Professional Employment:
Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University, Fresno (2006
- present)
Senior Research Fellow, Central Valley Health Policy Institute, College of Health
and Human Services, California State University, Fresno (2006-present)
University, Community and Professional Service:
University
- Director/Graduate Coordinator, Master of Public Health Program (2016-2019)
- CHHS International Committee on International Education (2008-2012)
- Chair, Student Outcome Assessment Plan (SOAP) Committee (2009-2016)
- Member, Undergraduate Academic Program Review Subcommittee (2010-2017)
- Senator, Academic Senate of CSU, Fresno (2010-2012)
Community
- Board Member of Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID), Dhaka, Bangladesh
(2020-present)
- Board Member, Prava Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016-present)
- Board Member, Healing Hope - a non-profit for health and well-being of the Hmong population
in Fresno – (2009-2015)
- Member, Fresno Health Care Access Partnership’s “Access to Specialty Care Task Force”
(ASCTF) Telemedicine Clinical Work Group (2008-2010)
Extracurricular
- Advisor, Muslim Students’ Association (2007-2010)
- Advisor, Fresno State Student Healthcare Policy Consortium (2013- present)
Selected Publications:
Hodge, F., Kotkin-Jaszi, K., Rahman, MA, Martinez, F., Prescription, OTC and Complementary
Medicine Use among Hmong Adults in Central California. Nursing and Care. Issue 4 Vol
4, 2015
Rahman, MA, Laiju F., Determinants of Profitability of Private Sector Hospitals in
Bangladesh. Social Science Review. The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, June 2013;
30 (1) 181-192
Rahman MA, Capitman JA., Can more use of supporting primary care health practitioners
increase efficiency of health clinics? Evidence from California's San Joaquin Valley.
Journal of Health Care Finance. 2012 Spring; 38(3):78-92
Rahman MA, Capitman JA., Factors Affecting Profit Efficiency of Private Hospitals
in Bangladesh: Are Urban Hospitals More Profit-Efficient? Journal of Health Management
June 2012; 14(2): 83-96
Rahman, M., “Allocation in the Health Sector of Bangladesh: A Case Study of Medical
and Surgical Requisites” Research paper 18, Health Economics Unit, Policy Research
Unit, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, February 2000
Rahman, M., “Public Expenditure Review of the Health and Population Sector 1998/99”,
Research paper 17, Health Economics Unit, Policy Research Unit, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, January 2000
Quayyum, Z., Routh S., Rahman, M., Jahan, M., Khuda, B., “Cost-Recovery Strategies
in the Health and Population Programmes of Bangladesh: Issues for the Application
of User Fees” International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
Special Publication No.90, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999
Levin, AnnAmin, Ahsanul Saifi, Rumana A. Rahman, M. Anisur Barkat-e-Khuda Mozumder,
Khorshed A, “Cost-effectiveness of Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Alternative
Service Delivery Strategies in Rural Bangladesh”, International Center for Diarrhoeal
Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 1997
Rahman, Mohammad A., Capitman, John A., “Productive Efficiency of Primary Care Health
Clinics in the San Joaquin Valley, California: Can Use of Non-Licensed Providers Improve
Efficiency?” Central Valley Health Policy Institute, California State University Fresno,
October 2010
Rahman, Mohammad A., Capitman, John A. Nyandoro, K. “Telemedicine in the San Joaquin
Valley: Opportunities and Barriers in Adoption” Central Valley Health Policy Institute,
California State University Fresno, December 2009
Chooljian, S., Capitman, J., Rahman, M., Nyandoro, K. Yengoyan, B. “CAUSE: Quality
Affordable Healthcare for Everyone” Central Valley Health Policy Institute, California
State University Fresno, 2009
Grants:
Glow! Fresno Group Prenatal Care & Support Phase I A Feasibility and Evaluation Study
2018-2020 (Co-Investigator – Health Economist)
Provost's Faculty Scholarship Awards 2017-18, 2016-17, 2014-15
Undergraduate Research Grant Award 2014-15: Barks and Bytes: Identifying the Growing
Dependences and Psychological Implications of Internet Usage among Fresno State Students
Development of a National Health Care Plan Grant from Fresno Regional Foundation 2007
Central Valley Health Policy Institute California State University, Fresno Interdisciplinary
Health Policy Fellowship 2006-2008
San Joaquin Valley Health Enterprise Zone Project 2007
Immigration Survey Grant from Dean of College of Health and Human Services and Dean
of Social Science 2006
Wyatt Jones Fellowship (2000-2002), Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
