Consultant
Motivational Intervention and its impact on performance of Social Service Works (Behavioral Experiment with RCT)
Mind, Behavior, and Development (eMBed), World Bank
Nov 2018- presents
Team Leader
Tobacco use (smoking & smokeless), betel quid dependency among rural population in Bangladesh
Non-Communicable Disease Control (NCDC), DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh
Lead Researcher/Consultant (Economist)
Economic Evaluation (Cost-Benefit analysis) of Adolescent Nutrition Interventions
James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University (Funded by World Bank)
Dec 2018-May 2019
(study report available at http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/777311566457641589/Taking-Collective-Action-to-Improve-Adolescent-Nutrition-in-Bangladesh-Investing-in-Cost-Effective-Interventions)
Consultant/Research Associate
Environmental Costs of Tobacco Cultivation
Funded by: WHO & American Cancer Society
Dec 2018- July 2019
Principal Investigator
User satisfaction of health insurance for Leather Good Manufacturer workers
Funded by: GIZ
Oct 2018-June 2019
Consultant (Health Economist)
Assessment of spots in health care in Smiling Sun Network Funded by: Chemonics (USAID)
Sep 2018- Feb 2019
Consultant (Health Economist)
Assessment of Community Service Provider functionality and sustainability Funded by: Chemonics (USAID)
Oct 2018-Dec 2019
Lead Researcher/Health Economist
Introducing nutrition-sensitive social safety net programs (SSNP): Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rice Fortification
BRAC Research and Evaluation (RED): Funded by: FAO; May-Aug 2018
Lead Researcher/Health Economist
Cost Benefit Analysis of expanding and strengthening safety net programs (SNPs) across the life cycle supporting vulnerable groups
BRAC Research and Evaluation (RED): Funded by: FAO May-Aug 2018
Lead Researcher/Health Economist
Cost Benefit Analysis of BCC in nutritional intervention
BRAC Research and Evaluation (RED): Funded by: FAO May-Sep 2018
Researcher/ Co-team Lead
Pricing and premium setting for OPD patients in Shastho Shurokkya Kormosuchi (SSK)
Oxford Policy Management; Feb-June 2018
Graduate Research Assistant
Impact Evaluation of Nebraska Weatherization Program (estimating the benefits and costs of the program)
Bureau of Business Research, Dept. of Economics, University of Nebraska Lincoln 2011-2012
Graduate Research Assistant
Prof. John E. Anderson (also co-authored several papers)
Dept. of Economics, University of Nebraska Lincoln 2012-2017
Co-Investigator/Acting Principal Investigator
Revealing the Challenges and Piloting the new strategies for Urban and Peri-Urban TB Programme of BRAC in Bangladesh (Phase II-April 2008-Sep, 09). Funded by DFID through University of Leeds.
2008-2009
Consultant (Health Economist)
BRAC Health Program: A Business/Economic Analysis: Special Focus on Community Health Workers of BRAC-Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Uganda . Funded by- Rockefeller Foundation. 2008-2009
Co-investigator
Impact of the Global Recession on the Health of the Garment Workers of Bangladesh. Funded by WHO, SEARO 2009-2010
Co-investigator
Revitalizing Health for All: Developing a Comprehensive primary Health Care Model for Bangladesh. Funded by IDRC, Canada, 2019
Research Associate (Health Economist)
District Investment Case Analysis (DICA) [Bottleneck analysis for health sector], funded by UNICEF, Bangladesh 2009-2010
Participant in Training
’Thinking Qualitatively’ at James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University. 2008
Participant in Training
’Manage Successful Impact Evaluation” at Development Impact Evaluation, World Bank, Washington, DC (June 2019)
Training on Social Health Insurance, National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), South Korea & WHO ( Seoul, South Korea: April 2018)