Research Group: ChARM
Biography
I am a PhD student exploring evidence-based mental health intervention for school adolescents in low and middle-income countries, particularly in Bangladesh. My PhD focuses on the feasibility of the modular approach to therapy for children with anxiety, depression, trauma or conduct problems (MATCH-ADTC) in Bangladesh, funded by the Prime Minister Fellowship (PMF) of Bangladesh.
Before coming to Cambridge University, I completed my Master's and Bachelor's successfully in Public Health and Informatics from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. In my Masters, I documented the prevalence of common mental health problems and their associated risk factors in Bangladesh's urban, semi-urban and rural adolescents using a mixed-method approach. As of today, I have been awarded different national and international research grants, such as the Bloomberg Initiative grant from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. Besides, I have experience working as a Senior Research Officer, Researcher and Research Assistant at different reputed research organizations namely BSMMU (Bangladesh), icddr,b, UNESCO and the Global Burden of Disease Collaborator Network. As a young scientist from Bangladesh, I participated in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Physiology/Medicine in 2023 in Germany.
Publications
1. Anjum, A., Mousum, S., Ratan, Z. A., Salwa, M., Khan, M. M. H., Islam, M. T., ... & Haque, M. A. (2024) 'Health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors in Bangladeshi adolescents during COVID‐19.' Health Science Reports, 7(2), e1927.
DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.1927
2. Haque, M. A., Anjum, A. et al. (2023) 'Prevalence of and factors associated with depression, anxiety and stress among adolescents in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based study.' F1000Research, 12, 730.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.132304
3. Anjum, A., Hossain, S., Hasan, M.T. et al. 'Stress symptoms and associated factors among adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional study.' BMC Psychiatry 22, 807 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04340-0
4. Anjum A, Hossain S, Hasan MT, Uddin M. E, Sikder M.T (2022) 'Anxiety among urban, semi-urban and rural school adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Investigating prevalence and associated factors.' PLoS ONE 17(1): e0262716.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262716
5. Afifa Anjum, Sahadat Hossain, M. Tasdik Hasan et. al. (2021) 'Depressive Symptoms and Associated Factors among School Adolescents of Urban, Semi-Urban and Rural Areas in Bangladesh: A Scenario Prior to COVID-19.' Frontiers in Psychiatry.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.708909
6. Afifa Anjum, Sahadat Hossain, Md. Tajuddin Sikder et al. (2019) 'Investigating Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Depression among Urban and Semi-urban School Adolescents in Bangladesh: A Pilot Study.' International Health, Oxford Journal.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz092
7. Sahadat Hossain, Afifa Anjum et al. (2019) 'Impacts of socio-cultural environment and lifestyle factors on the psychological health of university students in Bangladesh: A longitudinal study.' Journal of Affective Disorders, 256 (2019) 393–403.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.06.001