Dr. Md Shahidul Islam is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Discipline Lead and Course Coordinator for Health Management and Public Health Programs in the School of Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England (UNE), Armidale, Australia. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Health, UNE, and M.Sc. in International Health from the Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He received his Bachelor’s (Honours) and Master’s degrees in Sociology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an Associate Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) and an Executive Committee member for the Society for Health Administration Programs in Education (SHAPE), Australia. Dr. Islam is an experienced academic in Public Health and Health Management, who has worked across Asia, Europe, and Australia as an academic and researcher for over 20 years. His research portfolio is largely within the interdisciplinary and general field of Health Sciences. He also serves as an Editorial Board Member of BMC Public Health and BMC Health Services Research.