Dr M Mamun Huda is a public health researcher and biostatistician, currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Rural Medicine, Charles Sturt University. His research focuses on child and adolescent health and well-being—particularly mental health—with an emphasis on early life course and social determinants of health. He is especially committed to addressing health disparities among underserved and Indigenous populations.

With over 15 years of experience, Dr Huda has developed strong expertise in biostatistics, health data science (including administrative data linkage), and public health epidemiology. His work spans population health research, quantitative program evaluations, and clinical and community-based intervention trials. He is dedicated to producing high-quality, policy-relevant evidence to improve health outcomes in rural and marginalised communities, particularly for children and adolescents.

Dr Huda holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Master of Science in Statistics from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and earned his PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the University of Queensland, Australia. His doctoral research analysed data from ~4 million participants across 258 national health surveys in 74 countries to assess the burden, disparities, and consequences of adolescent motherhood and health outcomes of their children. This work led to data-driven policy recommendations and has been published in high-impact journals such as The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health and received international media attention.

Before joining Charles Sturt University, Dr Huda was a Research Fellow at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, and previously served as an Associate Scientist at icddr,b in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At icddr,b, he contributed to multiple research and community-based intervention trials and worked closely with governments and global organisations to support national health programs across South Asia. His work has been published in leading journals including The Lancet Global Health, The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, EClinicalMedicine – The Lancet, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Dr Huda actively contributes to national and international research collaborations, including with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Global Burden of Disease Study, the International Association for Adolescent Health, and the Statistical Society of Australia. He has served as a consultant for WHO’s Special Programme for Tropical Disease Research (TDR), contributing to the development of global health policy documents.