Md Rabiul Karim is a Doctoral Candidate in Health Economics at Western Sydney University and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Jagannath University. His research focuses on health economics, public health policy, and econometric evaluation methods, with particular interests in health equity, cost-effectiveness analysis, and wellbeing. He is a recipient of the Western Sydney University Postgraduate Research Scholarship, the International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES), and the Australia Awards Fellowship.