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2020
Head of Research, Maternal and Child Health Division, icddr,b
2016-2020
Senior Director (Acting), Health Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr,b
2015
Head, Initiative for Climate Change and Health, icddr,b
2014-15
Director (Acting), Centre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change, icddr,b
2013-14
Project Coordinator and Associate Scientist, Centre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change icddr,b
2011 -
Associate Professor, James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011-
Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health, North South University, Bangladesh
2010-11
Deputy Project Coordinator and Associate Scientist, Centre for Population, Urbanization and Climate Change, icddr,b
2002-08
PhD in Sociology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2007-08
Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Fellowship in Population and Reproductive Health by Macro International, Calverton, MD, USA
2005-06
Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Fellowship for Population Policy Program by Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC, USA
2001-05
East West Center Degree Fellowship, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1998-10
Senior Operations Researcher, Health Systems and Infectious Disease Division, icddrb
1996–97
Master of Medical Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
1995–
Post-graduate Diploma in Primary Health Care, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
1995-97
AusAID Fellowship
1991-97
Research Investigator, Urban MCH-FP Extension Project, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1981-87
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
I am a Social Scientist with more than 25 years of experience in conducting health and population research. I started my career in 1991 and since then worked extensively in the fields of adolescent health, maternal health, and health systems research especially in improving health services for adolescents and young people in Bangladesh. My seminal work on adolescent health includes: identifying health needs of adolescents in Bangladesh; assessment of youth-friendly health services in Bangladesh; national survey on child marriage; designing and testing different strategies to improve health services for adolescents. Â
Some other recently completed studies include an epidemiological study to assess the burden and risk factors for Human Papilloma Virus infection in Bangladesh; evaluation of HIV prevention programs for female sex workers, and assessment of effect of post-abortion family planning services on subsequent fertility behavior. I have extensive experience in research and evaluation with particular focus on large scale surveys as well as evaluation of community and facility-based interventions using mixed method design.
I have served in a number of national technical and advisory committees, including technical committee for Urban Health Survey 2013, Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey 2010 and 2016 and Adolescent Health Strategy.Â
