Short Biography
Mushfiqur Rahman is a Deputy Research Coordinator at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh. He is an experienced project manager with a theoretical background in business administration and demonstrated history of working in public health research and non-governmental organizations. His interest and expertise lie in designing, implementing, and managing research and development projects and evaluating social programs in developing countries. He is skilled in conceptualizing and conducting mixed-method research and disseminating research findings. Besides his research endeavors, Mushfiqur has served as a teaching fellow and course instructor in the modules of Quantitative Research Methodology, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Implementation Research of Master’s in Public Health Programs at BRAC JPGSPH. Furthermore, he has mentored the MPH students with their thesis on Tropical Disease Research and COVID-19.
Module(s) taught (in MPH)
- MPH 520: Quantitative Research Methods
- MPH 691: Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Programmes
Current Projects
1. Project: Effectiveness of a Low-Sodium Salt Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure at the Population Level in Rural Bangladesh Donor: Stanford University Role: Focal
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Rahman M, Tamjid R, Islam MN, Rahman M, Rabbani A and Sarker M (2021) Visual Storytelling for Knowledge Translation: A Study on BRAC’s Novel Health Loans in Protecting the Poor Against Health and Asset Vulnerability In Bangladesh. Front. Trop. Dis. 2:758904. DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2021.758904. Islam MN, Rabbani A, Talukder A, Siddiqua RR, Nujhat S, Rahman M, Roy A, Sarker M (2022) Edutainment and the prevention of under-age marriages: The evaluation of a television series designed to promote positive role models in Bangladesh. Journal of Development Effectiveness, DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2023.2195851
Awards
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Best Teaching Fellow Award (2019)
Research Interests
Implementation Research
Education
- BBA (American International University_ Bangladesh)