Tania Tabassum Nisa
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

Tania is a full-time PhD student in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. Her doctoral research focuses on smokeless tobacco use and dental caries. It is conducted within the NIHR-funded SCIMITAR-SA programme, which aims to advance and adapt tobacco cessation interventions and implementation strategies across South Asia.

Prior to this, she was a full-time researcher at the Centre for Global Health, University of Osaka, Japan, where she also completed an MSc. Her research experience includes epidemiological studies, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, and broader population health research. She originally trained as a dentist, holding a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and worked as a general dentist before transitioning into research, integrating clinical experience with global health and epidemiological approaches.

Qualifications

• Master of Medical Science (Global Health), University of Osaka, Japan (2022)
• Research Student (Global Health), Osaka University, Japan (2020)
• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Bangladesh (2017)

Research

Overview

Tania has research interests in quantitative methods, including systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and global burden of disease estimation. She also engages with mixed methods approaches when required for her research topics.

Projects

• Smokeless tobacco uses and dental caries: association, global burden, and cessation support implementation in resource-limited settings

Research group(s)

• Mental Health and Addiction
• Global Health Research Network

Publications

Selected publications

• Nisa TT, Sugawara Y, Hamaguchi S, Takeuchi D, Abe R, Kuroda E, Morita M, Zuo H, Ueda A, Nishi I, et al. (2024). Genomic characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales from Dhaka food markets unveils the spread of high-risk antimicrobial-resistant clones and plasmids co-carrying blaNDM and mcr-1.1. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 6(4), dlae124. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae124

• Nisa TT, Nakatani D, Kaneko F, Takeda T, Nakata K (2024). Antimicrobial resistance patterns of WHO priority pathogens isolated in hospitalized patients in Japan: A tertiary center observational study. PLOS ONE, 19(1), e0294229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294229

External activities

Memberships

• Member, Association of Top Achiever Scouts (ATAS)

Invited talks and conferences

• Speaker, 8th Global Clinical Trial Advanced and Planning Symposium, Japan (2024)
• Speaker, 3rd AUN International Health Promotion Conference, Thailand (2023)
• Speaker, Go Global!! Joint Conference, Japan (2022)
• Speaker, Joint Conference Ramathibodi-Osaka University, Japan (2021)
• Speaker, International Clinical Trials during COVID-19 era (Online) (2021