AZAHER ALI MOLLA, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD.

COURSES TEACHING (FALL 2017):

HCA 410: Healthcare Strategic Planning;

HCA 415: Healthcare Financial Management ;

HIA 401: Healthcare Quality Management.

COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA):

Primary Healthcare Management

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Public Health Research Methods

EDUCATION:

Oregon State University, PhD (Public Health), Sept. 2012 to March, 2017

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, M.Sc. in Health Economics, July, 2001 to June, 2002

Tulane University, Certificate course in Tropical Epidemiology, Jan 2000 to May 2000

University of Dhaka, Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics, July, 1998 to June, 1999

Mahidol University, Master of Primary Health Care Management, Sept, 1987 to Aug, 1988

Zaporozhye State Medical University, Ukraine, Doctor of Medicine, Sept, 1975 to June, 1981

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO MSU :

1. Oregon State University, Research Analyst, Sept 2016 to July 2017

2. Oregon State University, Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, June 2013 to August, 2016.

3. Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Associate Professor, July 2010 to

Aug 2012.

4. Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Assistant Professor, Jan 2003 to June 2010

5. Directorate General of Health Services, Government of Bangladesh, Public Health Research

Officer, August 1982 to December 2002.

PRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Epidemiological Transition and Its Implications for Financing of Health Care: A Case Study in

Bangladesh presented at 5th International Health Economics Association (5th iHEA) Conference held in

Barcelona, Spain, 9-13 July 2005, (Presenter).

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Presented a paper on “A feasibility study on Demand Side Financing in Rural Bangladesh” in the 6th

iHEA congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007 (Presenter).

Introducing Demand Side Financing in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh presented in the Global Forum

for Health Research (Forum 11), held in Beijing, China, from 28 October to 2nd November, 2007

(Presenter).

Determinants of Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh. Global Health Conference organized

by Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) held in Taipei, Taiwan from 23 Sept. to 27 Sept.

2014 (presenter).

Determinants of Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh presented at Oregon Public Health

Association (OPHA) annual Conference help Corvallis, Oregon from 13-14 October, 2014 (Poster

presenter).

Predictors of high out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure: an analysis using Bangladesh Household Income

and Expenditure Survey, 2010. Oral presentation accepted in the Global Health Conference organized by

APRU held in University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia on September 27 to October 2, 2016.

2017 International Health Economics (iHEA) Biennial Congress held in Boston University in Boston,

Massachusetts, USA. Oral presentation on “Who pays for healthcare in Bangladesh? An analysis of

progressivity in health systems financing”.

Paper accepted for oral presentation in American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting

to be held in Atlanta, GA from Nov. 4-8, 2017 on “Financial catastrophe due to healthcare payments: Ana

analysis using Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010.”

RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED:

1. "Analysis of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) Among Arsenic Victims: A Descriptive Study

on Health Economics Perspective", funded by Bangladesh Medical Research Council, 2002.

2. Extension of Social Protection (Social Health Insurance) in Nabinager Upazila: A household Survey,

funded by WHO, 2007

3. Introducing Social Health Insurance (SHI) Pilot Scheme in Kaligang Upazila of Gazipur District,

funded by WHO 2008.

4. Study of Demand and Utilization of Maternal Health Services among the Poor Women in Rural

Bangladesh, funded by Ministry of Science, Communication and Information Technology, 2006.

5. Feasibility Study of Prepaid Healthcare Financing funded by Family Planning Association of

Bangladesh (FPAB), 2006.

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PUBLICATIONS (Total impact factor=8.05; Total citation=28; High index = 3), Please see Google

Scholar and Research Gate.

1. Molla, A.A., Chi, C. and Mondaca, A.L.N., 2017. Predictors of high out-of-pocket healthcare

expenditure: an analysis using Bangladesh household income and expenditure survey,

2010. BMC health services research, 17(1), p.94.

2. Molla, A.A., 2017. Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh: Analyses of Progressivity

and Impacts on Poverty (Doctoral dissertation).

3. Molla, A.A. and Chi, C., 2017. Who pays for healthcare in Bangladesh? An analysis of

progressivity in health systems financing. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1), p.167.

4. Hasan, S.M.K., Basher, A., Molla, A.A., Sultana, N.K. and Faiz, M.A., 2012. The impact of snake

bite on household economy in Bangladesh. Tropical doctor, 42(1), pp.41-43.

5. Selim, A.K., Hossain, M.H.A., Reaz, M.S., Ayesha, B., Molla, A.A., Kumar, S.P., Nurul, G. and

Afzalul, K.S., 2012. Socio-demographic characteristics and public health status of child

domestics: myths and reality for a safe community in Bangladesh. Injury prevention, 18(Suppl 1),

pp.A178-A179.

6. Selim, A.K., Ahad, Y., Ayesha, B., Nurul, G., Reaz, M.S., Shah, R.M.M., Khaleda, I., Afzalul, K.S.,

Kumar, S.P. and Molla, A.A., 2012. Consequences of husband perpetuated violence against

women on child health and psycho-social state. Injury prevention, 18(Suppl 1), pp.A179-A179.

7. Selim, A.K., Hossain, M.A., Kumar, S.P., Reaz, M.S., Ayesha, B., Molla, A.A.,and Nazmun, N.,

2012. Crossing busy city roads by pedistrian school-bound children: how vulnerable they remain

for fatal RTAS in Bangladesh!. Injury prevention, 18(Suppl 1), pp.A106-A107.

8. Anwar, K.S., Mollah, A.H., Monowar, S.R., Begum, A., Molla, A.A., Rahman, M.M.S., Sengupta,

P.K., Nahar, N. and Karim, S.A., 2012. PERCEPTION OF SCHOOL-BOUND CHILDREN9S

MOTHERS ON ROAD-CROSSING AND OTHER ROAD-SAFETY ISSUES IN

BANGLADESH. Injury prevention, 18(Suppl 1), pp.A83-A83.

9. Molla, A.A., 2007. Health Attainment in Bangladesh as Reflected by Selected Performance

Indicators: A Review of Evidence. Ibrahim Medical College Journal, 1(2), pp.21-24.

10. Molla, A.A., Bhuiyan, S.M., 2006. Primary healthcare activities and patterns of morbidity in rural

Bangladesh. Social Science Review, 23(1), 59.

11. Hamid, S.A., Sadique, Z., Ahmed, S. and Molla, A.A., 2005. Determinants of choice of healthcare

providers: Evidence from selected rural areas of Bangladesh. Pakistan Journal of Social

Sciences, 3(3), pp.437-444.

12. Molla, A.A., Anwar, K.S., Hamid, S.A., Hoque, M.E. and Haq, A.K., 2004. Analysis of Disability

Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) among arsenic victims: a cross-sectional study on health economics

perspective. Bangladesh Medical Research Council bulletin, 30(2), pp.43-50.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Member, International Health Economics Association (iHEA) since 2005

Member, AcademyHealth since 2014

Member, American Public Health Association (APHA) since 2017

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Applied Health Science Building

Room: S 101

Phone: (270) 809 4698

Email: amolla@murraystate.edu