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At the time of the Forum Fellowship and QE Scholarship, Saif was an undergraduate student in the Honours Integrated Science (iSci) program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ University. He previously worked at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ as a Research Assistant, where he helped to identify and extract relevant information from evidence sources for rapid response syntheses. Along with this, he helped translate web resources in French as part of the Forum’s contribution to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Optimal Aging Portal and actively engaged in the organization and preparation of stakeholder dialogues and citizen panels.  

As a Forum Fellow, Saif hoped to strengthen his understanding of health- and social-system issues and develop a greater appreciation for how research evidence and informed-decision making processes played a role in the various responses to COVID-19. During his fellowship, he aimed to play an integral role in the synthesis of rapid evidence profiles and living evidence profiles, which were used to help inform and support decision-makers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an outbound Queen Elizabeth Scholar, Saif travelled to Sydney, Australia to intern at the New South Wales Ministry of Health. At NSW Health, he worked with the Population Health Training unit within the Centre for Epidemiology & Evidence. He contributed to public health workforce projects as well as reviewed research and evaluation outputs of the Ministry. Through this opportunity, Saif hoped to further develop his health policy and public health knowledge and gain a better understanding of health care systems in terms of governance arrangements, management, and delivery of health and social services.