Juwel Rana, MSS, MPH (Dual), PhD(c)
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health,
McGill University, Canada
Research & Innovation Division,
South Asian Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST), Bangladesh
Juwel Rana is an epidemiologist and doctoral candidate in Epidemiology at McGill University, Canada, specializing in causal inference and environmental epidemiology, with applied research in Canada, Bangladesh, and South Asia. He is the Founder and serves as the Director of Research and Innovation at the South Asian Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST). His path began during undergraduate studies at the University of Dhaka, where he laid the groundwork for what became SAIST, initially taking shape as YRIDB and SAYRID on 15 July 2010, driven by a dedicated group of young researchers.
Juwel leads its flagship study, the Bangladesh Longitudinal Child-Adolescent Development, Education, and Environment Study (BLADES) cohort (2021), involving ~2,500 households in Dhaka and Dinajpur districts.