Dr Md Bayzidur Rahman is a biostatistician and environmental epidemiologist with extensive experience in health services, environmental health, and applied statistical research. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University.
Dr Rahman has previously held senior academic and applied research roles, including Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, and Data Analyst in the COVID‑19 response team at the NSW Ministry of Health. He currently holds Adjunct Senior Lecturer and Adjunct Associate Professor appointments at UNSW and the University of Notre Dame Australia, respectively.
An environmental scientist by training, Dr Rahman completed his PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Sydney. He has worked as a consultant biostatistician with major hospitals, professional bodies, international organisations, and government agencies, and has contributed to collaborative research projects across Australia, China, and Bangladesh. He has supervised numerous PhD, master’s, and honours students to completion and has played a leading role in postgraduate education, including developing and convening courses in epidemiology and biostatistics.
Dr Rahman’s research focuses on the design, execution, and analysis of complex epidemiological studies, including randomised controlled trials, cluster and stepped‑wedge cluster RCTs, and large observational studies. His current work centres on longitudinal analyses of large‑scale data on medication safety and patient outcomes in residential aged care homes and public hospitals, with broader interests spanning infectious diseases, chronic disease epidemiology, environmental exposures, and health services research.