Tazeen Tahsina

Tazeen Tahsina is a research fellow in the health economics and policy research group. Tazeen’s current work includes conducting health economic analysis for the Complex Multiple long-term conditions Phenotypes, Trends, and Endpoints (CoMPuTE), an NIHR Programme Grant.  

She completed her PhD in health economics and decision science from the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. Her thesis focused on developing a flexible economic evaluation model for assessing interventions addressing diabetes and hypertensive disorder during pregnancy.  

Prior to her PhD, Tazeen gathered over 10 years’ experience in public health research focusing in the area of maternal, newborn and child health at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. She has led clinical trials and observational studies related to behavioural change interventions, evaluation and assessment of electronic health record systems for improving health records and measurement. She was also involved in using software based epidemiological model and costing tools like the Lives Saved Tools (LiST) and the One Health Tool (OHT) to support national level planning and priority setting. Over her tenure at the icddr,b, Tazeen collaborated with multiple national and international organizations and universities.