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Our research is addressing some of the world’s most pressing health challenges.
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2023 - till date
Associate Scientist, Program for Emerging Infection, icddr,b
2023 - 2024
Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of California Berkeley, USA
Assistant Professor (adjunct), Department of Public Health, North South University Bangladesh
2019 - till date
Guest faculty, Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 - 2021
PhD student of Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 - 2022
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
An anthropologist and cultural epidemiologist working in the arena of social and public health research and development, training and program implementation on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (e.g., Nipah, avian influenza, Japanese encephalitis, COVID-19), water and sanitation (e.g., hepatitis-E, diarrheal diseases), maternal & child health, and gender & development in Bangladesh. Extensive experience in public health research including anthropological research, quantitative survey, monitoring and evaluation of program, policy focus research, economic burden studies, community-based behavior change intervention trial and outbreak investigation of diseases. My research interests also include the design and implementation of behaviour change interventions to prevent infectious diseases, both in community and hospital settings. My methodological expertise includes anthropological/qualitative and mixed method research approaches. My leading research and intervention studies are:
