Miah Md Akiful Haque is a public health researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia’s School of Population & Global Health. His doctoral work examines autism spectrum disorder in Bangladesh—covering contributing factors, health-related quality of life, and economic burden. He has authored 15 publications spanning epidemiology, communicable diseases, vaccine acceptance, and quality-of-life outcomes, and has presented at international conferences. Akiful serves as an advisor to the Public Health Promotion & Development Society (PPDS) and previously worked as a Senior Clinical AI Specialist at Augmedix. He is supported by a UWA International Fee Scholarship and an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) stipend. Research interests include epidemiology, vaccines, autism spectrum disorder, occupational health, and public-health interventions.
Beast Award Level 1: Nessie, Augmedix, 2022
Haque, M.M.A., Jahan, Y., Khair, Z., Moriyama, M., Rahman, M.M., Sarker, M.H.R., Shaima, S.N., Chowdhury, S., Matin, K.F., Karim, I.J. and Ahmed, M.T., 2022. Perceptions about telemedicine among populations with chronic diseases amid COVID-19: data from a cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), p.4250.
Hawlader, M.D.H., Rahman, M.L., Nazir, A., Ara, T., Haque, M.M.A., Saha, S., Barsha, S.Y., Hossian, M., Matin, K.F., Siddiquea, S.R. and Rashid, M.U., 2022. COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in South Asia: a multi-country study. International journal of infectious diseases, 114, pp.1-10.
Barsha, S.Y., Haque, M.M.A., Rashid, M.U., Rahman, M.L., Hossain, M.A., Zaman, S., Bhuiyan, E., Sultana, R., Hossian, M., Nabi, M.H. and Hawlader, M.D.H., 2021. A case of acute encephalopathy and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction following mRNA-1273 vaccination: possible adverse effect?. Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research, 10(3), p.293.
Halim, M.R., Saha, S., Haque, I.U., Jesmin, S., Nishat, R.J., Islam, A.A., Roy, S., Haque, M.M.A., Islam, M.M., Hamid, T. and Ahmed, K.N., 2021. ABO blood group and outcomes in patients with COVID-19 admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU): a retrospective study in a tertiary-level hospital in Bangladesh. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, pp.2429-2436.
Hawlader, M.D.H., Rashid, M.U., Khan, M.A.S., Ara, T., Nabi, M.H., Haque, M.M.A., Matin, K.F., Hossain, M.A., Rahman, M.A., Hossian, M. and Saha, S., 2021. Quality of life of COVID-19 recovered patients in Bangladesh. PLoS One, 16(10), p.e0257421.
Haque, M.M.A., Rahman, M.L., Hossian, M., Matin, K.F., Nabi, M.H., Saha, S., Hasan, M., Manna, R.M., Barsha, S.Y., Hasan, S.R. and Siddiquea, S.R., 2021. Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and its determinants: evidence from a large sample study in Bangladesh. Heliyon, 7(6).
