Farzana Sehrin has joined BIGD as a Research Coordinator.
Sehrin brings over a decade of experience in research and impact evaluation, with a strong background in quantitative data analysis and econometric modeling. Before joining BIGD, she served as a Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for Urban Equity and Health at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University. She also held positions as Senior Research Associate at BRAC’s Research and Evaluation Division and Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Her research portfolio spans diverse areas including poverty and inequality measurement, urban health systems, social protection, early childhood development, and livelihoods. She currently works as the Principal Investigator for projects such as “Level of Small Area Poverty and Urban Health: Estimation, Validation, and Visualization with Ground Level Data”, and has been a key collaborator on studies funded by NIHR, the Wellcome Trust, and leading academic institutions including the University of York, the University of Leeds, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Sehrin holds both her BSc and MSc in Economics from Jahangirnagar University. Her work has been published in reputed journals such. She is passionate about using rigorous quantitative evidence to inform policy on health equity, poverty reduction, and inclusive urban development.
