Sohani Afroja Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Sohani Afroja works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistics and Data Science in Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has been working in this department as a faculty member since 2022. Before joining Jahangirnagar University as a lecturer in the Statistics & Data Science department, Sohani began her teaching career as a lecturer and assistant professor in the Statistics Discipline at Khulna University in Khulna from 2016 to 2022. Her areas of expertise included time series, financial statistics, public health, and categorical data analysis. She had made significant contributions to the fields of public health, women's autonomy, and maternal and child health. She has over 12 research publications in peer-reviewed journals. Her main motive for conducting public health research was to improve the quality of health in Bangladesh by addressing the causes of illnesses and issues within the health sector.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Public Health, Categorical Data Analysis, Demography, Financial Statistics, Time Series, Regression Analysis
JOURNAL PAPER
Sohani Afroja, Abu Saleh Muhammad Nasim, Md. Salauddin Khan,Md. Murad Hossain, Masudul Islam,, Coverage of Vitamin A Supplementation Among Children Aged12–59 Months in Bangladesh: A Multilevel LogisticRegression Approach, International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2026, pp.1-13, 2026. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/ijcp/5530962Sohani Afroja, Rashedul Islam, Uttam Kumar Majumder, Socioeconomic and Demographic Risk Factors Affecting Adult Participants With Hypertension in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study, Advances in Public Health, 2024, 1, pp.6649957, 2024. doi: 10.1155/2024/6649957
Sohani Afroja, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Arif Bin Saleh, Machine Learning-Based Algorithms for Determining C-Section among Mothers in Bangladesh, International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 11, 4, pp.391-401, 2023. doi: 10.30491/IJTMGH.2023.402983.1367
Sohani Afroja, Md. Akhtarul Islam, Abdul Mumin Bin Faruk,, Evidence of Olfactory Disorder in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Statistical Studies, 37, pp.17-43, 2023.
Afroja, S., Muhammad Nasim, A. S., Khan, M., & Kabir, M. A., Rural-Urban Determinants of Receiving Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Bangladesh: Evidence from National Survey 2017-18, International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2022, 2022. doi: 10.1155/2022/5426875
Islam, M., Afroja, S., Khan, M., Alauddin, S., Nahar, M., & Talukder, A., Prevalence and Triggering Factors of Childhood Anemia: An Application of Ordinal Logistic Regression Model., International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2022. doi: 10.1155/2022/2212624
Afroja, S., Kabir, M. R., & Islam, M. A., Analysis of determinants of severity levels of childhood anemia in Bangladesh using a proportional odds model, Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 8(1), pp.175-180, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2019.06.009
Khan, M. S., Halder, H. R., Rashid, M., Afroja, S., & Islam, M., Impact of socioeconomic and demographic factors for underweight and overweight child in Bangladesh: A polytomous logistic regression model., Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health., 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2020.05.010
Masudul Islam, Sohani Afroja, Animesh Biswas, Md Salauddin Khan, Sara Khandker, Influence of socio-demographic factors on the breastfeeding period of women in Bangladesh: a polytomous logistic regression model, Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 3, pp.223-229, 2019. doi: 10.5114/ fmpcr.2019.88380
Md. Salauddin Khan, Masudul Islam, Sajal Adhikary, Md. Murad Hossain, Sohani Afroja, Analysis and Predictions of Seasonal Affected Weather Variables of Bangladesh: SARIMA Models vs. Traditional Models, International Journal of Business and Management, 13, 12, pp.70-80, 2018. doi: 10.5539/ijbm.v13n12p70
Sohani Afroja, Mahmudur Rahman, Lopa Islam, Women’s autonomy and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in Bangladesh: further analysis of the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, 3, 2, pp.22-8, 2018. doi: 10.11648/j.bsi.20180302.13
Sohani Afroja, Masudul Islam, Mohammad Emran Hossen, Tapos Kumar Biswas, Determines Hyperglycaemia Spreads in Generations with Multiple Complications That Imposing Towards Death, International Journal of Systems Science and Applied Mathematics, 3, 2, pp.16-23, 2018. doi: 10.11648/j.ijssam.20180302.11
Teaching
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stat-304 | Research Methodology | 3rd Year |
| 0541-1202 | Calculus for Statistics and Data Science | 1st Year Semester 2 |
| Stat-410 | Categorical Data Analysis | 4th Year |
| Stat-411 | Financial Statistics | 4th Year |
| Stat-106 | Algebra and Calculus with Analytical Geometry | 1st Year |
| Stat-208 | Environmental Statistics | 2nd Year |
Experience
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 17 March, 2025 to Present
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Position: Lecturer
Period: November 9, 2022, to March 16, 2025.
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: October 26, 2018, to November 08, 2022.
Statistics Discipline
Position: Lecturer
Period: October 26, 2016, to October 25,2018.
Statistics Discipline
Contact
Sohani Afroja
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: 01750429649
Email: sohaniafroja@juniv.edu
, sohaniafroja@juniv.edu
