Nasima Akhter
Born1970 (age 53–54)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materSylhet MAG Osmani Medical College
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Kanazawa University
Kagawa University
Occupationnuclear medicine physician

Nasima Akhter (Bengali: নাসিমা আক্তার; born 1970) is a Bangladeshi scientist who specializes in nuclear medicine. In 2010, she won the BAS-TWAS Young Scientists Prize for her research involving nuchal translucency for fetal anomalies and research into nuclear cardiology.[1] In 2013, she was honoured with the Elsevier Foundation Award for her work on nuclear medicine and ultrasonography.[2]

Biography

Born in 1970, Nasima Akhter attended Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, graduating in 1995. She went on to earn an M. Phil from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (2001) and a Ph.D. from Kanazawa University, Japan, (2008) followed by training in obstetric ultrasonography at Japan's Kagawa University.[1]

In 1998, Akhter began working as a nuclear medicine physician at the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission in Dhaka. She has researched anomalies during the first three months of pregnancy using nunchal translucency. She has also used adjunct medication with radioiodine therapy to research Graves' disease treatment.[3] Her work has also focused on experiments with rats and mice to develop radiotracers for investigating dementia, schizophrenia and tumor growth by means of sigma receptor imaging.[4]

Awards

As a young scientist, Nasima received a number of awards, including the Young Scientist Award and the Gold Medal from the Bangladesh Society of Nuclear Medicine. In 2010, she won the BAS-TWAS Young Scientist Prize and in 2013 she was honoured with the Elsevier Foundation Award for her pioneering work in medicine and life sciences.[1][2] In addition to a monetary prize, The Elsevier award included attendance at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BAS Gold Medal Award Ceremony 2011". Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Awards recognize women scientists in developing countries". Elsevier. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh radiologist honored by AAAS". AuntMinnie. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Nasima Akhter - Bangladesh". Environmentalists for Nuclear, USA. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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