Mahfuza Islam

PhD Student,University of California

Mahfuza Islam is currently a PhD student in Environmental Health Science, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA. She has completed her BSc. and MSc. in “Food and Nutrition” with Masters of Public Health. She worked in Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Bangladesh as Senior Research Manager and in International Center for Diarrheal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) as Assistant Scientist and has 15 years of experience in public health and research in Bangladesh. Mahfuza has lead several studies including large trial on water, sanitation, hygiene and other environmental issues in Bangladesh both in urban and rural settings. She was involved working with multidisciplinary teams on a variety of study components and led studies to improve drinking water quality, to reduce fecal contamination from domestic environment and to evaluate child cognitive development. Her research published to many international peer reviewed journal and she presented her research findings both national and international conferences. She is interested conducting environmental studies to find underutilized routes of infectious disease transmission in Bangladesh and other developing nations. In order to enhance public health, she seeks to provide evidence-based solutions that are accessible, sustainable, and safe for policymakers, development organizations, and donors to use.