Dr. Ashish Paul
Dr. Ashish Paul completed his MBBS from Dhaka National Medical College, Bangladesh. He is currently working as a medical officer at the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Monowara Hospital Private Limited, Dhaka. His research interest revolves around the emerging public health issues of Bangladesh. He is currently focusing on public health awareness, mental health awareness, Climate change ,Environmental Pollution and environmental hygiene, urban sanitation and hospital hygiene. He is interested in contributing to effective clinical research and public health research interventions that can help in advocating for policy change in the community. Apart from his Profession and research, he also focuses on ensuring a clean, safe, and stable drinking water supply and effective water sanitation and hygiene for all people in his community through conducting various kinds of social action projects and WASH talks.
Dr. Fariha Haseen
Dr. Fariha Haseen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health and Informatics of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. She heads the Reproductive and Child Health division of the department. In 1993, she completed her MBBS (DU) and earned her PhD from Mahidol University, Thailand. For over two decades, she has dedicated herself to the field of public health, striving to make a positive impact through her unwavering determination and tireless efforts. Dr. Haseen’s research focuses on exploring the intersection of adolescence and gender issues, with the goal of shedding light on these critical areas of public health.
Dr Firdausi Qadri
Dr Firdausi Qadri is Senior Director, Infectious Disease Division at ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is the founder and Lead of the “Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi)”. Her work includes basic and applied immunology of infectious diseases but also clinical and large field-based studies on enteric vaccines. She has co-authored over 567 peer-reviewed publications including reviews and book chapters.
Special interests are infections caused by V. cholera, Shigella, ETEC, Salmonella spp and Helicobacter pylori under grants from Sida, NIH, BMGF, USAID, University of Oxford and EU. She has also worked on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 both on genomics and immunology. Her research interests have produced an impacts, specifically in the area of immunological and genetics and genomic mechanisms, proteomics, metagenomics, diagnostics and vaccine development.
She was a member of WHO Science Council and Bacteria Group of WHO, she is Co-lead, Global Declaration to Eliminate Cervical Cancer, which will affirm the goals of WHO’s Global Strategy to accelerate cervical cancer elimination, fellow of many societies including ASM, AAM, TWAS, IDSA, BAS, INSA and serves on advisory boards including the ISDB science, biotechnology and innovation board.
Dr Kazi Ashraful Islam
Dr Kazi Ashraful Islam is working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Paediatric neurodisorder and Autism, Banga Bandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He graduated from Rajshahi Medical College in 1995, then completed MCPS (Paediatrics) & MD (Paediatrics) in 2007 and 2010 respectively and completed MD (Paediatric Neurology & Neurodevelopment) in 2022. He was born in 1969 in a district town Magura in south west part of Bangladesh. His school and college education was in his native town. His research interest is in neurodevelopment disorder with special interest in infectious and autoimmune neurology.
Dr Khandakar Fatema
Dr Khandakar Fatema is a BSMMU Research Assistant. She currently working on a cohort titled “Kamalganj Cohort” in Sreemangal Upazila, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh, as well as other projects involving intersectionality and health policy.She finished my thesis on child rights. She recently attended a research collaboration meeting at Karlstad University in Sweden and an oral presentation at IEA-SEA conference in Thailand. She have a professional master’s in Applied Statistics and Data Science and master’s in Public Health from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, an MBBS from Cox’s Bazar Medical College.
Martin Okonji
Martin Okonji is a Medical Laboratory technologist working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2003, and since 2021 as a laboratory referent supporting laboratory services in Operation Centre Paris (OCP) under the Asia region. He is currently on a break after successfully accomplishing the mission in the Asia region for twenty-six (26) months as the laboratory focal person and has an interest in public health. A team player with vast experience as a laboratory manager across many MSF projects in under-resourced contexts in African countries, Middle East and Asia.
Dr Md. Helaluzzaman Raqib
Dr Md. Helaluzzaman Raqib is working as a Pulmonologist at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Mohakhali, Dhaka. He completed his M.B.B.S from Sylhet M.A.G Osmani Medical College in 2010 & achieved an M.D in Pulmonology from NIDCH under BSMMU in 2022.
Dr Oliver Mohr
Dr Oliver Mohr MD, MPH is a German physician with a MPH degree (JHSPH) and vast field experience in Africa, Asia and the Near East. He worked in project development and evaluation in complex health emergencies for various NGO´s as well as UN bodies (WHO, UNICEF) and the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin. In recent year he has been working as an independent public health consultant. He has been focusing on control of infectious diseases, nutrition and primary health care.
Dr. Parvati
Parvati is a medical doctor with over a decade of experience in the field of tropical medicine. She pursued the Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine course (run by MSF) at the South Asia site and successfully attempted the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene(DTMH) exam. She also holds a master’s degree in
Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Parvati has been working for MSF since 2014, initially in India and then in Central Asia, and Eastern Europe in the field of infectious diseases (including operational research) primarily in TB, HIV and Hepatitis. Her research experience and publications have been primarily in the area of drug-resistant tuberculosis, specifically bedaquiline- and delamanid-based regimens. She currently leads the implementation of the Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine – South Asia, a course that provides high-quality, post-graduate education to medical doctors working in resource-limited/ complex humanitarian settings across Asia and
Oceania.
Dr. Pramila Singh
Dr. Pramila Singh, Master’s in Public health from TATA Institute of Social Sciences, India, is currently working as Medical Activity Manager with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Mumbai DRTB project, India since 2012. She has been actively involved in implementing HIV /DRTB projects and contributed towards collaborative projects with Ministry of Health in Mumbai. She has been co-authors for few publications in the area of DRTB, published in peer-reviewed journals like IJTLD, PLOS ONE.
Rachel Yantzi
Rachel Yantzi is a pediatric critical care nurse from Hamilton, Canada. She has completed two assignments with MSF in the Central African Republic and most recently in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh from October 2020 to August 2021. While in Bangladesh, Rachel was Nursing Activities Manager for the neonatology department at Goyalmara Mother-Child Hospital. She holds a master’s degree in community health nursing and public health from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Goshen College. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.
Dr Rajan Talukder
Dr Rajan Talukder is a Bangladeshi government healthcare professional with a decade of experience in medical healthcare, healthcare policy, leadership, and healthcare systems development. He holds an MPH in Epidemiology from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, and an MBBS from Comilla Medical College. Dr. Talukder’s mission revolves around advancing healthcare access and equity, with a focus on marginalized populations. His research explores the health-seeking behavior of indigenous older adults in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. He is passionate about bridging healthcare policy gaps, ensuring Universal Health Coverage, and combating non-communicable diseases of the indigenous population through a comprehensive One Health approach.
Dr. Rosaida binti Hj Md
Dr. Rosaida binti Hj Md Said is a Senior Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, and Head of Medical Department in Hospital Serdang. She was the National Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatology from September 2021 to August 2022, and the National Head of Internal Medicine from August 2022 to August 2023. She graduated from University Malaya in 1990 and completed her master program from National University of Malaysia in 1998. She completed her Gastroenterology sub-specialty training in 2003. She is actively involved with national work in the Ministry of Health (MOH) especially in Gastroenterology and Hepatology subspecialty and also Hepatitis C. She has been involved in the publication of Guidelines, MOH Hea Malaysian Clinical Practicelth Technology Assessment Reports and MOH Standard Operating Procedures in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy. She has published many journals and is actively involved in many researches.
Sohana Sadique
Sohana Sadique is a skilled Epidemiologist with a Master’s degree in Public Health, specializing in Epidemiology. She has worked with MSF OCA in both Bangladesh and Nigeria Mission, where she has shown a deep commitment to enhancing the health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations. Sohana is an accomplished leader, manager, and evaluator of public health and development programs. She has made significant contributions to several studies related to Occupational health-safety intervention, Community engagement modeling, water-sanitation, and sexual and gender-based violence.
Sonali Bhattacharjee
Sonali Bhattacharjee is a psychologist with a master’s in Clinical Psychology. She began her career with MSF in 2021 as a Counselor Educator for the MSF led endTB Clinical Trials, participating in operational research activities along with the responsibilites of her role. Her area of interest is community and global mental health, and is passionate about making mental health care acceptable and accessible to the masses.
Sonali is currently working with MSF as a Counselor Educator in the sexual and Gender Based Violence Project, based out of Delhi, India.
Surendran Rajaratnam
Surendran Rajaratnam is a senior lecturer at the National University of Malaysia. He was a post-doctoral fellow at WorldFish, where he has worked since 2013, prior to joining the university. Surendran obtained his master’s degree and doctorate from Universiti Sains Malaysia. His doctorate thesis focused on the healthcare issues refugee and asylum-seeking women face and their access to healthcare services in public hospitals in Malaysia. The study generated evidence on the common challenges that women refugees face, as their experiences and needs are different from men’s.
Dr Tahniyah Haq
Dr Tahniyah Haq is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Endocrinology, BSMMU, Dhaka. She graduated from Sir Salimullah Medical College in 2005 and did her MD in Endocrinology from BIRDEM in 2013. She also did her MRCP(UK) and MSc from McMaster University, Canada. She obtained first position in MBBS and was awarded Gold medal from the University of Dhaka. She is also the International Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Endocrine Society (BES). She has 45 national and international publications. Her main research interests are obesity and brown adipose tissue.
Temmy Sunyoto
Temmy Sunyoto MD, MPH, PhD is a medical doctor from University of Indonesia (2003), with a Master in Public Health Disease Control (2010) from the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp. She completed her PhD from Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona in 2019. Her main research areas are neglected tropical diseases, R&D processes and access to care. She has 15 years of field MSF experience in diverse contexts and also with WHO and academia. Temmy is based in Brussels since 2020 and is currently a Senior Operational Research Advisor in LuxOR, operational research unit of Medical Department, MSF OCB.
Trisha Thadhani
Trisha Thadhani is a medical doctor with a background in anthropology, with primary interests in public health, community medicine and infectious diseases. In the last year, she has worked with MSF to address tuberculosis in the slums of Manila, Philippines.
Dr Yan Lin Aung
Dr Yan Lin Aung, a University of Medicine 1, Yangon graduate, earned his Master’s in Medical Science (M.Med.Sc- Mental Health) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (D.A.Psy) in 2018. Following his senior psychiatrist position in a government hospital, he left his role after the February 2021 coup. Presently, he oversees the psychiatric units at Laiza General Hospital in Kachin State. He is a co-founder of Mental Health Matters, dedicated to securing donors, acquiring medications, seeing patients and ensuring continuous services for the hospital’s psychiatric unit.
Dr Ziad
Dr Ziad is Associate Professor in Global Health at Karolinska Institutet. He has lived and worked on different diseases and in different contexts. Also he has engaged in different projects related to Research Capacity Building. His research work includes injuries, non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases and mHealth.
