Staff Profiles

Dr Kishor Das

BSc, MSc, PhD

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
School of Mathematics
Statistics & Applied Maths
University of Galway
E: kishor.das@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

I am a post-doctoral researcher in CÚRAM and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. My current work at CÚRAM is focused on conducting primary research in Biostatistics, providing statistical supports to CÚRAM researchers, and facilitating training and workshops on statistical methodologies and statistical software R. I am also lecturing a graduate-level course for the MSc. in Health Data Science Course.

I have obtained my PhD in Biostatistics from University of Galway. In my PhD work I proposed a novel statistical approach to analyse method comparison studies, collecting functional responses, using mixed-effects modelling framework. In addition to that I also proposed a novel and efficient computational approach to estimate non-parametric hierarchical mixed-effects model.

As a research assistant for the UniCov project, I developed a surveillance tools to monitor the pandemic situation in Irish university campuses.

I was the lead statistician for a large clustered randomised control trial recruiting > 16,000 infants in Bangladesh.

Research Interests

My primary research area is to develop statistical models and algorithms to analyse high-dimensional, multivariate data arising in biostatistics, sports analytics and data science. In addition to that I am interested in applying statistical best practices for sustainable development in health sector by solving world¿s most pressing challenges using data-led innovations.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Geographic pair matching in large-scale cluster randomized trials' Arnold, Benjamin F and Rerolle, Francois and Tedijanto, Christine and Njenga, Sammy M and Rahman, Mahbubur and Ercumen, Ayse and Mertens, Andrew and Pickering, Amy J and Lin, Audrie and Arnold, Charles D and others (2024) 'Geographic pair matching in large-scale cluster randomized trials'. Nature Communications, 15 (1) [Details]
	(2024)	'Stress Biomarkers and Child Development in Young Children in Bangladesh' Butzin-Dozier, Zachary and Mertens, Andrew N and Tan, Sophia T and Granger, Douglas A and Pitchik, Helen O and Il'yasova, Dora and Tofail, Fahmida and Rahman, Md Ziaur and Spasojevic, Ivan and Shalev, Idan and others (2024) 'Stress Biomarkers and Child Development in Young Children in Bangladesh'. Psychoneuroendocrinology, [Details]
	(2023)	'Comparison of markerless and marker-based motion capture systems using 95\% functional limits of agreement in a linear mixed-effects modelling framework' Das, Kishor and de Paula Oliveira, Thiago and Newell, John (2023) 'Comparison of markerless and marker-based motion capture systems using 95\% functional limits of agreement in a linear mixed-effects modelling framework'. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) [Details]
	(2022)	'The Peopleâ€™s Trial: supporting the publicâ€™s understanding of randomised trials' Finucane, Elaine and Oâ€™Brien, Ann and Treweek, Shaun and Newell, John and Das, Kishor and Chapman, Sarah and Wicks, Paul and Galvin, Sandra and Healy, Patricia and Biesty, Linda and others (2022) 'The Peopleâ€™s Trial: supporting the publicâ€™s understanding of randomised trials'. Trials, 23 (1) [Details]
	(2022)	'Pilot of a low-cost elementary school handwashing intervention in Bangladesh: acceptability, feasibility, and potential for sustainability' Sultana, Farhana and Unicomb, Leanne and Rahman, Mahbubur and Ali, Shahjahan and Southern, Dorothy L and Yeasmin, Dalia and Sarkar, Rouha Anamika and Das, Kishor K and Nizame, Fosiul Alam and Winch, Peter J and others (2022) 'Pilot of a low-cost elementary school handwashing intervention in Bangladesh: acceptability, feasibility, and potential for sustainability'. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 106 (1) [Details]
	(2019)	'Effects of complexity of handwashing instructions on handwashing procedure replication in low-income urban slums in Bangladesh: a randomized non-inferiority field trial' Amin, Nuhu and Sagerman, Dawn D and Nizame, Fosiul A and Das, Kishor K and Nuruzzaman, Md and Yu, Jihnhee and Unicomb, Leanne and Luby, Stephen P and Ram, Pavani K (2019) 'Effects of complexity of handwashing instructions on handwashing procedure replication in low-income urban slums in Bangladesh: a randomized non-inferiority field trial'. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 9 (3):416-428 [Details]
	(2019)	'Complementary feeding practices among rural Bangladeshi mothers: Results from WASH Benefits study' Jannat, Kaniz and Luby, Stephen P and Unicomb, Leanne and Rahman, Mahbubur and Winch, Peter J and Parvez, Sarker M and Das, Kishor K and Leontsini, Elli and Ram, Pavani K and Stewart, Christine P (2019) 'Complementary feeding practices among rural Bangladeshi mothers: Results from WASH Benefits study'. Maternal \& Child Nutrition, 15 (1) [Details]
	(2018)	'Prevalence and association of Escherichia coli and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in stored foods for young children and flies caught in the same households in rural Bangladesh' Doza, Solaiman and Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen and Islam, Mohammad Aminul and Kwong, Laura H and Unicomb, Leanne and Ercumen, Ayse and Pickering, Amy J and Parvez, Sarker Masud and Naser, Abu Mohd and Ashraf, Sania and others (2018) 'Prevalence and association of Escherichia coli and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in stored foods for young children and flies caught in the same households in rural Bangladesh'. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98 (4) [Details]
	(2018)	'WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial: system for monitoring coverage and quality in an efficacy trial' Rahman, Mahbubur and Ashraf, Sania and Unicomb, Leanne and Mainuddin, AKM and Parvez, Sarker Masud and Begum, Farzana and Das, Kishor Kumar and Naser, Abu Mohd and Hussain, Faruqe and Clasen, Thomas and others (2018) 'WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial: system for monitoring coverage and quality in an efficacy trial'. Trials, 19 :1-8 [Details]
	(2018)	'Effect of water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Bangladesh (WASH Benefits Bangladesh): a cluster-randomised controlled trial' Tofail, Fahmida and Fernald, Lia CH and Das, Kishor K and Rahman, Mahbubur and Ahmed, Tahmeed and Jannat, Kaniz K and Unicomb, Leanne and Arnold, Benjamin F and Ashraf, Sania and Winch, Peter J and others (2018) 'Effect of water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Bangladesh (WASH Benefits Bangladesh): a cluster-randomised controlled trial'. The Lancet Child \& Adolescent Health, 2 (4):255-268 [Details]
	(2018)	'Effect of groundwater iron on residual chlorine in water treated with sodium dichloroisocyanurate tablets in rural Bangladesh' Naser, Abu Mohd and Higgins, Eilidh M and Arman, Shaila and Ercumen, Ayse and Ashraf, Sania and Das, Kishor K and Rahman, Mahbubur and Luby, Stephen P and Unicomb, Leanne (2018) 'Effect of groundwater iron on residual chlorine in water treated with sodium dichloroisocyanurate tablets in rural Bangladesh'. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 98 (4) [Details]
	(2017)	'Escherichia coli contamination of child complementary foods and association with domestic hygiene in rural Bangladesh' Parvez, Sarker Masud and Kwong, Laura and Rahman, Musarrat Jabeen and Ercumen, Ayse and Pickering, Amy J and Ghosh, Probir K and Rahman, Md Zahidur and Das, Kishor Kumar and 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 [Details]
	(2016)	'Field trial of an automated batch chlorinator system at shared water points in an urban community of Dhaka, Bangladesh' Amin, Nuhu and Crider, Yoshika S and Unicomb, Leanne and Das, Kishor K and Gope, Partha Sarathi and Mahmud, Zahid Hayat and Islam, M Sirajul and Davis, Jennifer and Luby, Stephen P and Pickering, Amy J (2016) 'Field trial of an automated batch chlorinator system at shared water points in an urban community of Dhaka, Bangladesh'. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 6 (1):32-41 [Details]