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Dr. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on big data analysis, utilizing whole-population electronic medical records and primary and secondary healthcare data, employing advanced epidemiological study design methodologies to minimize bias and confounding in observational studies. He examines intersectional inequalities in morbidity and mortality both locally and globally. Dr. Islam has appeared on Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists list for four consecutive years from 2021 to 2024. His affiliations include being a Research Editor for the British Medical Journal and a Senior Advisor on Health Data Epidemiology for the UK Office of National Statistics. He has served as a Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany and is affiliated as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester. His previous work includes leading over 30 studies as an Epidemiologist and Medical Statistician at the Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, and working on significant research projects at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Islam holds an MBBS, MSc, MPH, and PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Harvard University and the University of British Columbia, where he also received prestigious doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.