Introduction
Yaqub Wasan is an Assistant Professor (Research) at Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan, with over 18 years of experience at the institution. He holds an MPH and an MSc in Anthropology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology.
He has published more than 20 research papers in high-impact journals. His work focuses on maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, with a particular interest in exploring low-cost nutrition and life skills and behavior change interventions to improve health and empowerment outcomes in low-resource settings. His expertise encompasses the development of research protocols, the design of interventions, the development of behavior change communication (BCC) materials, and the creation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and manuals. He is also experienced in training staff and primary care workers. Additionally, he has extensive experience collaborating and coordinating with government agencies, international donors, academic institutes and other stakeholders.
Education
PhD Sociology (candidate) University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
MPH, SZABIST Karachi, Pakistan
MSc Anthropology Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Research interests
Maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health.
Understating and addressing malnutrition.
Design and evaluate low-cost interventions aimed to improve the health outcomes of children, adolescents, and mothers.
Implementation Science: Desing communication, implementation, and evaluation strategies.
Experience
Assistant Professor, Research, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, The Aga khan University, Feb 2025 to present
Senior Manager Research, Center of Excellence in Women & Child Health, The Aga khan University.
Professional associations
Member of Provincial Behavior Change Communication Strategy Team, office of the Director General, Health, Sindh, Pakistan.
Member of the steering committee, Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), the University of Sufism and Modern Science Bhit Shah (USMS) Sindh, Pakistan.
Founding member and the member BoD of Coin-The-Education (CTE) movement to voluntarily support education for poor Pakistani children.
Awards and honours
Member of the AKU Flood Response Task Force (2022)
Created on:05/23/2025 Last modified:06/20/2025
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