Researcher Profile

My research focuses on health systems strengthening, ICT for health, equity, maternal and child nutrition, infant and young child feeding and policy analysis and stakeholder analysis.

• Nutrition lead, INDEPTH Network
• Research Group Coordinator, ICT for Health Research Group, icddr,b
• Country coordinator, South Asian Infant feeding Research Network
• Member, Program committee, Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation
• Guest editor, BMC Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Journal, and Public Health Nutrition
• Editor ‘Doctoring the village doctors: giving attention where it is due’
• Member, Scientific Committee, 12th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON) 2009 on Health Systems research: People’s needs first and 13th ASCON 2011 on Science to accelerate universal health coverage
• Member, organizing committee, International Conference on Maternal and Child Nutrition 2015, Srilanka
• Fogarty Foundation scholarship 2001-2007 for Doctoral Training.
• Australia Awards Fellowship in 2014 for “Enhancing capacity to strengthen policy and interventions to reduce child under-nutrition” at University of Sydney, Australia.

Selected publications include:

• Batchelor S, Waldman L,Bloom G, Rasheed S, Scott N, Ahmed T, et al. Understanding Health Information Seeking from an Actor-Centric Perspective. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2015; 12(7):8103-24.
• Khan NU, Rasheed S, Sharmin T, Ahmed T, Mahmood SS, Khatun F, et al. Experience of using mHealth to link village doctors with physicians: lessons from Chakaria, Bangladesh. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2015;15(1):62.
• Khatun F, Hanifi SMA, Iqbal M, Rasheed S, Rahman MS, Ahmed T, et al. Prospects of mHealth Services in Bangladesh: Recent Evidence from Chakaria. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(11):e111413.
• Alam A, Rasheed S, Khan NU, Sharmin T, Huda TM, Arifeen SE, et al. How can formative research inform the design of an iron-folic acid supplementation intervention starting in first trimester of pregnancy in Bangladesh? BMC public health. 2015;15(1):374.
• Rasheed S, Haider R, Hassan N, Pachon H, Islam S, Jalal CS, et al. Why does nutrition deteriorate rapidly among children under 2 years of age? Using qualitative methods to understand community perspectives on complementary feeding practices in Bangladesh. Food Nutr Bull. 2011 Sep;32(3):192-200.
• Haider, R., Rasheed S., et al. "Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh." Int Breastfeed 2011; 5: 21.
• Rasheed S, Frongillo  EA, Devine CM, Alam DS, Rasmussen;KM. Maternal, infant, and household factors are associated with breast-feeding trajectories during infants' first 6 months of life in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Nutr 2009; 139:1582-7.
• Rasheed S, Jahan S, Sharmin T, Hoque S, Khanam MA, Land MA, et al. How much salt do adults consume in climate vulnerable coastal Bangladesh? BMC public health. 2014;14(1):584.
• Rasu RS, Iqbal M, Hanifi SMA, Moula A, Hoque S, Rasheed S, et al. Level, pattern, and determinants of polypharmacy and inappropriate use of medications by village doctors in a rural area of Bangladesh. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR. 2014; 6:515-21.
• Chowdhury AMR, Bhuiya A, Chowdhury ME, Rasheed S, Hussain Z, Chen LC. The Bangladesh paradox: exceptional health achievement despite economic poverty. The Lancet. 2013, 382(9906):1734-45.
• Khatun F, Rasheed S, Moran AC, Alam AM, Shomik MS, Sultana M, et al. Causes of neonatal and maternal deaths in Dhaka slums: Implications for service delivery. BMC Public Health. 2012;12(1):1-9.