Masud Rahman, MS, MBA

Director of Administration and Finance, HIV Center and Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health

Email: rahmanm@nyspi.columbia.edu
Phone: (646) 774-6950

Masud Rahman, MS, MBA, is Director of Administration and Finance of the Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health and an Associate Director of the HIV Center. Mr. Rahman has been with the HIV Center since 1988, and has over 25 years of experience in grants and project administration, financial and personal management, and multi-institutional contract management. He oversees all aspects of administrative and financial management of the Center. Mr. Rahman also supervises the Administrative Support Team and facilitates the Center's linkages with all affiliated institutions to provide consolidated service to Center investigators. In addition, Mr. Rahman obtains frequent advice and consultation from funding agencies both on Center-wide programs and on new individual research grants and training initiatives. He is author of the chapter on developing a budget and financial justification in How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application: A Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists (2010).

EDUCATION

Dhaka University, Bangladesh
BS - 1980 - Management & Accounting
MS - 1982 - Management

Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL
MBA - 1988 - Finance

New York Institute of Finance, NY
Diploma - 1997 - Portfolio Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1980-1982: Teaching Assistant, Department of Accounting, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

1983-1984: Junior Analyst, Sarwar Export Import Company, Khulna, Bangladesh

1984-1986: Senior Officer, International Finance, Investment and Commerce Bank, Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh

1987-1988: Graduate Research Assistant, Small Business Development Research Center, Alabama A&M University, AL

1988: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Alabama A&M University, AL

1988-1991: Accounting Analyst, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

1992-1999: Fiscal Manager, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

2000-2004: Deputy Director of Finance and Administration, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

2005-present: Associate Director of Finance and Administration, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

2008 - present: Director of Finance and Administration, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

HONORS AND AWARDS

1976-1980: Board Scholarship, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

1981-1982: Graduate Scholarship, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

1987: Academic Achievement Award from School of Business, Alabama A&M University, AL

1988: Academic Achievement Award from Dean of Graduate Studies, Alabama A&M University, AL