2004-2009, Peking University, Institute of Population Research, Demography (Ph.D.); 2000-2001, University of Dhaka, Department of Sociology, Sociology (Master); 1996-1999, University of Dhaka, Department of Sociology, Sociology (Bachelor); 

2017-, University of Dhaka,Department of Population Sciences, Professor ; 2013-2017, University of Dhaka, Department of Population Sciences, Associate Professor; 2013-2014, McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, Postdoctoral Fellow (Global Health); 

Professor Dr. Mohammad Mainul Islam received his PhD in Demography from the Institute of Population Research at Peking University, China, in July 2009, specializing in Population Health. He got his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2000 and 2002 respectively.

Mohammad completed a Global Health Research Capacity Strengthening Program (GHR-CAPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University, Canada, between 2013 and 2014. He also got training at the Johns Hopkins Fall Institute at Barcelona, Stanford University and Brown University, and the University of Bergen in Health Policy and Management (2015), Formal Demography (2014), Population and Development (2012) and the Global Development Challenges (2008), respectively.

Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Population Sciences at the University of Dhaka. Besides teaching, he has held the position of elected Member of the Syndicate -the highest decision-making body of the University of Dhaka - for two consecutive terms between 2010 and 2014. He was awarded the First Prize of Academic Excellence Award of Peking University in December 2008 and later he was named as the Nick Simons Scholar of the New Investigator in Global Health (NIGH) program of the Global Health Council (GHC), Washington, DC, USA in June 2010. He is a two-time winner of the 10 best abstracts of the New Voices in Global Health (NVGH) program, receiving these accolades in 2014 and 2016 at the World Health Summit (WHS) in Berlin, Germany.

His work broadly focuses on reproductive health, child health, urban health and health communication. His research also focuses on understanding population health, with specific interests in global health and population, social demography, population and development, and China studies. Mohammad has attended and presented his research at more than 55 international meetings and academic conferences around the world.

He has contributed to over 35 peer-reviewed publications, including publications of research findings as first author in PLoS ONE, BMC Women’s Health and The Lancet. He has also authored and co-authored conference papers and other publications. He contributes to national daily newspapers including the bdnews24.com - the first online and widely circulated newspaper in Bangladesh (opinion section in Bengali), The Daily Bonik Barta, and The Daily Star on population, health and educational issues.

Mohammad has authored a book (2016) entitled on Communication and Change in Health Behavior in Bangladesh: Realities at the grassroots. He is a reviewer for journals including Asian Population Studies, Population Review, PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health, BMC Women’s Health, and BMC Pregnancy and Child Birth. 

Professor Mohammad Mainul Islam is Demography and Population Studies Advisory Board Member of the Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.  He is also a member of various professional associations including the International Union of Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), the International Sociological Association (ISA), the Asian Population Association (APA), the American Population Association (PAA), the Canadian Coalition of Global Health Research (CCGHR), the Center for Health Trends and Forecasts (CHTF) affiliate network of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.  Professor Dr. Mohammad Mainul Islam has been appointed as a member of the Population Expert Group/Committee (PEC) of the General Economic Division's Planning Commission within the Ministry of Planning of the Government of Bangladesh since November 2017.

AWARDS/ HONOURS:

• First Prize of Academic Excellence Award 2008 of Peking University (in recognition of achievements in academic study from 2005-2008), Beijing, China, 2008

• Nick Simons Scholar of New Investigators in Global Health (NIGH) 2010 of the Global Health Council (GHC), the 37th Annual International Conference on Global Health: Dateline 2010: Global Health Goals and Metrics, June 14-18, 2010, Washington, DC, USA, 2010

• Academician of the Social Sciences- the highest honor bestowed by the International Academy of Social Sciences (IASS), Palam Beach, Florida, USA, 2014

• Two-time winner of the 10 best abstracts of the New Voices in Global Health (NVGH) program, receiving these accolades in 2014 and 2016 at the World Health Summit (WHS) in Berlin, Germany.

• GHR-CAPS (Global Health Research Capacity Strengthening Program) Postdoctoral Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, May 1, 2013 to October 31, 2014 ($55,125, the bursaries are aligned with the Canadian Institute of Health Research, CIHR), 2013-2014

• Summer Residential Fellowship at Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) to attend the institute-‘Population and Development: New Approaches to Enduring Global Problems, June 9-23, 2012, The Watson Institute, Brown University, RL, USA, 2012

• Honorary Credential Award 2008, AGD Prize of 2nd DITAN International Conference on Infectious Diseases: Globalization of Infectious Diseases, November 14-17, Beijing, China, 2008

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON CHINA ONLY:

• Mohammad Mainul Islam and Jufen Liu (2012). Cross-cultural Marriage in Mainland China: Trends, Prospects and Challenges, The Studia Sociologica IV: Borderlands: cultures, enclaves, epochs,2012 Pp.122-133, 116 Annales Universaties Pedagogicae Cracoviensis, WydawnictwoNaukowe Up, Krakow, PL http://www.ifis.up.krakow.pl/studia_sociologica/images/pdf/Islam.pdf

•Mohammad Mainul Islam, Pang Lihua, Chen Gong and Zheng Xiaoying (2011), A Review of Ma Yinchu on Chinese Population, Society and Change, Vol.5, No. 2, April-June 2011, Pp. 28-38, Dhaka: Organization for the Social Development and Research

http://societyandchange.com/uploads/1509362717.pdf 

•Xiaoying, Zheng, Lihua Pang, Gong Chen, Yubo Liu, Lei Zhang, Mohammad Mainul Islam, Yan Lin, Haitai Wang (2010). Human Capital and Educational Demand in China: 2000-2030. In Investing in Human Capital for Economic Development in China. Edited by Gordon G. Liu, Shufang Zhang, Zongyi Zhang. Singapore, USA and UK: World Scientific Publishing Co. Press Ltd; 2010: 105-122    URL: http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/588041785.pdf 

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2010). 孟加拉]马伊努：北大，不了情, 燕园流云 (Yan Yuan Liu Yun), Peking University Press

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2010). The Development of Population Policies and Consequences in China: A Review from the Perspective of Fertility. Society and Change, 2010. Vol. 4(2): April-June, Pp. 7-26, Dhaka: Organization for the Social Development and Research

http://societyandchange.com/uploads/1509356870.pdf 

•M.M. Islam, Pei Lijun, Song Xingming and ZhengXiaoying (2008). Examining the fourth stage of epidemiological transition in China: Some implications for health and health care provision, Abstract of Second Ditan International Conference on Infectious Diseases in International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, Supplement 3, P.S33, November 2008, Official Publications of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, Elsevier  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971209600941 

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2006). Trends and Patterns of Mortality in China, Japan and India: A Comparative Analysis, in The Social Sciences, 2006, 1 (2):149-153, Pakistan

http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/medwelljournals/sscience/2006/149-153.pdf 

SELECTED ESSAYS PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS/ MAGAZINES: 

• Mohammad Mainul Islam (2010). My love for Peking University: A Retrospective and a Panegyric, Peking University Newsletter, Spring 2010, Issue 11, Pp.32-35 

http://www.oir.pku.edu.cn/newoir/magz/nl/2010/n1001.pdf  

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2010). My Loving Peking University: A Glimpse across the World, http://www.oir.pku.edu.cn:8082/html/News___Event/Campus/2012/0226/76.html 

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2009). Academic Excellence Award Ceremony at Peking University, The Daily Star, Star Campus Magazine, October 18, 2009, http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2009/10/03/feature_award.htm

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2009). A Journey to Culture of Peace, The Daily Star, Star Campus Magazine, September 13, 2009 , http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2009/09/02/feature_peace.htm

•Mohammad Mainul Islam (2009). International Cultural Festival of Peking University: A Journey to Culture of Peace, The New Nation, September 4, 2009