Associate Professor Md Shahidul (Shahid) Islam

Biography

Associate Professor Dr Shahid Islam is the 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’s degree 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.

Associate Professor Dr Shahid 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. He achieved the Faculty of Medicine & Health Research (Dean’s) Awards for Research Excellence as a mid-career Researcher in 2024 and the “School Citation for Education Excellence” in 2021 at the University of New England (UNE). His research portfolio is largely within the interdisciplinary and general field of Health Sciences. He is an experienced supervisor with over 15 years supervising more than 30 graduate and higher degree research (MPhil/PhD) students. He also has over 80 peer reviewed publications including two books in health sciences. He serves as Editorial Board Member of BMC Public Health and 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)

Awards

Faculty of Medicine & Health Research (Dean’s) Awards for Research Excellence as a mid-career Researcher, 2024

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, eHealth, Mental Health

Research Supervision Experience

PhD Completion

Current Research Student Supervision

External Profiles

• Google Scholar Profile
• ResearchGate Profile
• ORCid Profile
• LinkedIn Profile