Dr Mohammad Hamiduzzaman is a research academic at the University of Sydney, works as a psychosocial epidemiologist and health services researcher. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience in higher education. His PhD in Nursing investigated the health services access and utilization by older rural women, and his postdoctoral position was funded by Australian Department of Health to intervene person-centered care model in rural residential aged care homes. Dr Hamiduzzaman is a trained patient-oriented researcher, co-investigated two national research projects ($3.2 million): Harmony in the Bush: A Personalized Model of Care for Dementia, and VERILYConnect: Virtual Dementia Friendly Rural Communities. He led three studies: (1) DataLinkage - Preventative chronic conditions and services utilization by older rural adults (The University of Newcastle and Industry Partner); (2) Shared decision making between older rural adults and GPs (Flinders University), and (3) Coping with disasters (Flinders University). He has 70 publications and received the Flinders University Rural Health SA Excellence in Research Award in 2019.