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Mohammad Safayet Khan

মোহাম্মদ সাফায়েত খান

Senior Research Fellow

safayet.khan@bracu.ac.bd


Brief Bio:

Mohammad Safayet Khan is a Senior Research Fellow and a faculty member at the BRAC Institute of Educational Development (BRAC IED). He is also a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Educational Studies and Leadership, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Safayet's academic qualifications and research experiences span in four different continents as he obtained three master’s degrees in the field of Biological Sciences, Resource Management and Educational Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation from Bangladesh, Norway and Australia respectively as well as a certification on mathematical biology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He also worked as a visiting scholar for one year at the University of Aberdeen, UK. In his academic career, Safayet has been able to publish 15 articles in peer reviewed journals, six Monographs and Working Papers, two book chapters, and has been awarded with several scholarships and research grants. Safayet has supervised eight students in their master’s thesis at the Early Childhood Development program and has been instrumental in developing a short course in data driven decision making for educational program evaluation. Before, joining in academia, he successfully piloted volunteering tutoring program for the underprivileged first-generation secondary school students which has now been scaled up across Bangladesh. He is currently working on several research projects on different types of remotely delivered services for early childhood development and parental mental health and wellbeing.

Areas of Specialization

Educational assessment, measurement and evaluation

Research Interests

Impact evaluation of educational programs, early childhood education, social justice in education

Publications

  • Khan, M.S., Mariam, E., Akhi, N. A., Jahan, E., (in-press). Pashe Achhi: A low tech model of learning and psychosocial support for children and caregivers. Journal of Research in Childhood Education

  • Ahmed, M.S., Yakub, S., Khan, S. and Yunus, F.M. (2023). Association of household motor vehicle ownership with overweight and obesity among Bangladeshi adults: A cross-sectional analysis of 2017–18 Bangladesh demographic and health survey. Journal of Transport & Health, 32, p.101670

  • Ahmed, M. S., Khan, S., & Yunus, F. M. (2021). Factors associated with the utilization of reproductive health services among the Bangladeshi married women: analysis of national representative MICS 2019 data. Midwifery, 103139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103139

  • Mistry, S. K., Ali, A. M., Ahmed, M. S., Yadav, U. N., Khan, M. S., Hossain, M. B., & Yunus, F. M. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of total sleep time among the older adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Sleep Epidemiology, 100008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100008

  • Ahmed, M. S., Yunus, F. M., Hossain, M. B., Sarker, K. K., & Khan, S. (2021). Association between Menstrual Hygiene Management and School Performance among the School-Going Girls in Rural Bangladesh. Adolescents, 1(3), 335-347. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1030025

  • Yunus, F. M., Ahmed, M. S., Hossain, M. B., Sarker, K. K., & Khan, S. (2021). Gender variation of total sleep time and association with academic achievement among the school going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in rural Bangladesh. Sleep Epidemiology, 1, 100001

  • Ahmed, M.S., Khan, S., Hasan, K. Sen, L.C., Yunus, F.M., Griffiths, M.D. (2020). Factors Affecting Sleep Quality Among the University Students in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Structured Interview Study. Sleep Vigilance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41782-020-00106-4

  • Ahmed, M.S., Sen, L.C., Khan, S., Yunus, F.M. and Griffiths, M.D. (2020). Waterpipe tobacco smoking and associated risk factors among Bangladeshi university students: an exploratory pilot study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20(5), 2865-2877

  • Akter, T., Khan, S. and Rahman, M. (2019). Toxic Elements in Bangladesh’s Drinking Water. In Environmental Contaminants: Ecological Implications and Management (pp. 273-296). Springer, Singapore

  • Yunus, F. M., Khan, S., Khanam, F., Das, A., Rahman, M. (2019). Summarizing the recommendation of arsenic research during Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era in Bangladesh-future direction for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 9:100265. doi: 10.1016/j.gsd.2019.100265

  • Afroz, A., Khan, S., Mahmud, I.B., Chowdhury, M.N. (2019). The Role of State Broadcasting Media and Education in Addressing Climate Change in Bangladesh. In: Huq S., Chow J., Fenton A., Stott C., Taub J., Wright H. (eds) Confronting Climate Change in Bangladesh. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 28. Springer, Cham

  • Khatoon, F. Z., Khan, S. (2018). Impact evaluation of MEJNIN (Meyeder Jonnyo Nirapod Nagorikotto): A project on combating sexual harassment against girl students in public places. Research Report No. 54, BRAC Research and Evaluation Division. ISSN: 2523-1685

  • Shahed, S. S., Jolly, S. P., Khan, S., Nandita, M. M. (2018). Understanding the challenges to development insights from the baseline findings of Integrated Development Programme (IDP) in Itna and Khaliajuri. Research Report No. 52, BRAC Research and Evaluation Division. ISSN: 2523- 1685

  • Yunus, F. M., Khan, S., Mitra, D. K., Mistry, S. K., Afsana, K., Rahman, M. (2018). Relationship of sleep pattern and snoring with chronic disease: findings from a nationwide population-based survey. Sleep Health, 4 (1): 40-48. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.10.003

  • Khatoon, F. Z., Khan, S. (2017). Impact evaluation of economic empowerment of the poor and vulnerable women in Narayanganj. Research Report No. 51, BRAC Research and Evaluation Division

  • Mistry, S. K., Jhohura, F. T., Khanam, F., Khan, S., Akter, F., Yunus, F. M., Hossain, B., Afsana, K., Haque, R., Rahman, M. (2017). An outline of anemia among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional study. BMC Hematology, 17 (1), 13. doi: 10.1186/s12878-017-0084-x

  • Shahed, S. S., Khatoon, F. Z., Khan, S. (2016). Rural women empowerment through entrepreneurship: A study on two districts. Int. Journal of SME Development, 2, 119. ISSN:2305-7750

  • Yunus, F. M., Khan, S., Tasnuba, T., Husain, P. A., & Misiti, A. J. (2016). Are we ready to adopt mobile money in non-profit sector? Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 5(1), 32. doi: 10.1186/s13731-016-0060-x

  • Yunus F. M., Khan, S., Chowdhury, P., Milton, A.H., Hussain, S., Rahman, M. (2016). A review of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh: The millennium development goal era and beyond. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(2), 215; doi: 10.3390/ijerph13020215

  • Yunus F. M., Khan, S., Akter, T., Jhohura, F.T., Reja, S., Rahman, M. (2016). How many hours do people sleep in Bangladesh? - A country representative survey. Journal of Sleep Research. DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12381

  • Khan, M. S. (2016). Impact assessment of Adolescent Peer Organised Network on attitudes and behaviour change of adolescents in rural Bangladesh (Master’s thesis at the University of Western Australia).

  • Khatoon, F. Z., Khan, S. (2015). Impact Evaluation of Economic Empowerment of the Poor and Vulnerable Women in Narayanganj: A baseline report; BRAC Working Paper, BRAC Research and Evaluation Division

  • Khan, M. S. (2008). Antibiotic resistance problem in Aquaculture: The role of Com gene products in DNA uptake as a nutrient source for bacteria (Master’s thesis at the University of Tromso, Norway) http://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/1477/thesis.pdf?sequence=1

  • Khan, M. S. (2006). Studies on the Teesta River to Develop the Ecotope Model for Aquatic Resources Management (Master’s Thesis at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

  • Khan, M. S. (2005). Assessment of Aquatic Area of Gulshan Lakes in Two Time Interval (B.Sc. Honours Research Project, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Conferences/Workshops
  • The 47’th Annual Pacific Circle Consortium Conference at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 8-12 November 2023

  • Postgraduate Student Thesis Symposium at the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury, 4 October 2023

  • The International Student Conference "Co-creating the Future of Education: Perspectives of Graduate Students", University of Tsukuba, Japan, 16-17 March, 2023 (online)

  • The 26'th biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Rhodes, Greece, 19-23 June 2022

  • Attended international seminar on Gendering Qualitative Methods: People, Power, and Place. Manipal University, India, 12-13 December 2016