His areas of research, publication and consultancy are in the area of Social & Administrative Pharmacy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) that focus on Pharmaceutical Policy & Supply Management, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Socio-behavioral Aspects of Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Management & Marketing. Dr. Izham has supervised and/or participated in training around 100 MSc and PhD graduate students from 15 countries. He has published 14 books and more than 300 articles. He won the 2015 Qatar University Scopus Medical & Health Sciences Scientist Award. He has also functioned in multiple consultant roles to the agencies and governments of Malaysia, Sudan, Mongolia, Qatar, and non-governmental bodies at national and international levels (e.g. WHO, Health Action International). He is an external examiner/ program reviewer/visiting professor/board member for a few Malaysian universities (i.e. IIUM, UKM, UnisZa, USM and UniKl), in Nepal and Sudan.