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Adnan Hyder
Associate Professor
Director, International Injury Research Unit; Deputy Director, Health Systems Program; Core Faculty Berman Institute of Bioethics Institute
Academic Degrees
MD, PhD
Departmental Affiliation
International Health
Program on Health Systems
Joint Departmental Affiliations
Health Policy and Management
Departmental Address
615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E-8132
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Phone: 410-955-3928
Fax: 410-614-1419
Research and Professional Experience

Research interests include:

- Exploring the impact of injuries and violence as a public health problem in the developing world

- Evaluating potential interventions to reduce the burden of injuries in Asia and Africa

- Looking at issues of equity and vulnerability in the distribution of the burden of injuries and violence

- Measuring the burden of disease using summary measures of population health at national and regional level

- Data for decision making in health in the developing world.

In addition, empirical work is currently underway on the ethical implications of public health programs and health research in the developing world.

Keywords

International Health, injuries, violence, burden of disease, OpenCourseWare, ethics, South Asia, East Africa, Pakistan

Honors and Awards

2009: Global Health Ambassador, Research!America and Paul Rogers Society for Global Health

2001: Mid-Career Achievement Award, International Health Section, American Public Health Association, USA

2000: Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award (AMTR), Student Assembly, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA

1998: Elected to the Delta Omega Society - Alpha Chapter; peer reviewed honors society for public health graduates in USA. Lifetime member as of 1999.

1992-1994: International Fellowship for Post-Graduate Studies in Public Health, Aga Khan Foundation, Geneva.

Selected Publications

FULL PAPERS:

Accepted (in press as of Jan 2009)

Hyder AA, Dawson L, Bachani AG, Lavery JV. Moving from research ethics review to research ethics systems in low and middle income countries. The Lancet

Hyder AA, Ghaffar A, Masud TI, Bachani A, Nasir K. Injury patterns in long term refugee populations: case study of Afghan refugees. Journal of Trauma

Hyder AA, Meddings D, Bachani A. MENTOR-VIP: piloting a global mentoring program for injury and violence prevention. Academic Medicine

Hyder AA, Sugerman D, Puvanachandra P, Razzak J, El-Sayed H, Isaza A, Rahman F, Peden M. Childhood unintentional injuries surveillance in developing countries: a multi-country pilot study. Bull of WHO

Blum L, Khan R. Hyder AA, Arifeen S, Baqui A. An in-depth exploration of childhood drowning in Bangladesh: examining community perceptions and practices. Soc Sci Med

Labinjo M, Juillard C, Kobusingye O, Hyder AA. The burden of road traffic injuries in Nigeria: results of a population based survey. Injury Prevention

2009

Hyder AA, Peden M, Krug E. Child health must include injury prevention. The Lancet 2009;373(9658):102-3

Hyder AA, Aggarwal A. The increasing burden of injuries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia: Making the case for safety investments. Health Policy 2009;89(1):1-13

2008

Hyder AA, Merritt M, Ali J, Tran NT, Subramaniam K, Akhtar T. Integrating ethics, health policy, and health systems in low- and middle-income countries: case studies from Malaysia and Pakistan. Bull of WHO, 2008;86(8):606-11

Razzak JA, Hyder AA, Akhtar T, Khan M, Khan UR. Assessing emergency medical care in low-income countries: a pilot study from Pakistan. BMC Emergency Medicine 2008(Jul 3);8:8

Tran NT, Hyder AA, Kulanthayan S, Singh S, Umar RS. Engaging policy makers in road safety research in Malaysia: a theoretical and contextual analysis. Health Policy, 2008; Oct 18.

Hyder AA, Muzaffar SS, Bachani AM. Road traffic injuries in urban Africa and Asia: a policy gap in child and adolescent health. Public Health, 2008;122(10):1104-10

Syed SB, Hyder AA, Bloom G, et al. Exploring evidence-policy linkages in health research plans: a case study from six countries. Health Research Policy & Systems, 2008;11(6):4-10

Hyder AA, Borse NN, Blum L, Khan R, El-Arifeen S, Baqui AH. Childhood drowning in low and middle income countries: urgent need for intervention trials. J of Paediatrics & Child Health, 2008;44(4):221-7

Hyder AA, Wali S. Fishman S, Schenk E. The burden of unintentional injuries among the under-five population in South Asia. Acta Pediatrica, 2008;97(3):267-5

Shahid M, Hyder AA. Deliberate self-harm and suicide: a review from Pakistan. International Journal of Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion, 2008;15(4):233-41

Ameratunga SN, Hyder AA, Sultana S. Setting priorities for child health and research: the neglected burden of injuries. Salud Publica de Mexico, 2008;50(S1):S115-7

Bishai D, Asiime B, Abbas S, Hyder AA, Bazeyo W. Cost-effectiveness of traffic enforcement: case study from Uganda. Injury Prevention, 2008;14(4):223-7

Hyder AA, Juul N. Games, gambling and children: applying the precautionary principle for child health. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 2008;24(4):202-204

Multiple authors including Hyder AA for ‘Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative’. Setting priorities in global child health research investments: guidelines for implementation of CHNRI methods. Croatian Medical Journal, 2008;49(6):720-33

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