Muhammad Hamid Zaman

Commissioner

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Global Health at Boston University and the Director of the Center on Forced Displacement

Dr. Muhammad Hamid Zaman is an HHMI professor of Biomedical Engineering and Global Health at Boston University and the Director of the Center on Forced Displacement, a university-wide center for research, inquiry and engagement that serves as a platform for educators, students, researchers, activists, and policymakers to engage in interdisciplinary research, discussion, and education about forced displacement. Dr. Zaman received his master’s and P.h.D from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Zaman’s work focuses on drug-resistant infections in low and middle-income countries, access to healthcare and the role of technology in improving health outcomes among forcibly displaced persons. In addition to five books for broad general audiences and over 150 peer-reviewed research articles, Professor Zaman has written extensively on innovation, refugee and global health in newspapers around the world. His newspaper columns have appeared in over 30 countries and have been translated into eight languages. He has advised several governments including those of Uganda, Nigeria and Pakistan on issues around refugee health and well-being, health innovation and higher education. He won numerous awards for his teaching and research, including a recent Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on antibiotic resistance in refugee camps. His most recent book “We Wait for a Miracle: Healthcare and the Forcibly Displaced” was published in Fall 2023 by Johns Hopkins Press.