Tarikul Islam (তরিকুল ইসলাম)

Lecturer

Education

• M.S. in Applied Statistics, 2022, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
• B.S. in Applied Statistics, 2021, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

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Research Interests

• Causal inference; Biostatistics; Longitudinal data analysis
• My homepage at Dhaka University website

Theses

• [M. S. Thesis]: “Measurement Error, Exposure-Influenced Confounding, and Sensitivity Analysis in Causal Mediation Analysis”, M.S. Thesis, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022. Supervisor: Dr. Mahbub Latif.
• [B.S. Project]: “Statistical Modeling of Regional Life Expectancy Data from 2014 to 2020 in Bangladesh”, B.S. Project, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021. Supervisor: Ms. Noor Jahan Akter.

Published Papers

• Islam, T., & Latif, Mahbub A. H. M. (2025). Sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounding for a joint effect with an application to survey data. Epidemiologic Methods, 14(1), 20250007. doi: 10.1515/em-2025-0007
• Islam, T., & Latif, Mahbub A. H. M. (2025). Causal mediation analysis in the presence of a common confounder measured with error. Statistica Neerlandica, 79(2), e70005. doi: 10.1111/stan.70005
• Islam, T., Uthso, N.A., Ray, D. et al. (2025). Determinants of household well-being and mapping vulnerability in Bangladesh: evidence from BDHS 2022 data. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-25922-z
• Khan, M.R., Siddik, A.B. & Islam, T. (2025). Disparities in contraceptive preferences among Bangladeshi women: a multilevel logistic regression study. BMC Public Health 25, 3444, doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24424-2
• Islam, T., & Uthso, N. A. (2024). Investigating the causal relationship between wealth index and ICT skills: a mediation analysis approach. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 19786. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71090-2
• Islam, T., & Akter, N. J. (2023). Identifying regional disparities of infant mortality rates in Bangladesh: insights from nationwide cross-sectional studies and a statistical modelling approach using linear mixed effects model with temporal variability. BMJ open, 13(9), e069512. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069512
• Islam, T., & Akter, N. J. (2023). Statistical modeling of life expectancy data to identify the low life expectancy regions in Bangladesh: a likelihood based cluster analysis. Universal Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 18(2), 165-184. doi: 10.17654/2277141723010

Courses Taught

• MATH208: Mathematical Analysis [2024, 2025]
• AST401: Advanced Probability and Stochastic Processes [2024, 2025]
• CSE530: Python for Data Science [2024, 2025]