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Dr. Farzana Islam

MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)

Professor & HOD, Department of Community Medicine

Reg. Number: DMC-67520

hod.cmedicine@himsr.co.in

About

I am a public health professional with diverse experience in program implementation, research and academics. I am a physician with a Master’s Degree (MD) in Community Medicine/Public Health. I have close to two decades of experience working in different domains of public health and different geographies.  I worked in Government agencies, UN organizations(WHO-NPSP), and academic institutions. I have   completed the Advanced Course of Vaccinology (ADVAC), organized by Fondation Mérieux & Université de Genève in 2023. I take great pride for being a member of WomenLift Health Global Alumnae Network and Alumni of the 2023 India Cohort of the WomenLift Health Leadership Journey.

Educational Qualifications

S.No. Degree Year of Completion Institute Name
1 MBBS 1998 Silchar Medical College, Silchar Assam, India University: Assam University Silchar Assam, India
2 MD, Community Medicine 2005 Guahati Medical College, Guwahati Assam University: Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam
3 ADVAC Fellowship 2023 The Mérieux Foundation & the University of Genève
4 WomenLift Health Fellowship 2024 WomenLift Health Global Alumnae Network
5 Revised Basic Course Workshop 2018 MEU, HIMSR
6 AETCOM 2018 MEU, HIMSR

Details of Teaching Experience

S.No. Designation Institution From To Duration
1 Professor & Head HIMSR, New Delhi 23-06-2020 Till Date
2 Associate Professor HIMSR, New Delhi 07-11-2016 22-06-2020 3 years and 7 months
3 Assistant Professor HIMSR, New Delhi 10-02-2014 06-11-2016 2 years and 9 months
4 Assistant Professor MGM Medical College, Kishanganj 09-08-2009 31-07-2013 3 years and 11 months

Total Publications:-51

Publications (Last Three Years)

  1. Richa Gautam, Safa Fazal Haque, Mohammad Rashid, Faheem Ahmed, Farzana Islam. Enablers And Barriers Towards Infant And Young Child Feeding Practices Among Children Aged 6 – 23 Months in the Urban Slums Of Delhi. Int J Med Pub Health 2025; 15 (3); 47-51
  2. Islam, Farzana; Alvi, Yasir; Gautam, Richa; Shaikh, Aqsa; Panda, Meely1; Thakur, Archana2; Pathak, Rambha3; Sharma, Varun; Jiloha, RC4. Sexual Harassment among Female Healthcare Workers, its Consequences and Barriers in Seeking Help in India’s Health Sector. Indian Journal of Community Medicine ():10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_225_24, April 17, 2025. | DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_225_24
  3. Alvi Y, Islam F, Gautam R, Thakur A, Sharma V. Beyond the tip of the iceberg: Exploring the mismatch between perceived and actual sexual harassment experiences by working females in Indian healthcare settings. J Family Med Prim Care 2025;14:1036-43.
  4. Singh VK, Islam F, Pathak R, Shah A. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in adult Population in an Urban Area of Delhi, India: A Community-Based Epidemiological Study. Preventive Medicine: Research & Reviews. 2024:10-4103.
  5. Kumar N, Darshan M, Islam F. Ensuring global health: a comprehensive review of vaccine regulation with a focus on the Indian perspective. Int J Community Med Public Health 2024;11:989-93.
  6. Islam F, Abdul Salam AS, Gautam R, Kashyap V, Roy S. Quality of Life, Treatment seeking Pathways and Out of Pocket Expenditure of parents with children with Autism-Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in South Delhi. Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];36(3).
  7. Safa Fazal Haque, Mohammad Rashid, Richa Gautam , Faheem Ahmed and Farzana Islam, 2024. P revalence f Age‐Appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices Among Children Aged 6‐23 Months. Res. J. Med. Sci., 18: 284‐290, doi: 10.36478/ makrjms.2024.8.284.290
  8. Salah, Hamza1; Alvi, Yasir1; Kashyap, Varun2; Islam, Farzana1; Kursiwal, Bharti1; Arzu, Shama1; Saifi, Ghazala1. Comparison of Attitudes of Medical Students and Interns towards People with Mental Illness in Delhi, India. Preventive Medicine Research & Reviews 1(2):p 111-114, Mar–Apr 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/PMRR.PMRR_101_23
  9. Bano, Aysha; Islam, Farzana; Alvi, Yasir. IJCM_92A: Pregnancy outcomes associated with antenatal care service utilization & barriers and enablers affecting the utilization of antenatal care services in South-East Delhi: A community-based cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 49(Suppl 1):p S27, April 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_abstract92
  10. Gautam R, Alvi Y, Islam F, Kumar N, Pathak R, Agarwalla R, et al. An interventional study to assess the impact of behavior modification therapy on motivation level for tobacco cessation among adult tobacco users in a resettlement colony of South Delhi. J Edu Health Promot 2024;13:199.
  11. Guruprasad R Medigeshi, Farzana Islam, Rakesh Lodha. Quadrivalent dengue-virus vaccines: challenges and opportunities for India. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23rd February 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00137-3
  12. Alvi, Y.; Philip, S.; Anand, T.; Chinnakali, P.; Islam, F.; Singla, N.; Thekkur, P.; Khanna, A.; Vashishat. Situation Analysis of Early Implementation of Programmatic Management of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment among Household Contacts of Pulmonary TB Patients in Delhi, India. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2024, 9, 24
  13. Ayan Kumar Das, Farzana Islam, Yasir Alvi, Mridu Dudeja, Mohammad Ahmad, Anisur Rahman, Sushovan Roy, Aamir, Maroof Ahmed, SARS-CoV-2 infection and seropositivity among household contacts of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in residents of Delhi, India, Preventive Medicine Reports, Volume 38, 2024, 102603, ISSN 2211-3355,
  14. Islam F. Biostatistics Manual for Health Research. EFI Journal. 2023;4(3):105-106.
  15. Farzana Islam, Yasir Alvi, Neetu Choudhury. HPV Vaccination and Adolescent Health: Addressing Parental Concerns-Editorial. Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health Volume 10, Issue 3 - 2023, Pg. No. 1-6
  16. Khan S, Alvi Y, Ahmed F, Islam F, Internet addiction among students of selected schools of South Delhi. Indian J Forensic Community Med 2023;10(2):68-75
  17. Farzana Islam, Yasir Alvi, Mohammad Ahmad, Faheem Ahmed, Anisur Rahman, Farishta Hannah D. Singh, Ayan Kumar Das, Mridu Dudeja, Ekta Gupta, Rashmi Agarwalla, Iqbal Alam, Sushovan Roy, Household transmission dynamics of COVID-19 among residents of Delhi, India: a prospective case-ascertained study, IJID Regions, Volume 7, 2023, Pages 22-30, ISSN 2772-7076, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.02.005.
  18. Vineet Jain MD, Nusrat Nabi, Sanjana Aggarwal, Zaara Alam, Kailash Chandra, Dharmander Singh, Varun Kashyap, Farzana Islam, Sunil Kohli MD. Long-term health consequences of COVID-19 in survivors hospitalized at a tertiary care hospital and their correlation with acute COVID-19 severity and associated risk factors. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16652. J Clin Nurs. 2023;00:1–11
  19. Sana Ur Rehman, Farzana Islam, Aisha Perveen, Daniah Siddiqui. A Clinical Study To Assess The Role Of Dalak-E-Layyan With Roghan-E Kahu In Mild To Moderate Cases Of Depression. Dogo Rangsang Research Journal UGC Care Group I Journal ISSN : 2347-7180 Vol-13, Issue-2, No. 3, February 2023
  20. Dudeja M, Shaikh A, Islam F, Alvi Y, Ahmad M, Kashyap V, et al. (2023) Assessment of potential risk factors for COVID-19 among health care workers in a health care setting in Delhi, India -a cohort study. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0265290
  21. Agarwalla R, Pathak R, Ahmed F, Islam F, Kashyap V, Bhattacharyya H. A mixed method study to assess notification of tuberculosis patients by private practitioners in New Delhi, India. Indian J Public Health 2023;67:136-40.
  22. Araf Fatma, Aisha Perveen, Farzana Islam, Areeba Insaf. A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of supervised Riyazat-E-Juziya on Pelvic Floor Muscles in women with Urinary Incontinence. Dogo Rangsang Research Journal (UGC Care Approved) : ISSN 2347-7180 with IF=5.127 Vol. 13, Issue. 6, No. 01, June : 2023
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Memberships and Fellowships

  1. Name of Membership or Fellowship of Professional Bodies
  2. WomenLift Health Global Alumnae Network
  3. Member of Epidemiology Foundation of India
  4. Expert Group member for the MIYCN eLearning program
  5. Member of MIYCN-IAPSM National Working group
  6. Life member of Indian Public Health Association
  7. Life member of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine.
  8. Life member of Indian Association for Adolescent Health.
  9. WomenLift Health Global Alumnae Network
  10. Member of WHO Unity Studies Global Network

Awards

  1. Certificate of Recognition for successful implementation of MR Campaign in the State of Delhi (GNCTD) 2023

Invited Talks and Lectures

  1. As a panelists in a panel discussion, organized by Yale University -Global Health Leadership Initiative in collaboration with the University of Arizona, & JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, and the Public Health Research Institute of India (PHRII), on 18/03/2024
  2. Moderated a Panel Discussion on Quality, Equity, and Inclusiveness Initiative, Change the Game: For Her, Him, and Them, on August 26, 2023, at DMS Auditorium, Department of Management Studies, Vishwakarma Bhawan, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi
  3. Guest Speaker at International Summit on Public Health on 21-22nd April 2022, on the theme of “Towards A Healthy India: A Public Health Perspective” at Amity University, Noida, UP.
  4. Invited as one of the panellists by Integrated Health & Wellbeing Council (IHW Council) at #IndiaImmunizationSummit for panel discussion titled "Bridging the Gaps: COVID-19 Experience" scheduled on 21st August 2021
  5. As panellist in the dialogue session on Vaccination in the context of COVID-19, 30 April 2021, 11 AM - 1 PM as part of the CORE Net virtual conference.
  6. As a Resource Person on “Training of Community Medicine Faculty from Medical Colleges in UP and Bihar on Quality Assessment of POSHAN Abhiyan”, held on 12th to 14th February 2020 at Dept. of Community & Family Medicine, AIIMS Patna, Bihar
  7. As a Resource Person on “Workshop on Introductory Course on Research Methodology & Biostatistics” held from 8th Jan 2020 & 9th of Jan 2020 at HIMSR

Eligibility for External Examiner

Eligible as external examiner for MBBS, MD/MS, DNB

Institutional Responsibilities

S.No. Name of the Committee Role
1 Day Care Committee Incharge
2 District Residency Programme (DRP) Committee Chairperson
3 Anti Ragging Committee Member
4 College Council Committee Member
5 National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme Core committee Member