Professor Abdullah Mamun
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Abdullah Mamun

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Background

Associate Professor Mamun is an internationally recognised leader in the areas of life course epidemiology and intergenerational perspectives. An approach that situates the individual risk factors and their interaction within a context that determines health outcomes has been the underlying basis of his research. He is one of the Principal Investigator’s of the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) cohort. Over the past 14 years, he has been leading the respiratory and cardiovascular epidemiology research in the MUSP that included 30 years follow-up of the MUSP offspring cohort (Gen 2) and the first follow-up of the children-of-the-offspring cohort (Gen 3). In recent years, he expanded his research in the low & middle income countries focusing on the rapid socio-economic development and the demographic and epidemiological transitions.

Mamun has made significant contributions to understand the critical stages of life and early life determinants of health. From the life course perspective, some of his papers are influential while thinking about the early development of health and well-being. For instance, his research confirmed that parents, especially mothers, are the role model for offspring health and well-being development from early life to adolescence and then to young adulthood. His research shows that weight management and prevention of obesity should start as early as possible even before or during pregnancy. He is interested to contribute new knowledge about the extent that socioeconomic, family and environmental factors track from generation to generation and how this impacts on health and well-being of the future generations.

Mamun has received several national (e.g. ARC, NHMRC, and NHF) and international competitive grants. He was awarded several highly competitive fellowships (e.g. NHMRC CDF Level 2, 2012-2016, NHMRC CDF Level 1, 2008-2011) and awards (UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards, 2009 and NHF Grants-in-Aid 2008). He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, most of which are published in high impact journals. He has an outstanding track-record of supervising RHD students. For instance, in the last five years, he has supervised 16 PhD students- 10 as Primary Advisor, who have been awarded their degrees.

Research Interests:

  • Respiratory and cardiovascular health- development and early prevention
  • Maternal and child health- early life environment and critical windows
  • Social, structural and environmental basis of health and well-being
  • Methodological innovation in longitudinal studies, administrative data and meta-analysis

Availability

Professor Abdullah Mamun is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Dhaka
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Dhaka
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Search Professor Abdullah Mamun’s works on UQ eSpace

433 works between 1998 and 2025
All (433) Journal Article (355) Book Chapter (4) Conference Publication (54) Book (1) Other Outputs (19)

221 - 240 of 433 works

2017

Journal Article

Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood

Zalbahar, N., Najman, J., McIntyre, H. D. and Mamun, A. (2017). Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood. Clinical Obesity, 7 (4), 206-215. doi: 10.1111/cob.12200

Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood

2017

Journal Article

Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Bangladeshi adults: findings from a national cross-sectional survey

Rahman, Muntasirur, Williams, Gail and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2017). Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Bangladeshi adults: findings from a national cross-sectional survey. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, 36 (1) 23, 23. doi: 10.1186/s41043-017-0101-5

Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Bangladeshi adults: findings from a national cross-sectional survey

2017

Journal Article

Maternal depression and family adversity: linked pathways to offspring depression?

Najman, Jake M., Plotnikova, M., Williams, G. M., Alati, R., Mamun, A. A., Scott, J., Clavarino, A. M. and Wray, N. (2017). Maternal depression and family adversity: linked pathways to offspring depression?. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 88, 97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.01.006

Maternal depression and family adversity: linked pathways to offspring depression?

2017

Journal Article

Does having a difficult child lead to poor maternal mental health?

Kingsbury, Ann M., Clavarino, Alexandra, Mamun, Abdullah, Saiepour, Nargess and Najman, J. M. (2017). Does having a difficult child lead to poor maternal mental health?. Public Health, 146, 46-55. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.01.001

Does having a difficult child lead to poor maternal mental health?

2017

Journal Article

Higher fish but lower micronutrient intakes: temporal changes in fish consumption from capture fisheries and aquaculture in Bangladesh

Bogard, Jessica R., Farook, Sami, Marks, Geoffrey C., Waid, Jillian, Belton, Ben, Ali, Masum, Toufique, Kazi, Mamun, Abdulla and Thilsted, Shakuntala H. (2017). Higher fish but lower micronutrient intakes: temporal changes in fish consumption from capture fisheries and aquaculture in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 12 (4) e0175098, e0175098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175098

Higher fish but lower micronutrient intakes: temporal changes in fish consumption from capture fisheries and aquaculture in Bangladesh

2017

Journal Article

Do children born to teenage parents have lower adult intelligence? A prospective birth cohort study

Khatun, Mohsina, Al Mamun, Abdullah, Scott, James, William, Gail M., Clavarino, Alexandra and Najman, Jake M. (2017). Do children born to teenage parents have lower adult intelligence? A prospective birth cohort study. PLoS One, 12 (3) e0167395, e0167395. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167395

Do children born to teenage parents have lower adult intelligence? A prospective birth cohort study

2017

Journal Article

How have the lives of pregnant women changed in the last 30 years?

Kingsbury, Ann M., Gibbons, Kristen, McIntyre, David, Tremellen, Anne, Flenady, Vicki, Wilkinson, Shelley, Mamun, Abullah and Najman, Jake M. (2017). How have the lives of pregnant women changed in the last 30 years?. Women and Birth, 30 (4), 342-349. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.01.008

How have the lives of pregnant women changed in the last 30 years?

2017

Journal Article

Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Taiwan

Chung, Hsin-Fang, Al Mamun, Abdullah, Huang, Meng-Chuan, Long, Kurt Z., Huang, Ya-Fang, Shin, Shyi-Jang, Hwang, Shang-Jyh and Hsu, Chih-Cheng (2017). Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Taiwan. Journal of Diabetes, 9 (11), 983-993. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12514

Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal study in Taiwan

2017

Journal Article

Trajectories of maternal depression: a 27-year population-based prospective study

Najman, J. M., Plotnikova, M., Williams, G. M., Alati, R., Mamun, A. A., Scott, J., Wray, N. and Clavarino, A. M. (2017). Trajectories of maternal depression: a 27-year population-based prospective study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 26 (1), 79-88. doi: 10.1017/S2045796015001109

Trajectories of maternal depression: a 27-year population-based prospective study

2017

Journal Article

An early life course association of pulse pressure with adulthood estimated glomerular filtration rate: evidence from a large community-based birth cohort study

Das, Sumon K., McIntyre, Harold D. and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2017). An early life course association of pulse pressure with adulthood estimated glomerular filtration rate: evidence from a large community-based birth cohort study. Journal of Hypertension, 35 (2), 392-400. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001172

An early life course association of pulse pressure with adulthood estimated glomerular filtration rate: evidence from a large community-based birth cohort study

2017

Journal Article

Hypertension and diabetes prevalence among adults with moderately increased BMI (23·0–24·9 kg/m2): findings from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh

Rahman, Muntasirur, Williams, Gail and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2017). Hypertension and diabetes prevalence among adults with moderately increased BMI (23·0–24·9 kg/m2): findings from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition, 20 (8), 1-8. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016003566

Hypertension and diabetes prevalence among adults with moderately increased BMI (23·0–24·9 kg/m2): findings from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh

2017

Journal Article

Mother-adult offspring resemblance in dietary intake: a community-based cohort study in Australia

Lahmann, Petra H., Williams, Gail M., Najman, Jake M. and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2017). Mother-adult offspring resemblance in dietary intake: a community-based cohort study in Australia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 105 (1), 185-193. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.137539

Mother-adult offspring resemblance in dietary intake: a community-based cohort study in Australia

2017

Conference Publication

The changing epidemiology of leptospirosis in mainland China and its impact on annual disease burden estimates

Dhewantara, Pandji W., Mamun, Abdullah A., Zhang, Wen-Yi, Guo, Danhuai, Hu, Wenbiao, Costa, Federico, Ko, Albert and Soares-Magalhaes, Ricardo J. (2017). The changing epidemiology of leptospirosis in mainland China and its impact on annual disease burden estimates. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Baltimore, MD, United States, 5-9 November, 2017. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2017

The changing epidemiology of leptospirosis in mainland China and its impact on annual disease burden estimates

2017

Conference Publication

Hallucinations in adolescents and risk of mental disorders and psychosocial impairment in adulthood: a birth cohort study

Scott, James, Connell, Melissa, Betts, Kim, Alati, Rosa, Najman, Jake, Clavarino, Alexandra, Mamun, Abdullah, Williams, Gail and McGrath, John (2017). Hallucinations in adolescents and risk of mental disorders and psychosocial impairment in adulthood: a birth cohort study. 16th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), San Diego CA, United States, 24-28 March 2017. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbx021.022

Hallucinations in adolescents and risk of mental disorders and psychosocial impairment in adulthood: a birth cohort study

2016

Journal Article

Exploring gender difference in sleep quality of young adults: findings from a large population study

Fatima, Yaqoot, Doi, Suhail A. R., Najman, Jake M. and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2016). Exploring gender difference in sleep quality of young adults: findings from a large population study. Clinical Medicine and Research, 14 (3-4), 138-144. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2016.1338

Exploring gender difference in sleep quality of young adults: findings from a large population study

2016

Journal Article

Parental pre-pregnancy BMI influences on offspring BMI and waist circumference at 21 years

Zalbahar, Nurzalinda, Najman, Jake, McIntrye, Harold D. and Mamun, Abdullah (2016). Parental pre-pregnancy BMI influences on offspring BMI and waist circumference at 21 years. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (6), 572-578. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12574

Parental pre-pregnancy BMI influences on offspring BMI and waist circumference at 21 years

2016

Journal Article

Sleep quality and obesity in young subjects: a meta-analysis

Fatima, Y., Doi, S. A. R. and Mamun, A. A. (2016). Sleep quality and obesity in young subjects: a meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 17 (11), 1154-1166. doi: 10.1111/obr.12444

Sleep quality and obesity in young subjects: a meta-analysis

2016

Journal Article

Asthma and sleep disturbance in adolescents and young adults: a cohort study

Garden, Mark, O'Callaghan, Michael, Suresh, Sadasivam, Mamum, Abdullah A. and Najman, Jake M. (2016). Asthma and sleep disturbance in adolescents and young adults: a cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52 (11), 1019-1025. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13234

Asthma and sleep disturbance in adolescents and young adults: a cohort study

2016

Journal Article

Higher hair nicotine level in children compared to mother living with smoking father in Malaysia

Mohamed, Nur Nadia, Loy, See Ling, Man, Che Nin, Al-Mamun, Abdullah and Jan Mohamed, Hamid Jan (2016). Higher hair nicotine level in children compared to mother living with smoking father in Malaysia. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 21 (6), 572-578. doi: 10.1007/s12199-016-0584-5

Higher hair nicotine level in children compared to mother living with smoking father in Malaysia

2016

Journal Article

Non-farmed fish contribute to greater micronutrient intakes than farmed fish: results from an intra-household survey in rural Bangladesh

Bogard, Jessica R., Marks, Geoffrey C., Mamun, Abdullah and Thilsted, Shakuntala H. (2016). Non-farmed fish contribute to greater micronutrient intakes than farmed fish: results from an intra-household survey in rural Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition, 20 (4), 1-10. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016002615

Non-farmed fish contribute to greater micronutrient intakes than farmed fish: results from an intra-household survey in rural Bangladesh

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2029
    Preventing non-communicable diseases (PreventNCD) among Indigenous children and youth in major cities of Australia
    NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Grant
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    A life course approach to early detection and prevention of noncommunicable diseases in priority populations
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Implementation of anti-racism strategies to improve health outcomes for First Nations peoples in a large urban hospital
    NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    Implementing a life course approach in antenatal and postnatal care settings for prevention and reduction of non-communicable disease risks in Nepal (IpreventNCD)
    NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Grant
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    Implementing a Life Course Approach in Antenatal and Postnatal Care Settings for Prevention and Reduction of Non-Communicable Disease Risks in Nepal (IpreventNCD) (GACD grant co-ordinated by NIPH)
    NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Grant
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Closing the final gaps in maternal and infant health: the Deadly Fit Mums program
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Sleep for Strong Souls (3S): Multisectoral partnership and codesigned solutions to improve the sleep health of First Nations Adolescents
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2027
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Exposure to Trihalomethanes in pregnancy and birth outcomes in Queensland: integrated data analysis and case studies for better policy and health outcomes
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    The developmental significance of sleep transition in early childhood.
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    Nurse led and Aboriginal Health Worker Supported Model for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Diagnosis and Management in Remote Queensland (led by James Cook University)
    Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Termination of Pregnancy Legislation and Policy Implementation
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Research Partnership - Health and Wellbeing Queensland and ISSR
    Health and Wellbeing Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Anglicare Family and Children Program Evaluations
    Anglicare Southern Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Co-designed sleep health program to achieve better sleep and improved mental health symptoms in Indigenous adolescents
    NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Evaluation Framework for the Keeping Queenslanders Healthy Priority
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Evaluation of the Digital Pregnancy Health Record
    HealthShare NSW
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Evaluation of the national support for child and youth mental health program and longitudinal research plan
    Commonwealth Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Evaluation of the Try, Test and Learn Fund
    Commonwealth Department of Social Services
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Equipment for naturalistic sleep-wake, circadian rhythm, and stress measurement
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    QSTARS Data Analysis
    Tenants QLD
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Design of an Evaluation Framework for IUIH Family Wellbeing Services
    Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Use of the public hospital system by private patients: motivations and implications
    Queensland Treasury Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Linked Lives: Antisocial Behaviour Across Three Generations
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Generational and developmental pathways of childhood and adolescent obesity: A three generation cohort study
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Into the thirties: Persistence and social consequences of risky drinking
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    The outcomes of adolescents and young adults who experience hallucinations: A birth cohort study
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (Population Health; Level 2): Long term progression and pathways of cardiometabolic risks for mothers and their adult offspring
    NHMRC Career Development Award
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Life Course of the Common Mental Disorders
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    The aetiology of alcohol use disorders in adulthood: a generational perspective
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2014
    Early origins, progression and aetiology of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes: a 30 year follow-up study
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Optimal timing of primary prevention for obesity: a life course epidemiology appraoch
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Attrition in longitudinal studies: advancing and evaluating statistical methods
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    The developmental origins of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes: evidence from an Australian birth cohort study
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2012
    NHMRC Career Development Award (Population Health - Level 1): Developmental stages of cardiovascular risk factors and their public health impact: a life course approach.
    NHMRC Career Development Award
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2012
    Beyond motherhood: a 27-year follow-up of the mental health of mid-age women
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    National Heart Foundation Fellowship: The developmental origins of cardiovascular risk factors: A life course approach
    National Heart Foundation of Australia
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    The development of cardiovascular risk factors by young adulthood with depression in childhood or adolescence: a birth-cohort study
    National Heart Foundation of Australia
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Temporal Relationship Between Obesity, Measured Objectively and Subjectively, and Mental Health as Depression or Anxiety, Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Confidence intervals for the multivariate-multistate life table
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Abdullah Mamun is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Indigenous Population: A Life Course Approach

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway, Professor James Ward

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multidisciplinary efforts to eliminate sexually transmissible infections in regional and remote Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre, Professor James Ward

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Implementing a life course approach in antenatal and postnatal care settings for prevention and reduction of non-communicable disease risks in Nepal (IpreventNCD)

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Hormonal physiology in childbearing and the impacts of maternity-care interventions for mothers, babies and public health' to Oxytocin in childbearing

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melinda Protani, Professor Leonie Callaway

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Hormonal physiology in childbearing and the impacts of maternity-care interventions for mothers, babies and public health' to Oxytocin in childbearing

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melinda Protani, Professor Leonie Callaway

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The effects of children's behaviour problems on parental health behaviours in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Martin O'Flaherty

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The metabolic syndrome in relation to nutritional status among adults in Vietnam

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Dung Phung, Associate Professor Phong Thai

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Abdullah Mamun directly for media enquiries about:

  • Blood pressure - health
  • Cardiovascular risk
  • Epidemiology
  • Health - longitudinal studies
  • Heart attack risk
  • Mental health - risk factors
  • Obesity
  • Population health - longitudinal studies
  • Public health
  • Risk factors - smoking, obesity
  • Smoking
  • Tobacco

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