Dr M Mamun Huda is an experienced public health researcher and biostatistician, currently serving as a Senior Research Fellow at the Rural Health Research Institute. With over 15 years of professional experience, he possesses a strong analytical background in public health sciences. His expertise lies in large-scale data management, administrative data linkage, integrated data analytics, data visualisation, health surveys, community-based intervention trials, and program evaluation. His current research is dedicated to child and adolescent health and well-being in underprivileged settings, focusing on issues such as teenage pregnancy and motherhood, teenage mothers' birth and child health outcomes, non-communicable diseases, and mental health.
 
Dr Huda has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.; Honours) and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Statistics from the Department of Statistics at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He also completed his PhD (in Public Health - Epidemiology) at The University of Queensland (Australia) utilizing a large number of national health survey data (~ 4 million participants in 258 surveys) from 74 countries worldwide to understand the global burden, disparity, determinants, and consequences of teenage motherhood and formulated important data-driven policy recommendations. His doctoral research has been published in leading international academic journals, including The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and received media coverage. 
 
Before joining the CSU Rural Health Research Institute, Dr. Huda was a Research Fellow at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland. He also held the position of Associate Scientist at icddr,b, an international health research organization based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. During his tenure at icddr,b, he actively participated in the implementation of research projects, including community-based intervention trials, and worked with governments and international research organizations to support national programs in the Indian subcontinent. His research has been published in high-impact international journals such as The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health (IF:36.4), Lancet Global Health (IF: 34.3), EClinicalMedicine-The Lancet (IF: 15.1), Clinical Infectious Disease (IF: 11.8), and Emerging Infectious Disease (IF: 11.8).

Dr Huda is active in professional roles and participates in national and international collaborative networks, including The World Health Organization (WHO), The Global Burden of Disease Study, The International Association for Adolescent Health, and the Statistical Society of Australia. He was a consultant for the Special Program for Tropical Disease Research (TDR), WHO, and was involved in developing several policy documents of the TDR/WHO.