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2015 - till date
PhD student of Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2012 - till date
Assistant Scientist, Program for Emerging Infection, icddr,b
2006 - 2011
Research Investigator (Anthropologist), Center for Communicable Diseases, icddr,b
2009
Masters of Science (MSc) in International Health: Health in Emergencies from University College London (UCL), Queens Margaret University, Edinburg and Copenhagen University, Denmark
2005 - 2006
Senior Research Officer, Public Health Sciences Division, icddr,b
2003 - 2004
Senior Coordinator (Training and Research), Protikriti Communications, Bangladesh
2002 - 2003
Research Associate, Social Initiatives Limited, Bangladesh
2001 - 2002
Program Coordinator, Bangladesh Center for Research and Development (BCRD)
1999 - 2001
Program Organizer, Gender Relation Coordination Cell, PROSHIKA, Bangladesh
1998 - 1999
Research Officer, Policy Research Department, PROSHIKA, Bangladesh
1996
Masters of Social Science (MSS) in Anthropology from University of Dhaka
1995
Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Anthropology from University of Dhaka
My research interests include the design and implementation of behaviour change interventions to prevent infectious diseases, both in community and hospital settings. I have experience conducting exploratory and intervention research on avian influenza, Nipah, hand hygiene in hospital settings, child feces management in rural households, household water use in different seasons and water stress in low income urban settlements. My methodological expertise includes anthropological/qualitative and mixed method research approaches. My leading research and intervention studies are: