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Professor Aziz Rahman

Associate Dean, Research and Professor, Public Health

Campus

Berwick Campus

Biography

Professor Aziz Rahman is an experienced academic, a medical doctor and a public health professional. He has worked in public health research and teaching for over 20 years in Australian and international settings. He has an excellent track record of providing leadership in completing different research and community projects successfully, focusing on various aspects of public health, securing funding, producing high-quality research publications, supervising higher degree research students, assisting in capacity building and providing supportive supervision to the early/mid-career researchers and collaborating successfully with experienced researchers.  

Aziz has published more than 250 research papers in multidisciplinary journals with more than 160,000 citations. Due to his extraordinary track record of research citations, he has been ranked amongst the world’s top 2% scientists for the last six years (2020–25) (Elsevier/Stanford University). He has contributed to generating over $14 million in funding in his professional career. He has extensive international research collaborations with over 25 countries and has successfully led several multi-country research projects with significant outputs.  

Aziz is currently working as the Professor of Public Health and Associate Dean of Research at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University Australia. He is also the Vice President of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). 

Fields of research

  • Public health
  • Epidemiology

Available for

HDR Supervision

Professional Comment

HDR Examiner

More about Aziz 

Collaborative Evaluation and Research Centre (CERC)

 Aziz is part of the Collaborative Evaluation and Research Centre (CERC), which provides training, workshops and mentoring to build capacity and enable organisations to conduct meaningful evaluations.
  • Publications

Bridging the mental health gap: a cross-sectional study comparing the psychological distress and fear among migrants and non-migrants in Australia

Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Quantifying the fatal and non-fatal burden of disease associated with child growth failure, 2000-2023: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Global burden of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use in 204 countries, 1990-2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study

Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990-2023: a Global Burden of Disease study

Heart failure related cardiotoxicity in breast cancer survivors: a scoping review

Vaping and mental health: A cross-sectional study among university students in Bangladesh

Attitudes, self-efficacy, and practice of psychiatrists to provide smoking cessation support among people with serious mental illness (SMI)

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Psychological Distress and Depression Among Bangladeshi Migrants In Australia: A Cross-sectional Study

Burden of chronic respiratory disease in Asia, 19902023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Oral health seeking behaviours and attitudes: Perspectives and practices of parents and teachers in Islamic boarding schools in Pakistan

Global, regional, and national burden of breast cancer among females, 19902023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Prevalence and predictors of high blood pressure among postmenopausal women in Bangladesh