Rate My Professor Rafeka Hossain

Rafeka Hossain serves as Scientific Research Analyst III at Tulane University School of Medicine in the CHOICES program. She earned a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Dhaka and a Master of Science in Public Health with a focus on Applied Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is passionate about translating scientific research to enhance human health, with her current work centered on the nexus between cardiovascular health and bone health.

Hossain contributes to the STAR-MAP project, which develops a novel approach to improve adherence among older hypertensive women and men, and leads efforts on a project evaluating the role of cardiometabolic disease in spine health. She served as lead author of a study involving 21,300 postmenopausal women that identified a link between cardiovascular disease risk, as measured by the PREVENT score, and increased fracture risk, with the strongest association observed for hip fractures. Her interests include exploring the molecular dynamics underlying cardiometabolic disease and bone health relationships, as well as future collaborations within CHOICES to advance these areas of inquiry.