Researcher profile

Salahuddin Ahmed

Dr Salahuddin Ahmed is a medical doctor with a PhD in global health from the University of Edinburgh and a public health epidemiologist with over 25 years of experience designing and managing epidemiological studies, disease surveillance, monitoring and evaluating public health programs. His research focuses on improving the health and nutritional status of newborns, children, and women in low-resource settings by enhancing understanding of the major causes of neonatal, child, and maternal morbidity, mortality, and malnutrition, and by designing and testing cost-effective public health interventions to address them. The design and scope of his studies are diverse, ranging from formative research to implementation research to randomized clinical trials. His research also focuses on integrating and strengthening the health system in low- and middle-income countries. He serves as Executive Director and Scientist of Projahnmo Research Foundation, Bangladesh. Before that, he was a Research Director at Johns Hopkins University, Bangladesh. He also worked at CARE Bangladesh, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Jhpiego, Population Council, and Mitra and Associates. He is a member of the National Research Ethics Committee of the Bangladesh Medical Research Council, the highest research ethics committee in Bangladesh. He is also a member of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness working group and the National Technical Working Committee for Newborn Health in Bangladesh. He is an Associate in the Department of International Health of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, USA. In 2018, he was awarded a fellowship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE) to pursue postgraduate studies (PhD) at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. In 2022, he received the Young Investigator Award at the 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) in Toronto, Canada. In 2023, he obtained a travel grant from the American Thoracic Society to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC, USA.