Nazrul Islam
MBBS, MSc, MPH, PhD
Research Fellow, Medical Statistics
Physician-Epidemiologist and Medical Statistician
Naz is a physician-epidemiologist and medical statistician. Following his medical training (MBBS), he received his graduate training (Masters and PhD) in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Harvard University and the University of British Columbia.
Before joining Oxford, he was working as a quantitative research associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. His works involved research methodology and quantitative data analysis of randomised controlled trials and large observational databases. He is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge.
Current work and interests
Naz is a research fellow in medical statistics. Based at the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford, his work involves a combination of research methodology, medical statistics, and machine learning to examine cardiovascular disease burden using integrated electronic health records and large prospective health studies.
OTHER ROLES
>> Research Editor at The BMJ.
>> Member of the joint WHO-UN DESA Technical Advisory Group on Covid-19 mortality assessment.
Key publications
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RAAS Inhibitors and Risk of Covid-19
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Islam N. et al, (2020), New England Journal of Medicine, 383
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Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries.
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Islam N. et al, (2020), BMJ, 370
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COVID-19 mortality: a complex interplay of sex, gender and ethnicity.
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Islam N. et al, (2020), Eur J Public Health, 30, 847 - 848
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Incidence, risk factors, and prevention of hepatitis C reinfection: a population-based cohort study.
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Islam N. et al, (2017), The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2, 200 - 210
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Acute Kidney Injury in Children With Type 1 Diabetes Hospitalized for Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
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Hursh BE. et al, (2017), JAMA pediatrics, 171
Recent publications
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Sixty-day consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital: an electronic health records study.
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Islam N. et al, (2021), Eur J Public Health
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Uses and abuses of real-world data in generating evidence during a pandemic.
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Khunti K. et al, (2021), J R Soc Med
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Social inequality and the syndemic of chronic disease and COVID-19: county-level analysis in the USA.
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Islam N. et al, (2021), J Epidemiol Community Health
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Ethnicity, Household Composition and COVID-19 Mortality: A National Linked Data Study
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Nafilyan V. et al, (2020)
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Greater Arterial Stiffness in Children with or without Second-generation Antipsychotic Treatment for Mental Health Disorders
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Henderson AM. et al, (2020), The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
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Alcohol consumption and cause-specific mortality in Cuba: prospective study of 120 623 adults
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Rojas NA. et al, (2020), EClinicalMedicine
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COVID-19, seasonal influenza and measles: potential triple burden and the role of flu and MMR vaccines.
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Islam N. et al, (2020), J R Soc Med
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COVID-19 and climatic factors: A global analysis.
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Islam N. et al, (2020), Environ Res
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RAAS Inhibitors and Risk of Covid-19
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Islam N. et al, (2020), New England Journal of Medicine, 383
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Association of Timing and Balance of Physical Activity and Rest/Sleep With Risk of COVID-19: A UK Biobank Study
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Rowlands AV. et al, (2020), Mayo Clinic Proceedings