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Syed Masud Ahmed

Public Health Scientist with expertise in research, evaluation and impact assessment. Expert in designing and conducting clinical and public health research including social science research. Extensive first-hand experience on public health problems of Bangladesh and low- and middle-income countries. Experienced in implementing programmes on operation research issues, research management and mentoring in multi-disciplinary, multi-ethnic environment. Published extensively in peer reviewed journals and authored book chapters, research monographs and working papers. Reviewer of manuscripts for Bulletin of WHO; Social Science and Medicine; Health Policy and Planning; Health Policy; Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition; Tropical Medicine and International Health, Health Systems Policy and Research, BMC Public Health, BMJ Global Health etc. Traveled widely and attended and presented papers in many international seminars, conferences and workshops.

Professor and Director,
Centre of Excellence for Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage (COE-HS&UHC)

Karolinska Institutet University, Sweden,                                                                                        2005 

Doctoral degree, PhD, Public Health (Health Systems)


Karolinska Institutet University, Sweden,                                                                                         2003

Diploma in Health Policy and Management


Harvard University (HCPDS),                                                                                                             1997

David E Bell Fellowship in Population and International Health


National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), 1991

MPH


Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Dhaka Medical College,               1978

MBBS


  • 2013─Present: BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka.

Professor and Director, Centre of Excellence for Health Systems and Universal Health

Coverage

  • Jul. 2013 – Dec. 2015 ICDDR,B and James P Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University

Professor and Programme Coordinator UHC, CEHS, icddr,b and Director, CoE-UHC

  • Aug. 2010 - June 2013  BRAC Research and Evaluation Division

Senior Research Coordinator 

  • Apr. 2003 – Jul. 2010 BRAC Research and Evaluation Division