Tarikul Islam (তরিকুল ইসলাম)
Lecturer
Office: Room No 408, ISRT building
Phone:
Email: tislam2@isrt.ac.bd
Phone:
Email: tislam2@isrt.ac.bd
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 and Epidemiology; Longitudinal and Hierarchical 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.
Publications (peer-reviewed, selected)
Methodological Contributions
- 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
Applied Research
- Latif, Mahbub A. H. M. & Islam, T. (2026). Association between cesarean section and maternal body mass index among ever-married women with recent births in Bangladesh: evidence from the 2017-18 BDHS. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-27703-8
- Islam, T., Uthso, N.A., Ray, D. et al. (2026). 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
Recent Talks & Presentations (Selected)
- “A Unified Three-Stage Weighting Framework for Causal Inference and Mediation Analysis under Case–Control Sampling” (Poster), Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, June 2026.
- “Causal Inference with Misclassified Exposure: Correcting the IPW Estimator” (Invited Talk), 65th ISI World Statistics Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands, October 2025.
- “Exposure-Influenced Mediator-Outcome Confounder in Causal Mediation Analysis: An Extended Methodological Framework”, 8th International Conference on The Role of Statistics and Data Science in 4IR (ICRSDS4IR), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, December 2024.
Awards & Honors (Selected)
- Recipient of the 2025 ISI Jan Tinbergen Award by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) for the paper “Causal Inference with Misclassified Exposure: Correcting the IPW Estimator”.
- Received the Dhaka University Research Excellence Recognition 2025 for the groundbreaking publication.
- Received the Research Publication Incentive Awards 2024 from the University of Dhaka for outstanding research excellence and publishing a research article in a Q1 journal (Session 2023–24).
- Received the ISRT Golden Jubilee Award 2022 for distinguished result in B.S. Honors, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka.
- Received the National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship (2023–2024), awarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, in support of M.S. thesis research.
- Received the Dean’s Honor Award 2021 for outstanding academic performance in the B.S. (Honors) examination, Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka.
- Received the Government Merit Scholarship (2023–2024) in the Talent Pool category for B.S. examination results.
- Received the Government Merit Scholarship in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), 2017.
Courses Taught
- MATH208: Mathematical Analysis (2024–Present)
- AST401: Advanced Probability and Stochastic Processes (2024–Present)
- CSE530: Python for Data Science (2024–Present)
Professional Memberships
- Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI)
- Life Member, Bangladesh Statistical Association
