Dr. Rakibul Islam is a clinical epidemiologist with a specific interest in non-communicable diseases, and currently working at the School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia. His current projects address sex hormones and their impact on cardiovascular disease risk as well as on cancer, cognition and frailty in older Australian women that has attractive possibilities for pharmacological interventions aimed at prolonging the morbidity-free life span of older women.

He is a lead researcher in a large study of the physical and psychological health of young Australian women. Currently, he is also working on a couple of projects on African and Middle Eastern refugees in Australia, and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Dr. Islam earned his PhD from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia. He completed his first year of post-doctoral fellowship in 2107 at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia in collaboration with CDC, USA.

Prior to moving to Australia in 2012, Dr. Islam was a Lecturer/Asst. Professor at the University of Dhaka, and Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies, and a Master in Public Health from the University of Tromso, Norway.

Dr. Islam is a highly experienced epidemiologist with publications in reputed journals, including the Lancet, the Lancet Diab & Endo, BMJ, JAMA, JCEM. He was awarded the Australasian Menopause Society Scientific Prize in 2020, which is highly prestigious.