Amirul Islam

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Scopus Author ID: 35446440500 (Islam, F.M.A.);
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9CQJAWQAAAAJ&hl=en;
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3897-3302
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Dr Amirul Islam is an Associate Professor at the Swinburne University of Technology, a Senior Research Fellow (honorary) at The University of Melbourne and the Founder of a non-government organisation (NGO) in Bangladesh. Dr Islam did his PhD in Biostatistics from The University of Queensland and worked in a number of prestigious institutes, including the National University of Singapore, the University of Western Australia, and The University of Melbourne.
His research foci are in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Genetic Statistics, especially in Chronic diseases including Diabetes, Hypertension and Ophthalmic Epidemiology. He conducts large population-based cohort studies. His analytical expertise includes Risk Prediction, Multinomial and Spline Regression, Patterns analysis, Path analysis and Rasch analysis for items response theory.
He leads several research projects, including (i) Lowering blood pressure by changing lifestyle in a rural area in Bangladesh: A cluster Randomised Control Trial (ii) Psychological distress and quality of life in rural Bangladesh, (iii) Developing a diabetic retinopathy model in rural Bangladesh, (iv) Three-stage care plan for treating children with vision impairment and (v) Mobile Health intervention in managing diabetes.
He is an academic editor of PLoS One and another specialised Journal, “Eye”, the official journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmology, the United Kingdom.
He completed 2 PhD supervision successfully and is currently supervising five PhD students working on a range of topics such as Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Model, Malaria prediction, Awareness of disability among Health Professionals, Use of ICT, and its impacts on health and well-being in adolescents. He also gives hands-on training to PhD students on writing manuscripts and research design.