Short Biography

Ranjan Koiri is a dedicated public health professional with over eight years of experience in community health, including five years in public health research, coordination, and developing solutions for community health needs.

He currently serves as an Assistant Coordinator at the BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (BRAC JPGSPH), BRAC University, where he co-leads multiple research projects focusing on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Hygiene Behavior Change, Mental Health, and Health Systems Resilience. One of his major ongoing initiatives is the SHINE Project, which addresses the mental health and well-being of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Bangladesh and Kenya, in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK), LVCT Health (Kenya), and APRC (Kenya).

Ranjan has successfully managed and coordinated several high-impact research and capacity development projects. These include the Disrupting Cross-Border Trafficking Project (CIFF), Community-Based Capacity Building for SRHR (Nuffic), HBC Health Skill Learning Project (WaterAid UK), and the Health Crises Resilience Certificate Training Programme (with the European University Institute, Italy, and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia).

Alongside research, he actively contributes to the Master of Public Health (MPH) program as a Teaching Fellow, supporting multiple modules in partnership with national and international faculty. For his teaching contributions, he received the Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Teaching Fellow Award (2021–22). His research work has also been published in several peer-reviewed journals.