Phd in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine
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Dr Mijanur Rahman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CCORE), Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, and School of Clinical Medicine, South-Western Sydney Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine & Health, UNSW. He is also Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney. He completed his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from the University of Newcastle in 2020. Before joining UNSW, he worked as a Research Fellow at the Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney (2022–2024), and at the University of Wollongong (2020-2021). He is a former Cancer Survivorship Research Fellow (2022-2024) of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA). He is currently an editor of the COSA Survivorship e-News (2023-25).
Dr Rahman’s research focuses on statistical modelling using longitudinal and linked health records to address comparative effectiveness questions, identify risk factors and health trajectories, and inform scalable solutions to reduce inequities and improve health outcomes, especially for people with cancer and other chronic health conditions. Dr Rahman has almost 10 years of experience in working with longitudinal and linked health data analysis. His career highlights include 38 publications, over 30 conference presentations, and securing ~150K in competitive funding.
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Journal articles | 2025
Force LM; Kocarnik JM; May ML; Bhangdia K; Crist A; Penberthy L; Pritchett N; Acheson A; Deitesfeld L; A B; Aalruz H; Abbas N; Abbasalipour bashash M; Abd Al Magied AHA; Abd ElHafeez S; Abdalla AN; Abdalla MA; Abdel-Rahman WM; Abdi P; Abdisa WM; Abdissa D; Abdollahi A; Abdoun M; Abdous A; Abdullahi A; Abebe M; Abedi A; Abidi SH; Abie A; Abiodun O; Aboagye RG; Abolhassani H; Abonie US; Abreu LG; Abubakar AK; Abubakar B; Abu-Gharbieh E; Abukhadijah HJ; Aburuz S; Abu-Zaid A; Achar RR; Acuna JM; Adams LC; Adamu LH; Addo IY; Adedokun KA; Adegoke NA; Adekanmbi V; Adesiyan IM; Adewuyi HO; Adiga U; Adnani QES; Adoma PO; Adzigbli LA; Afifi AM; Afolabi AA; Afrashteh F; Afrooghe A; Afzal MS; Agampodi SB; Aggarwal N; Agide FD; Agostinis Sobrinho C; Agyemang-Duah W; Ahinkorah BO; Ahmad A; Ahmad D; Ahmad F; Ahmad K; Ahmad MM; Ahmad S; Ahmad T; Ahmadi E; Ahmadzade AM; Ahmadzade M; Ahmed A; Ahmed A; Ahmed GS; Ahmed I; Ahmed LA; Ahmed MS; Ahmed MS; Ahmed MB; Ahmed N; Ahmed SA; Ajala DE; Ajami M; Akhigbe RE; Akinosoglou K; Al Awaidy S; Al Hamad H; Al Hasan SM; Al Omari O; Al Qadire M; Al Thaher Y; Al Zaabi OAM; Alam K; Alam Z; Alansari A; Al-Ashwal FY, 2025, 'The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023', Lancet, 406, pp. 1565 - 1586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01635-6
Journal articles | 2025
Khan MTF; Mazumder S; Rana MS; Rahman MM, 2025, 'Impact of Polysubstance Use on Major Depression, Serious Psychological Distress, and Mental Illness among US Adults', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01520-3
Journal articles | 2025
Rahman MM; David M; Steinberg J; Cust A; Yu XQ; Rutherford C; Banks E; Byles J; Canfell K, 2025, 'Association of optimism and social support with health-related quality of life among Australian women cancer survivors – A cohort study', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 21, pp. 221 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajco.14079
Journal articles | 2025
Rana MS; Rahman MM; Baker J; Houssami N; Yu XQ; Marinovich ML, 2025, 'Association of lifestyle factors with breast cancer incidence: An overview of systematic reviews', Chinese Journal of Cancer Research, 37, pp. 575 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2025.04.10
Journal articles | 2024
Ciobanu LG; Baryshnikova NV; Jawahar MC; Toben CG; Sokolenko E; Arnet VK; Addo IY; Adegboye OA; Ahinkorah BO; Alam K; Alif SM; Ameyaw EK; Anderlini D; Angell B; Ansar A; Anyasodor AE; Astell-Burt T; Atorkey P; Ayala Quintanilla BP; Ayano G; Babu AS; Bagheri N; Baune BT; Bhandari D; Bhaskar S; Boufous S; Briggs AM; Bulamu NB; Burns RA; Carvalho AF; Cerin E; Cherbuin N; Chowdhury EK; Cross M; De Leo D; Driscoll TR; Du M; Edvardsson D; Edvardsson K; Efendi F; Endalamaw A; Fauk NK; Flavel J; Franklin RC; Gill TK; Gupta B; Gupta VK; Hamiduzzaman M; Hankey GJ; Hay SI; Hebert JJ; Hendrie D; Hill CL; Huda MM; Islam SMS; Kaambwa B; Kandel H; Kassie GM; Kerr JA; Khan A; Khan MN; Kulkarni V; Lalloo R; Le LKD; Leigh J; Liu G; Mahumud RA; Mamun AA; McGrath JJ; Meretoja A; Miller TR; Mitchell PB; Mokdad AH; Morawska L; Obamiro KO; Peden AE; Pesudovs K; Rahman A; Rahman MM; Rahman MA; Ratan ZA; Rawal L; Rumisha SF; Sachdev PS; Seidu AA; Sharma S; Shorofi SA; Siabani S; Singh A; Singh BB; Slater H; Stokes MA; Subedi N; Tadakamadla SK; Thrift AG; Tran MTN; Vandelanotte C; Wang N; Ward P; Woodward M, 2024, 'Pre-COVID life expectancy, mortality, and burden of diseases for adults 70 years and older in Australia: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101092
Journal articles | 2024
Hasnain MG; Garcia-Esperon C; Tomari YK; Walker R; Saluja T; Rahman MM; Boyle A; Levi CR; Naidu R; Filippelli G; Spratt NJ, 2024, 'Bushfire-smoke trigger hospital admissions with cerebrovascular diseases: Evidence from 2019–20 bushfire in Australia', European Stroke Journal, 9, pp. 468 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969873231223307
Journal articles | 2024
Rahman MM; David M; Goldsbury D; Canfell K; Kou K; Dasgupta P; Baade P; Yu XQ, 2024, 'Impact of cancer diagnosis on life expectancy by area-level socioeconomic groups in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based study', Cancer Biology Medicine, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2024.0166
Journal articles | 2024
Rahman MM; Jahan S; Koczwara B; Iddawela M; Chan RJ; Thornton-Benko E; Garvey G; Hart NH, 2024, 'Utilisation of Medicare chronic disease management item numbers for people with cancer in Queensland, Australia', Australian Health Review A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 48, pp. 626 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH24121
Journal articles | 2024
Rahman MM; Worthington J; Steinberg J; David M, 2024, 'Using G-methods to assess and mitigate bias from coarsening time intervals in evaluating colorectal cancer screening efficiency', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae159
Journal articles | 2024
Rana MS; Mazumder S; Khan MTF; Khan MMH; Rahman MM, 2024, 'Trends and determinants of caesarean section in South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan', Plos One, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311082
Journal articles | 2024
Vollset SE; Ababneh HS; Abate YH; Abbafati C; Abbasgholizadeh R; Abbasian M; Abbastabar H; Magied AHAAA; Elhafeez SA; Abdelkader A; Abdelmasseh M; Abd-Elsalam S; Abdi P; Abdollahi M; Abdoun M; Abdullahi A; Abebe M; Abiodun O; Aboagye RG; Abolhassani H; Abouzid M; Aboye GB; Abreu LG; Absalan A; Abualruz H; Abubakar B; Abukhadijah HJJ; Addolorato G; Adekanmbi V; Adetunji CO; Adetunji JB; Adeyeoluwa TE; Adha R; Adhikary RK; Adnani QES; Adzigbli LA; Afrashteh F; Afzal MS; Afzal S; Agbozo F; Agodi A; Agrawal A; Agyemang-Duah W; Ahinkorah BO; Ahlstrom AJ; Ahmad A; Ahmad F; Ahmad MM; Ahmad S; Ahmad S; Ahmed A; Ahmed A; Ahmed H; Ahmed S; Ahmed SA; Akinosoglou K; Akkaif MA; Akrami AE; Akter E; Awaidy SA; Hasan SMA; Mosa ASA; Ta'ani OA; Zaabi OAMA; Alahdab F; Alajlani MM; Al-Ajlouni Y; Alalalmeh SO; Al-Aly Z; Alam K; Alam N; Alam T; Alam Z; Al-Amer RM; Alanezi FM; Alanzi TM; Albakri A; Aldhaleei WA; Aldridge RW; Alemohammad SY; Alemu YM; Al-Gheethi AAS; Al-Hanawi MK; Ali A; Ali A; Ali I; Ali MU; Ali R; Ali SSS; Ali VE; Ali W; Al-Ibraheem A; Alicandro G; Alif SM; Aljunid SM; Alla F; Almazan JU; Al-Mekhlafi HM; Alqutaibi AY; Alrawashdeh A; Mitchell P; Boufous S; Onie S; Dai-Keller Z; Sharma S; Sundstorm J; Peprah P; Schutte A; Pesudovs K; Peden A; Resnikoff S; Sachdev P; Si Y; Feng X; Rahman MM, 2024, 'Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021', Lancet, 403, pp. 2204 - 2256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8
Journal articles | 2023
Hasnain MG; Garcia-Esperon C; Tomari YK; Walker R; Saluja T; Rahman MM; Boyle A; Levi CR; Naidu R; Filippelli G; Spratt NJ, 2023, 'Effect of short-term exposure to air pollution on daily cardio- and cerebrovascular hospitalisations in areas with a low level of air pollution', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30, pp. 102438 - 102445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29544-z
Journal articles | 2023
Tardif H; Allingham SF; Rahman M; Daly A, 2023, 'Patterns of patient outcomes following specialist pain management in Australasia: A latent class analysis using the electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration database', Pain, 164, pp. 967 - 976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002799
Journal articles | 2022
Rahman MM; Jagger C; Leigh L; Holliday E; Princehorn E; Loxton D; Kowal P; Beard J; Byles J, 2022, 'The Impact of Education and Lifestyle Factors on Disability-Free Life Expectancy From Mid-Life to Older Age: A Multi-Cohort Study', International Journal of Public Health, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605045
Journal articles | 2022
Rahman MM; Jagger C; Princehorn EM; Holliday EG; Leigh L; Loxton DJ; Beard J; Kowal P; Byles JE, 2022, 'Onset and progression of chronic disease and disability in a large cohort of older Australian women', Maturitas, 158, pp. 25 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.11.007
Journal articles | 2021
Byles JE; Princehorn EM; Forder PM; Rahman MM, 2021, 'Housing and Care for Older Women in Australia', Frontiers in Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.566960
Journal articles | 2021
James C; Bezzina A; Rahman MM, 2021, 'Task rotation in an underground coal mine: Implications on injury and musculoskeletal discomfort', Applied Ergonomics, 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103388
Journal articles | 2021
James CL; Tynan RJ; Bezzina AT; Rahman MM; Kelly BJ, 2021, 'Alcohol Consumption in the Australian Mining Industry: The Role of Workplace, Social, and Individual Factors', Workplace Health and Safety, 69, pp. 423 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21650799211005768
Journal articles | 2020
James C; Rahman M; Bezzina A; Kelly B, 2020, 'Factors associated with patterns of psychological distress, alcohol use and social network among Australian mineworkers', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44, pp. 390 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13037
Journal articles | 2020
Khan MN; Kumar P; Rahman MM; Islam Mondal MN; Islam MM, 2020, 'Inequalities in Utilization of Maternal Reproductive Health Care Services in Urban Bangladesh: A Population-Based Study', Sage Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244020914394
Journal articles | 2020
Rahman MM; Byles JE, 2020, 'Older women's patterns of home and community care use and transition to residential aged care: An Australian cohort study', Maturitas, 131, pp. 28 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.10.004
Journal articles | 2020
Rahman MM; Byles JE, 2020, 'Trajectories of Long-Term Residential Care Needs Among Older Australian Women: A Cohort Study Using Linked Data', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, pp. 786 - 792.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.019
Journal articles | 2019
Byles JE; Rahman MM; Princehorn EM; Holliday EG; Leigh L; Loxton D; Beard J; Kowal P; Jagger C, 2019, 'Successful ageing from old to very old: A longitudinal study of 12,432 women from Australia', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. 803 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz116
Journal articles | 2019
Rahman M; Efird JT; Byles JE, 2019, 'Patterns of aged care use among older Australian women: A prospective cohort study using linked data', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 81, pp. 39 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2018.11.010
Journal articles | 2019
Rahman M; Efird JT; Kendig H; Byles JE, 2019, 'Patterns of home and community care use among older participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health', European Journal of Ageing, 16, pp. 293 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-018-0495-y
Journal articles | 2019
Rahman MM; Efird JT; Byles JE, 2019, 'Transitioning of older Australian women into and through the long-term care system: A cohort study using linked data', BMC Geriatrics, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1291-z
Journal articles | 2019
Sayers E; Rich J; Rahman MM; Kelly B; James C, 2019, 'Does Help Seeking Behavior Change over Time following a Workplace Mental Health Intervention in the Coal Mining Industry?', Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61, pp. E282 - E290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001605
Journal articles | 2018
James C; Tynan R; Roach D; Leigh L; Oldmeadow C; Rahman M; Kelly B, 2018, 'Correlates of psychological distress among workers in the mining industry in remote Australia: Evidence from a multi-site cross-sectional survey', Plos One, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209377
Journal articles | 2018
Khan MN; Islam MM; Rahman MM, 2018, 'Inequality in utilization of cesarean delivery in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis using nationally representative data', Public Health, 157, pp. 111 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.01.015
Journal articles | 2018
Rahman M; Guntupalli AM; Byles JE, 2018, 'Socio-demographic differences of disability prevalence among the population aged 60 years and over in Bangladesh', Asian Population Studies, 14, pp. 77 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2017.1396038
Journal articles | 2017
Milton AH; Hussain S; Akter S; Rahman M; Mouly TA; Mitchell K, 2017, 'A review of the effects of chronic arsenic exposure on adverse pregnancy outcomes', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060556
Journal articles | 2017
Milton AH; Rahman M; Hussain S; Jindal C; Choudhury S; Akter S; Ferdousi S; Mouly TA; Hall J; Efird JT, 2017, 'Trapped in statelessness: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, pp. 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14080942
Journal articles | 2017
Rahman M; Khan HTA; Hafford-Letchfield T; Sultana R, 2017, 'Socio-economic inequalities in health among older adults in two rural sub-districts in India and Bangladesh: a comparative cross-sectional study', Asian Population Studies, 13, pp. 292 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2017.1364461
Journal articles | 2016
Rahman MM; Khan HTA; Hafford-Letchfield T, 2016, 'Correlates of socioeconomic status and the health of older people in the United Kingdom: A review', Illness Crisis and Loss, 24, pp. 195 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054137315608347
Journal articles | 2012
Hanifi MA; Mamun AA; Paul A; Hasan SA; Hoque S; Sharmin S; Urni F; Khan IR; Mahmood SS; Rasheed S; Iqbal M; Moula A; Rahman M; Bhuiya A, 2012, 'Profile: The Chakaria health and demographic surveillance system', International Journal of Epidemiology, 41, pp. 667 - 675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys089
Conference Papers | 2022
Rahman MH; Islam MM; Al Monir MF; Alam SB; Ruzbelt ; Rahman MM; Shidujaman M; Islam R, 2022, 'Kinematics analysis of a quadruped robot: Simulation and Evaluation', in 2022 2nd International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics Iciprob 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIPRob54042.2022.9798744
Preprints |
Rahman MM; Jagger C; Princehorn EM; Holliday EG; Leigh L; Loxton D; Beard J; Byles JE; Kowal P, Predicting Chronic Disease, Disability and Mortality in a Large Cohort of Older Australian Women: A Markov Multi-State Modelling Approach, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3821481
My Research Supervision
PhD Supervision:
1) Md Sohel Rana, Project title 'The influence of lifestyle factors on breast cancer incidence among Australian women born in different generations' at The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney.
2) Haoyu Zhang, Project title: 'Population-Based Epidemiological Analysis of Cardiovascular Mortality Risks in A Cohort of Australian Cancer Survivors' at The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney.
Supervision completed:
MPH Dissertation Supervision: Haoyu Zhang, project title: Comorbidity and health-related quality of life among cancer survivors, Faculty of Medicine and Health, USYD
