Dr Md Rezanur Rahaman

PhD, FETP, MIPH/MHM, MBBS
Fellow

Biography

Dr Rezanur Rahaman is a medical doctor with specialist training in Field Epidemiology, International Public Health and Health Management, Infectious Disease and Environmental Epidemiology, and a One Health approach having completed an MBBS, MSc (Appl. Epi), FETP, MIPH/MHM, and a PhD.

As a Research Fellow @ the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU, Rezanur supervises MPhil in Applied Epidemiology (MAE - The Australian Field Epidemiology Training Program) scholars, including supporting their projects in consultation with field supervisors; convenes coursework subjects; participates in ongoing curriculum development; prepares and delivers tutorials, lectures, workshops and seminars; undertakes collaborative research, and supervises PhD scholars.

Research

Research interests

  • Infectious diseases
  • One Health
  • Zoonosis, including Q fever
  • Environmental epidemiology
  • Climate change
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Publications

Rahaman MR, Alroy KA, Van Beneden CA, Friedman MS, Kennedy ED, Rahman M, et al. Etiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections, Bangladesh, 2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(1):324-326. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2701.201347

Md R. Rahaman, Adriana Milazzo, Helen Marshall, Anne-Lise Chaber & Peng Bi (2020) Q fever vaccination: Australian animal science and veterinary students’ One Health perspectives on Q fever prevention, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1829900

Rahaman MR, Milazzo A, Marshall H, Bi P. Spatial, temporal, and occupational risks of Q fever infection in South Australia, 2007-2017. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2020 Apr;13(4):544-551. DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.10.002.

Rahaman MR, Milazzo A, Marshall H, Bi P. Is a One Health Approach Utilized for Q Fever Control? A Comprehensive Literature Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 28;16(5):730. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050730. PMID: 30823481; PMCID: PMC6427780.

M, Rahaman; A, Milazzo; H, Marshall; P, Bi Livestock and its related occupations in spatial clustering of Q fever in South Australia, 2007-2017, Environmental Epidemiology: October 2019 - Volume 3 - Issue - p 322-323 doi: 10.1097/01.EE9.0000609536.18771.b0  

Rahaman MR, Milazzo A, Marshall H, Chaber AL, Bi P 2019, ‘Q fever perceptions among South Australian animal science and veterinary students’, Australian Public Health Conference 2019: Celebrating 50 years, poised to meet the challenges of the next 50, Hilton Adelaide, SA, Australia, 17-19 September.  

Rahaman MR, Milazzo A, Marshall H, Crabb D, Bi P 2019, ‘One Health perceptions of Q fever among South Australian livestock farmers’, Communicable Diseases Control Conference 2019: Controlling communicable diseases – mobilising evidence, action and partnerships, Hyatt Hotel Canberra, ACT, Australia, 19-21 November. 

Rahaman MR, Milazzo A, Marshall H, Chaber AL, Bi P 2019, ‘South Australian veterinary students’ One Health perspectives on Q fever prevention’, Communicable Diseases Control Conference 2019: Controlling communicable diseases – mobilising evidence, action and partnerships, Hyatt Hotel Canberra, ACT, Australia, 19-21 November. 

Rahaman MR, Milazzo A, Marshall H, Satter SM, Rahman M, Bi P 2020, ‘Intra-country climate variability and geographical distribution of diarrhoea among children under five in Bangladesh’, 32nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology: Advancing Environment Health in a Changing World, Virtual, 24-27 August.

Rahaman MR, Kennedy ED, Chai S, Shirin T, Flora MS 2017, ‘Influenza in severe acute respiratory infection patients, results from national influenza surveillance, Bangladesh’, 9th TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference: Building on 20 Years of Applied Epidemiology Training to Advance Disease Surveillance, Response, and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7-11 August.

Teaching

Supervised students