Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah

PhD Candidate | Planning
Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah

Prior Degrees

Master of Science, Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 2018-2020

Bachelor of Science, Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011-2016

Supervisor

Dr. Jane Law

Contact information

aymabdul@uwaterloo.ca

Planning Interest

  • Spatiotemporal Planning
  • Spatiotemporal Epidemiology
  • Built environment Effects
  • Extreme Climate Events
  • Bayesian Spatiotemporal Hierarchical Modeling

Research Topic

Developing Bayesian joint models to analyze rich space-time data for data-driven Planning

Presentations/Publications/Professional Experience

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

  • Bryazka, D., Reitsma, M.B., Griswold, M.G., Abate, K.H., Abbafati, C., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, Z., Abdoli, A., Abdollahi, M., Abdullah, A.Y.M. and Abhilash, E.S., 2022. Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020. The Lancet, 400(10347), pp.185-235.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Law, J., Perlman, C.M. and Butt, Z.A., 2022. Age-and Sex-Specific Association Between Vegetation Cover and Mental Health Disorders: Bayesian Spatial Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 8(7), p.e34782.
  • Law, J. and Abdullah, A.Y.M., 2022. An Offenders-Offenses Shared Component Spatial Model for Identifying Shared and Specific Hotspots of Offenders and Offenses: A Case Study of Juvenile Delinquents and Violent Crimes in the Greater Toronto Area. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, pp.1-24.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Bhuian, M.H., Kiselev, G., Dewan, A., Hassan, Q.K. and Rafiuddin, M., 2022. Extreme temperature and rainfall events in Bangladesh: a comparison between coastal and inland areas. International Journal of Climatology, 42(6), pp.3253-3273.
  • Sultana, N., Asaduzzaman, M., Siddique, A.B., Khatun, H., Bari, F.S., Islam, M., Tabassum, A., Mondol, A.S., Sayem, M., Abdullah, A.Y.M. and Hossain, M., 2022. Job insecurity and mental health related outcomes among the humanitarian workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychology, 10(1), pp.1-12.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Law, J., Butt, Z.A. and Perlman, C.M., 2021. Understanding the Differential Impact of Vegetation Measures on Modeling the Association between Vegetation and Psychotic and Non-Psychotic Disorders in Toronto, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), p.4713.
  • Adnan, M.S.G., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Dewan, A. and Hall, J.W., 2020. The effects of changing land use and flood hazard on poverty in coastal Bangladesh. Land Use Policy, 99, p.104868.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Masrur, A., Adnan, M.S.G., Baky, M.A.A., Hassan, Q.K. and Dewan, A., 2019. Spatio-temporal patterns of land use/land cover change in the heterogeneous coastal region of Bangladesh between 1990 and 2017. Remote Sensing, 11(7), p.790.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Biswas, R.K., Chowdhury, A.I. and Billah, S.M., 2019. Modeling soil salinity using direct and indirect measurement techniques: A comparative analysis. Environmental Development, 29, pp.67-80.
  • Chowdhury, A.I., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Haider, R., Alam, A., Billah, S.M., Bari, S., Rahman, Q.S.U., Jochem, W.C., Dewan, A. and El Arifeen, S., 2019. Analyzing spatial and space-time clustering of facility-based deliveries in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and Health, 47(1), pp.1-12.
  • Adnan, M.S.G., Dewan, A., Zannat, K.E. and Abdullah, A.Y.M., 2019. The use of watershed geomorphic data in flash flood susceptibility zoning: a case study of the Karnaphuli and Sangu river basins of Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 99(1), pp.425-448.
  • Chowdhury, A.I., Haider, R., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Christou, A., Ali, N.A., Rahman, A.E., Iqbal, A., Bari, S., Hoque, D.E., Arifeen, S.E. and Kissoon, N., 2018. Using geospatial techniques to develop an emergency referral transport system for suspected sepsis patients in Bangladesh. PLoS One, 13(1), p.e0191054.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Dewan, A., Shogib, M.R.I., Rahman, M.M. and Hossain, M.F., 2017. Environmental factors associated with the distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh: modeling the ecological niche. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45(1), pp.1-15.
  • Dewan, A., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Shogib, M.R.I., Karim, R. and Rahman, M.M., 2017. Exploring spatial and temporal patterns of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45(1), pp.1-10.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter

  • Dewan, A., Hashizume, M., Rahman, M.M., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Corner, R.J., Shogib, M.R.I., and Hossain, M.F., 2016. Environmental change and kala-azar with particular reference to Bangladesh. In Kala Azar in South Asia (pp. 223-247). Springer, Cham.

Conference Presentations and Posters

  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Law, J., Butt, Z.A. and Perlman, C.M., 2021. ‘Measuring the Exposure to Vegetation in Health Research: Analyzing the Performance of Vegetation Measures on Modeling the Association between Vegetation and Psychotic and Non-Psychotic Disorders in Toronto, Canada’, 72nd Annual Meeting of Canadian Association of Geographers. Canadian Association of Geographers, 30 May- 3 June 2022, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Abdullah, A.Y.M., Lee, K.H., Alam, A., Bari, S., Gurley, E.S., Cunningham, S.A., El Arifeen, S. and Chowdhury, A.I., 2021. ‘Developing A Spatial Grid-Based Technique for Representative Sampling in Population-Based Surveys Using Machine Learning and Geographic Information System’. In American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Vol. 105, No. 5, pp. 302-302). 8000 Westpark Dr, Ste 130, McLean, VA 22101 USA: American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2021
  • Chowdhury, A.I., Alam, A., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Rashid, M.M., Qazi, S.U.R., Mhajabin, S., Rahman, A.E., El Arifeen, S., Cunningham, S.A. and Gurley, E.S., 2021. ‘Assessing The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from A Cross-Sectional Survey in Champs-Bangladesh Study Site’. In American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Vol. 105, No. 5, Pp. 305-305). 8000 Westpark Dr, Ste 130, McLean, VA 22101 USA: American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2021

Of note

Professional (2017-2018 and 2020-2021)

Senior Research Officer: Program on Emerging Infections, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Bangladesh

Senior Research Assistant: Maternal and Child Health Division, icddr,b, Bangladesh

Projects involvements: Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), MaMoni Health Systems Strengthening (USAID), Interrupting Pathways to Sepsis Initiative (Global Affairs Canada and the MUSKOKA Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)

Research Collaborator (2021- cont.)

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborator Network

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Washington, USA

Guest Editor (2018-2019)

Special issue: Geoinformation and Spatial Analytics in Tropical Medicine URL: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/GSATM

Reviewer (15 international journals) (2018 – cont.)

Verified review records (‘Peer Review’ section): https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8641-990X

List of journals: Nature Communications, Nature Scientific Reports; BMJ Paediatrics Open, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information; PLOS One; PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; BMC Tropical Medicine and Health; Earth Systems and Environment; Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics; Water; Land; Remote Sensing; Applied Sciences; Sustainability; Forests

President (2015-2017)

Environment Club, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka

Convener (2015-2016)

Dhaka University Debating Society, University of Dhaka

Debater of ‘Team Bangladesh’ in:

  • University of Cambridge Debating Championship, UK, 2014
  • University of Oxford Debating Championship, UK, 2014
  • University of Cambridge Debating Championship, UK, 2013
  • Singapore Management University Debating Championship, Singapore, 2013
  • OIC Intervarsity Debating Championship, Malaysia, 2012

Special Awards and Scholarships:

The 6th International Climate Geoengineering Summer School Scholarship, 2019

The Stratas Foundation Award for Mental Health Research in Canada, 2020

At the University of Waterloo

  • Full-time Employment (2021-2022)

    • Research Mentee: School of Planning, University of Waterloo

    • Research Assistant: School of Public Health Science, University of Waterloo

    • Research Associate: School of Planning, University of Waterloo

  • Part-time Employment (2018-2020)

    • Graduate Research Assistant: NSERC Discovery Grant Project under the supervision of Dr. Jane Law

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant: AHS 107, GEOG 219, PLAN 305, HLTH 661, GEOG 456/694

  • International Student Representative: Association of Graduate Planners