3rd Graduates' Forum of James P Grant School of Public Health

The Third Graduates' Forum of the James P Grant School of Public Health, Brac University was held at ICDDR,B on Thursday, says a press release.
The batch consists of 26 students from Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Singapore, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, USA and Bangladesh, all of whom graduated in Master of Public Health.
Pro-Vice Chancellor of Brac University Dr Salehuddin Ahmed chaired the forum while Prof AMR Chowdhury, Dean, School of Public Health, delivered the welcome address.
Professor Richard Cash of Harvard University delivered the keynote speech titled 'In the Eye of the Storm: Contributions of Bangladesh to the Reduced Public Health Impact of Natural Disasters'.
Dr Abbas Bhuiyan also spoke on behalf of ICDDR, B.
Abebual Zerihun of Ethiopia won the 'FH Abed Award for Best Overall Performance to an International Student' while the 'Allan Rosenfield Award for Best Overall Performance to a National Student' went to Tarique Md Nurul Huda.
Om Prasad Gautam from Nepal won the 'WB Greenough III Award for the Best Dissertation'.
Fazle Hasan Abed, chairperson and founder of Brac, distributed the prizes among the winners.
Five students were selected to present their dissertations respectively on health, tuberculosis, obesity, malaria, and reproductive health. A poster exhibition by the graduating students was also held.