Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia

Malabika Sarker is a mixed method researcher specializing in implementation research and evaluation trained in teaching and curriculum development. She is a physician with a Master's in Public Health (MPH) from Harvard University and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

In her 30 years of public health career, she spent ten years implementing community-based programs at BRAC, Bangladesh, the world's largest NGO. She has been awarded over US$ 10 million in research/capacity-building grants and has published 126 peer-reviewed articles and four book chapters. Leading implementation science related education, training, research and advocacy, she serves on multiple advisory boards, including Lancet Global Health, Medical Research Council UK, National Institute of Health Research UK, the Evaluation Advisory Committee of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and she chairs the advisory board of the HRP Alliance for Research Capacity Strengthening.

Having joined Brown University’s School of Public Health in 2023, she will focus on implementation science research and teaching, build a partnership platform with other academic institutions and organizations in the global south, and lead new learning initiatives such as creating a structured global public health immersive experiential learning program for MPH and doctoral students.