EDUCATION
2019-2021 PhD in Health Economics, University of Southern Queensland, QLD 4350, Australia.
2013-2015 Erasmus Mundus Double Master of Science (MSc) in Economic Development and Growth,
The University of Warwick, UK (2013 to 2014), & Lund University, Sweden (2014 to 2015).
2012-2013 MSc in Risk and Emergency Management, University of Pavia, Italy.
2010-2012 MSS in Economics, Khulna University Bangladesh.
2006-2010 BSS in Economics, Khulna University Bangladesh.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
08/2025 – to date Research Fellow, Child Health Economics Unit, Centre for Health Policy (CHSR), School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Melbourne, Australia.
02/2021 – 07/2025 Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR), Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia.
01/2018 – 07/2023 Lecturer, Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
01/2016 – 12/2017 Lecturer, Department of Economics, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
05/2012 – 09/2012 Lecturer, Department of Economics, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Editorial Activities:
Associate Editor, BMC Public Health
Journal Referee:
(1) The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific (2) Journal of Medical Economics (3) PharmacoEconomics (4) BMJ Open (5) Scientific Reports (6) International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health (7) Quality of Life Research (8) Preventive Medicine (9) SSM-Population Health (10) Health & Social Care in the Community (11) Value in Health (12) Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (13) Bulletin of the World Health Organization (14) Journal of Epidemology and Community Health (15) Social Science & Medicine (16) Applied Research in Quality of Life.
Conference Abstract Reviewer:
2025
(I) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, 2025-Congress, International Health Economics Association (iHEA).
(II) Research Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, ISPOR (The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research) Europe 2025 Conference, 9-12 November, Glasgow, Scotland.
(III) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 32nd Annual Conference [2024].
2024
(I) Research Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, ISPOR (The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research) Europe 2024 Conference, 17-20 November, Barcelona, Spain.
(II) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 31st Annual Conference [2024].
(III) Abstract Reviewer, Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) 46th Annual North American Meeting 2024, Boston, USA.
(IV) Abstract Reviewer, 2024 Herston Health Precinct Symposium.
2023
(I) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, 2023-Congress, International Health Economics Association (iHEA).
(II) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 30th Annual Conference [2023].
(III) Abstract Reviewer, Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) 45th Annual North American Meeting 2023, Philadelphia, USA.
(IV) Abstract Reviewer, The School of Public Health (SPH), the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, and the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Conference 2023, UQ, Brisbane, Australia.
(V) Abstract Reviewer, 2023 Herston Health Precinct Symposium.
2022
(I) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 29th Annual Conference [2022].
(II) Abstract Reviewer, 2022 Herston Health Precinct Symposium.
2021
(I) Abstract Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, 2021-Congress, International Health Economics Association (iHEA).
Conference Session Moderator:
(I) Session 1D [Pharmacy and Prescribing], 13th Health Services Research Conference (2024), 4-6 December 2024, Brisbane, Australia.
(II) Parallel Session 2 [Mental Health], 44th Annual Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference, 21-22 September 2023, Adelaide, Australia.
(II) Methodological and Policy Considerations in Health Economics Analyses Session, 2023-Congress, International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Cape Town, South Africa.
Scientific Committee:
(I) 13th Health Services Research Conference (2024), Brisbane, Australia.
Professional Memberships:
1) Member of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA).
2) Member of the Australian Health Economics Society (AHES).
3) Member of the Public Health Association Australia (PHAA).
4) Member of Health Economists' Study Group (HESG), UK.
5) Member of the Health Services Research Association of Australia & New Zealand (HSRAANZ).
6) Member of ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research.
Grant Reviewer:
2025
(1) EMCA seeding grant review, CHSR, UQ.
University Service:
(1) UQ CHSR Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Committee Member (2024).
(2) UQ CHSR Research Operations Committee Member (2024).
TRAINING & SHORT COURSES
2025 Practical Methods for Health Economic Evaluation [3 days] from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in October 2025.
2025 Health Econometrics and Policy Evaluation [3 days] from the University of Oxford, UK, in October 2025.
2024 Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Stata Using Participant-level Data; Health Economics Research Centre,
University of Oxford, UK.
2022 ePost Graduate Program in Health Promotion; Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi, India.
2021 ePost Graduate Program in Health Economics, Health Care Financing and Policy; Indian Institute
of Public Health-Delhi, India
2021 Health economics summer school [Five PhD level courses in Health Economics]; Hamburg Center for
Health Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany.
Completed courses: (i) Health Care Systems, (ii) Health Economic Evaluation and Modelling, (iii)
Behavioral Economics for Health: Concepts, Methods and Applications, (iv) Health Econometrics, and
(v) Causal inference and the economics of risky health behaviours.
2021 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis' [5 days], Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research
Incorporated (ACSPRI).
2020 Health system strengthening, Archived course of the University of Melbourne.
2020 Measuring and Valuing Health, Archived course of the University of Sheffield.
2020 Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Archived course of the University of Sheffield.
2018 Advance course on Bio-Statistical methods and STATA [15 days], icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2015 7th International BBK Summer Academy [20-31 July 2015], The academy for crisis management,
emergency planning, and civil protection, Bonn, Germany.
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
1. Awardee, Early Career Award Commendation, CHSR Awards 2024, The University of
Queensland, Australia.
2. Nominated, Rising Star of the Year Award, 2024 Faculty of Medicine Excellence Awards, The University of
Queensland, Australia
3. Nominated, Innovators of the Year Award, 2023 Faculty of Medicine Excellence Awards, The University of
Queensland, Australia
4. Awardee, UQ Research Stimulus Allocation-2 Fellowship [08/2021 to 08/2023].
5. Finalist, Qualified in a global multi-step selection process to participate in the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate
Meeting on Economic Sciences; 23 - 27 August 2022, Lindau, Germany.
6. Awardeee, Brusaries for 2023 HILDA Survey Research Conference, The University of Melbourne, Australia
7. Awardee, CHSR Travel Award-2023 (International Conference), Faculty of Medicine, University of
Queensland, Australia.
8. Awardee, CHSR Travel Award-2022 (National Conference), Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland,
Australia.
9. Awardee, Best Researcher Award-2023, Social Science School, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
10. Awardee, Vice Chancellor’s Award-2020, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
11. Awardee [Second place], Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, University of Southern Queensland,
Australia, 2021.
12. Awardee [Third place], HDR Student Publication Excellence Awards, University of Southern Queensland,
Australia, 2021.
13. Awardee, Hamburg International Summer School: Health Economics-2021 full scholarship.
14. Awardee [Third place], HDR Student Publication Excellence Awards, University of Southern Queensland,
Australia, 2020.
15. Awardee, Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship, Australia (full tuition fee waiver and stipend to
pursue PhD) (2018-2021).
16. Awardee, Erasmus Mundus Category 'A' scholarship [Euro 48,000], 2013-2015.
17. Awardee, IUSS-UME graduate school full scholarship [Euro 30,000], 2012-2013.
18. Awardee, Bangladesh Sweden Trust Fund travel scholarship to study in Australia, 2019.
19. Awardee, Entrepreneurship research fellowship (Cohort I), EMK Centre, Bangladesh, 2017.
20. Awardee, Khulna University merit scholarship for obtaining 2nd position in both undergraduate [2010] and
postgraduate [2012].
21. Awardee (5th place), National Math Olympiad-2002, Bangladesh.
TEAM AWARDS
Best Poster Award. Paper title: The Prospective Association between Physical Activity, and Health-related Quality of Life among Australian Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) 9th Annual Hunter Region Scientific Meeting (Friday, 18 October 2024).