Md Monir Hossain, MSc, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

md.hossain@cchmc.org

About

Biography

Dr. Hossain is a biostatistician and his research interests focus on developing innovative statistical methods motivated by complex biomedical and environmental applications. He has developed novel spatial and spatiotemporal models for cluster detection and also in the area of cluster detection diagnostics for small area health data. Dr. Hossain's methodologic work has been published in several top biostatistics/statistics journals such as

Statistics in Medicine, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

, etc. His application research in health services and patient outcomes has received numerous public attentions. He has been successfully funded via National Cancer Institute and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute grants for his work. Dr. Hossain has over 70 peer reviewed journal papers and has also been an ad hoc reviewer of several top statistical journals. He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

Interests

Spatial-temporal disease cluster modeling; hidden Markov mixture models; inter- and intra-rater reliability; survival function for informative drop-out; hierarchical Bayesian modeling; and spatial accessibility to primary care.

Research Areas

Publications

Effect of surgical obstructive sleep apnea treatment on periodic limb movements of sleep in pediatric patients. Ignatiuk, D; Nakamura, A; Hossain, MM; Simakajornboon, N. Sleep Medicine. 2026; 143:108926.

0938 Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and its Relationship to Sleep Disorders in Pediatric Patients with Asthma Using PSG Data. Pottanat, Z; Cole, M; Nakamura, A; Hossain, M; Simakajornboon, N. Sleep. 2026; 49(Supplement_1):a418-a418.

0885 Trajectory of Sleep Disorder Breathing in Infants with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit History. Larrain, D; Cole, M; Hossain, M; Nakamura, A; Simakajornboon, N. Sleep. 2026; 49(Supplement_1):a395-a395.

0884 Trajectory of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Larrain, D; Ignatiuk, D; Hossain, M; Nakamura, A; Simakajornboon, N. Sleep. 2026; 49(Supplement_1):a394-a395.

B61-08 Comparison of Sleep Screening Questionnaires Compared to the Prevalence and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pediatric Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Agnihotri, J; Hossain, M; Hjelm, M. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026; 212(Supplement_1):aamag162.6364.

B31-02 Correlation of Polysomnography With Overnight Oximetry in Infants: A Prospective Pilot Study. Ignatiuk, DA; Gurbani, N; Nakamura, A; Hossain, M; Simakajornboon, N. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026; 212(Supplement_1):aamag162.6339.

A99-07 Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Pediatric Chronic Respiratory Disease. Vucianis, T; Foster, KE; Nakamura, A; Hossain, M; Gover, I; Diebold, S; Towe, C; Ruff, K; Burg, G; Hardie, WD; Myers, K; Hayes, D; Paisley, A. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026; 212(Supplement_1):aamag162.6106.

Managing Cyanotic Neonates with Tetralogy of Fallot – A National Perspective on Surgical Approaches. Hoenig, SM; Bruckman, D; Welke, KF; Robinson, J; Jegatheeswaran, A; Mahboubi, R; Udeh, B; Dalton, J; Hossain, M; Karamlou, T. JTCVS Open. 2026; 101745.

Timing of Arterial Switch Operation in Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries with Intact Septum: Factors Associated with Delay, Practice Variation, and Associated Outcomes. Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Raees, MA; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, D; Cnota, JF; Alten, JA; Morales, D; Ashfaq, A. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026; 47(3):1317-1324.

Sleep-disordered breathing in children with Prader-Willi syndrome and the effect of growth hormone therapy. Tovichien, P; Simakajornboon, N; Hossain, MM. Sleep Medicine. 2026; 138:108197.