Syed Masud Ahmed
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Academician and Public Health Scientist |
| Location | Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Introduction | Prof. Syed Masud Ahmed is Director of the Centre of Excellence for Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage (www.coe-uhc.org) at BRAC JPGSPH. Prof. Ahmed is among the top 2% scientists according to the ‘Stanford World Ranking of Scientists 2020.’ Currently he is the advisor, Health Systems module of the MPH programme at the School. Prof. Ahmed is a graduate of Dhaka Medical College (1978), a David E. Bell Fellow at Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (1997), and a recipient of PhD on health systems from Karolinska Institutet University, Sweden, in 2005. His research interests include studying the impact of development interventions on the lives of the poor and the marginalized including the mechanisms of such impact. Under the CoE-HS&UHC, he is leading research, advocacy and capacity-building activities relevant to the journey of UHC in Bangladesh. He has published extensively in peer reviewed Journals and authored book chapters, monographs and working papers. Details about him including his full CV could be found in his blog “Bangladesh Health Scenario” at http://syedmasudahmed.blogspot.com. |
| Interests | Reading books, movies, listening music, travel. |
| Favorite Movies | War and Peace, Dr. Zhivago, A wonderful mind, Psycho, Life is beautiful, Bucket list, Bicycle thief, Sunflower, Ballad of a soldier, Aviator, To kill a mocking bird, Death on the Nile, Casablanca, Citizen Caine, fall of the Roman Empire ... |
| Favorite Music | Tagore songs, Bangla modern songs... |
| Favorite Books | Anna Karenina, Mother, How the steel was tempered, Spartacus, Little House books by laura Ingalls Wilder, And Quiet flows the dawn, Idiot, The injured and the insulted, Doll's house, Sherlok Homes and Agatha Christie books... |