Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Dr Mohammad Zahirul Islam

Full Time Faculty
Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Griffith University, Australia

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext:6426
Email: islam.mohammad02@northsouth.edu
Office:

Curriculum Vitae

Sujon H, Sarker MHR*, Uddin A, Banu S, Islam MR, Amin MR, Hossain MS, Alahi MF, Asaduzzaman M, Rizvi MSJR, Islam MZ, and Uzzaman MN (2023). Beyond the regulatory radar: knowledge and practices of rural medical practitioners in Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research (2023) 23:1322 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10317-w 


• Islam MZ, Kabir A, Ahmed A, Rahman MZ (2023). A Practical Approach for Determining Water Supply, Sanitation Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Status Due to Climate Variability in Bangladesh, The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, ISSN: 2833-4140 (Online), https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v16i01/45-60 


• McRae A, Vilcins D, Le H, Gorman J, Brune MN, Onyon L, Sly P, Islam Z (2022). Lead in traditional and complementary medicine: A systematic review eviews on Environmental Health. https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/reveh 


• Parvez SM, Hasan SS, Knibbs LD Jahan F, Rahman M, Raqib R, Islam N, Aich N, Moniruzzaman    M, Islam Z, Fujimura M, Sly P. (2022). Ecological Burden of e-Waste in Bangladesh--an Assessment to Measure the Exposure to e-Waste and Associated Health Outcomes: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study.JIMR Res Protoc 2022; https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/8/e38201/  Vol 11 issue 8. 


• Troy NM, Strickland D, Serralha M ,  Jong ED, Jones AC, Read J, Galbraith S, Islam Z, Kaur P,Mincham KT, .Holt BJ,  Sly PD,  Bosco A, Holt PG (2022). Protection against severe infant lower respiratory tract infections by immune training: Mechanistic studies. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2022.01.001

 
• Begum N, Tarique AA, Blake T, Vilcins D, Islam, MZ, Islam N, Ware RS, Sly PD (2022). Effect of vitamin D on infection and inflammation in patients with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review and meta analysis. medRixv. Preprint DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.03.22268699  January 2022. 


• Parvez SM, Jahan F, Brune MN, GormanJF, Musarrat J Rahman JM, Carpenter D, Islam Z, Rahman M, Aich N, Knibbs LD, Sly P. (2021). Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review; www.thelancet.com/planetary-health  Vol 5 December 2021

 
• Chakma S, Osmani MG, Akwar H, Hasan Z, Nasrin T, Karim MR, Samad MA, Giasuddin M, Sly P, Islam Z, Debnath NC, Brum E, Magalhães RS (2021). Risk Areas for Influenza A(H5) Environmental Contamination in Live Bird Markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 27, No. 9, 
September 2021; https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2709.204447

 
• Sly, P. D., Bake, T., Islam, Z. (2021). Impact of prenatal and early life environmental exposures on normal human development. Pediatric Respiratory Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2021.05.007

 
• Islam MZ, Johnston J, and Sly PD (2020). Green space and early childhood development: a systematic review, Rev Environ Health 2020; https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2019-0046

 
• Chakraborty R, Khan KM, Dibaba DT, Khan A, Ahmed A, and Islam MZ (2019). Health Implications of Drinking Water Salinity in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh, Int.J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3746;  https://doi:10.3390/ijerph16193746

 
• Sly, P. D., Galbraith, S., Islam, Z., Holt, B., Troy, N., & Holt, P. G. (2019). Primary prevention of severe lower respiratory illnesses in at-risk infants using the immunomodulator OM-85. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 144(3), 870-872.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2019.05.032


• Khan KM, Karnati J, Hamid I, Koceja D, Islam MZ, and Khan A (2019). Residential proximity to agricultural fields and neurological and mental health outcomes in rural adults in Matlab, Bangladesh, Int.J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3228, https://doi:10.3390/ijrph16183228

 
• Kabir A, Islam MZ, Ahmed A, Rahman MS (2019). Health and dirking water supply vulnerability to climate variability in Coastal and Drought-Prone areas of Bangladesh, The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp41-56

 
• Muurlink OT, Stephenson P, Islam MZ, Taylor-Robinson AW (2018). Long-term predictors of dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh: A data mining approach, Infectious Disease Modelling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idm.2018.11.004

 
• Islam MZ, Rutherford S, Phung D, Uzzaman MN, Baum S, Huda MM, Asaduzzaman M, Talukder MRM, Chu C. (2018). Correlates of Climate Variability and Dengue Fever In Two Metropolitan Cities in Bangladesh, Cureus, https://doi:10.7759/cureus.3398

 
• Talukder MRM, Rutherford S, Huang C, Phung D, Islam MZ, Chu C. (2016). Drinking water salinity and risk of hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, https://10.1080/19338244.2016.1175413

 
• Talukder MRM, Rutherford S, Phung D, Islam MZ, Chu C. (2016). The effect of drinking water salinity on blood pressure in young adults of coastal Bangladesh, Environmental Pollution 214 (2016) 248-254

 
• Islam MZ, Rutherford S, Muurlink OT, Baum S, Chu C. (2014). Lay Perceptions of Climate Change and Climate Change Impacts. International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Volume 5,Issue 3, pp.1-14

 
• Banu S, Hu W, Hurst C, Guo Y, Islam MZ & Tong S (2012) Space-time clusters of dengue fever in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 17, 1047-1176. https://doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012

 
• Khan MI, Priyakamon I, Roy AK, Islam MZ, Abbas G, Islam A, Islam MN. 2001. “More STI and HIV/ AIDS cases increasing in Bangladesh”. Drug Disease Doctor. 6(2): 4-7.

 
•  Islam MZ, Azad AK, Khan MI.2002. “Characteristics of blind patients waiting for corneal tissue grafting”. In let us donate our eyes and make the world beautiful for the blind, a publication of Sandhani National Eye Donation Society, Dhaka. Pages 47-50.

  • WHO Bangladesh EHU; Prepare a compendium of activities related to climate change and Health in Bangladesh
  • WHO Bangladesh EHU; 2022 for Climate Informed Hospital Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan in Bangladesh.
  • WHO Bangladesh EHU; 2020 for Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment of Climate Change Impact in Bangladesh.
  • WHO Bangladesh EHU 2018: Vulnerability Reduction Assessment (VRA) to assess the final status of the WASH related health vulnerabilities
  • Central Queensland University, Australia, 2018 for Village Doctors Telephone Survey for health system improvement.
  • WHO Bangladesh EHU 2016: Identification of the Impact of Climate Variability and Environmental Hazards in Water Supply
  • Indiana University 2016: Study on The interplay between Climate Change Adaptation, Agrochemical Exposure, Governance and Public Health in
  • WHO Bangladesh 2014: Study on vulnerability and adaptation on health outcomes in the coastal and drought prone area of Bangladesh with special focus on WASH
  • WHO Bangladesh, 2014: Piloting of Vulnerability Reduction Assessment Tool in Bangladesh
  • WHO Bangladesh 2013: Review of relevant policies/strategies, plans and programmes relating to Health and Climate Change in
  • Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (GUIPRS), 2011-2014:  Climate change and dengue fever: Vulnerability and Adaptation responses in urban areas of Bangladesh
  • AusAid funding for the “Review of health vulnerable assessment methodologies for climate change: application for Bangladesh”
  • Received an Academic Excellence Award for 2009, Griffith University, Australia
  • The Medical House Scholarship (1990-1995) from Chittagong University,

2015                 PhD, Griffith University, Qld 4111, Australia

2010                 MSc. Public Health (International), Griffith University, Qld 4111,                               Australia

2008                 Post Graduate Diploma in Population Sciences, Dhaka University

2002                 Master of Public Health (Nutrition), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib                                       Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2001                 Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics, Dhaka University,                                     Bangladesh

2000                 Master of Public Health (Public Health Administration),                                                     Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1997                 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Chittagong                                 University, Bangladesh

1989                 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Comilla Cadet College

1987                 Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Comilla Cadet College