Associate Professor Md Shahidul (Shahid) Islam
Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator - School of Health
Phone: +61 2 6773 3670
Email: mislam27@une.edu.au
Building: Office 5, Room 2.89, Level 1 ITD Building C034
Biography
Associate Professor Dr. Shahid Islam is the Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator for the Health Management and Public Health (One Health) Programs at 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 at UNE and his MSc in International Health from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, UK, the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds both a Bachelor's (Honours) degree and a master’s degree in social science from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Associate Professor Dr. Shahid Islam is an Associate Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) and serves on the Executive Committee for the Society for Health Administration Programs in Education (SHAPE), Australia. He is also a Council Member of the NSW Branch of the ACHSM, Australia.
With over 25 years of experience in research and teaching in Public Health and Health Management across Asia, Europe, and Australia, Associate Professor Dr. Shahid Islam is a well-established academic. He received the Faculty of Medicine & Health Research (Executive Dean's) Award for Research Excellence as a mid-career researcher in 2024. He was also nominated for the UNE Staff Award for Research Excellence in 2025. In teaching, he was awarded the "School Citation for Education Excellence" in 2021 at UNE. His research primarily focuses on the interdisciplinary field of Health Sciences, and he has supervised more than 30 graduate and higher degree research (MPhil/PhD) students over the past 20 years. Dr. Islam was also honoured with the Faculty of Medicine & Health Executive Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision in 2025. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, including two books in health sciences, and serves as an Editorial Board Member for BMC Public Health and BMC Health Services Research.
