Dr Md Shahidul (Shahid) Islam
Senior Lecturer in Health, Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator, Health Management and Public Health - School of Health - Faculty of Medicine and Health
Phone: +61 2 6773 3670
Email: mislam27@une.edu.au
Biography
Dr Islam is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator for Health Management and Public Health Programs in the School of Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England (UNE), Armidale, Australia. He completed his PhD from the School of Health, UNE and MSc in International Health from the Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He received his Bachelor (Honours) and Master degrees in Sociology from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an Associate Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) and an Executive Committee member for the Society for Health Administration Programs in Education (SHAPE), Australia.
Dr Islam is an experienced academic in Public Health and Health Management, who worked across Asia, Europe and Australia as academic and researcher for over 20 years. His research portfolio is largely within the interdisciplinary and general field of Health Sciences. He is experienced supervisor with over 10 years supervising more than 30 graduate and higher degree research (MPhil/PhD) students, and also having over 60 peer reviewed publications including two books in health sciences areas. He is serving as Editorial Board Member of BMC Health Services Research.
Qualifications
PhD (UNE, Australia), MSC (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden), MSS, BSS Honours (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), DTMH (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), AFCHSM (Australia), CHM (Australia)
Teaching Areas
Health and Social Care, Health and Community Services, Leadership in Healthcare, Systems and Policy in Healthcare, Safety and Quality in Healthcare, Epidemiology, Capstone Project
Teaching Awards
- University of New England (UNE) “School Citation for Education Excellence” 2021
- University of New England (UNE) “Certificate of Commendation” T1 2021- HLTH102, Interprofessional Practice in Health and Social Care
Research Interests
Public Health, One Health, Health Management, Health Care and Service, eHealth, Mental Health, COVID-19, and HIV/AIDS
Research Supervision Experience
PhD Completion
Year | Student Names | Principal/co-supervisor |
2023 | Asnakew Achaw Ayele | Principal Supervisor |
2023 | Syadani Riyad Fatema | Co-supervisor |
2022 | Humayun Kabir | Co-supervisor |
2021 | Mohammad Alkhamees | Principal Supervisor |
2021 | Abdullah Saleh A Alruwaili | Co-supervisor |
Current Research Student Supervision
Student Name | Degree | Principal/co-supervisor |
Naomi Gyamfi | PhD | Co-supervisor |
Daniel Teshome Gebeyehu | PhD | Principal Supervisor |
Shaharior Rahman Razu | PhD | Principal Supervisor |
Gashaw Enbiyale Kasse | PhD | Principal Supervisor |
Eid Alrdadi | MPhil | Principal Supervisor |
Yumiko Catherine | MPhil | Co- Supervisor, from 11.8.2020 – 2.7.2021, Change in supervisory team |