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School of Public Health
Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, & Epidemiology
Program Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Masters in Public Health
Monirul Islam, MD/MBBS, MPH, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology (tenured)
Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, and Epidemiology. School of Public Health, ¸£Àû¼§
Education:
MD/MBBS, Medicine. Dhaka University, Bangladesh, 1990
MPH, Epidemiology in International Health. Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1996
PhD, Epidemiology. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005
Academic Positions:
2024-present Professor (tenured), Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, ¸£Àû¼§, Augusta, GA.
2023 – 2024 Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, ¸£Àû¼§, Augusta, GA.
2018-2023 Associate Professor, Institute of Public and Preventive Health (IPPH) and Department of Population Health Sciences (DPHS), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA.
2015-2018 Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE.
2007-2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE.
2006-2007 Adjunct Assistant Professor (2006-2007), Department of Population Health Science, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Academic Administrative Position:
2023-2024 Director, MPH, MD-MPH, and Public Health Programs, School of Public Health, ¸£Àû¼§ (2023-June 30, 2024).
2022-2023 Director, MPH, MD-MPH, and Public Health Programs, IPPH, ¸£Àû¼§ (2022 –2023).
2020-2022 Program Director and Vice Chair, MPH Program (2020-2022)
Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences,
College of Allied Health Sciences, Augusta, GA
2016-2018 Graduate Programs Director, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, UNMC, Omaha, NE
My teaching interests include epidemiologic methods, infectious disease epidemiology, grant writing, epidemiology of disease pathophysiology, and maternal & child health epidemiology. I also collaborated with other faculty to teach advanced epidemiological methods, global health concepts, and advanced infectious diseases. I teach courses in both online and in-person formats.
My research focuses on clinical and patient-centered outcomes research in the areas of cancer, infectious diseases, and intervention program evaluation. I am particularly interested in epidemiology, focusing on early detection, treatment, and disease outcomes. The primary goal of my research is to prevent disease and improve treatment outcomes across diverse populations, including resource-limited communities such as minorities and rural areas.