Departmental Affiliations
Md Zabir Hasan, PhD ’19, MPH, MBBS, studies health policy and systems to strengthen health equity, global health, and health systems in low- and middle-income countries.
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2019
MPH
James P. Grant School of Public Health
2014
MBBS
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, University of Dhaka
2011
Overview
I am a trained physician and health policy and systems researcher with a focus on health systems performance, and service integration of injury and rehabilitation care. I hold a particular interest in developing and implementing research projects to answer policy-relevant questions and find novel solutions to strengthen the health systems of low and lower-middle-income countries. My primary expertise includes data analytics, econometrics, psychometric analysis, implementation science, and mixed methods research.
Honors & Awards
Faculty Innovation Award (2022), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Thesis Publication Award for International Health Doctoral Graduates & Students (2020), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Training Grant in Childhood Infectious Diseases (2015 – 219), Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
Competitive Fellowship Awards for Next Generation of Public Health Experts (2014 – 2015), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bangladesh
Vice Chancellor's Gold Medal for Highest Distinction (2014), BRAC University, Bangladesh
Allan Rosenfield Award: For best academic performance in MPH (2014), James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
Thesis Publication Award for International Health Doctoral Graduates & Students (2020), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Training Grant in Childhood Infectious Diseases (2015 – 219), Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
Competitive Fellowship Awards for Next Generation of Public Health Experts (2014 – 2015), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bangladesh
Vice Chancellor's Gold Medal for Highest Distinction (2014), BRAC University, Bangladesh
Allan Rosenfield Award: For best academic performance in MPH (2014), James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
Select Publications
Selected publications:
- Brubacher, L. J., Hasan, M., Sriram, V., Keidar, S., Wu, A., Cheng, M., ... & Berman, P. (2022). Investigating the influence of institutions, politics, organizations, and governance on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia, Canada: a jurisdictional case study protocol. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20(1), 1-10.
- Hasan, M. Z., Story, W. T., Bishai, D. M., Ahuja, A., Rao, K. D., & Gupta, S. (2021). Does social capital increase healthcare financing's projection? Results from the rural household of Uttar Pradesh, India. SSM-population health, 15, 100901.
- Hasan, M.Z., Dinsa, G.D. & Berman, P. (2021). A practical measure of health facility efficiency: an innovation in the application of routine health information to determine health worker productivity in Ethiopia. Hum Resour Health 19, 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00636-6
- Bandara, S., Bhaumik, S., Sriram, V., Saha, S., Zia, N., Hasan, M.Z., Malavige, G.N. and Rasali, D., (2021). Stronger together: a new pandemic agenda for South Asia. BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e006776.
- Hasan, M. Z., Neill, R., Das, P., Venugopal, V., Arora, D., Bishai, D., Jain, N., Gupta, S. (2021). Integrated health service delivery during COVID-19: a scoping review of published evidence from low and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 6(6), e005667.