The James P Grant School of Public Health heartily congratulates the students from our 12th batch of the Master of Public Health programme. The graduation ceremony was held on 24 January 2017 at the Sasakawa Auditorium, icddr,b. Students with outstanding performance received awards:
Allan Rosenfeld Award for Best Academic Performance - Rajat Das Gupta
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Award for Leadership - Rajat Das Gupta
W.B. Greenough III Award for Best Individual High Level Outline - Kusum Wagle and Ahmed Muttasim Billah
Richard Cash Award for best Summative Learning Project Group Poster -
Ayesha Afrin
Mohamed Salieu Jalloh
Nishat Tasnim
Puspita Hossain
Phyoe Yar Zar
Rajat Das Gupta
Our outstanding faculty and terachingwere also honoured:
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Teaching Excellence Award - Dr. Stephen P Luby and Professor Tahmeed Ahmed
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Teaching Fellow Award - Mehedi Hasan
The ceremony was attended by notable practitioners in the field of public health, including Professor Sabina Faiz Rashid (Dean, JPGSPH); Professor Tahmeed Ahmed (Senior Director, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, icddr,b & Professor, JPGSPH) represented Professor John D Clemens (Executive Director, icddr,b) as Special Guest; Chief Guest Professor Syed Saad Andaleeb (Vice Chancellor, BRAC University); Keynote Speaker Dr Richard Cash (Director, Programme on Ethical Issues in International Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University and Professor, JPGSPH). The event was chaired by Dr Ahmed Raza Mushtaque Chowdhury (Vice-Chairperson, BRAC & Advisor, JPGSPH).