• With a background in Anthroplogy (MSS), I have been involved in qualitative/anthropological research since 2002 in the role of Principle Investigator, Co-Principle Investigator and Co-Investigator which ranges from childhealth, childhood drowning, Infectious disease, Maternal mortality and morbidity with extensive expertise on Menstruation Regulation. My areas of interests are Anthroplogy, women's empowerment, Reproductive and maternal health and feminism.

August 2002 to present: ICDDR,B (As Senior Research Investigator)

• Principle Investigator - Examining birth planning and responses to delivery complications: A Qualitative Investigation to supplement the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality Survey (BMMS), 2010
• (1st January 2010 to September 2011)
• Co-Principle Investigator - Socio-cultural aspects and women’s perceptions on Menstrual Regulation and Menstrual Regulation services in Bangladesh, (1st May 2010 to 31st September 2011)
• Principle Investigator - Narratives about the nursing profession in Bangladesh. Views and experiences from nurses working in Dhaka (1st February 2012 to December 2012)
• Co-investigator - Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) needs assessment in selected districts in Bangladesh (!5th May 2012 to October 2012)

As Research Investigator and Senior Research Officer

• Co-investigator – Determining the burden of maternal ill health and death and its programmatic implications in rural Bangladesh (September 2006 to December 2009)
• Principal Investigator - A Pilot study to determine the risk of food-borne transmission of Nipah viruses in Bangladesh (July 2007 to August 2008)
• Raising the age at marriage among young women in rural Bangladesh (January 2005 to February 2008) 
• Co-investigator – An Evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) (2002 to 2007)
• Community-Based Intervention to Reduce Childhood Drowning in Bangladesh (July 2005 to March 2006)
• An in-depth Investigation of Childhood Drowning in Rural Bangladesh (2004 to 2005)
• Co-investigator – Investigation of the Nipah Virus Outbreak: An in-depth examination of beliefs and practices associated with the disease (August 2003 to November 2005)

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• Bangladesh and African region