MD. Badruddin Saify is a Research Associate at ARK Foundation, a prominent research NGO in Bangladesh. With graduate and postgraduate degrees in Health Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and the University of York, UK, he specialises in managing and coordinating large-scale, mixed-methods implementation science research projects. He has interest and experience in health financing, health policy, nutrition and healthy diet policies, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and tobacco control. Mr Saify focuses on the impact of policies on rural and urban health outcomes, with a keen interest in community perspectives and implementation science to address pressing public health challenges.