Experience

Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

• Bangladesh
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Operations (In-Charge, Learning and Development Unit) and Director - RTi Research Centre

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  • Leading implementation of special research projects of the organization in different capacities (Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator/Project Director). Currently, I am leading three research projects including two national survey;• Developing and expanding international collaboration including establishment of road traffic injury research center and neglected tropical disease unit as the Focal Person; • Leading Learning and Development unit of the organization; • Overseeing administrative and financial activities including human resource management;• Supporting the senior office management team to develop organizational strategic plan; • Supporting resource mobilization activities (donor mapping, project proposal drafting and negotiating with potential donors etc.) in collaboration with other departments;• Advocating with the government and relevant authorities in developing strategies and action plans in synchronization with the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); • Monitoring and evaluating ongoing projects/programs;• Supporting junior staff members to draft and publish research reports/project reports;• Disseminating research/project findings in different forums including international conferences;• Representing the organization in different national and international forums (when required); and• Carrying out any other tasks as advised by the Executive Director/Executive Board.



World Health Organization

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Office for the South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO), New Delhi, India.

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Assisting the Regional Advisor - Disability, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation (RA-DPR) in implementing activities of the 3rd Global Survey on Road Safety including – o Training of National Data Coordinators (NDCs) of the Member countries; o Providing technical support to NDCs in collecting and compiling good quality data at national level; and o conduct data analysis and prepare regional report (both technical and financial);• Assisting Member countries of the South-East Asia region in implementing – o Regional activities under the global campaign for violence prevention including follow up actions of the global status report on violence prevention;o Recommendations of the Regional Program Managers’ Meeting (Focal Points for injury and violence prevention at Ministry of Health); ando Recommendations of the UN High-level meeting on Disability.• Developing regional strategic framework on road safety and technical paper on regional road safety;• Drafting factsheets on various injury issues (i.e. motorcycle injury, drowning and violence and disability prevention), • Drafting technical report on motorcycle injuries in children in the South-East Asia (SEA) region;• Editing technical documents on motorcycle rules and regulations for child driver and passengers, child development and motorcycle safety and leading causes of deaths according to ICD-10; • Reporting on the progress made by injury prevention and safety promotion programs in the SEA region; and• Carrying out any other tasks related to injuries, disabilities and rehabilitation as assigned by the RA-DPR.

• Regional Office for the South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO), New Delhi, India.

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014



Johns Hopkins University Pan-Asian Career Association (JHU-PACA)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• International Injury Research Unit (IIRU)

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  A. Project Coordination• Assisting JHU to ensure that ICDDR,B and CIPRB (hereafter referred to as ‘project partners’) meet their deliverables in a timely fashion;• Participating in the partners meetings in Bangladesh and coordinate with the JHU’s International Injury Research Unit (IIRU) team members in Baltimore to provide technical guidance to the project partners on all aspects of the project implementation includingo project design, procurement and pre-testing of the interventions;o social marketing and community/stakeholder meetings;o data collection for project evaluation;o maintaining implementation fidelity throughout the life of the project; ando data analysis, report writing and dissemination.• Representing IIRU, JHU at coordination meetings with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, NGO Affairs Bureau and other government agencies;• Providing technical input to translate documents in local language as needed;• Submitting regular verbal and written documentary reports to the Principal Investigator (Professor Dr Adnan Hyder) including monthly, quarterly and annual reports; and• Assisting IIRU, JHU in drafting project reports for the donor.B. Surveillance System and Household Survey• Working closely with the project partners to oversee the baseline household surveys and establishment of a demographic surveillance system at all study sites;• Overseeing all training activities as IIRU representative and ensure the standard as set by the IIRU, JHU;• Monitoring and overseeing field level activities in coordination with the project partners in Bangladesh;• Developing and implementing data quality assurance plan with inputs from all partners; and• Conducting regular independent quality checks of the data collection process.C. Research Training• Participating in all academic research training organized by IIRU, JHU in Baltimore and Dhaka, as needed; and• Participating in dissemination workshops in Bangladesh and other venues as required.



World Health Organization

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Officer – Road Safety (Focal Point for Violence and Injury Prevention)

  • Feb 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Developing road safety country project in collaboration with the WHO staffs at HQ, regional office, country office, consortium partners and local stakeholders;• Working with consortium partners and local government authorities to develop road safety data management system;• Coordinating overall administrative activities including fund management to ensure successful execution of the project;• Drafting technical and financial report for the donors, partners and stakeholders;• Facilitating collection of country data for the ‘Global Status Report on Road Safety’ (2nd report);• Working as the facilitating officer for all aspect of the road safety project (budget, workshop, monitoring and evaluation etc.); • Facilitating government counter-part for any activities related to disability rehabilitation and injury prevention; and• Performing any other duties as assigned by the Representative of the World Health Organization, Kenya.



World Health Organization

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Office for the South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO),

  • Apr 2010 - Sep 2010

  • Supporting the Regional Advisor - Disability, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation (RA-DPR) in drafting a technical paper on injury prevention and safety promotion for the RC 63 and organizing expert group meeting to finalize the technical paper; • Supporting the RA-DPR for implementing activities under WHO Task Force on Disabilities; • Supporting the RA-DPR to update the DPR-SEARO web-site on current disability and injury situation and programs in the Member countries of the SEA region; • Analysing injury and violence situation of the SEA region and developing related regional fact sheets;• Preparing other regional reports and conduct tasks related to injuries especially providing technical support to develop regional compendium on violence and injuries; and • Carrying out any other activities assigned by the RA-DPR and Director – Non-communicable Diseases and Social Determinants of Health (Director NDH).



World Health Organization

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Office for the South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO)

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

  • Updating the web-site of Disability, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation (DPR-SEARO) Unit;• Organizing activities related to violence and injury policy, planning, program and surveillance;• Launching the ‘Regional Report on Status of Road Safety: the South East Asia Region’ at national and regional level and supporting to launch the ‘Global Status Report on Road Safety’ at regional level;• Analysing injury and violence situation of the South-East Asia region and developing related regional fact sheets specially fact sheet on motorcycle injuries;• Developing regional framework for road safety;• Developing a compendium of injury information at regional level; and• Preparing other regional reports and conducting tasks related to injuries as assigned by the Regional Advisor-DPR.

• Regional Office for the South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO)

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2009

  • Train the National Data Coordinators (NDCs) on the methodology including process of national level data collection for the ‘Global Status Report on Road Safety’ and concluding ‘Agreement of Performance of Work (APW) with the NDCs’ and ensure good quality and timely completion of work;• Coordinating and supporting the NDCs in collecting, collating and analysing country level data within the stipulated time frame and arranging release of consideration money;• Preparing regional technical and financial report of the project entitled “Global Initiative for Road Traffic Injury Prevention” • Providing feedback on the road safety project to the WHO staffs at Headquarters in the specified format; and• Preparing other regional reports and conducting tasks related to injuries as assigned by the Regional Advisor-DPR.



Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

• Bangladesh
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Epidemiologist

  • Mar 2005 - Jan 2008

  As a researcher, I was involved in different research activities of the organization in different capacities and followings were the most significant research activities -• Designing, implementing and evaluating the child injury prevention program of the organization entitled ‘PRECISE - Prevention of Child Injuries through Social-intervention and Education’ – (the largest community-based child injury prevention program in developing countries) as a Co-Investigator (CoI);• Providing technical support to the following research activities as one of the CoIs – o A collaborative research work with Bangladesh Medical Association entitled ‘Information Collection and Appraisal of Human Resources and Infrastructure for Injury Prevention and Control in Bangladesh’; o Role of government health care givers in RECISE project; ando Exploring the determinants of injuries among child labour in Bangladesh; and• Providing technical support to develop various data collection instruments; and• Drafting research reports including dissemination of the findings.As a program officer - • Working as the Focal Person for the Road Safety and Disaster Preparedness component of the PRECISE project;• Supervising overall field activities of one rural and one urban setting of the PRECISE project;• Facilitating in the training programs of the organization especially on community-based injury prevention;• Working as one of the team members to draft training manuals for the stakeholders and field staffs of the PRECISE project;• Developing communication materials for the PRECISE project along with other senior staff members of the organization; and• Drafting project proposals as part of resource mobilization activities of the organization.



Bangladesh Safe Community Foundation (BSCF)

• Research Associate

  • Jul 2004 - Feb 2005

  Supporting the following research projects in different capacities - o Swimming Skills Survey in Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh (Research Associate);o Household Injury Hazards and Children Sleep Pattern Survey in Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh (Research Associate); ando Base line survey for child injury prevention program in Bangladesh (Co-Investigator). Supporting the following research projects in different capacities - o Swimming Skills Survey in Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh (Research Associate);o Household Injury Hazards and Children Sleep Pattern Survey in Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh (Research Associate); ando Base line survey for child injury prevention program in Bangladesh (Co-Investigator).



Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCT)

• Deputy Director (Treatment)

  • Jun 2002 - Aug 2003

  • Monitoring rehabilitation activities of the organization;• Evaluating physical and psychological consequences of trauma and other social parameters of the victims;• Providing technical and logistic supports in developing national strategies for prevention of torture;• Providing technical support to develop special treatment package for torture (Integrated Rehabilitation Approach for Trauma Victims);• Drafting project proposals on health and human rights;• Drafting progress report of all on-going activities of the medical centre of the organization; • Supervise Masters students of Clinical Psychology Department of Dhaka University during their placement at BRCT for field work; and• Develop and strengthen networking with different national and international organizations working with torture survivors.Special involvement: Participation in the ‘Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey 2005’ (a nationwide survey to understand the burden of child injuries at community level) as an Honorary Research Associate.



Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

• Bangladesh
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Services Officer (Medical Department)

  • Oct 1997 - Aug 1999

  • Conducting training programs on different medical topics (drugs, diseases etc.);• Delivering lecture on different medical topics especially new drugs and modern treatment procedures in the seminars/workshops organized by the company as a resource person;• Monitoring research activities of the company; and• Drafting/editing scientific articles for publishing in the medical journal of the company. • Conducting training programs on different medical topics (drugs, diseases etc.);• Delivering lecture on different medical topics especially new drugs and modern treatment procedures in the seminars/workshops organized by the company as a resource person;• Monitoring research activities of the company; and• Drafting/editing scientific articles for publishing in the medical journal of the company.



Helen Keller International, Bangladesh

• Physician

  • Apr 1997 - Sep 1997

  • Participating in the ‘National Vitamin A Deficiency Survey 1997 in Rural Bangladesh’, a collaborative program of the organization with the Institute of Public Health & Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science and National Institute of Ophthalmology. • Participating in the ‘National Vitamin A Deficiency Survey 1997 in Rural Bangladesh’, a collaborative program of the organization with the Institute of Public Health & Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science and National Institute of Ophthalmology.