Dr. Hashima E Nasreen has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) since December 26, 2013. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC Institute of Global Health, BRAC University in Bangladesh. Currently, she is the Advisor for the project Go4Health (Asian Hub) aiming to set goals and governance of post MDG 2015, in collaboration with 13 Universities of different countries, funded by the European Commission. She is a medical doctor (MBBS), and received Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Umea University, Sweden in 2001 and a Ph.D in Medical Science and Public Health from Karolinska Institute, Sweden in 2011.
Dr. Hashima has 20 years of research experience in public health and epidemiology since 1994 at the Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, Bangladesh. She has received professional training on sexuality and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS in reproductive health settings, health economics from India; East-West University, Hawaii, USA; and Umea University, Sweden. She acted as an advisor with UNFPA to evaluate the contribution of UNFPA and IPPF in addressing youths' reproductive health needs and rights since ICPD in Bangladesh, and with CARE-Bangladesh to review HIV/AIDS and commercial sex workers in Bangladesh. She was an international consultant in mapping the policy process and programmatic landscape of HIV in Bangladesh with Commonwealth Secretariat, London, in 2007. She is experienced in managing collaborative research projects with ICDDR,B and Plan International (Bangladesh), ICRW and CEDPA (USA), Columbia University (USA), University of Aberdeen (Scotland), and Karolinska Institute (Sweden).
Dr. Hashima was awarded a number of scholarships for doctoral studies, Master programme, and relevant post-graduation training. She is experienced in managing grants of research projects. She has a number of publications in reputed peer-reviewed international journals and has presented research papers in international conferences and workshops in different countries. She is the reviewer of a number of international public health and psychiatric journals.

• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Population and Demographic Studies ~ Population Policy - mortality and morbidity study
• Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Health Care System ~ Mortality and Morbidity Studies - maternal mortality
• Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Public Health ~ Other Public Health n.e.c. - Maternal maternal mental health and child growth and development, sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS
• Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Health Care System ~ Child Care - child growth and development
• Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Health Care System ~ Maternal Care

Completed

2021 - 2023	Exploring the Perceived Threat, Stress and Coping Strategies Among Nurses During Covid-19 Pandemic : A Mixed- Method Approach at University's Hospital in A North Coast of Pahang
2019 - 2020	Beta tricalcium -phosphate as bone subtitute material: a meta-analysis of experimental studies
2019 - 2023	Prototype Development of an Integrated Parental Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Monitoring Systems
2017 - 2021	A STUDY ON DIABETIC FOOT AT RISK AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CLINICS IN KUANTAN.
2015 - 2019	Impact of parental perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms on infant development and health: A cohort study in East- and West-Coast of Malaysia

On-Going

2022 - Present	Development of a spouse-inclusive framework for digital self-care management of perinatal depression and anxiety
2021 - Present	Telephone-delivered psychoeducational intervention to reduce psychophysical burden among dementia caregivers in east- and west-coast of Malaysia
2019 - Present	Mobile application for promoting physical activity during pregnancy: A model to reduce antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum complications