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	'''Samir Kumar Saha''' (born 28 December 1955) is an eminent [[Bangladeshis\|Bangladeshi]] [[microbiologist]] and public health expert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/health-wellness/2017/10/22/bangladeshi-microbiologist-wins-unesco-award/\|title=Bangladeshi microbiologist wins Unesco award \|work=Dhaka Tribune \|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Bangladeshi-Dr-Samir-wins-UNESCO-award-for-microbiology/48857\|title=Bangladeshi Dr Samir wins UNESCO award for microbiology \|work=risingbd.com\|access-date=2017-10-25\|language=en}}</ref> He is the [[professor]], [[consultant (medicine)\|senior consultant]] and head of the department of Diagnostic Division of Microbiology at the [[Dhaka Shishu Hospital]] for children and also the executive director of [http://chrfbd.org/ The Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)] at the Bangladesh Institute of Child Health.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/science/unesco-carlos-j-finlay-prize-in-microbiology-recognition-my-country-bangladesh-says-scientist-professor-dr-samir-k-saha-1480195\|title=UNESCO award is recognition for my country\|date=2017-10-22\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2017-10-25\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://dhakashishuhospital.org.bd/index.php/management-board/\|title=Management Board (Present) \|website=Dhaka Shishu Hospital \|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref>		'''Samir Kumar Saha''' (born 28 December 1955) is an eminent [[Bangladeshis\|Bangladeshi]] [[microbiologist]] and public health expert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/health-wellness/2017/10/22/bangladeshi-microbiologist-wins-unesco-award/\|title=Bangladeshi microbiologist wins Unesco award \|work=Dhaka Tribune \|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Bangladeshi-Dr-Samir-wins-UNESCO-award-for-microbiology/48857\|title=Bangladeshi Dr Samir wins UNESCO award for microbiology \|work=risingbd.com\|access-date=2017-10-25\|language=en}}</ref> He is the [[professor]], [[consultant (medicine)\|senior consultant]] and head of the department of Diagnostic Division of Microbiology at the [[Dhaka Shishu Hospital]] for children and also the executive director of [http://chrfbd.org/ The Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)] at the [[Bangladesh Institute of Child Health]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/science/unesco-carlos-j-finlay-prize-in-microbiology-recognition-my-country-bangladesh-says-scientist-professor-dr-samir-k-saha-1480195\|title=UNESCO award is recognition for my country\|date=2017-10-22\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2017-10-25\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://dhakashishuhospital.org.bd/index.php/management-board/\|title=Management Board (Present) \|website=Dhaka Shishu Hospital \|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref>

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'''Samir Kumar Saha''' (born 28 December 1955) is an eminent [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] [[microbiologist]] and public health expert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/health-wellness/2017/10/22/bangladeshi-microbiologist-wins-unesco-award/|title=Bangladeshi microbiologist wins Unesco award |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Bangladeshi-Dr-Samir-wins-UNESCO-award-for-microbiology/48857|title=Bangladeshi Dr Samir wins UNESCO award for microbiology |work=risingbd.com|access-date=2017-10-25|language=en}}</ref> He is the [[professor]], [[consultant (medicine)|senior consultant]] and head of the department of Diagnostic Division of Microbiology at the [[Dhaka Shishu Hospital]] for children and also the executive director of [http://chrfbd.org/ The Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)] at the Bangladesh Institute of Child Health.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/science/unesco-carlos-j-finlay-prize-in-microbiology-recognition-my-country-bangladesh-says-scientist-professor-dr-samir-k-saha-1480195|title=UNESCO award is recognition for my country|date=2017-10-22|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-25|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dhakashishuhospital.org.bd/index.php/management-board/|title=Management Board (Present) |website=Dhaka Shishu Hospital |access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref>

== Career ==
Saha is known for his research on [[Pediatrics|pediatric]] [[infectious diseases]] specializing in [[pneumonia]], [[meningitis]] and [[Typhoid fever|enteric fever]]. He is focused on finding the true burden of these diseases, their causative organisms, drug resistance patterns and [[serotype]] distributions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sultana|first1=Nadira K.|last2=Saha|first2=Samir K.|last3=Al-Emran|first3=Hassan M.|last4=Modak|first4=Joyanta K.|last5=Sharker|first5=M. A. Yushuf|last6=El-Arifeen|first6=Shams|last7=Cohen|first7=Adam L.|last8=Baqui|first8=Abdullah H.|last9=Luby|first9=Stephen P.|date=July 2013|title=Impact of introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine into childhood immunization on meningitis in Bangladeshi infants|journal=The Journal of Pediatrics|volume=163|issue=1 Suppl|pages=S73–78|doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.033|pmc=4629472|pmid=23773597}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />

In 2017, Saha was the first scientist from a developing country to receive the [[American Society for Microbiology|American Society for Microbiology (ASM)]] award for his outstanding research in [[Clinical Microbiology]]. Following which he has been elected to Fellowship in the [[American Academy of Microbiology]].<ref name="asm">{{Cite press release |url=https://www.asm.org/index.php/asm-newsroom2/press-releases/94683-announcing-the-2017-asm-award-winners|title=Announcing the 2017 ASM Award Winners|last=Urban|first=Joanna|website=www.asm.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref> The same year Saha received the [[Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology|UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize]] in Microbiology, along with Shahida Hasnain, also a renowned Pakistani microbiologist for research and work in the field of microbiology.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/news/shahida-hasnain-pakistan-and-samir-saha-bangladesh-receive-carlos-j-finlay-unesco-prize|title=Shahida Hasnain (Pakistan) and Samir Saha (Bangladesh) to receive Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology|website=UNESCO|date=October 17, 2017|language=en|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref> The November 2017 edition of National Geographic Magazine published "[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/11/vaccine-health-infection-global-children/ Here’s Why Vaccines Are So Crucial]", an article revolving around the need and impact of vaccines in society and vividly highlighted the lifelong dedication of Saha's fight to beating [[pneumonia]] and other [[pneumococcal infections]] in Bangladesh. After the publication of the article Saha was invited to attend a panel discussion on the various aspects of pneumococcal vaccines and vaccines in general, hosted and broadcast by [[National Geographic]], and the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] at the [https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/ivac/index.html International Vaccine Access Center], the [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]], Baltimore, USA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stoppneumonia.org/event/ivac-national-geographic-gates-foundation-present-life-saving-vaccine-world-never-heard/|title=The Life-Saving Vaccine the World Has Never Heard Of... - Stop Pneumonia|website=stoppneumonia.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Samir Kumar Saha is microbiologist [[Senjuti Saha]]'s father. His wife Dr. Setarunnahar is a public health researcher. His youngest son is also a microbiologist by profession.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sarabangla.net/post/sb-428940/|script-title=bn:একজন সেঁজুতির বিজ্ঞানী হয়ে ওঠা|date=2020-05-24|website=Sarabangla.net |language=bn |access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref>

== Education ==
Saha earned his BSc. and MSc. from The [[University of Dhaka]] in Bangladesh in 1983, and his PhD from the [[Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University|Institute of Medical Sciences of Banaras Hindu University]], [[Varanasi]], [[India]], in 1989.<ref name="User"/>

== Achievements ==
Saha played a key role in implementing vaccines against two [[bacteria]] that cause [[meningitis]] and pneumonia in Bangladesh.<ref name=":3" /> It had a direct positive impact on the health of children in the country.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />

As a leading researcher in pediatrics, he has been performing surveillance on invasive childhood diseases in Bangladesh for more than a decade.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/pakistan-professor-wins-prestigious-unesco-award-1.2109681|title=Pakistan professor wins prestigious UNESCO award|last=Jamal|first=Sana |date=2017-10-20|work=Gulf News|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/410857-|title=Pakistani laureate awarded UNESCO Prize for Microbiology - Pakistan |work=Dunya News|access-date=2017-10-25|language=en-US}}</ref> He has also led research into the resistance to treatment of some pneumococcal diseases.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.technologyreview.pk/pakistani-professor-wins-unesco-prize-microbiology/|title=Pakistani Professor Wins UNESCO Prize for Microbiology|website=www.technologyreview.pk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref>

Saha along with his team designed and set up four sentinel hospital surveillance network in Bangladesh. The "community adjusted hospital-based surveillance" is a model of surveillance that records data of the burden of diseases at a population level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coalitionagainsttyphoid.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/05.Saha_.8TC.pdf|title=Multiple Modalities to Explore Typhoid among Children: implication in vaccination policy}}</ref> The surveillance data is generated on invasive childhood diseases caused by ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'',<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last1=Saha|first1=Samir K.|last2=Emran|first2=Hassan M. Al|last3=Hossain|first3=Belal|last4=Darmstadt|first4=Gary L.|last5=Saha|first5=Senjuti|last6=Islam|first6=Maksuda|last7=Chowdhury|first7=Atique I.|last8=Foster|first8=Dona|last9=Naheed|first9=Aliya|date=2012-03-30|title=Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype-2 Childhood Meningitis in Bangladesh: A Newly Recognized Pneumococcal Infection Threat|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=7|issue=3|pages=e32134|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0032134|pmid=22479314|pmc=3316528|bibcode=2012PLoSO...732134S|issn=1932-6203|doi-access=free}}</ref> ''Haemophilus influenzae'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Saha|first1=Samir K.|last2=Baqui|first2=Abdullah H.|last3=Darmstadt|first3=Gary L|last4=RuhulAmin|first4=M.|last5=Hanif|first5=Mohammed|last6=Arifeen|first6=Shams El|last7=Oishi|first7=Kazunori|last8=Santosham|first8=Mathuram|last9=Nagatake|first9=Tsuyoshi|date=2005-02-01|title=Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b diseases in Bangladesh, with increased resistance to antibiotics|url=http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(04)00877-7/abstract|journal=The Journal of Pediatrics|language=English|volume=146|issue=2|pages=227–233|doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.09.007|pmid=15689914|issn=0022-3476}}</ref> ''Salmonella typhi/paratyphi'',<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last1=Saha|first1=Senjuti|last2=Islam|first2=Maksuda|last3=Uddin|first3=Mohammad J.|last4=Saha|first4=Shampa|last5=Das|first5=Rajib C.|last6=Baqui|first6=Abdullah H.|last7=Santosham|first7=Mathuram|last8=Black|first8=Robert E.|last9=Luby|first9=Stephen P.|date=2017-10-26|title=Integration of enteric fever surveillance into the WHO-coordinated Invasive Bacterial-Vaccine Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) platform: A low cost approach to track an increasingly important disease|journal=PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases|volume=11|issue=10|pages=e0005999|doi=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005999|pmid=29073137|pmc=5658195|issn=1935-2735}}</ref> etc.

Saha has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals, mostly exploring the topics of childhood pneumonia and meningitis.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/22/pakistani-scientist-awarded-unesco-prize-for-microbiology/|title=Pakistani scientist awarded UNESCO prize for microbiology|website=Pakistan Today |access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref>

==International and national public health organizations==

A member of [[Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts]] (PACE), he also heads the steering committee of the [[Coalition against Typhoid|Coalition Against Typhoid]] (CaT) of the [[Sabin Vaccine Institute]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/health/unesco-awards-carlos-J-finlay-prize-to-bangladeshi-microbiologist-professor-dr-samir-saha-1479766|title=UNESCO awards Bangladeshi microbiologist|date=2017-10-22|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-25|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/english/international/article/64469/bangladeshi-microbiologist-awarded-unesco-prize|title=Bangladeshi microbiologist awarded UNESCO Prize |work=banglanews24.com |access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref name="User">{{Cite web|url=http://chrfbd.org/all_backup/index.php/who-we-are/overview/our-team/our-team-2/89-samir-k-saha|title=Samir K. Saha |website=chrfbd.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-25}}</ref> He is an associate of the Department of International Health of [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Maryland]] and adjunct scientist of [[International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research]], Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). He is also a member of the National Committee for Immunization Policies of the Government of Bangladesh.<ref name="User" />

== Honors and awards ==
Saha has been recognized by numerous awards including:
* In 2017, [[American Society for Microbiology]] (ASM) Award for Research in [[Clinical Microbiology]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="asm" />
* In 2017, [[UNESCO]] [[Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology|Carlos J. Finlay Prize in Microbiology]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* in 2021,Received [[Ekushey Padak]] from Bangladesh government.

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