Md Irteja Islam is a medically trained early career academic at the Sydney School of Public Health, the University of Sydney. He has been involved in scientific health research and academia for more than a decade. He is proficient at implementing health research projects, using big datasets and making statistical analyses, following quantitative and qualitative research methods. He is experienced in supervising/mentoring students (honours, masters, PhDs) and junior doctors in Australia and globally. He has led/co-authored over 60 scientific papers focusing on child and adolescent health, mental health, injuries, Indigenous health, health services research, remote/rural health, and global health. Md Islam received his MBBS (Professional Honours in Medicine and Surgery) from Bangladesh in 2009, obtained his MSc (Public Health) from the UK in 2013, and completed a PhD (Public Health and Health Services) from Australia in 2021.