Md. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor at the General Education Office, United International College, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong; his MSc in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University; and his Bachelor in Anthropology (First Class Honors) from Jahangirnagar University. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada (2015-16); a Visiting Scholar at the Center of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong (2008); Attached to University of Calcutta, India (2004-2005); a Visiting Research Associate at the Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines (2003); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellow, Germany (2002-03); and The United Nations University Fellow, Japan (2001). He is the author of the book Chinese and Indian Medicine Today-Branding Asia by Springer Nature (2017) and editor of Public Health Challenges in Contemporary China: An Interdisciplinary Perspective by Springer (2016).