 Faruque maintained an active research team in icddr,b for over two decades, and then moved to BRAC University to strengthen life science research in one of the nation's premier private universities.Addressing the health problems of developing countries, Faruque has contributed significantly to the understanding of natural mechanisms associated with the emergence of bacterial pathogens.Although he has conducted significant work in understanding the epidemiology and transmission of "Shigella" and diarrhoeagenic "Escherichia coli" infections, his major contribution is in the epidemiology and genetics of "Vibrio cholerae", the causative agent of cholera epidemics.