Dr.Tahmeed Ahmed 

Executive Director, icddr,b 

Dr.Tahmeed Ahmed oversees nutrition-related research and services at icddr,b, which includes obtaining funds, facilitating research of members, collaboration with international agencies including WHO, UNICEF, IAEA and academic institutions within and outside Bangladesh. Dr Ahmed is also an Adjunct Professor in Public Health Nutrition at the James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University. Prior to this, he was scientist in the Clinical Sciences Division of icddr,b where he carried out clinical and public health research in nutrition and infectious diseases, including diarrhoeal diseases and child tuberculosis. He holds a PhD in Paediatrics from University of Tsukuba, Japan and an MBBS in Medical Science from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.