M. A. Rifat received his MPH in Health Promotion and Prevention from the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, in 2023 and is currently working at BRAC University, Bangladesh, with a focus on public health intervention assessment. He worked at different organizations, including WorldFish, UNICEF, Concern Worldwide, and Karolinska Institutet. His research topics mainly include: maternal and child nutrition, infant and young child feeding, intervention assessment, dietary assessment, and child development.