Mikhail I Islam
Learning Designer
Centre for Professional Skill Development for Public Health
Short Biography
Mr. Islam is a Learning Designer specializing in designing indigenous Skills-based Curriculum, Skills-Learning Methodologies, Skills-based Faculty Development and Skills-Learning Outcomes & Assessment for the Public Health, Higher Education and corporate sectors. He is also an Adjunct Faculty in the MPH Programme. His BRAC SPH projects include: 1. OSUN 02H “DESIGNING COMMUNITY-CENTRIC SOLUTIONS IN LMIC HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSES” Health Professionals Skills Training – Learning Designer 2. WATERAID-BRAC SPH Community Handwashing Health Skills Learning Project – Learning Designer 3. ERASMUS+ “Transformative Public Health Education for Professional Employability in Bangladesh’s Health Sector” Capacity Building in Higher Education Grant – Co-Lead and Learning Designer 4. GSK – BRAC SPH “BUILDING PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP CAPACITY IN BANGLADESH” Public Health Management Training Project - Learning Designer
Module(s) taught (in MPH)
- MPH 501: Introduction to Public Health
Current Projects
Learning Design Studio – BRAC SPH Community Handwashing Skills Learning Project
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Rashid, Sabina Faiz PhD Med Antrop and PH; Islam, Mikhail Idris Learning Designer (2022) Designing Transformative Public Health Education for the Developing World: how one course re-imagined a more indigenous MPH Volume:64;No:6, pp.569-575 https://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/13215/12315
Other Publications
1.The Invisible Illness of Life: Women’s health narratives in a Dhaka informal settlement, 2019, LSE UK Berkeley Summit https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2019/05/20/lse-uc-berkeley-bangladesh-summit-2-the-invisible-illness-of-life-womens-health-narratives-in-a-dhaka-informal-settlement/ 2.Water Salinity and Maternal Health, Daily Star, 2011 https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-188591
Research Interests
Not Applicable
Education
- B.A. in English & American Literature
- Brandeis University 1995