About
Ishrat Azam Ishita is a public health nutrition professional with a strong background in nutrition, large scale food fortification, food systems, and evidence-based policy advocacy in Bangladesh. She holds a Master of Science in Food and Nutrition and currently works as a Project Officer in the Epidemiology and Research Department at the National Heart Foundation and Research Institute, where she contributes to large-scale initiatives on food fortification, dietary risk reduction, and cardiovascular disease prevention. Her experience spans research, field-based studies, and community engagement across South Asia, along with contributions to systematic reviews, including work on mustard oil and health outcomes. She has been actively involved in nutrition policy, program evaluation, and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on translating research evidence into actionable public health interventions. Her professional interests lie at the intersection of nutrition, public health research, and policy implementation, with a commitment to improving population health through culturally relevant and sustainable strategies.
Research interests
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease prevention and risk reduction
- Large-scale food fortification and population-level nutrition interventions
- Nutrition policy including dietary risk factors such as salt and sodium reduction strategies
- Epidemiological methods and public health surveillance systems
- Health policy analysis and implementation research
- Health systems strengthening and improvement of service delivery in Bangladesh
- Intersections of environment climate change
