Dr. Md. Laskar Shawkatuzzaman has joined as a Senior Research Associate with the Research Team of the School. He is a medical doctor and holds a PhD from Yamaguchi University, Japan in Social Medicine with a focus in occupational health. Dr. Mizanur Rashid Shuvra has returned from a 3-week course (19th Residential Summer Course) offered by the European Educational Program on Epidemiology in Florence, Italy from June 29 - July 14, 2006. Dr. Shuvra described the course to be an excellently coordinated course that offers advanced epidemiology and biostatistics.