Rakib Islam

Dr. Rakib Islam is a Senior Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, Australia. He specializes in non-communicable diseases in women, focusing on sex hormones' impact on cardiovascular health, cognition, and frailty in older women. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to good health and gender equality. He holds a PhD from Monash University (2016) and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute with CDC collaboration.

Key roles include leading large-scale studies like the MS-AMY and ETHEL projects, investigating hormonal interventions and heart failure prevention. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in top journals (e.g., Lancet Diab & Endo, BMJ) and was awarded the prestigious Australasian Menopause Society Scientific Prize (2020). He serves on editorial boards (e.g., BMC Women's Health) and national ethics committees.

Research interests span menopause guidelines, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and global health disparities in diabetes and hypertension. Recent work includes systematic reviews on testosterone therapy, sexual dysfunction in refugee women, and air pollution's impact on Bangladeshi adults.