Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Preyanka Nath

Full Time Faculty
Lecturer

MSc in Oncology, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
MPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh
BSc in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, SUST, Bangladesh

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext-6413 
Email: preyanka.nath@northsouth.edu
Office:833(F)

Curriculum Vitae
 

 

Preyanka Nath is currently serving as a Lecturer at Biochemistry and Microbiology Dept. She joined here at 2019 after completion of her MSc in Oncology from University of Nottingham under Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. During present tenure at NSU, Preyanka Nath served as Faculty advisor of North South University cine and drama club. She was an Assistant Marshal of Convocation 2024 of NSU. Preyanka Nath holds an unique background of life science and public health research which spans from community to bench experiments. She is passionate about cancer research however have interest in NCD research. Currently along with teaching, she in interested for collaborative research in alignment with her skill and interest. 

Nath, Preyanka, Lutfi H. Alfarsi, Rokaya El-Ansari, Brendah K. Masisi, Busra Erkan, Ali Fakroun, Ian O. Ellis, Emad A. Rakha, and Andrew R. Green. "The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer." Cancer biology & therapy 25, no. 1 (2024): 2291855.

Nath, Preyanka, Kendra Byrd, Jyoti Das, Afsana Sharmin, Ruhul Amin, Mahbubar Rahman, and Malay Mridha. "Beliefs, practices, and advice received on nutrition and health during pregnancy: Qualitative reports from pregnant women in rural Bangladesh (P10-021-19)." Current Developments in Nutrition 3 (2019): nzz034-P10.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship, 2017-18

USAID-NGPHEP Scholarship and Fellowship, 2013-15

MSc in Oncology, Oncology, University of Nottingham

Master of Public Health, James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University

BSc in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology

 

Reseach grants as PI:

1. Identification of anti-hyperglycemic plant extracts by using silkworm larvae as an animal model

2.  Factor associated with overweight among secondary school children in Bangladesh

Professional research projects

1. Effect of aqueous extract of Aegle marmelos fruit & leaf on glycemic, lipidemic & insulinemic status of T1D model rats

2. Effect of Aegle Marmelos fruit pulp powder on glycemic, lipidemic, insulinemic and chronic subclinical inflammatory status of T2D subjects

3.  Evaluation of the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and their children enrolled in the LAMB Project in Bangladesh

4. Assessing the long-term impact of nutritional supplementation during the first 1000 days

5. Strengthening the extension of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) services in Bangladesh with an electronic health registry: A cluster randomized controlled trial

6. Research on Integration of Nutrition, Early childhood development and WASH

1. WHO-IARC summer school in cancer epidemiology course

2. Animal modeling in biomedical science course

3. R and spss

BIO 103L Biology 

CHE 101: General chemistry

BIO 103L: Biology Lab

CHE 101L: General chemistry Lab

BBT 221 : Human physiology

BBT 230: Biostatistics

BBT 203: Introduction to biostatistics

CHE 201: Bioorganic chemistry

BBT413L: Plant biotechnology lab

Member, European Association of Cancer Research

Member, Global Commonwealth Scholars network

Member, The Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellow

Cancer, animal model, genetics, biostatistics, NCD