Humairat Rahman

MD, PhD, MPH

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Associate Professor

hrahman@nmsu.edu 
575-646-5469

According to my teaching philosophy, the key parts of teaching are inspiring student learning, enhancing student understanding, encouraging student interaction and nurturing my own awareness of different learning styles. It is also essential to start from fundamental concepts that the students are familiar with, and then build upon them to reach the targeted learning objective.
As a Health Science instructor, I assist students to understand topics related to disease and prevention of disease and environmental health. My goal as an instructor is to present relevant material as clearly as possible. Most students in Health Science learn more from practical activities than from classroom lectures. I always encourage my students to be dynamic participants in their classes and practical experiences. I emphasize interactive lectures and “on the spot” thinking and analysis so that students can learn how to form their own views about the lesson. My next focus is to develop their analytical skills. I believe that students should always be challenged to test their critical and analytical talent. Health Science students essentially should pursue questions, explore them, solve them and discover some more questions. As an instructor, I always provide confidence to my students to be innovative and try to present lectures in an interesting way to stimulate curiosity. Students interested in a topic pay greater attention to the information as it is presented, consider the material from a personal perspective, and spend extra time researching and studying the finer details, resulting in a better understanding of the material.

Education

PhD., University of South Florida, Tampa,FL, USA
MD, Rangpur Medical College, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
MPH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Awards & Honors

  • Arsenic Exposure and its Association with Cancers among Residents with Wells in New Mexico's Border Counties. Awarded by the National Institute Of Health/National Institute of General Medicine Sciences. Award period: July 2024 to June, 2028.Role: Principal Investigator
  • 2nd Position : NMSU Research Week,2022
  • Awarded Mountain-West CTR-IN Year 10 Pilot grant: funded by NIGMS of the NIH: #: 1U54GM104944. 2022
  • Awarded contract beween New Mexico Department of Health and Public Health Sciences Department. Funding agency: State of New Mexico, 2022
  • College of Public Health, Unisversity of South Florida:AY 2014-2015
  • Environmental and Occupational Health Student Scholarship, USF. 2013
  • Japanese Government Scholar: 2007
  • Goverment Scholarship: 5th grade to completion of MD degree

Clinical Focus

  • Metal/chemical exposure and disease correlation
  • Early biomarker detection of cellular damage, DNA damage
  • Chemical/metal's effect on Human Health

Research Interests

  • Metal/chemical exposure and disease correlation
  • Air pollution and human health

Selected Publications

  • Rahman, H. H., Toohey, W., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2023). Association of urinary arsenic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and metals with cancers among the female population in the US. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 480, 116746 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2023.116746 . PMID: 37931756
  • Rahman, H. H., Toohey, W., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2023). Exposure to arsenic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, and association with skin cancers in the US adults. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 30(45):101681-101708.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28593-8. PMID: 37653200
  • Rahman, H. H., Akinobi, Z., Gard, C., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2023). Sleeping behavior during COVID-19 in students at a Hispanic serving institution in the southwestern border region in the US. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 11620. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38713-6. PMID: 37464098. PMCID: PMC10353980
  • Rahman, H. H., Sheikh, S. P., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2023). Arsenic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and metal exposure and risk assessment of stroke. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 30(37):86973-86986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28593-8. PMID: 37414997
  • Rahman, H. H., Akinjobi, Z., Morales, J. B., Munson-McGee, S. H., & Gard, C. (2023). Prevalence of depression during COVID 19 in students in a minority serving Institution: A cross sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. 13:100605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100605. PMID: 37333941. PMCID: PMC10263221
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2023). Association of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and COPD and risk of lung cancer. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 30(8), 20147–20158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23631-3 PMID:36251191
  • Niemann, D., Akinjobi, Z., Jeon, S., & Rahman, H. H. (2023). Arsenic exposure and prevalence of human papillomavirus in the US male population. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 30(1), 1263–1275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22306-3 PMID: 35915301
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2022). Urinary metals, arsenic, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and risk of chronic bronchitis in the US adult population. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 29(48), 73480-73491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20982-9 PMID: 35624372
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2022). Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, arsenic, and metal exposure and correlation with emphysema in smokers. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 450, 116168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2022.116168 PMID: 35842137
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2022). Association between environmental toxic metals, arsenic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the US adult population. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 29(36), 54507–54517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19695-w PMID: 35303226
  • Niemann, D., Subrata Paul., & Rahman, H. H. (2022). Avalanche fatalities in the US 2009-2019: Preparedness among backcountry skier, sidecountry, and snowmobile deaths. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 33(2), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2022.03.006 PMID: 35491311
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2022). Urinary Metals, Arsenic, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure and Risk of Self-reported Emphysema in the US Adult Population. Lung, 200(2), 237-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-022-00518-1 PMID: 35178625
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S.H. (2022). Association of chronic kidney disease with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the US population. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 29(16), 24024-24034. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17479-2 PMID: 34822075
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2022). Association among urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and depression: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2015-2016, Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 29(9), 13089–13097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16692-3 PMID: 34569004
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S. H. (2022). Environmental exposure to metals and the risk of high blood pressure: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2015-2016. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 29(1), 531-542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15726-0 PMID: 34331653
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Yusuf, K. K. (2022). Association of urinary arsenic and sleep disorder in the US population: NHANES 2015-2016. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 29(4), 5496-5504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16085-6 PMID: 34420169.
  • Rahman, H. H., Niemann, D., & Munson-McGee, S.H. (2022). Association of albumin to creatinine ratio with urinary arsenic and metal exposure: Evidence from NHANES 2015-2016. International Urology and Nephrology, 54(6), 1343-1353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-021-03018-y PMID: 34643861

Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1H9kituJuopcTJ/bibliography/public/