Researcher biography
Dr. K. M. Shahunja is a physician and accomplished clinical researcher. He earned his MBBS degree from Bangladesh, a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatrics and Child Health from the UK, and later pursued PhD from the UQ, Australia. His doctoral research focused on investigating the impact of familial and neighbourhood dynamics, as well as psychosocial environmental changes, on the trajectories of asthma symptoms in Australian children, following a life-course approach. Dr. Shahunja is affiliated with the Life Course Centre at UQ and is actively involved in a collaborative project with the World Health Organization. This project explores longitudinal studies and linked data sources across Australia to examine health and well-being over different life stages associated with healthy ageing. Since his post-doctoral period, he has been working in Indigenous health, developing life-course interventions to improve the health of First Nations peoples in Australia. He is currently working on an NHMRC-GACD Non-Communicable Disease Prevention project aimed at preventing NCDs among Indigenous children and youth in major cities of Australia. Before his tenure at UQ, Dr. Shahunja dedicated nearly a decade to research overseas. Through his extensive clinical research endeavours, Dr. Shahunja has contributed significantly to the body of knowledge in his field, as evidenced by more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
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Journal Articles
Chisti, Mohammod J., Clemens, John D., Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Sarmin, Monira, Afroze, Farzana, Shaly, Nusrat J., Kabir, Farhad, Rahman, Ahmed E., El Arifeen, Shams, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Duke, Trevor (2024). Implementation of bubble continuous positive airway pressure for children with severe pneumonia and hypoxemia in intensive care unit of Dhaka Hospital, Bangladesh—Effect on pneumonia mortality. Pediatric Pulmonology, 59 (4), 1028-1037. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26881
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Duke, Trevor, Rahman, Ahmed Ehnasur, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Arifeen, Shams E., Clemens, John D., Uddin, Md F., Rahman, Abu Smmh, Rahman, Md M., Sarker, Tapash K., Uddin, S. M. N., Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu Smsb, Faruque, Asg, Sarkar, Supriya, Islam, Md Jahurul, Islam, Muhammad Shariful, Kabir, Md Farhad, Cresswell, Kathrin M., Norrie, John, Sheikh, Aziz, Campbell, Harry, Nair, Harish and Cunningham, Steve (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of bubble continuous positive airway pressure oxygen therapy for the treatment of childhood severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia in Bangladeshi children. Journal of Global Health, 13 04040, 1-12. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.04040
Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammed Sayeem Bin, Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur, Shahunja, K. M., Afroze, Farzana, Sarmin, Monira, Nuzhat, Sharika, Alam, Tahmina, Chowdhury, Fahmida, Sultana, Mst Shahin, Ackhter, Mst Mahmuda, Parvin, Irin, Saha, Haimanti, Islam, Shoeb Bin, Shahrin, Lubaba, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2023). Vaccination following the expanded programme on immunization schedule could help to reduce deaths in children under five hospitalized for pneumonia and severe pneumonia in a developing country. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11 1054335, 1-6. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1054335
Shahunja, K. M., Sly, Peter D. and Mamun, Abdullah (2023). Trajectories of psychosocial environmental factors and their associations with asthma symptom trajectories among children in Australia. Pediatric Pulmonology, 59 (1), 151-162. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26733
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Kawser, Chowdhury Ali, Rahman, Abu Sayem Mirza Md Hasibur, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Afroze, Farzana, Shahunja, K. M., Shahrin, Lubaba, Sarmin, Monira, Nuzhat, Sharika, Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur, Alam, Tahmina, Parvin, Irin, Ackhter, M. S. T. Mahmuda, Mamun, Gazi Md. Salahuddin, Shaima, Shamsun Nahar, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2022). Prevalence and outcome of anemia among children hospitalized for pneumonia and their risk of mortality in a developing country. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 10741. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14818-2
Shahunja, K. M., Sly, Peter D., Huda, M. Mamun and Mamun, Abdullah (2022). Trajectories of neighborhood environmental factors and their associations with asthma symptom trajectories among children in Australia: evidence from a national birth cohort study. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 20 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s40201-022-00824-z
Shahunja, K. M., Sly, Peter D., Chisti, Md Jobayer and Mamun, Abdullah (2022). Trajectories of asthma symptom presenting as wheezing and their associations with family environmental factors among children in Australia: evidence from a national birth cohort study. BMJ Open, 12 (6) e059830, e059830. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059830
Shaima, Shamsun Nahar, Alam, Tahmina, Bin Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem, Shahrin, Lubaba, Sarmin, Monira, Afroze, Farzana, Parvin, Irin, Nuzhat, Sharika, Jahan, Yasmin, Mamun, Gazi Md. Salahuddin, Saha, Haimanti, Ackhter, Mst. Mahmuda, Islam, Md. Zahidul, Shahunja, K. M., Islam, Sufia, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2022). Prevalence, predictive factors, and outcomes of respiratory failure in children with pneumonia admitted in a developing country. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10 841628, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.841628
Sarmin, Monira, Alam, Tahmina, Shaly, Nusrat Jahan, Jeorge, Didarul Haque, Afroze, Farzana, Shahrin, Lubaba, Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2022). Physical quality of life of sepsis survivor severely malnourished children after hospital discharge: findings from a retrospective chart analysis. Life, 12 (3) 379. doi: 10.3390/life12030379
Shahunja, K M, Sly, Peter D., Begum, Tahmina, Biswas, Tuhin and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). Family, neighbourhood and psychosocial environmental factors and their associations with asthma in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Asthma, 59 (12), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2021.2018707
Sarker, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Moriyama, Michiko, Rahman, Md Moshiur, Das, Sumon Kumar, Uzzaman, Md Nazim, Das, Jui, Uddin, Aftab, Banu, Shakila, Khan, Soroar Hossain, Shahid, Abu SMSB, Shahunja, K. M., Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Faruque, Abu S. G. and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2021). Characteristics of Rotavirus, ETEC, and Vibrio Cholerae among under 2-year children attending an urban diarrheal disease hospital in Bangladesh. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 12, 21501327211049118. doi: 10.1177/21501327211049118
Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Alam, Tahmina, Shahrin, Lubaba, Shahunja, K. M., Faruk, Md. Tanveer, Ackhter, Mst. Mahmuda, Karim, Ishrat Jahan, Islam, Shafiul, Ahmed, Mostafa Taufiq, Saha, Haimanti, Parvin, Irin, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2021). Risk factors and outcomes of hospital acquired pneumonia in young bangladeshi children. Life, 11 (10) 1030, 1030. doi: 10.3390/life11101030
Fischer, Natalie, Darmstadt, Gary L, Shahunja, KM, Crowther, Jonathan M, Kendall, Lindsay, Gibson, Rachel A, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Relman, David A (2021). Topical emollient therapy with sunflower seed oil alters the skin microbiota of young children with severe acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: a randomised, controlled study. Journal of Global Health, 11 04047, 1-15. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.04047
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Harris, Jason B, Carroll, Ryan W, Shahunja, K M, Shahid, Abu S M S B, Moschovis, Peter P, Schenkel, Sara R, Hasibur Rahman, Abu Sayem Mirza Md, Shahrin, Lubaba, Faruk, Tanveer, Kabir, Farhad, Ahmed, Dilruba and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2021). Antibiotic-resistant bacteremia in young children hospitalized with pneumonia in Bangladesh is associated with a high mortality rate. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 8 (7) ofab260. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab260
Shahunja, K. M., Sévin, Daniel C., Kendall, Lindsay, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md. Iqbal, Mahfuz, Mustafa, Zhu, Xinyi, Singh, Krishan, Singh, Sunita, Crowther, Jonathan M., Gibson, Rachel A. and Darmstadt, Gary L. (2021). Effect of topical applications of sunflower seed oil on systemic fatty acid levels in under-two children under rehabilitation for severe acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Journal, 20 (1) 51. doi: 10.1186/s12937-021-00707-3
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Sarker, Shafiqul Alam, Shahunja, KM, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Sharifuzzaman, , Hasan, Md Imran, Nuzhat, Sharika, Kabir, Md Farhad, Afroze, Farzana, Alam, Tahmina, Shahrin, Lubaba and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2021). Seizure in children under five presenting with pneumonia in a critical care ward in Bangladesh: prevalence, associated factors, and outcome. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40 (5), 389-393. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003068
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Islam, Md Munirul, Monjory, Mahmuda Begum, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2020). Clinical and laboratory characteristics of children under five hospitalized with diarrhea and bacteremia. PLoS One, 15 (12) e0243128, 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243128
Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Alam, Tahmina, Shahrin, Lubaba, Shahunja, K.M., Sarmin, Monira, Afroze, Farzana, Rahman, Muhammad Waliur, Faruque, ASG, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2020). Early management of hypokalaemia in severely malnourished children under five could help to reduce deaths in developing countries. Acta Paediatrica, 110 (5) 15634, 1658-1664. doi: 10.1111/apa.15634
Nuzhat, Sharika, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Khan, Soroar Hossain, Islam, Shoeb Bin, Islam, Md Ridwan, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Hossain, Md Iqbal and Faruque, A. S. G. (2020). Diarrhoeal children with concurrent severe wasting and stunting compared to severe wasting or severe stunting. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 25 (8), 928-935. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13446
Parvin, Irin, Shahunja, K. M., Khan, Soroar Hossain, Alam, Tahmina, Shahrin, Lubaba, Mahmuda Ackhter, Mst, Sarmin, Monira, Dash, Sampa, Rahman, Muhammad Waliur, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2020). Changing susceptibility pattern of vibrio cholerae o1 isolates to commonly used antibiotics in the largest diarrheal disease hospital in Bangladesh during 2000-2018. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103 (2), 652-658. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0058
Afroze, Farzana, Das, Sumon Kumar, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Sarmin, Monira, Shaly, Nusrat Jahan, Khan, Soroar Hossain, Bin Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem, Shahrin, Lubaba, Saha, Haimanti, Alam, Tahmina, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Shahunja, K. M., Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2020). Pathogen-specific risk of seizure in children with moderate-to-severe diarrhoea: case control study with follow-up. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 25 (8), 1032-1042. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13445
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Mahfuz, Mustafa, Kendall, Lindsay, Zhu, Xinyi, Singh, Krishan, Crowther, Jonathan M, Singh, Sunita, Gibson, Rachel A and Darmstadt, Gary L (2020). Topical emollient therapy in the management of severe acute malnutrition in children under two: a randomized controlled clinical trial in Bangladesh. Journal of Global Health, 10 (1) 010414, 1-13. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010414
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Shahrin, Lubaba, Afroze, Farzana, Chowdhury, Fahmida, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2020). Lower mortality among exclusively breast-fed children hospitalised for severe pneumonia than those without exclusive breast feeding. Acta Paediatrica, 109 (2), 419-421. doi: 10.1111/apa.15044
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Banu, Sayera, Raqib, Rubhana, Shahrin, Lubaba, Islam, Shoeb Bin, Sharifuzzaman, Saha, Haimanti, Alam, Tahmina, Rahman, Muhammad Waliur, Nuzhat, Sharika, Afroze, Farzana, Sarmin, Monira and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2019). Comparative performance of modified Kenneth Jones Criteria Scoring, World Health Organization Criteria, and antibodies in lymphocyte supernatant for diagnosing tuberculosis in severely malnourished children presenting with pneumonia. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 7 406, 406. doi: 10.3389/fped.2019.00406
Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Kabir, Senjuti, Huq, K. A. T. M. Ehsanul, Shahunja, K. M., Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Rahman, Md Moshiur, Islam, Md Munirul and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2019). Consequences of Lack of Neonatal Breastfeeding in Infants Hospitalized for Diarrhea at an Urban Hospital, Bangladesh: A Case Control Design. Global Pediatric Health, 6 2333794X19851431, 1-6. doi: 10.1177/2333794X19851431
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Bin Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem, Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon Kumar, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2018). Mortality rates from severe acute malnutrition requiring hospitalisation is higher in the children of working mothers in Bangladesh. Acta Paediatrica, 107 (12), 2214-2215. doi: 10.1111/apa.14513
Chowdhury, Fahmida, Ghosh, Probir Kumar, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahrin, Lubaba, Sarmin, Monira, Sharifuzzaman, Afroze, Farzana and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2018). Hyperkalemia was an independent risk factor for death while under mechanical ventilation among children hospitalized with diarrhea in Bangladesh. Global Pediatric Health, 5. doi: 10.1177/2333794X17754005
Nuzhat, Sharika, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Kawser, Chowdhury Ali, Khan, Azharul Islam, Islam, S. M. Rafiqul, Shahrin, Lubaba, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Al Imran, Abdullah and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2017). Age specific fast breathing in under-five diarrheal children in an urban hospital: Acidosis or pneumonia?. PLoS One, 12 (9), e0185414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185414
Das, Sumon Kumar, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Habibur, Mohammad, Sarker, Rahman, Das, Jui, Ahmed, Shawnawaz, Shahunja, K. M., Nahar, Shamsun, Gibbons, Nora, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Rahman, Mustafizur, Fuchs, George J., III, Al Mamun, Abdullah and Baker, Peter John (2017). Long-term impact of changing childhood malnutrition on rotavirus diarrhoea: Two decades of adjusted association with climate and socio-demographic factors from urban Bangladesh. PLoS One, 12 (9) e0179418, e0179418. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179418
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Shahunja, K. M., Afroze, Farzana, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B. and Sharifuzzaman, Tahmeed Ahmed (2017). Hypoxaemia and septic shock were independent risk factors for mechanical ventilation in Bangladeshi children hospitalised for diarrhoea. Acta Paediatrica, 106 (7), 1159-1164. doi: 10.1111/apa.13836
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Shahrin, Lubaba, Das, Sumon Kumar, Barua, Dipesh Kumar, Hossain, Md Iqbal and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2017). Ileus in children presenting with diarrhea and severe acute malnutrition: A chart review. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (5) e0005603, e0005603. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005603
Das, R., Ahmed, T., Saha, H., Shahrin, L., Afroze, F., Shahid, A. S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Bardhan, P. K. and Chisti, M. J. (2017). Clinical risk factors, bacterial aetiology, and outcome of urinary tract infection in children hospitalized with diarrhoea in Bangladesh. Epidemiology and Infection, 145 (5), 1018-1024. doi: 10.1017/s0950268816002971
Afroze, Farzana, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Sarmin, Monira, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Shahrin, Lubaba and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2017). Risk factors and outcome of Shigella encephalopathy in Bangladeshi children. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (4), e0005561. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005561
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon Kumar, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2017). Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Following World Health Organization-Recommended Criteria in Severely Malnourished Children Presenting With Pneumonia. Global Pediatric Health, 4, 2333794X1668687. doi: 10.1177/2333794x16686871
Alam, Tahmina, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Sarmin, Monira, Shahrin, Lubaba, Afroze, Farzana, Sharifuzzaman, , Akhter, Shamima, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2017). Risk factors for death in Bangladeshi children under 5 years of age hospitalized for diarrhea and severe respiratory distress in an urban critical care ward. Global Pediatric Health, 4, 1-5. doi: 10.1177/2333794X17696685
Mondal, Prasenjit, Islam, M. Munirul, Hossain, Md. Iqbal, Huq, Sayeeda, Shahunja, K. M., Alam, Md. Nur Haque and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2017). Post discharge morbidities and mortalities among children with severe acute malnutrition who did not undergo nutrition rehabilitation. Advances in Pediatric Research. doi: 10.12715/apr.2017.4.15
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Das, Sumon Kumar, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Islam, Md Munirul, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Das, Jui, Sarker, Mohammad Habibur Rahman and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2016). Factors Associated With Pneumonia Among Overweight and Obese Under-Five Children in an Urban Hospital of a Developing Country. Global Pediatric Health, 3, 2333794X1667252. doi: 10.1177/2333794x16672528
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Duke, Trevor, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Faruque, Abu S. G. and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2016). Impact of diarrhea on the clinical presentation and outcome of severe pneumonia in Bangladeshi children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35 (10), 1161-1162. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001265
Bin Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Shahunja, K. M., Kabir, Senjuti, Chowdhury, Fahmida, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Das, Sumon Kumar, Sarker, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2016). Factors Associated with Streptococcal Bacteremia in Diarrheal Children under Five Years of Age and Their Outcome in an Urban Hospital in Bangladesh. PLoS One, 11 (5) e0154777, e0154777. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154777
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Das, Sumon Kumar, Shahrin, Lubaba, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Islam, Md Munirul and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2016). Experience With Nosocomial Infection in Children Under 5 Treated in an Urban Diarrheal Treatment Center in Bangladesh. Global Pediatric Health, 3, 2333794X1663426. doi: 10.1177/2333794x16634267
Akhter, Shamima, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Sarker, Shafiqul Alam, Sarmin, Monira, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Bin Islam, Shoeb, Shahrin, Lubaba, Alam, Tahmina, Alam, Nur Haque and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2016). Factors Associated with Klebsiella Bacteremia and Its Outcome in Under-Five Children Admitted with Diarrhea. International Journal of Pediatrics, 2016, 4760610-5. doi: 10.1155/2016/4760610
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Faruque, Abu S. G., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon Kumar, Hossain, Md Iqbal and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2015). Treatment Failure and Mortality amongst Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition Presenting with Cough or Respiratory Difficulty and Radiological Pneumonia. PLoS One, 10 (10) e0140327, e0140327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140327
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Faruque, Abu S. G., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon Kumar, Hossain, Md Iqbal and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2015). Severe Sepsis in Severely Malnourished Young Bangladeshi Children with Pneumonia: A Retrospective Case Control Study. PLoS One, 10 (10) e139966, e0139966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139966
Shahunja, K. M., Leung, Daniel T., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Ahmed, Dilruba, Qadri, Firdausi, Ryan, Edward T. and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2015). Factors Associated with Non-typhoidal Salmonella Bacteremia versus Typhoidal Salmonella Bacteremia in Patients Presenting for Care in an Urban Diarrheal Disease Hospital in Bangladesh. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9 (9) e0004066, e0004066. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004066
Das, Sumon Kumar, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Ahmed, A.M Shamsir, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Shahunja, K.M, Ferdous, Farzana, Farzana, Fahmida Dil, Das, Jui, Rahman, Aminur, Al Mamun, Abdullah and Faruque, Abu Syed Golam (2015). Diarrhoea and smoking: An analysis of decades of observational data from Bangladesh Health behavior, health promotion and society. BMC Public Health, 15 (1) 646, 646. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1906-z
Shahunja, K. M., Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Sarker, Shafiqul Alam, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Islam, Md Munirul, Das, Sumon Kumar, Sharifuzzaman, M., Bin Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem, Sarker, Mohammad Habibur Rahman and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2015). Bacterial Isolates from Tracheal Aspirates and their Anti-microbial Susceptibility in Mechanically-Ventilated Children with Pneumonia Admitted to an Urban Critical Care Ward. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 2 (2), 60-64. doi: 10.3329/bccj.v2i2.24081
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Das, Sumon Kumar and Salam, Mohammed Abdus (2015). Sociodemographic, Epidemiological, and Clinical Risk Factors for Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Severely Malnourished Children Presenting With Pneumonia: Observation in an Urban Hospital in Bangladesh. Global Pediatric Health, 2, 2333794X1559418. doi: 10.1177/2333794x15594183
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Raqib, Rubhana, Banu, Sayera, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Sharmin, Lazina, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2015). Validity of Antibodies in Lymphocyte Supernatant in Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Severely Malnourished Children Presenting with Pneumonia. PLoS One, 10 (5) e0126863, e0126863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126863
Das, Rina, Sarker, Anupam, Saha, Haimanti, Bin Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem, Shahunja, K. M. and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2015). Experience with Clinically Diagnosed Down Syndrome Children Admitted with Diarrhea in an Urban Hospital in Bangladesh. International Scholarly Research Notices, 2015, 979404-5. doi: 10.1155/2015/979404
Chisti, M. J., Salam, M. A., Ahmed, T., Shahid, A. S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Faruque, A. S. G., Bardhan, P. K., Hossain, M. I., Islam, M. M., Das, S. K., Huq, S., Shahrin, L., Huq, E., Chowdhury, F. and Ashraf, H. (2015). Lack of BCG vaccination and other risk factors for bacteraemia in severely malnourished children with pneumonia. Epidemiology and Infection, 143 (4), 799-803. doi: 10.1017/s0950268814001368
Chisti, Mohammod J., Salam, Mohammed A., Smith, Jonathan H., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Pietroni, Mark A.C., Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S.M.S.B., Faruque, Abu S.G., Ashraf, Hasan, Bardhan, Pradip K., Sharifuzzaman,, Graham, Stephen M. and Duke, Trevor (2015). Bubble continuous positive airway pressure for children with severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia in Bangladesh: An open, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 386 (9998), 1057-1065. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60249-5
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Graham, Stephen M., Duke, Trevor, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Ashraf, Hasan, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M. and Salam, Mohammed Abdus (2014). Post-Discharge Mortality in Children with Severe Malnutrition and Pneumonia in Bangladesh. PLoS One, 9 (9) e107663, e107663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107663
Sarker, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Das, Sumon Kumar, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Ferdous, Farzana, Das, Jui, Farzana, Fahmida Dil, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Afrad, Mokibul Hassan, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Al Mamun, Abdullah and Faruque, Abu S. G. (2014). Changing characteristics of rotavirus diarrhea in children younger than five years in urban Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 9 (8) e105978, e105978. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105978
Das, Sumon Kumar, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Afrad, Mokibul Hassan, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Ferdous, Farzana, Farzana, Fahmida Dil, Das, Jui, Shahunja, K. M., Afroze, Farzana, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Faruque, Abu Syed Golam, Baker, Peter John and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2014). Gastroenteritis due to typhoidal Salmonella: a decade of observation at an urban and a rural diarrheal disease hospital in Bangladesh. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 (1) 435. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-435
Chisti, Mohammod J., Salam, Mohammed A., Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, A. S. G., Bardhan, Pradip K., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon K. and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2014). Prevalence, clinical predictors, and outcome of hypocalcaemia in severely-malnourished under-five children admitted to an urban hospital in Bangladesh: a case-control study. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 32 (2), 270-275.
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu S. G., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Jha, Simon Kumar and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2013). Fatal outcome related risks in severely malnourished children with pneumonia in an urban critical care ward of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 1 (2), 80-85. doi: 10.3329/bccj.v1i2.17199
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu S. G., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon Kumar, Imran, Gazi and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2013). Clinical Risk Factors of Death From Pneumonia in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in an Urban Critical Care Ward of Bangladesh. PLoS One, 8 (9) e73728, e73728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073728
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu S. G., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Das, Sumon Kumar, Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B. and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2013). Clinical Signs of Radiologic Pneumonia in Under-Five Hypokalemic Diarrheal Children Admitted to an Urban Hospital in Bangladesh. PLoS One, 8 (8) e71911, e71911. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071911
Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu S. G., Bardhan, Pradip Kumar, Shahid, Abu S. M. S. B., Shahunja, K. M., Das, Sumon Kumar and Ahmed, Tahmeed (2013). Predictors and Outcome of Hypoxemia in Severely Malnourished Children under Five with Pneumonia: A Case Control Design. PLoS One, 8 (1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051376
Shahunja, K. M., Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Ashraf, Hasan, Faruque, Abu Syeed Golam, Das, Sumon Kumar, Kamruzzaman, Md., Flora, Farhana Pervin and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2013). Predictors of Death in Under-Five Children with Sepsis Attending an Urban Diarrheal Treatment Centre in Bangladesh. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 04 (07), 709-714. doi: 10.4236/fns.2013.47090
Das, Sumon Kumar, Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Farzana, Fahmida Dil, Ferdous, Farzana, Shahunja, K. M., Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Ahmed, Tahmeed and Faruque, Abu Syed Golam (2013). Socio-demographic, host and clinical characteristics of people with typhoidal and non-typhiodal Salmonella gastroenteritis in urban Bangladesh. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 06 (08), 834-842. doi: 10.4236/jbise.2013.68101
Conference Papers
Shahunja, K. M., Sly, Peter D. and Mamun, Abdullah (2023). Trajectories of psychosocial environmental factors and their associations with asthma symptom trajectories among children in Australia: evidence from a national birth cohort study. 30th International Paediatric Association (IPA) Congress and 60th PEDCON 2023, Gandhinagar, India, 19 - 24 February 2023.
Shahunja, K. M. and Mamun, Abdullah (2022). Trajectories of neighbourhood environmental factors and their associations with asthma symptom trajectories among children in Australia: Evidence from a national birth cohort study. 61st Australian Society of Medical Research (ASMR) National Scientific Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 10 - 11 November 2022.
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Islam, Md Munirul, Monjory, Mahmuda Begum, Shahid, ASMSB and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2018). Risk factors for death among under five children with diarrhea and bacteraemia in Bangladesh. 36th Annual Meeting of European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID, 2018), Malmo, Sweden, 28 May - 2 June 2018.
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Islam, M. Munirul and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2017). Are clinical signs of pneumonia reliable in under-five severely malnourished children with diarrhea. 35th Annual Meeting of European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID, 2017), Madrid, Spain, 23-27 May 2017.
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hossain, Md Iqbal and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2016). Common practice of topical emollients among the young kids in a developing countries. 34th Annual Meeting of European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID, 2016), Brighton, United Kingdom, 10-14 May 2016.
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Das, Sumon Kumar, Faruque, ASG, Hossain, Md Iqbal, Islam, M. Munirul, Bardhan, P. K., Shahid, ASMSB, Das, Jui and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2015). Factors associated with pneumonia among the overweight and obese under-five children in an urban hospital of a developing country. 33rd Annual Meeting of European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2015), Leipzig, Germany, 16-19 May 2015.
Shahunja, K. M., Leung, Daniel T., Qadri, Firdausi, Ryan, Edward T. and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2015). Factors associated with non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia vs typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia presenting in an urban diarrheal disease hospital in Bangladesh. 49th U.S.-Japan Conference on Cholera and Other Enteric Bacterial Infections, Gainesville, FL United States, 14-16 January 2015.
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Shahid, ASMSB and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2014). Bacterial isolates from tracheal aspirates in under-five ventilated children attending at critical care ward in an urban hospital in Bangladesh. 32nd Annual Meeting of European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2014), Dublin, Ireland, 6-10 May 2014.
Shahunja, K. M., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Faruque, A.S.G., Shahrin, Lubaba, Shahid, ASMSB, Das, Sumon Kumar and Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer (2013). Predictors of nosocomial infection in under-five children and their common bacterial isolates attending an urban diarrhea treatment center in a developing country. 27th Congress of the International Pediatric Association, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 24-29 August 2013.
Thesis
Shahunja, K M (2023). Trajectories of asthma symptom and their associations with family, neighbourhood, and psychosocial environmental factors among children in Australia. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/d4e7583
Newspaper Articles
Shahunja, K. M. (2023, 12 08). Childhood Asthma and Parental Stress Are Linked Healthnews
Shahunja, K.M. (2023, 11 13). Study shows link between parental stress and exacerbated asthma symptoms in children News Medical
Shahunja, K. M., Mamun, Abdullah and Sly, Peter (2022, 02 18). Passive smoking, synthetic bedding and gas heating in homes show the strongest links to asthma The Conversation