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Dr Md Nazmul Huda is a multi–award‑winning researcher, recognised most recently with the prestigious Emerging Leader in Mental Health Award 2026 from the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). This recognition is a testament to Dr Huda’s significant contributions to mental health research and service delivery within Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (ICAMHS) at South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD), NSW Health, as well as his national and international research collaborations with UNSW Medicine & Health, Western Sydney University, the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, the ARCED Foundation, and beyond. He is a social epidemiologist with interdisciplinary training and experience in mental health, public health, oral health, health sociology, and nursing. His name was listed among the top 2% of scientists in clinical medicine in 2025, as recognized by Elsevier and Stanford University (USA). He has ten years of experience researching various areas. Around 90% of his articles were published in Q1 and Q2 journals (e.g., The Lancet, Lancet Neurology, Scientific Reports, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Psychology, BMJ Global Health, BMJ Open, and so on) with over 10,000 citations with an h-index of 20 and an i10-index of 32, indicating his research’s global impact. He attended over twenty-six national and international conferences, including the conferences organised by the Public Health Association Australia, Prevention United, the International AIDS Society, the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), and the Asia Pacific Sociological Association Conference, among others. In 2024 alone, eight abstracts were accepted/presented at national and international conferences with awards. He worked as a researcher and lecturer/academic at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University, Australian Catholic University, Southern Cross Education Institute, Green University of Bangladesh and Independent University Bangladesh. He also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the UNSW and Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research in Australia. He was awarded a prestigious UIPA scholarship to undertake his PhD at SPHCM. His PhD topic was 'A mixed-methods study of sex work and the HIV prevention environment for female sex workers in Bangladesh'. Earlier, Dr Huda did a Bachelor of Social Sciences (by research) and Master of Research in Health Sociology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and earned first-class (fourth position in order of merit) and 3.80/4 out of 225 students, respectively. Due to his excellent academic results, the University of Dhaka awarded him the 'SM Hall Scholarship'.
