Md Foyjul Islam

Email: drislam0666@gmail.com

Mobile No. +8801715787598

Short bio:

Dr. Md Foyjul Islam obtained his MBBS degree from Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College in Bogura, Bangladesh. He serves as a Medical Officer at Bangladesh's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Dr. Islam is pursuing an MSc in Applied Epidemiology at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the University of Dhaka and is an Advanced Fellow of the Field Epidemiology Training Program (9th cohort) in Bangladesh. His research interests focus on non-communicable diseases, particularly women's health, and infectious diseases such as Nipah, anthrax, and rabies.

• Professional Role as FETP Fellow:

• Surveillance Evaluation: National Cervical and Breast Cancer Surveillance System
• Data Analysis: Electronic Data Tracking with Population Based Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Program
• Analytical Project: Determinants of Pre-Cancerous Cervical Lesion among Women in Selected Tertiary Hospitals at Dhaka.
• Outbreak investigation participation

Lead:

1. Investigation of a Nipah Encephalitis Patient Reported from Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi, March-2024
2. Investigation of cases with Peri-Orbital Cellulitis with Necrotizing Fasciitis at South-western districts of Bangladesh
3. Anthrax Outbreak Investigation among Humans and Livestock: A One Health Approach in Meherpur District of Bangladesh, December 2023

           Co-lead:

1. Investigation of a Post-Partum Nipah Encephalitis Patient Reported from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital, Faridpur-2023
2. A typhoid fever outbreak associated with the installation of a new water distribution network in the largest slum of Dhaka - Bangladesh, 2023

• Case Investigation Participation\

Lead:

1. Suspected Diphtheria Case Investigation at Infectious Disease Hospital, Dhaka July, 2023
2. Suspected Diphtheria Case Investigation in Evercare hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh – August 4, 2023

Co-lead

1. Investigation of a meningococcal meningitis case in Rajbari, 2023
2. Public Health Response to an Undiagnosed Febrile Illness with Travel History in South Sudan

• Publications, Abstracts, Conference papers & presentations

• Publications:

1. Kar S, Islam MF. Global Dialysis Perspective: Bangladesh. Kidney360. 2023 Oct 1;4(10):e1472-e1475. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000232. PMID: 37531211; PMCID: PMC10617799.
2. Munira, S., Jahan, M. S., & Islam, M. F. (2023). Impact of Genitourinary Prolapse on Quality of Life and Sexual Function in Women at Their Midlife. Fertility & Reproduction, 5(04), 648-648.
3. Mondal, R. N., Das, A., Islam, M. F., Podder, P., Pramanik, S., & Rani, M,.Prevalence of NCD Risk Factors Among the Adult Family Members of Students of School (Phase – A).  Journal of Medicine:2019; 21(1), 8–13. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v21i1.44094
4.  Mondal R N, Jahan S.M, Islam M. F,et all . Total semiannual treatment related expenditure of a patient due to hypertension. EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH:2017;8(1),3521-3535.
5. Mondal RN, Matin A, Rani M, Hossain Z, Shaha AC, M. F,Singh RB, et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertensive Retinopathy in Hypertensive Patients. Journal of Hypertension: Open Access. 2017; 6 (2):8-14
6. Rahman AKMM, Islam M. F, Podder P., Hossain M,Siddique A,Frequency , clinical and antimicrobial profile in  suspected urinary tract infection cases in a teaching hospital .TMSS Medical College Jouranal:2018;11(2):20-25
7. Rahman AKMM, Islam M. F, Podder P., Montasir AA, Hossain M,Siddique Frequency, severity and awareness of hypoglycemia of type 2 diabetic patient in a tertiary level hospital. TMSS Medical College Jouranal:2018;10(1):9-15

• Abstracts, Conference papers & presentations
• Poster presentation

1. Islam, M. F., Zaki, Q. A., Azhar, A., Noushin, F., Khanom, J., Mahibullah, M., Hassan, M. R., Qayum, M. O., Rahman, S., Prince, K. T. P., Alam, A. N., Habib, Z. H., Nasif, M. A. O., Uzzaman, M. S., Rahman, M., & Shirin, T. (2024). Anthrax Outbreak Investigation among Humans and Livestock: A One Health Approach in Meherpur District of Bangladesh, December 2023 [Poster presentation]. 8th World One Health Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Islam, M. F., Zaki, Q. A., Ashrafi, S. A., Nessa, A., & Shirin, T. (2023). Participation Variations in Cervical Cancer Screening and Factors Associated with Screening Results: Analysis of National Surveillance Data in Bangladesh [Poster presentation]. 6th Annual General Meeting and International Scientific Conference, Bangladesh Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology (BDSCCP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• Oral Presentation

1. Islam, M. F., Zaki, Q. A., Ashrafi, S. A., Nessa, A., & Shirin, T. (2024). Predictors of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid Positivity in Electronic Data Tracking with Population-Based Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Program (EPBCBSP) in Bangladesh 2018-2022 [Oral abstract]. Eighth EMPHNET Regional Conference, Amman, Jordan.

• Awards and other achievement:

1. Selected as one of 20 fellows from Asia for the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Training (CART) by ESCAP, United Nations.
2. Received a grant from the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) NCD Mini-Grant for the research proposal titled "Strengthening Post-partum Mental Health: Integration of Mental Health Assessment Screening Tool in Routine Post-natal Care."

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