Farzana Muhib joined Results for Development Institute in May 2008. She currently works on the aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group and is responsible for the management of project activities. Before joining R4D, she worked at Johns Hopkins University on the Pneumococcal Vaccine Accelerated Development and Introduction Project as the Research Project Manager coordinating over 40 research and surveillance projects. Ms. Muhib has extensive international experience and has worked in South and South West Asia. She served as the PneumoADIP’s focal point for the EMRO region on pneumococcal vaccine, and helped to set up surveillance for pneumococcal disease in several countries including Mongolia and Pakistan. Ms. Muhib has also worked on domestic health issues during her time at the Centers for Disease Control, where she was a survey coordinator for a National HIV/AIDS Behavioral Research project. She also developed a technical assistance manual for state and local health departments to conduct rapid assessments of HIV/AIDS risk behaviors.

Ms. Muhib holds a Masters in Public Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, where she concentrated in International Health and Epidemiology. She also obtained her Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, focusing on Development Economics and South West Asian Civilizations.