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Malabika Sarker
Bangladeshi physician and public health scientist
Malabika Sarker (born 14 July ) is a Bangladeshi physician and public health scientist. She is a Professor of Practice of Behavioral and Social Science at Brown School of Public Health,[2] Brown University, USA. She is the former Associate Dean and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Science of Implementation and Scale-Up at the BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health[3] of BRAC University in Bangladesh.[1][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Malabika Sarker graduated from Chittagong Medical College. After completing her medical training, she joined the Marie Stopes Clinical Society.[5] She moved to the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, where she completed a certificate in Gender and International Health. Sarker worked toward a master of public health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. After securing her master's degree, Sarker returned to Europe, where she completed her doctoral research at Heidelberg University. Her doctorate research explored women in Burkina Faso's awareness of HIV.[6]
Research and career
[edit]Before joining Brown School of Public Health, Prof. Sarker was the Associate Dean & Professor of BRAC Jame
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of Science and Humanities. For instance, there are a host of new careers such as Science Journalism or the Sociology of Science.
Additionally, the science programme will help create a strong appetite for research in our young students. After a three- year programme, students will have the completely unique opportunity to stay on for a fourth year to take a capsule course in another subject which will enhance their profile or work on an in-depth science research project under a faculty member.
How is Ashoka ensuring that this programme meets international standards?
We have engaged a number of leading Indian scientists to institute a Science Advisory Committee. The committee will guide us on curriculum, resources and faculty recruitment. These scientists include Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (Physicist; former Director, TIFR Mumbai), L. S. Shashidhara (Biologist; Coordinator of Biology, IISER, Pune), Rajeeva Karandikar (Mathematician; Director, Chennai Mathematical Institute), and Sumantra Chattarji (Biologist; Professor, NCBS Bengaluru).
This committee meets regularly to brainstorm on planning the departments and drafting the curricula. In addition, all the committee members will all engage in some form of teaching, either through guest le