People

Dr. Mohammed Mazharul Hoque
President, Executive Committee

Dr. Mohammed Mazharul Hoque

Internationally recognized authority on highway safety, accident analysis, and transport policy with over four decades of engineering and road safety leadership.

Selection Grade Professor (Retd.), Department of Civil Engineering; Founding Director, Accident Research Institute (ARI), BUET. PhD from Monash University, Australia.

Dr. Salim Mahmud Chowdhury
General Secretary, Executive Committee

Dr. Salim Mahmud Chowdhury

Pioneering public health scientist leading CIPRB operational governance and epidemiology research since 2015.

MBBS, MPH & PhD from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Sailendra Nath Biswas
Treasurer

Dr. Sailendra Nath Biswas

Former Director, Planning and Research, DGHS. Brings deep public health administration and national health planning experience.

MBBS (Rajshahi), DPH (NIPSOM), M.Sc in Health Services Management (University of Leeds, UK).

Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman

Over 20 years of research in environmental epidemiology, arsenic poisoning, and public health trials.

Scientific Director, UChicago Research Bangladesh; PhD in Epidemiology.

Dr. Shahana Rahman
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Shahana Rahman

Advocates for community-level social development, child welfare, and grassroots empowerment.

Distinguished Member of the Board of Trustees.

Mrs. Gulshan Jahan
Member, Executive Committee

Mrs. Gulshan Jahan

Provides governance guidance on institutional financial sustainability and organizational compliance.

Distinguished Member of the Board of Trustees.

Dr. Sanchoy Kumar Chanda
Member, Executive Committee

Dr. Sanchoy Kumar Chanda

Decades of experience spearheading maternal health, obstetric fistula eradication, and sexual and reproductive health programs.

Senior Public Health Expert; Senior Technical Officer, Reproductive Health.

Dr. Aminur Rahman
Director, International Drowning Prevention & Research Department (IDPRD)

Dr. Aminur Rahman

Global expert on child drowning prevention, principal investigator on numerous landmark randomized trials, and key contributor to WHO drowning prevention guidelines.

Dr. Aminur Rahman
Executive Director

Dr. Aminur Rahman

Dr. Salim Mahmud Chowdhury
Deputy Executive Director

Dr. Salim Mahmud Chowdhury

Prof. Dr. M. A. Halim
Director – Reproductive and Child Health

Prof. Dr. M. A. Halim

Prof. Dr. AKM Fazlur Rahman
Executive Advisor

Prof. Dr. AKM Fazlur Rahman

Prof. Dr. Afsana Karim
Advisor

Prof. Dr. Afsana Karim