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Syed Masud Ahmed

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ahmed.sm@bracu.ac.bd

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Centre Affiliation
  • Centre Of Excellence For Health Systems And Universal Health Coverage (COE-HS&UHC)
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Short Biography

Prof. Syed Masud Ahmed is a graduate of Dhaka Medical College (1978), a David E. Fellow from Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies (1997), and recipient of PhD in health systems from the Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm, Sweden (2005). He was a member of the Global Health Policy and Health Systems Research Committee of the NOW/WOTRO, Netherlands (2009 – ’13), Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI) Steering Committee, WHO (2014) and Health Systems Research Committee of the Welcome Trust (2013 – ’16). He was ranked among the top 2% scientists in the ‘Stanford World Ranking of Scientists 2020’ [https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2 (Sl No. 142113/ subfield: Tropical Medicine)]. Recently, Prof. Ahmed has been ranked #2 among Bangladeshi top Scientists in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, according to Research.com , an academic platform for scientists. He also ranked #4446 in the world ranking [https://research.com/scientists-rankings/social-sciences-and-humanities/bd ]. He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and authored book chapters, monographs and working papers. He has been also a peer reviewer in reputed journals such as Bulleting of WHO, Social Science and Medicine, Health Policy and Planning, BMC Public Health and Health Services Research, World Development etc. Currently, under the Centre, he is leading research, advocacy and capacity-building activities relevant to improvement of the health systems and advance UHC in Bangladesh.

Research Interests

development interventions’ impact on the lives of the poor and its mechanism health and well-being of the marginalized population social determinants of health and equity health workforce crisis and UHC pharmaceutical sector and drug shops health sector corruption road-traffic injuries and trauma registry AMR and epidemic/pandemic preparedness.

Education

  • PhD (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
  • MPH (NIPSOM)
  • MBBS (Dhaka Medical College; K-30)

Module(s) taught (in MPH)

  • MPH Module #530

Selected publications

Full list of Publications

Current projects

  • Research Collaboration on Technology, Equity and the Right to Health; OSUN through Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva; Oct. 2021 - Mar. 2023
  • Bangladesh: Feasibility of implementing Trauma Registry and Trauma Systems Improvement Program in District Hospitals with high RTI burden; World Bank; Oct. 2021 – Feb. 2022
  • The implementation of National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore: Challenges and Lessons learned for policy makers;WHO SEARO through National University of Singapore; Oct. 2020 – Sep. 2021
  • A Global Social Science Network for Infectious Threats and AMR (SoNAR-Global); EU Horizon 2020; 2019-2022
  • Rent seeking, provider practice, motivation and health system performance in Bangladesh (under ACE Consortium); DfID; 2017-2021
  • Informal drug shops in Bangladesh, two phases; MSH; 2015 – 2016
  • Empowering Bangladeshi Youth’s through adolescent health; World Bank; Oct. 2021 - Jun. 2022
  • Centre of Excellence for UHC under RF THS; Rockefeller Foindation; 2013 - 2016

Awards

  • i) ranked among the top 2% scientists in the ‘Stanford World Ranking of Scientists 2020’ [https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2 (Sl No. 142113/ subfield: Tropical Medicine) ii) ranked #2 among Bangladeshi top Scientists in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, according to Research.com , an academic platform for scientists. He also ranked #4446 in the world ranking [https://research.com/scientists-rankings/social-sciences-and-humanities/bd .