Facility Head: Dr. Syeda Momena Afsana, MBBS, MPhil

Dr Syeda Momena Afsana completed her MBBS from Rangpur Medical College in 1996 and M.Phil in Biochemistry from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in 2008. She started her career as a Clinical Fellow in icddr,b. She later joined Bangladesh civil service in 1999 under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. After 12 years of service with the Government of Bangladesh, she joined icddr,b’s Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory in 2011.

During her tenure, she has developed the laboratory into fully automated status with full LIS integration. The laboratory is equipped with modern equipments on par with global standards, with adequate backup to operate round the clock. She also led the lab through accreditation audits with great success. Under her leadership the laboratory is now catering 70 accredited test parameters to its stakeholders.

Dr Afsana is an enlisted lead assessor of Bangladesh Accreditation Board given her expertise in laboratory quality standards. She has been involved in philanthropic activities as well. As a medical student, she was the vice president of Sandhani Rangpur Medical College Unit, an organisation of medical students for voluntary blood donation campaign. She is a lifetime member of Bangladesh Society of Medical Biochemists.