690
Master of Public Health Graduates
1253
Graduates in Diploma in Midwifery Programme
400+
Research Projects
350+
Skills Building Seminars and Workshops
515+
Peer-reviewed articles published in International Journals since 2017
465+
Multi-stakeholder impactful engagements since inception
BRAC
James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH),
BRAC University
BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University was founded in 2004 in Dhaka, Bangladesh to address the unmet public health challenges particular to Asia, Africa and South America. The School's Institutional partner is BRAC, the world’s largest NGO, reaching over 100 million people in Bangladesh and working in 11 countries in Africa and Asia. It is at BRAC University, a premier higher education and development research institution. The School offers unparalleled real-life, community-centric teaching, learning and research experiences on critical and emerging national and global public health challenges.
Our Mission
To create innovative public health leaders and solutions through cutting-edge, experiential Education, Training, Research and Impact.
Our Vision
To be the leading global Public Health Institute for the world’s critical health challenges affecting disadvantaged communities.
School Management Committee
Laura Reichenbach, MPA, ScD
DeanDirector, Centre of Excellence for Science of Implementation and Scale-Up (CoE-SISU)
Dr Malay Kanti Mridha, PhD
Professor & Deputy DeanDirector, Centre of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition (CNCDN)
Sabina Faiz Rashid, PhD
Professor, Mushtaque Chowdhury Chair in Health and Poverty, and Director, Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR), at BRAC JPGSPH, and Honourary Professor, International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Dr Syed Masud Ahmed, PhD
ProfessorDirector, Centre of Excellence for Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage (CoE-HS&UHC)
Dr Kaosar Afsana, PhD
ProfessorLead, Humanitarian Hub
Zahidul Quayyum, PhD
Professor Co-Director, Centre of Excellence for Urban Equity and Health (CUEH)
Md. Tanvir Hasan, PhD
Professor and Co-Director, Centre of Excellence for Urban Equity and Health (CUEH)
Dr Ataur Rahman
DirectorCentre for Professional Skills Development
Dr Sharmina Rahman
Director & Head Midwifery Education Programme
Santhia Ireen, PhD
M.Sc (Nutrition), MPhil (Biological Anthropology), PhDDeputy Director, Education and Research
Farzana Misha, PhD
Associate Professor Lead, Hub for Climate Change, Environment, and Health (CCEH)Institutional Partner:
Late Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC, founded BRAC JPGSPH in 2004. BRAC is one of the world’s largest NGOs, and has various development programmes targeting the ultra-poor in health, micro- finance, education, and legal rights. BRAC field operations in communities offers a dynamic and diverse learning laboratory for BRAC JPGSPH’s Master of Public Health students. The School draws on the rapidly growing presence of BRAC International across 34 countries to identify students for its MPH programme. Research partnerships with BRAC allows the School to contribute to evidence to inform BRAC’s programmes and policies.
