2001-2004: PhD
Degree awarded with Magna cum Laude.
Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Dissertation: HIV related knowledge, Risk perception &demand
forecasting for VCT/PMTCT in women living in Rural Burkina Faso

1995-1996: Master of Public Health (MPH)
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA

1994 : Gender and International Health-Certificate
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

1982-1989: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong University, Bangladesh

Special Education
2007- 2010 Diploma in Teaching
HDZ Arbeitsstelle, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Selected Publications

Books

Sarker, M. (2010). HIV Knowledge, risk perception, and demand forecasting for VC/PMTCT: A community based study on woman living in rural Burkina Faso. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

Book Chapters

Sarker, M., Hossain, M. D., Rawal, L. B., & Alam, D. S. (2016). Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. In S. M. Ahmed (Ed.), Non-Communicable Disease in Bangladesh: Current Scenario & Future Direction. Bangladesh Health Watch Report 2016. Dhaka: Bangladesh Health Watch Secretariat; James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University.

Rashid, S. F., Gani, S., & Sarker, M. (2013). Urban Poverty, Climate Change and Health Risks for Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh. In R. Shaw, F. Mallick, & A. Islam (Eds.), Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Bangladesh (pp. 51–70). Tokyo: Springer Japan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54249-0_4

T, B., Sarker, M., Ganamé, J., Coulibaly, B., Hofmann, J., Nagabila, Y., … Kräusslich, H.-G. (2004). Introduction of a program for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus from mother to infant in rural Burkina Faso: First operative results. In H. Becher & B. Kouyaté (Eds.), Health Research in Developing Countries: A collaboration between Germany and Bukina Faso.

Journal Articles

Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Dureab, F., Agbozo, F., & Jahn, A. (2019). Overall care-seeking pattern and gender disparity at a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh. Materia Socio-Medica, 31(1), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.5455/msm.2019.31.35-39

Das Gupta, R., Haider, S. S., Sutradhar, I., Hashan, M. R., Sajal, I. H., Hasan, M., … Sarker, M. (2019). Association of frequency of television watching with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in India: Evidence from a nationally representative study. PLoS ONE, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221758

Das Gupta, R., Sajal, I. H., Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2019). Frequency of television viewing and association with overweight and obesity among women of the reproductive age group in Myanmar: Results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024680

Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Delvaux, T., Nöstlinger, C., Sarker, M., Bardají, A., Sharkey, A., … De Brouwere, V. (2019). Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal. PLoS ONE, 14(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217968

Islam, M. N., Rabbani, A., & Sarker, M. (2019). Health shock and preference instability: Assessing health-state dependency of willingness-to-pay for corrective eyeglasses. Health Economics Review, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-019-0249-3

Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Beiersmann, C., & Jahn, A. (2019). Experience and perceived quality of care of patients and their attendants in a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0303-x

Gupta, R. D., Haider, S. S., Sutradhar, I., Hashan, M. R., Sajal, I. H., Hasan, M., … Sarker, M. (2019). Association of frequency of television watching with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in India: Evidence from a nationally representative study. PLoS ONE, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221758

Sutradhar, I., Gayen, P., Hasan, M., Gupta, R. D., Roy, T., & Sarker, M. (2019). Eye diseases: The neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Ophthalmology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z

Alonge, O., Rao, A., Kalbarczyk, A., Maher, D., Gonzalez Marulanda, E. R., Sarker, M., … Vahedi, M. (2019). Developing a framework of core competencies in implementation research for low/middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 4(5). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001747

Sarker, M., Homayra, F., Rawal, L. B., Kabir, R., Aftab, A., Bari, R., … Mahbub Latif, A. H. M. (2019). Urban-rural and sex differentials in tuberculosis mortality in Bangladesh: results from a population-based survey. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 24(1), 109–115. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13171

Saha, A., Sarker, M., Kabir, M., Lu, G., & Müller, O. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh. Malaria Journal, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0

Islam, M. N., Engels, T., Hossain, S., Sarker, M., & Rabbani, A. (2019). Willingness to pay for cataract surgeries among patients visiting eye care facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 17(4), 545–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-019-00478-3

Sutradhar, I., Gupta, R. Das, Hasan, M., Wazib, A., & Sarker, M. (2019). Prevalence and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bangladesh: A systematic review. Cureus, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3970

Das Gupta, R., Haider, S. S., Hashan, M. R., Rahman, M. A., & Sarker, M. (2019). Association between height and hypertension in the adult Nepalese population: Findings from a nationally representative survey. Health Science Reports, 2(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.141

Das Gupta, R., Shabab Haider, S., Sutradhar, I., Hasan, M., Joshi, H., Rifat Haider, M., & Sarker, M. (2019). Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Nepalese adults: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. Journal of Biosocial Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932019000531

Ridde, V., Benmarhnia, T., Bonnet, E., Bottger, C., Cloos, P., Dagenais, C., … Sarker, M. (2019). Climate change, migration and health systems resilience: Need for interdisciplinary research. F1000Research, 8(22). https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17559.2

Hossain, M. S., Sarker, M., Nazneen, S., Basu, B., Rasul, F. B., & Adib, H. I. (2019). How health shocks and its relationship to repayments of loans from microfinance institutions can affect migrant households in Bangladesh. Migration and Development, 8(3), 370–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2019.1565088

Das Gupta, R., Gupta, S., Das, A., Biswas, T., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2018). Ethnic predisposition of diabetes mellitus in the patients with previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a review. Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 13(3), 149–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2018.1471354

Berner-Rodoreda, A., Bärnighausen, T., Kennedy, C., Brinkmann, S., Sarker, M., Wikler, D., … McMahon, S. A. (2018). From doxastic to epistemic: A typology and critique of qualitative interview styles. Qualitative Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800418810724

Williams, A., Sarker, M., & Ferdous, S. T. (2018). Cultural Attitudes toward Postpartum Depression in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 37(3), 194–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2017.1318875

Begum, T., Ellis, C., Sarker, M., Rostoker, J.-F., Rahman, A., Anwar, I., & Reichenbach, L. (2018). A qualitative study to explore the attitudes of women and obstetricians towards caesarean delivery in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1993-9

Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Beiersmann, C., & Jahn, A. (2018). Pathways to care of patients with mental health problems in Bangladesh. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0218-y

Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Dureab, F., & Jahn, A. (2018). Quality of the mental health information system in a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh. Acta Informatica Medica, 26(3), 180–184. https://doi.org/10.5455/aim.2018.26.180-184

Sarker, M., Homayra, F., Barua, M., Paul, S., Saha, A., Akter, R., & Latif, A. H. M. M. (2018). A matched case-control study to identify risk determinants of tuberculosis in Bangladesh. Journal of Nursing and Health Care.

Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Gupta, R. D., & Sarker, M. (2018). Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in South Asia: A systematic review 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services. BMC Nephrology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1072-5

Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Akter, T., Gupta, R. D., Joshi, H., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2018). Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among adult population in Nepal: Data from Nepal demographic and health survey 2016. PLoS ONE, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198028

Rabbani, A., Biju, N. R., Rizwan, A., & Sarker, M. (2018). Social network analysis of psychological morbidity in an urban slum of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study based on a community census. BMJ Open, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020180

Hossain, M. D., Aftab, A., Al Imam, M. H., Mahmud, I., Chowdhury, I. A., Kabir, R. I., & Sarker, M. (2018). Prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and ergonomic risk assessment among readymade garment workers of Bangladesh: A cross sectional study. PLoS ONE, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200122

Shahabuddin, A., Nöstlinger, C., Delvaux, T., Sarker, M., Delamou, A., Bardají, A., … De Brouwere, V. (2017). Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: A social-ecological approach. PLoS ONE, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109

Ooms, G., Beiersmann, C., Flores, W., Hanefeld, J., Müller, O., Mulumba, M., … Jahn, A. (2017). Synergies and tensions between universal health coverage and global health security: Why we need a second “Maximizing Positive Synergies” initiative. BMJ Global Health, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000217

Hossain, M. D., Ahmed, H. U., Jalal Uddin, M. M., Chowdhury, W. A., Iqbal, M. S., Kabir, R. I., … Sarker, M. (2017). Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: A systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1440-x

Nababan, H. Y., Islam, R., Mostari, S., Tariqujjaman, M., Sarker, M., Islam, M. T., & Moucheraud, C. (2017). Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: A pre-post evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist at a hospital in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1588-x

Kambala, C., Lohmann, J., Mazalale, J., Brenner, S., Sarker, M., Muula, A. S., & De Allegri, M. (2017). Perceptions of quality across the maternal care continuum in the context of a health financing intervention: Evidence from a mixed methods study in rural Malawi. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2329-6

Sarker, M., Mohammad, D., Paul, S., Akter, R., Islam, S., Biswas, G., … Islam, A. (2017). Lost in care pathway: A qualitative investigation on the health system delay of extra pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2181-8

Joarder, T., George, A., Ahmed, S. M., Rashid, S. F., & Sarker, M. (2017). What constitutes responsiveness of physicians: A qualitative study in rural Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189962

Ooms, G., Flores, W., Mulumba, M., Sarker, M., Van de Pas, R., & Jahn, A. (2017). False and real, but avoidable, dichotomies. The Lancet, 390(10095), 647–648. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31445-9

Ginsburg, O., Bray, F., Coleman, M. P., Vanderpuye, V., Eniu, A., Kotha, S. R., … Conteh, L. (2017). The global burden of women’s cancers: A grand challenge in global health. The Lancet, 389(10071), 847–860. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31392-7

Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Shahabuddin, A., & Sarker, M. (2017). Double burden of malnutrition among Bangladeshi women: A literature review. Cureus, 9(12). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1986

Rashid, M. M., Chisti, M. J., Akter, D., Sarkar, M., & Chowdhury, F. (2017). Antibiotic use for pneumonia among children under-five at a pediatric hospital in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Patient Preference and Adherence, 11, 1335–1342. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S140002

Joarder, T., Mahmud, I., Sarker, M., George, A., & Rao, K. D. (2017). Development and validation of a structured observation scale to measure responsiveness of physicians in rural Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2722-1

Joarder, T., George, A., Sarker, M., Ahmed, S., & Peters, D. H. (2017). Who are more responsive? Mixed-methods comparison of public and private sector physicians in rural Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning, 32, iii14–iii24. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx111

Messinger, C. J., Mahmud, I., Kanan, S., Jahangir, Y. T., Sarker, M., & Rashid, S. F. (2017). Utilization of mobile phones for accessing menstrual regulation services among low-income women in Bangladesh: A qualitative analysis. Reproductive Health, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0274-1

Kim, D., Sarker, M., & Vyas, P. (2016). Role of spatial tools in public health policymaking of Bangladesh: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, 35, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-016-0045-1

Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Nöstlinger, C., Delvaux, T., Sarker, M., Bardají, A., De Brouwere, V., & Broerse, J. E. W. (2016). What influences adolescent girls’ decision-making regarding contraceptive methods use and childbearing? A qualitative exploratory study in Rangpur District, Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157664

Jaenisch, T., Tam, D. T. H., Kieu, N. T. T., Ngoc, T., Nam, N. T., Van Kinh, N., … Wills, B. (2016). Clinical evaluation of dengue and identification of risk factors for severe disease: Protocol for a multicentre study in 8 countries. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1440-3

Adams, A., Sedalia, S., McNab, S., & Sarker, M. (2016). Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess Maternal and Newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning, 31(2), 267–275. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv053

Sarker, M., Barua, M., Guerra, F., Saha, A., Aftab, A., Mahbub Latif, A. H. M., … Islam, A. (2016). Double trouble: Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis and diabetes comorbidity in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165396

Paul, S., Akter, R., Aftab, A., Khan, A. M., Barua, M., Islam, S., … Sarker, M. (2015). Knowledge and attitude of key community members towards tuberculosis: Mixed method study from BRAC TB control areas in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1390-5

De Allegri, M., Agier, I., Tiendrebeogo, J., Louis, V. R., Yé, M., Mueller, O., & Sarker, M. (2015). Factors affecting the uptake of HIV testing among men: A mixed-methods study in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS ONE, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130216

Kambala, C., Lohmann, J., Mazalale, J., Brenner, S., De Allegri, M., Muula, A. S., & Sarker, M. (2015). How do Malawian women rate the quality of maternal and newborn care? Experiences and perceptions of women in the central and southern regions. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0560-x

Mahmud, I., Chowdhury, S., Siddiqi, B. A., Theobald, S., Ormel, H., Biswas, S., … Rashid, S. F. (2015). Exploring the context in which different close-to-community sexual and reproductive health service providers operate in Bangladesh: A qualitative study. Human Resources for Health, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-015-0045-z

Brenner, S., De Allegri, M., Gabrysch, S., Chinkhumba, J., Sarker, M., & Muula, A. S. (2015). The quality of clinical maternal and neonatal healthcare - A strategy for identifying “routine care signal functions.” PLoS ONE, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123968

Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Delvaux, T., Abouchadi, S., Sarker, M., & De Brouwere, V. (2015). Utilization of maternal health services among adolescent women in Bangladesh: A scoping review of the literature. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 20(7), 822–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12503

Aktar, B., Sarker, M., & Jenkins, A. (2014). Exploring adolescent reproductive health knowledge, perceptions, and behavior, among students of non-government secondary schools supported by BRAC mentoring program in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM), 1(1), 17–33. Retrieved from http://ecommons.aku.edu/jam/vol1/iss1/4

Brenner, S., Muula, A. S., Robyn, P. J., Bärnighausen, T., Sarker, M., Mathanga, D. P., … De Allegri, M. (2014). Design of an impact evaluation using a mixed methods model - An explanatory assessment of the effects of results-based financing mechanisms on maternal healthcare services in Malawi. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-180

Joarder, T., & Sarker, M. (2014). Achieving universal health coverage through community empowerment: A proposition for Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 39(3), 129–131. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.137143

Scheibe, F. J. B., Waiswa, P., Kadobera, D., Müller, O., Ekström, A. M., Sarker, M., & Neuhann, H. W. F. (2013). Effective coverage for antiretroviral therapy in a Ugandan district with a decentralized model of care. PLoS ONE, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069433

De Allegri, M., Ridde, V., Louis, V. R., Sarker, M., Tiendrebéogo, J., Yé, M., … Jahn, A. (2012). The impact of targeted subsidies for facility-based delivery on access to care and equity Evidence from a population-based study in rural Burkina Faso. Journal of Public Health Policy, 33(4), 439–453. https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2012.27

M, D. allegri, V, R., V, L., & Sarker, M. (2012). Subsidizing the cost of deliveries to reduce costs and improve utilization equity in Burkina Faso. J Public Health Policy, 33.

Gasasira, R. A., Sarker, M., Tsague, L., Nsanzimana, S., Gwiza, A., Mbabazi, J., … Mugwaneza, P. (2012). Determinants of circumcision and willingness to be circumcised by Rwandan men, 2010. BMC Public Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-134

Conrad, P., De Allegri, M., Moses, A., Larsson, E. C., Neuhann, F., Müller, O., & Sarker, M. (2012). Antenatal care services in rural Uganda: Missed opportunities for good-quality care. Qualitative Health Research, 22(5), 619–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311431897

Sarker, M., & Joarder, T. (2012). Intersectoral collaboration: A novel path to promote community health promotion. Global Health Promotion, 19(4), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975912464596

Conrad, P., Schmid, G., Tientrebeogo, J., Moses, A., Kirenga, S., Neuhann, F., … Sarker, M. (2012). Compliance with focused antenatal care services: Do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? Tropical Medicine and International Health, 17(3), 300–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02923.x

Conrad, P., Schmid, G., Tientrebeogo, J., Moses, A., Kirenga, S., Neuhann, F., … Sarker, M. (2011). Compliance to focused antenatal care services: Experience from rural health facilities in Uganda, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health.

De Allegri, M., Ridde, V., Louis, V. R., Sarker, M., Tiendrebéogo, J., Yé, M., … Jahn, A. (2011). Determinants of utilisation of maternal care services after the reduction of user fees: A case study from rural Burkina Faso. Health Policy, 99(3), 210–218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.010

Ehrle, N., & Sarker, M. (2011). Emergency contraceptive pills: Knowledge and attitudes of pharmacy personnel in Managua, Nicaragua. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 37(2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1363/3706711

Sarker, M., Schmid, G., Larsson, E., Kirenga, S., De Allegri, M., Neuhann, F., … Müller, O. (2010). Quality of antenatal care in rural southern Tanzania: A reality check. BMC Research Notes, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-209

Hofmann, J., De Allegri, M., Sarker, M., Sanon, M., & Böhler, T. (2009). Breast milk as the “water that supports and preserves life”-Socio-cultural constructions of breastfeeding and their implications for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Policy, 89(3), 322–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.06.005

Sarker, M., Papy, J., Traore, S., & Neuhann, F. (2009). Insights on hiv pre-test counseling following scaling-up of PMTCT program in rural health posts, Burkina Faso. East African Journal of Public Health, 6(3), 280–286.

Sarker, M., Jatoi, I., & Becher, H. (2007). Racial differences in breast cancer survival in women under age 60. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 106(1), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-006-9478-3

De Allegri, M., Sarker, M., Hofmann, J., Sanon, M., & Böhler, T. (2007). A qualitative investigation into knowledge, beliefs, and practices surrounding mastitis in sub-Saharan Africa: What implications for vertical transmission of HIV? BMC Public Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-22

Sarker, M., Sanou, A., Snow, R., Ganame, J., & Gondos, A. (2007). Determinants of HIV counselling and testing participation in a Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission programme in rural Burkina Faso. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 12(12), 1475–1483. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01956.x

Sarker, M., Tebit, D. M., Böhler, T., & Kräusslich, H.-G. (2007). Reduction of vertical HIV transmissions - Researching social and biological risk factors. Flug u Reisemed, 14(02), 87–89. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-984569

Sarker, M., Neckermann, C., & Müller, O. (2005). Assessing the health status of young AIDS and other orphans in Kampala, Uganda. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 10(3), 210–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01377.x

Sarker, M., Milkowski, A., Slanger, T., Gondos, A., Sanou, A., Kouyate, B., & Snow, R. (2005). The role of HIV-related knowledge and ethnicity in determining HIV risk perception and willingness to undergo HIV testing among rural women in Burkina Faso. AIDS and Behavior, 9(2), 243–249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-005-3905-z

Sarker, M., M, D. A., B, S., A, P., Snow, R., & T, B. (2005). Knowledge, perception and attitude to HIV/AIDS: Building community support for prevention of mother to child transmission services in rural Burkina Faso. Curare, 28.

Sarker, M. (1999). Sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus in Asia: a growing crisis. Gynecology Forum, 4(4), 21–24.

Gibney, L., Choudhury, P., Khawaja, Z., Sarker, M., Islam, N., & Vermund, S. H. (1999). HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An assessment of biomedical risk factors for transmission. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 10(5), 338–346. https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462991914087

Gibney, L., Choudhury, P., Khawaja, Z., Sarker, M., & Vermund, S. H. (1999). Behavioural risk factors for HIV/AIDS in a low-HIV prevalence Muslim nation: Bangladesh. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 10(3), 186–194. https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462991913862

Working Paper Series/Reports

Sarker, M., Adib, H. I., Rasul, F., & Evans, T. G. (2014). BRAC healthcare innovations programme: Project operational document (Working paper series No. 4). Dhaka: Centre of Excellence for Universal Health Coverage, icddr,b and James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University.

Hossain, S., Huq, N. L., Mamun, R., Nowrin, I., Ether, S., Sarker, M., … Adams, A. M. (2017). “What is the impact of approaches for addressing insecurity or violence arising from urbanisation?” Implications of evidence for South Asia. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.

June 2018- till Associate Dean
Professor & Director Research &
Director Center for Implementation Science and Scale-Up
Adivsor, Institional Review Board
James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

Chair
Institutional Review Board
BRAC University, Bangladesh

Dec 2016- till Professor & Director Research &
Director Center for Implementation Science and Scale-Up
James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

Oct 2012 – 2018 Professor & Director Research
Chair, Institional Review Board
James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

Jan - Dec 2015 Professor, Acting Dean & Director Research
James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

2011- Sept’12 Professor
James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

2011- till Adjunct Research Faculty
Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2005- 2011 Senior Research Faculty
Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2001-2005 Senior Research Associate
Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Participation in Capacity Building Projects

2015-2019 Principal Investigator
TDR International Post Graduate Training Scheme on Implementation Research ( WHO Funded) US $ 2.2 Million

2017-2019 Principal Investigator
Capacity building of officials in Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh (UNICEF Funded) US $ 50,000

2013-2014 Principal Investigator
Capacity building of health managers in Health Management Information System ( GIZ Funded) US $ 30,000

Participation in Evaluation/Intervention/ Implementation/Epidemiology Research Projects

2019 Advisor
How to scale up: Identifying bottlenecks and solution for scaling up of verbal autopsy in Pilot Project ( Bloomberg Foundation Bangladesh, GoB) US $ 15000

2019-21 Principal Investigator
Cool roof or wall too? Experimental evaluation of a low-cost multi prong approach for reduction of indoor temperature in low economic house hold in Dhaka, Bangladesh . Use of Innovative Indigenous Materials for Thermal Comfort (Million Cool Roof, NY,USA), US$100,000

2019-22 Principal Investigator
Climate Change, Migrations and Health Systems Resilience in Haiti and Bangladesh (ClimHB) (Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR)- France) Euro 173,000

2019 Principal Investigator
How to scale up: Identifying bottlenecks and solution for scaling up of Birth and Death registration in Pilot Project (UNICEF Bangladesh, GoB) US $ 50000

2019 Advisor
Coverage of deoworming among school children in a northern district Bangladesh (BRAC Funded) US $ 30000

2019 Principal Investigator
Implementation Research Focusing on Health System Strengthening in UNICEF supporting intervention for Rohyinga Refugee in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh (UNICEF HQ-NY-Funded) US$ 50,000

2019 Principal Investigator
Implementation Research identifying the challenges and facilatators of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) services in Government Health facilities, Bangladesh (UNICEF-Funded) US$ 50,000

2018-22 Principal Investigator
Implementation Science for Global Health: Lessons Learned from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Gates Foundation-Funded) US$ 200,000

2016-9 Principal Investigator
Evidence generation on Implementation Science for Policy Makers, Researchers and Managers (UNICEF Funded) US$ 161,000

2018-21 Principal Investigator
A multi-country study on NCDs: a global NIHR Global Health Research Unit in Cardiovascular disease and Diabetes. UK £ 1.0 Million

2016-9 Principal Investigator
Impact evaluation of Maternal Nutrition Project in Northern Bangladesh (World Vision) CAD 180,000

2018-19 Principal Investigator
The ethics of health policy experiments: a global framework for design and oversight. Euro 210,00

2018-19 Principal Investigator
Partnership to ensure the sustainability of a public health palliative care project in Bangladesh through community theatre. UK £ MRC 40,000

2017-9 Principal Investigator
Evaluation of an Entertainment and Education campaign (E&E) using transmedia for adolescent development (UNICEF) US$ 166,000

2016-8 Principal Investigator
Proof of a noble concept: Sexual behavior change of young men living in urban slum, Dhaka, Bangladesh: An Intervention using Psycho Drama (WOTRO,Netherland Funded) US$ 365,000

2017-8 Adviser
Outcome Evaluation of a reduction of diarrheal episode among under 5 children after cementing the floor in rural Bangladesh- Explanatory mixed method approach. Archive Global, NY, USA US $ 40,000

2017 Adviser
Outcome Evaluation of “m Care” project focusing digitalization of FWA registrar in rural Bangladesh. A Mixed Method Approach. Spider Center, Sweden, US $20,000.

2017 Adviser
Testing of Usefulness of MnCH quality criteria developed by the World Health Organization. M4M, USA (US $ 10,000).

2015-6 Principal Investigator
Assessment of Water, sanitation, and hygiene practice improvement program, Bangladesh (UNICEF Funded) US $ 75,000

2015-6 Principal Investigator
Understanding the Effect of a Health Security Program in Advocating Universal Health Coverage and Improving Productivity of
Semi-formal Female Workers in Bangladesh (Rockefeller Funded & International Growth Center) US $ 70,000

2014 -6 Principal Investigator
Monitoring and Evaluation of UNICEF Communication for Development program(UNICEF Funded) US$ 150,000

2014-5 Advisor
Implementing WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist in selected district hospitals in Bangladesh to improve the quality of intrapartum care (WHO & Harvard School of Public Health Funded) US $ 40,000

2013-7 Co-Principal Investigator
Implementation Research on Reaching out and linking in: health systems and close-to-community services (CTC): A multi-country study (EU Funded) Euro 858,923

2013-5 Principal Investigator
Implementation Research on BRAC implemented Tuberculosis prevention & Treatment program (GFATM Funded) US $ 100,000

2012-4 Team member
An Impact and Process evaluation of using Performance Based Financing to Improve the Quality of Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care in Malawi (Funded by URC/TRAction by USAID) US $ 1 Million.

2012-3 Project Leader
BRAC Health Innovation Program (BHIP), designing & testing a health insurance scheme that offers an equitable, accessible, and quality comprehensive health services (Funded by Rockefellers Foundation). The US $ 1.5 Million

2011-3 Co-Investigator
Monitoring of vital events through information technology (MOVE- IT), a feasibility study on registering pregnant mothers and their children in Bangladesh in a unified electronic information system that tracks vital events (births, deaths,
cause of death), non-fatal health events, and coverage of priority services (Funded by the Health Matrix Network, WHO). US$ 230,000

2011–2 Principal Investigator
Review of MCH program in Bangladesh to recommend a single optimum MNCH model using realist evaluation (Funded by the UNICEF). US $ 222,000

2011 Lead Researcher
Evaluation of Health program implemented by BRAC Health International and Government of Afghanistan (Funded by Novib-Oxfam). US $ 15,000

2015 Principal Investigator
Health care seeking behavior of MDR TB patients (GFATM) US$ 10,000

2015-6 Principal Investigator
Assessing long-term health effects of working conditions on female Ready Made Garment (RMG) workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh (ILO Funded) US $ 14,000

2015-6 Principal Investigator
Measuring TB mortality trend and factors associated with TB mortality (GFATM Funded) US$ 201, 946

2015 Principal Investigator
Developing health communication commodities for improving neonatal health in Bangladesh (WHO Funded) US $ 20,000

2014- 5 Principal Investigator (Bangladesh)
International Research Consortium on Dengue Risk Assessment, Management,
and Surveillance (IDAMS), a multi-country study (EC Funded) Euro 50,000

2014 Principal Investigator
Health care seeking behavior and willingness to pay for eye care in Urban Slum,
Dhaka (Sight Saver Funded). US $ 55,000

2014 Principal Investigator
Community-based Eye illness Prevalence Survey in Urban Slum Dhaka ( BRAC Funded). US $ 15,000

2012 Co-investigator
Exploring roles of informal private provider (IPP) in the treatment of TB in an urban slum area in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Funded by the GFTAM). US $ 20,000

2011 Program Manager
National Food Security and Nutritional Surveillance in Bangladesh (FSNSP)(Funded by European Union). Euro 5.2 Million

2005-11 Lead researcher
Barriers to implementation for Voluntary Counseling and Testing of HIV (VCT) and Mother-to-Child Transmission Prevention (PMTCT) intervention in Nouna, Burkina Faso (Funded by DFG- German Research Society).

2006-10 Principal Investigator
Quality of ART, PMTCT, &MCH care (Work Package on ‘Affects of antiretroviral for HIV on African health systems, maternal and child health in Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso’).(Funded by European Union) Euro 260,000

2001- 4 Senior Research Associate
Knowledge, perception, and willingness of women, men, and health providers to participate in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in rural Burkina Faso(Funded by DFG- German Research Society Euro 200,000).

1998-9 Field Researcher
Prevalence and determinants of STI/HIV among Truck drivers and slum women, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Funded by World AIDS Foundation US $ 50,000).

Teaching Experience at JPG SPH, BRAC University

2016-till Convenor & Lecturer ‘Implementation Research’(MPH curriculum)
2016-till Convenor & Lecturer ‘Quantitative Research Method’(MPH curriculum)
2015-till Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘Manuscript Writing’(Independent Course)
2015-till Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘ Monitoring & Evaluation’(Independent Course)
2012-2015 Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘Quantitative Research Method’(MPH curriculum)
2012-till Lecturer ‘ Mixed Method’((MPH curriculum)
2012-till Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘ Monitoring and Evaluation’((MPH curriculum)
2006- till Lecturer ‘Reproductive Health’ (MPH curriculum)
2016-till Corodinator & Lecturer- Flagship Course: World Bank & WHO funded

International Teaching and Teaching Experience:
2010- till Co-convenor and lecturer- Trop Ed accredited: Mixed Method research in
International Health. IPH, University of Heidelberg

2012- till Co-convenor and lecturer Trop Ed accredited: Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS:
New Evidence and Strategy. IPH, University of Heidelberg

2012 Co-convenor and lecturer-Mixed Method research in International Health.
Center of Global Health, University of Montreal

2011-2013: Lecturer in Public-Private Partnership for Primary Health Care a short course
offered by the Asian network of Health System Strengthening (ANHSS) ( A WB Initiative Capacity Building project, Thailand, Honking, Philippine)

2008 – 2011 Awarded EU Grant (EDU Link- Africa ) to Coordinate Reproductive Health Course
 Muhimbili University, Dares Salam , Tanzania

 MakarereUniversity, Kampala, Uganda

 MOI University, Nairobi, Kenya

2004 – 2011 Convenor and lecturer Course Coordinator: Trop Ed accredited:
Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS: New Evidence and Strategy. IPH, University of Heidelberg

2002-2011 Lecturer MSc Course at IPH, University of Heidelberg, Germany: Social determinants of health, Gender , PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission) , Sexually transmitted infections, Survey design.IPH, University of Heidelberg

2003-2011 Lecturer in EHCourse (Gesundheitsversorgung in Entwicklungsländen) : Family planning, HIV & poverty, HIV & Gender, High Risk & Vulnerable Group, PMTCT. IPH, University of Heidelberg

2004- 2012 Guest Lecturer
Charite, Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health,Berlin, Germany
Institute of Tropical medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium
School of Public Health, University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA South Asian Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany
University Montreal, Canada

Programmatic Experience
2000- 2001 : Zonal Health Manager (32 Districts), Health Program, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Development). Responsible for implementation of Reproductive and MCH care STI/HIV prevention Nutrition intervention Tuberculosis control Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation

2000: Sector Specialist in Reproductive Health, Provides technical support Reproductive and MCH services
Syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases. Community based nutrition program
Adolescent Reproductive Health Education program Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Assurance
Women's & Children’s Death Audits

1994-95: Sub-district in charge Women’s Health and Development program (WHDP),
BRAC, Bangladesh.
Reproductive and MCH services
Community-based TB control (DOT) program
Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Program Child survival program (EPI, ARI, Diarrhea)
The child growth monitoring program

1992-94: Junior Consultant Women’s Health and Development Program (WHDP) BRAC, Bangladesh, provides technical support to
Reproductive and MCH services
Community-based TB control (DOT) program Adolescent Reproductive Health Edu. Program Child survival program (EPI, ARI, Diarrhea)
The child growth monitoring program

1991-92: MCH Physician. Marie Stopes Clinic Society: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Rural Outreach Center, serving pregnancy-related care and
family planning services in 35 villages.
1990 Resident Obstetrician. Agrabad Maternity Clinic, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Consulting Experience

2009 Consultant to WHO through EVA Plan Heidelberg. Develop a curriculum on HIV/AIDS for WHO staff

2008 Consultant to GTZ and BRAC University. Develop a 2weeks short course on Quality management of health care

2005 Consultant to Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland. Written with Dr. Claudia Kessler.Reproductive Health Update 2005

2005 Consultant to GTZ: Human Resource Development in the area of HIV- AIDS in Chittagong, Bangladesh

2002-3 Consultant to The Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) Project: Evaluation of “Addressing reproductive rights and health needs of young people after ICPD: the contribution of UNFPA and IPPF” Tender awarded to EHG, Options, Heidelberg.

2002 Consultant for UNFPA: Evaluation “Maternal mortality audit & designing the reproductive health program for 2003-4 in Kazakhstan “

2002 Consultant for SFB/DFG project: Assessing client and health provide preferences for VCT services in rural Burkina Faso.

2001 Technical support for Heidelberg University, Germany Implementation of Syndromic Diagnosis of STD in Nepal

2012 Ten years contribution to the Institute
Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2011 Five years contribution to the Institute
James P Grant SPH, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1999-2000 Population Council Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA and CV

1996- 1998 Fogarty Fellow
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA