International Faculty
International faculty at the BRAC School of Public Health represent nine renowned universities from Europe and North America. Modular course work allows these faculty members to spend time away from their affiliated institutions in the North and teach at the School.
Alayne ADAMS
Dr. Adams is the Co-director of the Joint Learning Initiative on children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA). Supported by a group of international and bilateral agencies, NGOs, and foundations, JLICA is a global research effort that seeks to improve the well-being of children affected by HIV/AIDS by promoting evidence-based policies and actions to reach the poor more effectively, expand access to essential services, and strengthen families and communities. Prior to joining JLICA, Dr. Adams was Assistant Professor at Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She teaches the Introduction to Public Health course at the School.
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Richard CASH
Dr. Cash is Senior Lecturer in International Health, Department of Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and director of the programme on "Ethical Issues in International Health Research". He is also an Adjunct Professor at the BRAC School and teaches the Introduction to Public Health and Infectious Disease courses at the School.
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Ana COGHLAN
Anne (Ana) Coghlan received a Masters of City and Regional Planning, with a concentration in International Planning, and a PhD in Human Service Studies, with a specialization in Programme Planning and Evaluation, both from Cornell University, USA. She has extensive experience with, and has published in the areas of, participatory and mixed-method monitoring and evaluation systems, particularly with community-based HIV/AIDS programs in Africa and South Asia. She teaches the course on Monitoring and Evaluation at the School.
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Sjaak van der GEEST
Dr. Geest is Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, dean of the Amsterdam Master's in Medical Anthropology (AMMA), head of the Medical Anthropology and Sociology Unit, and editor-in-chief of the journal Medische Antropologie. He has done fieldwork in Ghana and Cameroon on a variety of subjects including the use and distribution of medicines, popular song texts, meanings of growing old, and concepts of dirt and defecation. He teaches the Anthropological Approaches to Public Health course at the School.
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Joseph H. GRAZIANO
Dr. Graziano is the Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and Professor of Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Joseph Graziano's research career has been devoted to understanding the consequences of exposure to metals, both on the molecular and population levels. As a pharmacologist, his laboratory developed the oral drug that is now used to treat children with lead poisoning. More recently, Dr. Graziano's work has taken him to Bangladesh, where his current research is aimed at understanding the consequences of arsenic exposure on the Bangladeshi population, and on devising strategies to reduce toxicity and provide arsenic-free drinking water, a problem that spans beyond the political borders of Bangladesh, to much of South Asia, from India to Vietnam. Dr. Graziano teaches the Environment and Health course in the MPH course.
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Muhiuddin HAIDER
Dr. Haider is an Associate Professor of Global Health in the School of Public Health, University of Maryland and also an Adjunct Faculty to the BRAC U School of Public Health, Bangladesh. From Asia and the Middle East, to sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, Professor Haider has worked on the ground to strengthen the health systems of developing nations. Among his areas of special expertise and publications are health communications, social marketing, infrastructure development, training, capacity building, public-private partnership and health care reform, with an emphasis on reproductive health, family planning, AIDS prevention, maternal and neonatal health, child survival and water management. He teaches the Health Communication course at the School.
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Zarina Nahar KABIR
Dr. Kabir is Head of Unit, Public Health and Caring Sciences in Life Course Perspectives, Department of Neurology, Care Sciences & Society at the Karolinska Institute. Her research interests are primarily in elderly health. She has recently completed an EU funded three-country research project on primary health care at the later stages of life. She teaches the Aging and Health course at the School.
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Jon ROHDE
Dr. Rohde is Co-chair of the Internal Advisory Board of the School and teaches in the Public health Nutrition course at the School. He was former UNICEF representative for India and is an Adjunct Professor of the BRAC School.
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Diana ROMERO
Dr. Romero is Latino Fellowship Director, Latino Fellowship Programme, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health and Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Dr. Romero's research interests include domestic reproductive-health and poverty policy; factors influencing contraceptive decision-making; and, Latino health issues. She taught the Quantitative Research Methods course at the School.
