Dr. Md. Manirul Islam, a former lecturer of Dhaka and Chittagong Medical College, and a medical graduate from Dhaka Medical College, is with around 30 years’ experience in clinical service, teaching, training and research. He obtained his Masters in Medical Science from the University of Western Australia, Australia and PhD from Nagasaki University, Japan. He is a member of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons and topped the merit list of Diploma in Public Health. During his tenure in government sector, he helped in developing undergraduate curriculum and field site training programs as well as worked as a faculty for and supervised research works of medical students. He also carried out several pioneer research works on different public health issues including mental health. 

Dr. Islam planned, organized and conducted trainings and worked as faculty in several flagship training programs of icddr,b on emerging and reemerging infections, disaster related health problems, and research methodology. He is very comfortable with teaching and training diarrheal diseases, epidemiology, biostatistics, SPSS and Stata, and various non-communicable diseases including various mental health problems. He, over the last two decades at icddr,b,  trained  thousands participants from over 50 countries across five continents. He is very passionate   in mental health and carried out several researches on various issues related mental health such as substance abuse, stigma and violence against women.

Dr. Islam was a MPH supervisor of James P Grant School of Public Health, external examiner of University of Newcastle, NSW and Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, guest lecturer of Kumamoto Red Cross hospital, Nagasaki University and Hiroshima University, Japan and reviewer of PLOS ONE, Tropical Medicine and Health, an Assistant Editor of Journal of Dhaka Medical College and Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry.

Selected Publication

• Islam MM, Jahan N, Hossain MD. Violence against women and mental disorder: a qualitative study in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and Health, 2018, 46: page -5

• Islam MM, Hashizume M, Yamamoto T, Alam MF, Rabbani G  A Qualitative Exploration of Drug Abuse Relapse Following Treatment. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2012, 7: page 36-51

• Islam MM, Ali M, Ferroni P, Underwood P, Alam MF Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in an urban community in Bangladesh. General Hospital Psychiatry. September-October 2003, 25(5): 353-357

• Islam MM, Ali M, Ferroni P, Underwood P, Alam MF, Firoz AHM Care seeking behavior of Mentally Ill: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach. Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry. June 2001; 15 (1): 13-28.

• Islam MM, Ali M, Ferroni P, Underwood P, Alam MF Cultural issues in mental disorders: experience from an urban community in Bangladesh enriched with qualitative research. Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry, Dec 1999; 13 (2): 55-65.

• Islam MM, Ali M, Ferroni P, Underwood P, Alam MF Validity of a Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) in detecting psychiatric illnesses in an urban community in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry, Dec 2000; 14 (2):31-43.

• Islam MM, Begum JA A profile of neuro-surgical casualties due to road traffic accidents admitted in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Journal of Dhaka Medical College. Oct. 1994; 3(2): 85-89.

• Gausia K, Hamadani JD, Islam MM, Ali M, Algin S, Yunus M, Fisher C, Oosthuizen J. Bangla translation, adaptation and piloting of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. December 2007; 33(3):81-87

• Islam MM, Barbhuiya MAK, What do we know about the water we consume: A bacteriological analysis of Dhaka city   water. Journal of preventive and social medicine (JOPSOM). December 1999; 18(2): 47-54

• Alam S, Alam R, Islam MM, Salek A, Pattern of Injuries and Treatment Given to Victims of Rana Plaza Tragedy in a Level II Armed Forces Medical Facility in Bangladesh. Journal of Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness. May 2016; DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.82