Laila Banu

Dr Laila Banu is a career medical professional and teacher who is now working as Prof. Genetics and Molecular Biology and Chairman in the Department of Anatomy at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

In addition to her current responsibility, she also established a Genome Research Laboratory at Department of Anatomy, BSMMU funded by World Bank and GOV. of Bangladesh.

She has a PhD and MS degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, as well as Master of Medical Education (MMEd), Master of Philosophy (MPhil in Anatomy) and Bachelor MBBS Degree. She organized and represented numerous international meetings and international conferences related to a medical professional.

She participated in several Global Good Ethical and Legal Issues of human genomics Programmers, Senior lead researchers.

She heads a research Project on Integrated Health Research Project of Ministry of Health of GOV. of Bangladesh, Gut microbiome Project of Ministry of Education of Bangladesh and successfully performed a numbers of whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2. In corona Genome Sequencing Project of BSMMU.

Dr Laila's research interests include cancer genomics, cardiogenetics and genetic counseling.