
Md. Akhtarul Islam
Assistant Professor
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Statistics Discipline, Science Engineering and Technology School, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected] Phone: +8801722736875
Md. Akhtarul Islam, a teacher at Khulna University Statistics Discipline, Khulna, Bangladesh. He has been working as a faculty member of this Discipline at Khulna University since 2015. He has chosen statistics as my career path after realizing its demand across the world. Statistics is widely regarded as the core subject of science & is used in almost all fields of research and study. In 2008 he obtained entry to the Statistics, Biostatistics and Informatics department of Dhaka University, one of our country's prominent universities. He completed his honors and MS degree from the same department in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
He has experience teaching several courses, namely Meta-Analysis,
Epidemiology, Sampling Techniques, Research Methodology, Basic Statistics,
Statistical Methods for Artificial Intelligence, Econometrics, Probability
Distribution, Time-series Analysis, etc. He has more than 18 research articles published in peer-reviewed
journals and four conference papers related to health services, the public health sector, and primary health care facilities.
Improving the quality of public health in developing countries by addressing
the reasons behind the diseases, mismanagement, and problems with the health
sectors is his primary motivation for doing public health research.
Started PhD in Public Health Science
Name of Institution: Waterloo University, Canada
M.Sc. in Biostatistics
Name of Institution: Saskatchewan University, Canada
M. S. in Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics
Name of Institution: University of Dhaka
B. S. (Hons.) in Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics
Name of Institution: University of Dhaka
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- Md. Akhtarul Islam has a great interest in infectious diseases, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Meta-Analysis, Machine learning, etc. He wishes to translate health-related data into expressive information to make logical and valuable public health decisions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries.
Current Research Project/Collaboration
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Md. Akhtarul Islam is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He holds an MSc in Biostatistics from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a faculty member in the Discipline of Statistics at Khulna University. He previously studied in the Department of Statistics at the University of Dhaka. His research focuses on advancing statistical methodologies in biological and public health research. Since 2015, he has been a faculty member in the Statistics Discipline at Khulna University. His academic contributions include 22 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals and four conference papers related to health services, the public health sector, and primary healthcare facilities. His research is driven by a commitment to improving healthcare quality in developing countries by addressing the root causes of diseases, health sector mismanagement, and systemic challenges. His work particularly emphasizes the enhancement of maternal health services and primary healthcare in developing nations, often utilizing nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for analysis. Assistant Professor, Statistics Discipline (12/02/2018–Present) Lecturer, Statistics Discipline (02/11/2015–11/02/2018) Visiting Academic (01/02/2017 – 30-06-2017): Statistics Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh Thesis Supervision (MS)
Thesis Co-supervision (MS)
Project Supervision(MS)
Project Supervision (Honors)
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1. Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Excellence Award for Clinical Scientific Research 2023, Sadia Arabia, (35,500.00 CAD)
2. Dean’s Scholarship Award for MSc program in Biostatistics at Saskatchewan University 2022-2024. (36,000 CAD)
Supervision
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Publications
1. Mahazabin, M., Swarna, S. N., Naime, J., Rahman, A., & Islam, M. A. (2024). Factors influencing the first dose of measles vaccination uptake in 42 low-and middle-income countries. Public Health, 237, 85-93.
2. Islam, M. A., Nahar, M., Rahman, A., Monjur-Al-Hossain, A. S., Jui, U. J., Tabassum, T., ... & Hossain, M. T. (2024). Experience and side effects of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among university students: A cross-sectional survey study. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1361374.
3. Hossain, M. T., Khan, U. S., Jahan, N., Ahammed, B., Islam, M. A., Rahman, M. M., ... & Islam, M. N. (2024). “Seen, Yet Unseen”: Predictors of Problematic Pornography Use Among Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh. Sexual Health & Compulsivity, 1-24.
4. Mahazabin, M., Tabassum, N., Syfullah, S. K., Majumder, U. K., & Islam, M. A. (2024). Socio-demographic factors affecting the first and second dose of measles vaccination status among under-five children: Perspectives from South Asian countries. Preventive Medicine Reports, 102839.
5. Islam, M. A., Nahar, M. T., Siddiquee, T., Toma, A. S., Hoque, F., & Hossain, M. Z. (2024). Prevalence and determinants of utilizing skilled birth attendance during home delivery of pregnant women in India: Evidence from the Indian Demographic and Health Survey 2015–16. Plos one, 19(3), e0295389.
6. Rahman, M. A., Kundu, S., Rashid, H. O., Tohan, M. M., & Islam, M. A. (2023). Socio-economic inequalities in and factors associated with minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in South Asia: a decomposition analysis. BMJ open, 13(12), e072775.
7. Chowdhury, M. H., Aktar, M. F., Islam, M. A., & Khan, N. M. (2023). Factors associated with stunting status among under-5 years children in Bangladesh: Quantile regression modelling approach. Children and Youth Services Review, 155, 107199.
8. Islam, M. A., Sathi, N. J., Setu, S. P., Nahar, M. T., Khan, M. N. A., Hasan, M., ... & Hossain, M. T. (2023). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of university students towards monkeypox in Bangladesh. Plos one, 18(10), e0287407.
9. Islam, M. A., Mahmud, M. S., Das, S., & Razu, S. R. (2023). Socioeconomic Determinants of Household Size in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey Data. Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, 5(1), 10-22.
10. Nishat, J. F., Shovo, T. E., Ahammed, B., Islam, M., Rahman, M. M., & Hossain, M. (2023). Mental health status of early married girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 2809.
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Conference
1. Islam, M. A., Mondal, P., & Lim, H. J. Dementia Risk Assessment from Joint Modeling of Repeated Measurement and Time-to-Event Data using the Korea Health Panel Survey. Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association, 22nd Annual Symposium, Saskatchewan University, Canada, October 2023. 2. Islam, M. A., Mondal, P., & Lim, H. J. Dementia Risk Assessment from Joint Modeling of Repeated Measurement and Time-to-Event Data using the Korea Health Panel Survey. Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association, 22nd Annual Symposium, Canada, October 2023. 3. Islam M.A., Sathi, N. J., Jui U.J., Setu, S. P., Nahar. M.T, Khan M.N.A., Hasan, Khan A., Hossen M.M, Nibir M.M, Khan B., Ali M.S, Ali H.M, Islam M.N and Hossain M.T. (2023). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of university students towards monkeypox in Bangladesh. Data Science Bootcamp, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 7th – 14th June 2023. 4. Akhtar, T., Naime, J., Parvin, S., Howlader, M.H., Talukder, A., Islam, M.A., (2022) Prevalence and triggering factors associated with unintended pregnancy in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health survey data. International Conference on STEM and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2022, Khulna University, Bangladesh. 5. Doneva, S. Gaftandzhieva, A. Islam, A. Almasri, H. Lalchhanhima (2020). COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, ONLINE LEARNING AND STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCER. Proceedings of ICERI2020 Conference, 9th-10th November 2020. 6. Islam, M.A., Shadman, S.A., Halder, H.R. (2019). Influencing factors of maternal health service utilization in Bangladesh: A statistical analysis of the BDHS data 2014, 2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics 2019, University of Dhaka, November 2019. 7. Islam, M.A., Raihan, H., Khan, M. N. A., (2019). Exploring the Influencing Factors for Contraceptive Use among Married Women: A Special Mixed-Method Study of Bangladesh and Other Twenty Low and Middle-Income Countries Based on DHS Data. 2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics 2019, University of Dhaka, November 2019.
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1. Research Grant Funded by Khulna University Research Cell. Title: A Meta-analysis on Association between Smoking and Breast Cancer Risk among Well-Developed, Developing and Least Developed Countries, 2019.
2. Research Grant Funded by Khulna University Research Cell. Title: Factors influencing utilization of antenatal care services among pregnant women in Bangladesh, a relative comparison of statistical models, 2017.
Meta-Analysis
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Econometrics
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