Adity Shayontony Das

Experience

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  Asian University for Women

  Jul 2015 - Mar 2016

  Research Assistant

  Assisted in data collection for the study: Attachment hierarchies in Bangladeshi women in couple-initiated and arranged marriages.

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  Chemists Without Borders

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  Intern
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  Asian University for Women

  Jan 2017 - May 2018

  Senior thesis for Undergraduate Degree completion

  • Independent Student Researcher

    May 2017 - May 2018

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
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  Icddr,b

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  Intern
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  National Institute of Biotechnology

  Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

  Intern
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  Jeeon Foundation

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  Content Associate

  1. Co-created 12+ medical contents in the e-learning platform for Rural Medical Practitioners2. Conducted primary qualitative research identifying key barriers and strategies for behavior change campaign, by providing assistance with RMP interviews and patient focus group for the Unilever-Transform grant application 2018, which was secured3. Assisted in research to secured the ‘Business Finance for the poor in Bangladesh’ grant in 2018.

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  BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2022

  Actively worked in research groups to design and conduct mixed method research studies and actively involved in grant proposal writing and manuscript writing. Major achievements: 1. Completion of a research study titled: ‘A Mixed-Methods Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Biometrically Enabled mHealth System of BRAC Community Health Programme’ 2. Trained 24 Community health workers to conduct quantitative data collection in the Cox’s Bazar camps. 3. Authored a journal article titled: 'Co-exploring the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihood of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh' in a special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly. 4. Co-authored a journal article titled: ‘COVID-19 in Bangladesh: an especially difficult time for an invisible population’ in Disability & Society. Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2021.1929080 5. Published an opinion section at a national newspaper ‘The Daily Star’ on the inequity and non-inclusiveness of the healthcare systems. Link: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/make-healthcare-more-accessible-persons-disabilities-2050617 Show less Assisting research teams to conduct different mixed method research studies and actively involved in grant proposal writing, data collection, data analysis (primary) and drafting manuscripts at the “Center of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights“Major achievements:1. Assisted in a Nationwide mixed method study on the ‘’Sexual and reproductive health and rights of Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh”2. Published a Research Brief based on the findings of a rapid research titled- ‘Livelihood, food security and well-being of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 Pandemic’ at the BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health website. 3. Presented a paper titled ‘Enabling factors and barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SHR) services for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Bangladesh’ at the World Disability and Rehabilitation Virtual Conference 2020. 4. Co-authored a paper titled “Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a low-and-middle income country setting: lessons from Bangladesh” which was published in the British Medical Journal in December 2020. 5. Contributed in publishing a pictorial booklet “Inherent Burdens of Disability and moving ahead of it’’ in 6. Contributed in a total of 5 grant proposals out of which 3 (IDRC, DFAT and DFID) received/ is on the process of receiving funding. Show less

  • Research Associate

    Jan 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Research Assistant

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2021