Past Event
Cancelled: Age-related inequalities in mortality and life expectancy during the Covid-19 pandemic: International comparisons
This session is Cancelled
About the Speaker
Dr Nazrul Islam, Research Fellow, Oxford Population Health
Dr. Nazrul Islam 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 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 also a Research Editor at the BMJ, and a Member of the WHO-UN Technical Advisory Group of Covid-19 Mortality Assessment. He has led two of the largest global comparative studies on the effects of Covid-19 on excess deaths and premature mortality (Ref: BMJ 2021;373:n1137, link: https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1137 and BMJ 2021;375:e066768, link: https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-066768).
This event is part of a seminar series:
Hilary 2022 Seminar Series - Social Care: challenge, change and renewal for older people
Convenors: Prof Francis Davis & Prof Chris Davis
Event Details
03 March 2022 14:00 - 15:00
Location
Online with Zoom