Our Stakeholder Engagement Champions

Our Stakeholder Engagement Champions apply their context-specific understanding in the RESPIRE partner countries to engage key communities, healthcare workers, media and policymakers.

RESPIRE has local experts based at the RESPIRE Partner institutions who understand the context-specific needs of stakeholders in each partner country. Our Stakeholder Engagement Champions (SECs) lead their teams to engage stakeholders, including patients and carers, policymakers, media, workforce including professional societies and healthcare employers, other academics departments, citizens and donors.

Read about them and their work.

Ajay Kumar Roy

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Ajay Kumar Roy

Ajay Kumar Roy is based at Bangladesh Primary Care Respiratory Society, where he serves as an Executive Member. He also works as a Primary Care Physician.

Ajay has worked as a health manager in different levels of Government health services and has recently worked as the Director of a Government Medical College Hospital under the Ministry of Health & Family in Bangladesh.

Ajay has led on engaging the community, opinion leaders, service providers & policymakers in Bangladesh about the benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in chronic lungs diseases.

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Anoja Wimalasekara 

Anoja Wimalasekara  is based at University of Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Dhananjay Raje 

Dhananjay Raje is based at MAHAN Trust, India and is also a Researcher for RESPIRE.

Fariha Islam Munia 

Fariha Islam Munia is based at Ark Foundation, Bangladesh and is also a Researcher for RESPIRE.

Samin Huque

Samin Huque is based at Child Health Research Foundation, Bangladesh and is also a Researcher for RESPIRE.

Kazi Sarmad Karim 

Kazi Sarmad Karim is based at Fasiuddin Khan Research Foundation, Bangladesh and is also a Researcher for RESPIRE.

Maham Zahid

Maham Zahid is based at The Initiative, Pakistan.

Nursyuhada Binti Sukri 

Nursyuhada Binti Sukri is based at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia and is also a Research Assistant for RESPIRE.

Phub Dorji 

Phub Dorji is based at Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital

Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani 

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Headshot of Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani

Dr. Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani is based at Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia, where she is a midwifery lecturer. Qorinah was offered this position through the University’s high-quality talent scheme in 2021, following the completion of her PhD in midwifery at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand.

Qorinah has worked as a midwifery lecturer for more than 12 years, and is a member of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborative Network at the University of Washington and the Quality Maternal & Newborn Care (QMNC) Research Alliance at Yale University, USA.

She has also been awarded various travel grants and course aids, including from AUT, NZ (2018); WHO Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) for Nursing and Midwifery, Australia (2018); Yale University, USA (2020); University of Washington, USA (2022) and the University of Edinburgh, UK (2022). She has published 24 papers in high-quality refereed journals focusing on midwifery, public health, and the global burden of disease.

Ramsha Tariq Baig 

Ramsha Tariq Baig is based at the Allergy and Asthma Institute, Pakistan

Scholastica Lee

Scholastica Lee is based at the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

Syuhada Sukri

Syuhada Sukri is based at the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

A big thank you to our previous Stakeholder Engagement Champions:

  • Ashraful Islam (Projahnmo Research Foundation, Bangladesh)

  • Fahmeda Akter (Projahnmo Research Foundation, Bangladesh)

  • Hana Mahmood (Neoventive Solutions, Pakistan)

  • Harsh Regi (Christian Medical College, India)

  • Himangi Lubree (King Edward Memorial Health Research Centre, India)

  • Jayakayatri Jeevajothi Nathan (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia)

  • Sabrina Jabeen (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh)