy training and module development for the veterinarian in Bangladesh.

Selected Publication:

  1. Parvin, R., Hossain, I., Hasan, A., Afrin, S. Z. and Shehata, A. A. Influenza and coronavirus zoonoses: an overview on pandemic events, viral genome, replication and emergency preparedness. Ger. J. Microbiol. 2022. 2(3): 1-11.
  2. Afrin, S. Z., Islam, M. T., Paul, S. K., Kobayashi, N., & Parvin, R. (2022). Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) in Bangladesh during the first half of 2021. Virology, 565, 29–37.
  3. Parvin, R.*, Begum, J. A., Nooruzzaman, M., Kabiraj, C. K., Chowdhury, E. H. (2021) Circulation of three genotypes along with unique mutation at neutralizing epitope of infectious bronchitis virus in chickens from Bangladesh. Archives of Virology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-021-05227-3
  4. Parvin, R.* Afrin, S.Z. Begum, J.A. Ahmed, S. Nooruzzaman, M. Chowdhury, E.H. Pohlmann, A. Paul, S.K. Molecular Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Circulating in Bangladesh during 2020 Revealed Lineage Diversity and Potential Mutations. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1035.

Parvin, R., Schinkoethe, J., Grund, C., Ulrich, R., Bönte, F., Behr, K. P., Voss, M., Samad, M. A., Hassan, K. E., Luttermann, C., Beer, M., & Harder, T. (2020). Comparison of pathogenicity of subtype H9 avian influenza wild-type viruses from a wide geographic origin expressing mono-, di-, or tri-basic hemagglutinin cleavage sites. Veterinary research, 51(1), 48.