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Biography
Dr Md Nazmul Karim is a medical doctor and Clinical Epidemiologist, currently serving as Associate Professor (Clinical Epidemiology) in the Medical Education Research and Quality (MERQ) unit within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) at Monash University.
In addition to his medical degree (MBBS) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from overseas, Nazmul holds a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology (MClinEpi) and a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology from SPHPM, Monash University. He also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control at the School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, supported by a World Health Organization (WHO) scholarship. His academic journey has been recognised through several prestigious awards, including the Australian Government AusAID Scholarship, Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), and the Postgraduate Publication Award (PPA).
Nazmul began his professional career as a medical practitioner overseas before transitioning into global health and epidemiology. Over the past decade, he has worked in various international public health roles across both developing and developed settings. He served the World Health Organization as a National Consultant for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion at the country level and as a Technical Officer for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO).
After completing his doctoral studies in 2017, Nazmul joined SPHPM as an education-focused academic. This shift from clinical practice to academic teaching and research was a significant transition that re-engaged him as a learner and transformed his approach to education. He integrates his clinical insight with a strong foundation in quantitative research and statistical methodology to enrich health professional education. Known for his collaborative leadership style, he draws on interdisciplinary expertise to advance both research and teaching. His teaching philosophy is grounded in learner empowerment, conceptual scaffolding, and the creation of inclusive, supportive learning environments that enable students to thrive. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and recipient of the SPHPM Teaching Excellence Award.
At SPHPM, Nazmul coordinates and teaches across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate units. He leads core epidemiology units in the Master of Public Health program, including Introductory Epidemiology (MPH5040/6040), Epidemiology: Concepts and Applications (MPH5305), and Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention (MPH5314). He also teaches in the Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences through Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MPH5020/6020), and Human Health and Disease Processes (EPM5030) in the Master of Health Data Science. At the undergraduate level, he teaches Human Health and Disease (HSC1300) and Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (PBH3002) for the Bachelor of Health Sciences. In his role as Program Manager of Monash Online’s postgraduate health courses, Nazmul pioneered several inovative approach in the carousel-based online teaching models well ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic—approaches that have since become central to the School’s online learning strategy.
Nazmul’s research spans both health and education domains. In health professional education, his work investigates predictors of student performance and retention across learning modes, evaluates the effectiveness of carousel-based teaching, explores stress and coping mechanisms among health profession students, and applies psychometric and item response theory to educational measurement. In public health and clinical research, he has led and contributed to projects examining climate-based predictive models for dengue outbreaks, the impact of dietary patterns on obesity and diabetes in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS), micronutrient intake and pregnancy outcomes, and the role of uric acid in cognitive decline and physical disability.
His broader research interests include epidemiological and causal modelling, non-communicable disease epidemiology, diabetes and its complications, evidence-based clinical practice, environmental and nutritional epidemiology, health promotion, psychometrics, and health professions education.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Epidemiological Modelling, PhD, Predicting Cardiac surgery outcome in an Australian patient cohort
11 Jul 2013 → 12 Jul 2017
Award Date: 12 Jul 2017
Epidemiology, Master of Clinical Epidemiology, Assessing priority risk factor for diabetes in a multi-ethnic population with high prevalence: Stratification through recursive partitioning
Award Date: 3 Oct 2009
Public health, Master of Public Health, Occupational safety and health in multinational tobacco industry , Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
1 Jul 2001 → 30 Jun 2002
Award Date: 30 Jun 2002
Medicine , MBBS, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Dhaka
12 Feb 1990 → 16 Jan 1997
Award Date: 15 Jan 1997
Research area keywords
- Psychometrics
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Epidemiological modelling
- Risk stratification
- Infectious Disease
- NCD Prevention and Control
- Medical education
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes complication
- Dietary pattern
- Obesity
- Meta analysis
- Cancer epidemiology
- Public health
- Uncertainty tolerance
- Health professions education
- Health Professions Educational Research
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Factors associated with undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery and Master of Nursing practitioner students’ academic and clinical performance at Monash University: a mixed-method study.
Fooladi, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Tremayne, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brooks, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Karim, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Vance, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Walker, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Elliott, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Factors associated with undergraduate students’ academic and clinical performance success in an innovative nursing curriculum: a mixed-methods study
Fooladi, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ebrahimi Zanjani, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Brand, G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Walker, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Vance, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Karim, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/07/19 → 1/07/21
Project: Research
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New horizons: Evolving approaches to uncertainty tolerance scale development
Lazarus, M. D., Farlie, M. & Karim, M. N., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Medical Education. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Assessing the Safety of Early Repatriation for Stable ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Khan, R., Brar, S., Hosseini, F., Karim, N., Kohli, N., Yao, R., Chan, A., Charania, J., Philipp, R., Vo, M. & Vuurmans, T., Nov 2024, In: CJC Open. 6, 11, p. 1289-1298 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Association between the Integrating Science And Practice (iSAP) assessment task and clinical performance in a Master of Nursing Practice course
Fooladi, E., Gasevic, D., Elliott, M., Vance, S., Walker, L. E., Tramayne, A. & Karim, M. N., 2024, p. 112. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Association of low carbohydrate diet score with the risk of type 2 diabetes in an Australian population: A longitudinal study
Kabthymer, R. H., Karim, M. N., Itsiopoulos, C., Hodge, A. M. & De Courten, B., Jun 2024, In: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews. 18, 6, 7 p., 103049.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Breaking the Silo – Facilitating Non-Health Background Students’ Transition into Postgraduate Public Health Education
Karim, M. N., Wild, H., Forbes, A. B., Dipnall, J. F. & Ilic, D., 27 Sept 2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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2021/2023 MNM Research Development Grants (MNM RDG)
Fooladi, E. (Recipient), Brooks, I. (Recipient), Karim, N. (Recipient), Vance, S. (Recipient), Elliott, M. (Recipient), Tremayne, A. (Recipient) & Walker, L. (Recipient), 10 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Teaching Excellence Award
Diug, B. (Recipient), Howard, B. (Recipient), Gasevic, D. (Recipient), Ilic, D. (Recipient), De Valle, E. (Recipient), Tran, E. (Recipient), Wild, H. (Recipient), Allen, K. (Recipient), Hossain, N. (Recipient), Karim, N. (Recipient), Robinson, P. (Recipient), Balasooriya Lekamge, R. (Recipient), Zandes, S. (Recipient), Talic, S. (Recipient), Friedman, V. (Recipient) & Aziz, Z. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)