Adjunct
Faculty from BRAC
Kaosar AFSANA
Dr. Kaosar Afsana, Programme Coordinator of BRAC Health Programme is responsible for rural and urban Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Programme in BRAC. She is an MD with MPH from Harvard and PhD from Edith Cowan University, Australia. Her PhD thesis addressed maternal health practices and health care system in Bangladesh. Currently, she has been involved with national and international research projects. Dr. Afsana authored two books on childbirth practices and published research papers in journals, books and monographs. She is a member of Bangladesh Obstetric and Gynecological Association and board member of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. She lectures in Reproductive & Sexual Health & Rights course.
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Faruque AHMED
Mr. Faruque Ahmed is the Director of BRAC Health Programme. His area of interest is to take an economic and multi-sectoral perspective on public health performance and to build on the existing policy framework at country level. His research interest also includes the most promising strategy or strategies for engaging private sectors for maternal and child health, and sector goal in country context.
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Syed Masud AHMED
Dr. Ahmed is a Research Coordinator at the Research and Evaluation Division (RED), BRAC. He is a medical doctor with a Doctorate in Public Health from Karolinska Institute in Sweden. His research interests include studying the impact of health and non-health interventions on the lives of the poor especially, women and children, and exploring the mechanisms of such impact, gender and health equity and health-seeking behaviour of the disadvantaged populations. He teaches the Monitoring and Evaluation course at the School.
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Nasima AKTER
Dr. Akter is a Research Fellow and Team Leader of the Environmental Research Unit at RED, BRAC. She has a Masters in Environmental Risk Assessment from Chiangmai University, Thailand and doctorate in technical science degree in Environmental Technology and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Her research areas include municipal and medical waste management, natural resource conservation, renewable energy, health and environment, and environmental assessment. She teaches the Environment and Health course at the School.
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Akramul ISLAM
Dr. Islam, Programme Manager of BRAC Health Programme is responsible for TB and Malaria control programmes. He has a PhD from Tokyo University and has published widely.
