Md. Mynul Islam

Lecturer

Education

M.S. in Applied Statistics, ISRT, University of Dhaka.

Research Interests

Environmental and Spatial Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Survival Analysis, Linear Mixed Model, Statistical Computing.

Thesis

 A spatial multilevel model using conditional autoregressive process for variations at different levels.

Supervisor: Dr. Syed Shahadat Hossain, Professor, Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka.

Scholarships and Awards

• ISRT Golden Jubilee Award for scoring the highest CGPA among all the students enrolled in the academic session 2012-13, 2017.

• Qazi Motahar Hossain Award for scoring the highest CGPA among all the students enrolled in the academic session 2012-13, 2017.
• ISRT merit scholarship for B.Sc(Hons) results from the year 2014 to 2016.
• National Science and Technology fellowship from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of people’s republic of Bangladesh for innovative thesis work,2018.

• Shahidara Saleh Trust Fund Award, University of Dhaka for scoring the highest CGPA among all the students enrolled in the academic session 2012-13, 2018.

• Junior scholarship (general) of class 8, 2007.

Current Teaching

• Advanced Multivariate Technique
• Multivariate Statistics II
• Sampling Methods II
• Statistical Computing VIII (life table, Linear Programming Problem, Multivariate Analysis, and Statistical Inference)

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

• Saha, M., Saha, G., & Islam, M., (2022) Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Bangladeshi residents during COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS Glob Public Health 2(5): e0000407. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000407
• Mahmud, S., Hossain, S., Muyeed, A., Islam, M. M., & Mohsin, M. (2021). The global prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and, insomnia and its changes among health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid systematic review and meta-analysis. Heliyon, 7(7), e07393. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07393
• Islam, M. M., Shafique, M. I.,Rahman, M. A., & Rahman, L. M. (2021). Forecasting Thunderstorms in Bangladesh: A Time Series Modeling Approach, International Journal of Statistics and Applications, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2021, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.5923/j.statistics.20211101.01.
• Rahman, M. L., Islam, M., & Roy, M. (2020). Modeling Inflation in Bangladesh. Open Journal of Statistics, 10(06), 998. doi:https://doi.org/10.4236/ojs.2020.106056
• Rani, S., Ahmed, M. K., Xiongzhi, X., Yuhuan, J., Keliang, C., & Islam, M. M. (2020). Economic valuation and conservation, restoration & management strategies of Saint Martin’s coral island, Bangladesh. Ocean & Coastal Management, 183, 105024.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.105024

Preprint  Articles:

• Mahmud, S., Mohsin, M., Hossain, S., Islam, M. M., &Muyeed, A. (2021). The acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine: a global rapid systematic review and meta-analysis.https://ssrn.com/abstract=3855987or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3855987
• Mahmud, S., Mohsin, M., Muyeed, A., Hossain, S., Islam, M. M., & Islam, A. (2021). Prevalence of HIV and Syphilis and their Co-infection among Men Having Sex with Men in Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. medRxiv. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.21268191

Submitted Articles:

• Mahmud, S., Mohsin, M., Hossain, S., Islam, M. M., & Muyeed, A. (2021). The acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine: a global rapid systematic review and meta-analysis. Heliyon. (Revision Submitted).
• Mahmud, S., Mohsin, M., Muyeed, A., Hossain, S., Islam, M. M., & Islam, A. (2021). Prevalence of HIV and Syphilis and their Co-infection among Men Having Sex with Men in Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Heliyon. (Under Review).

Articles in Progress:

• Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated with Severity of COVID-19 Among Doctors in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study during the first wave. (With Dr Abhishek Bhadra, Dr Imtiaz Hafiz).
• COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance among the undergraduate students in Bangladesh (With Nadira Sultana Kakoly, Imtiaz Hafiz, and Dr. Abhishek Bhadra).

Participation in conference/Workshop:

• “A spatial multilevel model using conditional autoregressive processes.” (winner of Awards for Scientists (CASc)) presented in International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB 41^st ) conference, in Kraków, Poland, 23 – 27 August 2020. (online).
• “A spatial multilevel model using conditional autoregressive processes.” presented in 2^nd International Conference on Applied Statistics Conference, Bangladesh, 27-29 December 2019.

Research Grants

• “Dietary and Environmental Impacts on Cancer Episode in Bangladesh” with M. Lutfor Rahman, Dhaka University Centennial Research Grant(2020-2021).