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Sabina F Rashid, PhD

Dr Sabina F Rashid, Professor and Dean BRAC JPGSPH, is the director of the Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Dr Rashid is a member of several international and national organizations, and an international member of the WHO Secretariat - Health Systems and Policy Analysis, WHO in Geneva. Dr Rashid also acts as an Advisory Member for the annual Abortion Panels – IUSSP, Guttmacher Institute, New York; and as an Advisory Member of CREA (a human rights organization based in New Delhi). She is also a member of the National Working Group - Bangladesh Health Watch, a multi-stakeholder civil society advocacy and monitoring network dedicated to improving the health system in Bangladesh. Dr Rashid specializes in ethnographic and qualitative research. Her research interests are gender, sexual and reproductive health, sexuality and the well-being of adolescents, young women and men, use of social media and digital technology, urban poverty, governance, and health services in urban informal settlements

Professor and Dean,
James P Grant School of Public Health

Professor and Dean, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health ,
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+8802-9827501-4 (Extn: 6006)
sabina.frashid@gmail.com

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    2001‐2005 PhD, Medical Anthropology and Public Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    1996‐1998 Masters in Anthropology (Distinction), the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    1990‐1992 Bachelors in Anthropology, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  • Professional Activities

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    BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC
    University 2013 to present – Dean and Professor
    2011 – Associate Dean and Professor
    2009 – MPH Coordinator and Associate Professor
    2008 – Associate Professor
    2005 – Assistant Professor
    2004 – Senior Lecturer

    Visiting Professor, Germany, Berlin School of Public Health

    2007-2012 - Visiting Professor, teaching on gender, SRHR, sexual diversity and human rights, Research methodologies with a focus on qualitative research, ethics of social science research

    Previous Employment:

    BRAC, Bangladesh (Largest NGO in the World; Voted No. 1 NGO in the world in 2016/2017)
    1998-2001 – BRAC, Senior Research Anthropologist, Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, Bangladesh
    1993-1994 – BRAC, Research Anthropologist, Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, Bangladesh

    Other Employment Opportunities:
    1995-1996 – Grameen Trust (sister organization of Grameen Bank), Program Officer, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    1994-1995 – UNICEF, Consultant - health and communications, UNICEF, Dhaka

  • Awards, Honors

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    May, 2018 – ‘Heroines of Health’ Award, nominated and selected for the award. Nine women were selected from this global competition of over 100 + nominations. Awarded by GE Healthcare, Women in Global Health. Event took place at the World Health Assembly, Geneva.

    Fellowships
    Sept - Oct, 2018 – Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, USA
    Visiting Scholar at the Center for Social Medicine and also at the Institute of South Asia Studies.


    February-August, 2011 - Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Scholar at Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Health, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA.

    February-May, 2006 - Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

    2001 - 2004 - Postgraduate Scholarship –competitive scholarship for doctoral studies, NCEPH, the Australian National University

    Grants Awarded

    (2019-2024), Principal Investigator, ARISE – Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity in Bangladesh. It is a research consortium across 5 countries: Bangladesh, India, Kenya and Sierra Leone, and UK, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). Funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund. GBP: Total 10 million - (BRAC JPG School: GBP 1 million)

    (2018-2021), Lead, ERASMUS Education Capacity Building Grant, BRAC JPG School lead institution in partnership with IDS, UK and Maastricht University, Netherlands. Euros: 995,000

    (2018-2019), Principal Investigator, Men Engage and their Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs, lead by the School (a national level study), US$522,000

    (2018-2019), Principal Co-Lead (co-PI), People with Disabilities and their Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs, led by the School (a national level study), US$581,000

    (2018-2019), Principal Investigator, Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women Rohingya Refugees, World Health Organization (US$86,000).

    (2017-2020), Principal Investigator, Cities and Resilience: Migrant Populations Health, in partnership with Imperial College, UK, Funded by WELLCOME TRUST (Euros 375,000).

    (2016-ongoing), PI, Adolescent girls lives in transition, early marriage, empowerment and health in urban slums. BRAC School of Public Health in partnership with Co-PI, Maheen Sultan, BIGD, Funded by GAGE project, DFID (GB 200,000).

    (2016-2018) Digital Sister for Urban Youth: Using New Technology for Effective SRHR Communication for Urban Youth in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, Co-lead, in partnership with University of Amsterdam, NWOTRO, (Dutch funded 300,000 Euros)

    (2015-2018), Breaking the Shame, Adolescents and Sexuality in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh – Co lead in partnership with Radboud University, Amsterdam, NWOTRO, (Dutch funded, 591,791).

    (2015-2018), Principal Investigator, Early Marriage Prevention among adolescent girls in Urban Slums in Bangladesh, IDRC CAD 475,000, Bangladesh

    (November2012-2017), Principal Investigator, Reaching out and Linking in: Heath systems and close-to-

    community services in urban and rural areas: REACHOUT, funding: EU 7million.CollaborativeProject (Northern &Southern institutions), Bangladesh‐ €793,030

    (August 2012-2017), Project Director, Capacity Building on Gender in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), funding NUFFIC–Capacity Building in Higher Education.Euros2.6million (4 partners)

    (July 2012-June 2015), Chief of Party, Lead, Developing the Next Generation of Public Health Experts, Capacity Building in Masters of Public Health Education, USAID US$3 million

    (2012-2015), Principal Investigator, Urban Primary Service Delivery and Governance, Co-PI, ICDDR, B. Funding IDRC, Canada, CAD$655,000

    (October 2011– March 2012), Co- Principal Investigator, Informal drug sellers, market and their role in health, (grant awardedUS$135,000), in partnership with team in icddr,b. Research for Development, USA.

    (March 2011-2012), Principal Investigator, Access to Abortion in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh, in partnership with Guttmacher, New York and BAPSA (grant awarded US$50,000)

    (May 2010– May 2011), Principal Investigator, Violence Against Marginalized Populations Funded by the Netherlands Embassy, and coordinated by CREA‐multi‐country study in India, Nepal and Bangladesh) – (grant awarded $46,000).

    (March 2008-2009), Principal Investigator, Sexuality and Rights Training Grant, funder: International

    Women’s Health Coalition, New York (Amount: US$ 20,000).

    (September 2005-2010), Co- Principal Investigator & Coordinator - Realizing Reproductive and Sexual Rights of Vulnerable Populations (DFID Funded), (Amount: US$ 566,000).

    (January 2008-2009), Co- Principal Investigator, Reproductive and Sexual Health of Adolescent Populations in Bangladesh, (Funded by JICA, Japan and GoB) (Amount: US$ 347,425.90)

  • Membership

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    2017 - present – Member, Global group - Learning Collaborative: measurement community on Adolescents, hosted by Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University, USA
    2017 – present – Advisory Member, CREA, India

    2017 – present - Member, South Asia Regional Community of Practice: Strengthening regional work on normative change for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health, hosted by, IRH, Passages and Save the Children, Nepal

    2014 –present - Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR), World Health Organization, Geneva

    2014 – 2017, Advisory Member, Abortion Panel – IUSSP (Guttmacher Institute, New York).

    2010 - present-Member of Advisory Group, Sexuality and Development Programme, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK

    2009 - present-Member of Working Group, Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW), Bangladesh (National Civil Society to improve citizens’ health)

    2007 -present-Member of Coalition for Bodily and Sexual Rights (CSBR), Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR) -NEW WAYS, Turkey

    Board Member of International Journals

    2019 – Editorial Advisory Board, Sexual Reproductive Health Matters SRHM (Peer reviewed Journal)

    2012 - present-Member of Editorial board, Journal South Asian Water Studies (SAWAS), India

    2011- present-Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice published by Routledge, USA Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

    2012 - present-Member of Editorial board, Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
    2012 - present-Member of Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, India

News & Events

BRAC University alumni team wins Brussels-based ‘Social Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022’

June 27th, 2022
A BRAC University alumni team has secured 1st prize of a “Social

BRAC University professor co-authors publication on vaccine cold chain challenges

June 26th, 2022
Professor Farzana Munshi, the Interim Chair of the Department of Economics and

BRACU Alumni receives Chevening "Silver Award"

June 19th, 2022
BRAC University’s School of Law alumni, Mohammad Pizuar Hossain, also a

BRAC University organizes Career Fair 2022

June 15th, 2022
An in-house Career Fair was organized at the cafeteria and auditorium of BRAC

Blood Donation Camp

June 27th, 2022 - 9:00am to
June 28th, 2022 - 6:00pm
On behalf of BRAC University Response Team, we cordially invite you to join the

Webinar on “Applying Technology for Online/Blended Learning”

June 28th, 2022 - 6:30pm to
June 28th, 2022 - 7:30pm
BRAC IED Learning Lab presents a webinar on “Applying Technology for Online






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