Meet one of our members, Md Nazmul Karim.
Dr Md Nazmul Karim, MBBS, MPH, M Clin Epi, PhD, SFHEA, is a medical graduate and Clinical epidemiologist by training. Currently working as an Associate professor (education focused) at the Medical Education Research and Quality (MERQ) unit at the school of public health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) at Monash University.
Nazmul began his professional career as a medical practitioner and clinical epidemiologist, working across a range of international public health roles in both developed and developing settings. He served the World Health Organization (WHO) as a National Consultant for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion and as a Technical Officer for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO).
Since transitioning to academia in 2017, Nazmul has been serving as an education-focused academic at Monash University, teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programs. His research spans both public health and health professions education. In education, he investigates predictors of student performance and retention, evaluates carousel-based teaching models, explores stress and coping mechanisms among students, and applies psychometric methods to assessment and curriculum design. His broader interests in this space include psychometrics, health professions education, and evidence-based teaching practices.
In public health and clinical research, Nazmul has led and contributed to studies on climate-based predictive models for dengue outbreaks, dietary patterns and their association with obesity and diabetes in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS), micronutrient intake and pregnancy outcomes, and the role of serum uric acid in cognitive decline and physical disability. His wider public health research interests include non-communicable disease epidemiology, planetary health, environmental and nutritional epidemiology, epidemiological and causal modelling, and health promotion.
"Being part of ANZAHPE provides me with an opportunity to engage, share, and grow within health professions education."
