Dr. A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury, Deputy Executive Director, BRAC and Dean of James P Grant School of Public Health BU has been offered appointment as Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University on June 13, 2005. The appointment is recognition of Dr. Chowdhury's "excellent accomplishments in public health and [Dr. Chowdhury's] potential to contribute in the future." Previously Dr. A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury was a visiting professor at Columbia University.