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Profile:
Munir Khan is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics. He has a PhD in Economic Geography from the University of Melbourne. He is currently working as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) on Quality of Life (QOL) project under the supervision of Prof. Jeff Richardson, founding Director of the Centre for Health Economics. Before joining to the Centre, Dr. Khan has worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Rural Health and Data Analyst in the University Planning Office at the University of Melbourne. He also worked as a researcher at Victoria University and has tutored in Strategic Management at Monash University. Before migrated to Australia in 1992 Dr. Khan has worked at the University of Dhaka as an academic for several years. He has extensive experience in undertaking research in wide areas of topics including health and wellbeing of rural people, obstetrics outcome of Victorian indigenous people, prevalence of adult obesity in rural communities, recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural Victoria, consumers’ perspective of GP’s undertaking research, students’ interest in rural health careers and students attitudes towards mental health. He has also conducted research on social and economic conditions of disadvantage people, spatial pattern of income inequality in South Australia and labour market outcomes of South Asian migrants in Australian labour market. In his academic career, Dr. Khan has published some of his research work in national and international Journals.
Recent Publications:
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DeWitt, D.; Critchley, J. and Khan, MA. 2007, ‘A required rural health module increases students’ interest in rural health careers’ Rural and Remote Health, 1 June 2007; 7:688.
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Simmons, D.; McKenzie, A.; Eaton, S.; Cox, N.; Khan, MA; Shaw, J.; and Zimmet, P. 2005, ‘Choice and availability of take away and restaurant food does not affect the prevalence of adult obesity in rural communities in Australia’, International Journal of Obesity, April, 2005; Vol. 29, No. 4
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Simmons, D.; Khan, MA., Teale, G. 2005, ‘Obstetric Outcomes among rural Aboriginal Victorians’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, February, 2005; 45: 68-70.
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Khan, MA., 2003, ‘Occupational Adjustment and Job Transition of South Asian Migrants in Melbourne’, The Oriental Geographer, Vol. 47, No. 1, Bangladesh Geographical Society, Dhaka.
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Khan, MA., 2003, “Tonga”a Book chapter in Pocket Guide to Cultural Assessment, edited by Carolyn E. D’ Avanzo, Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc. 2003.
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Madden, A.; With Simmons, D.; McCarty, C.; Khan, MA.; and Taylor, H., 2002, ‘Eye Health in Rural Areas’, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 30, PP 316-321, 2002.
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Khan, MA., 1999, ‘Occupational Status and Economic Progress of Bangladesh-, India- and Sri Lanka-Born Migrants in Melbourne’, The Oriental Geographer, Vol 43, No. 1, Bangladesh Geographical Society, Dhaka, 1999.
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Khan, MA., 1998, ‘Asian Migration and Changing Employment and Occupation in Melbourne’ Ph.D Thesis, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The University of Melbourne.
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Islam, N. and Khan, MA., 1992, ‘Land Use Dynamics in The Urban Fringe: With Special Reference to Land and Residential Development in the Urban Fringe of Dhaka City’, in Urban Land Management in Bangladesh, edited by N. Islam & A.I. Chowdhury, Ministry of Land, Government of Bangladesh, 1992, Dhaka.
- Khan, MA., 1992, ‘Dependency Theory and The Case of Bangladesh’, The Oriental Geographer, Vol. 34, 1992, Bangladesh Geographical Society, Dhaka.
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