Expert Panel
MindSigns was built through a collaborative co-design process with mental health professionals, sign language interpreters, and representatives from the deaf community.
Mental Health Professionals
Professor Kamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury
Clinical Psychologist & Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Mahjabeen Haque
Psychologist & Professor, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Helal Uddin Ahmed
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Monira Rahman
Mental Health Advocate, Country Lead, Mental Health First Aid, Bangladesh
Dr. Kamrun Nahar Koly
Associate Scientist, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh; PhD Candidate (Mental Health & Disability Rights), University of Essex, UK
Tawhida Shiropa
Mental Health Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO, Moner Bondhu [Friends of Mind], Dhaka, Bangladesh
Omar Sharif
Executive Producer & Head, Health Sciences Division, Channel 24, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rubina Jahan
Clinical Psychologist, Head of Clinical Services, Mental Health Program, Sajida Foundation
Omar Faruk
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, USA
Dr. Syeda Fatema Alam
Psychiatry Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bushra Mahmuda
Psychotherapist, Moner Bondhu [Friends of Mind]; Executive Member, Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh
Murad Ansary
Clinical Psychologist, Founder & CEO, Psycure Organisation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Reza-A-Rabby
Psychologist, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rahnuma E Jannat
Senior Psychosocial Counselor and Lecturer of Psychology, Universal College Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; PhD Candidate (School Psychology), State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Sign Language Interpreters
Arafat Sultana Lata
Sign Language Interpreter
Ariful Islam
Sign Language Interpreter
Afroja Mukta
Sign Language Interpreter
Deaf Community Representatives
Safika Abedin Ruhi
Representative from the deaf community
Md Abdullah
Representative from the deaf community
Mamunur Rashid Efti
Representative from the deaf community