Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute 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
Trained as a physician, implementation scientist, and health policy and systems researcher, I focus on understanding how institutional arrangements, governance structures, and frontline implementation dynamics shape population health outcomes, particularly in contexts characterized by resource constraints, system fragmentation, and complex risk environments. My research integrates mixed-method and systems-thinking tools to examine how policies and programs are designed, implemented, and adapted in real-world settings, with specific attention to implementation determinants, mechanisms, and outcomes. Across studies on integrated primary health care, road safety governance, drowning prevention, rehabilitation systems, and pandemic response, I have generated policy-relevant evidence that moves beyond single interventions, highlighting system-level interactions, feedback mechanisms, and unintended consequences. I combine quantitative approaches (data analytics, econometrics, and psychometric analysis) with qualitative inquiry and stakeholder-engaged methods to identify leverage points to strengthen service integration, improve performance, and accelerate scale-up of evidence-based interventions in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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
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.