Short Biography
Dr. Syeda Mahsina Akter is a public health
nutrition researcher with expertise in diet quality, food environments, and public
health in Bangladesh. Dr. Akter earned both her Ph.D. in Global Nutrition and Master’s
in Nutrition and Health (specializing in Epidemiology and Public Health) from Wageningen
University and Research, The Netherlands.
Over the past decade, her work has advanced
understanding of optimal diets during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation;
breastfeeding practices; complementary feeding; the implementation of both
national and international codes on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes;
and the quality of nutrition service delivery—contributing to improved policies
and programs in Bangladesh.
Prior to that, she was involved with different
roles such as; Assistant Director at Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation, Research
Investigator at icddr,b, External Researcher with Wageningen University’s
Global Nutrition Division etc.
MPH Modules Conducted
Current Projects
Research Focus
Nutrition Food environment healthy diets food systems
Education
- PhD, Wageningen University and Research