ICAT Trainee Network Members
Coordinators
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ACL
Research Interest: My research interest is in the clinical translation of a liquid biopsy in head and neck cancer, specifically circulating tumour cells and DNA.
Expertise: Head neck cancer; CTC; ctDNA; Genomics; Transcriptomics; Methylomics; Flow cytometry; Mass cytometry; Medical education
Email: k.payne.1@bham.ac.uk
Haematology ACL
Research Interest: My area of research interest is in non-malignant haematology with a sub specialist focus on bleeding, clotting and platelet disorders. I chair the UK non-malignant haematology research network HaemSTAR.
Expertise: Platelets; Thromboinflammation
Email: p.nicolson@bham.ac.uk
Dimitrios Chanouzas
Nephrology Consultant and Honorary Clinical Senior Research Fellow
Research Interest: My research at present is focused on the mechanisms via which cytomegalovirus infection amplifies tissue damage in ANCA associated vasculitis and other immune mediated renal diseases and exploring potential therapeutics for patient benefit.
Expertise: Flow cytometry; Clinical trials; Cytomegalovirus; ANCA associated vasculitis; Immunobiology; Academic nephrology
Email: d.chanouzas@bham.ac.uk
Group Members
Islam Abdelaziz
Histopathology ACF
Research Interest: I am working in breast cancer research and how we can improve our prediction to treatment.
Expertise: Genomics; Chromogenic in situ hybridisation; IHC, western blot; Digital pathology
Email: islam.abdelaziz@nhs.net
ENT Doctoral Fellow
Research Interest: AI/ML applications to head and Neck cancer, Clinical predictive modelling and prognostication for head and neck cancer, Extra-nodal extension and Head and neck cancer, and collaborative research.
Expertise: AI/ML research/Python and R programming; Imputation for missingness; Outcome predictive modelling; Multi-disciplinary collaborative research
Email: a.abou-foul@bham.ac.uk
Vinay Chavda
Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology ACF
Research Interest: Dental education; Technology enhanced learning and digital innovation
Expertise: Artificial intelligence; Medical education; Radiology
Email: V_Chavda@hotmail.co.uk
Catherine Dunlop
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ACF
Research Interest: I am interested in the prevention of adverse maternity outcomes, particularly in low resource settings.
Expertise: Global health; Maternal health; Infection prevention and control; Antimicrobial resistance; Descriptive analysis; Qualitative research
Email: catherinedunlop@nhs.net
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ACL
Research Interest: Improving maternal and fetal health.
Expertise: Obstetrics; Fetal growth restriction; Preterm birth prevention; Pregnancy
Email: v.a.h.morton@bham.ac.uk
Catherine King
Renal medicine BHP Fellow
Research Interest: CMV reactivation in ANCA associated vasculitis.
Expertise: Renal medicine; Vasculitis
Email: c.king@bham.ac.uk
Opthalmology ACF
Research Interest: Delivering innovations to the NHS.
Expertise: Health economics; Therapeutics; Clinical pharmacology
Email: samuel.latham@nhs.net
Paediatric Hepatology ACL
Research Interest: Biliary fibrosis
Expertise: Cell biology; Bioinformatics; Mouse phenotyping
Email: j.p.mann@bham.ac.uk
Haematology ACL
Research Interest: My interests are in translational haematology research, including clinical trials and developing diagnostic tests.
Expertise: Clinical trials; Real-world analysis
Email: g.w.mcilroy.a@bham.ac.uk
Harriet McQuillan
Dentistry - Paediatrics Academic Foundation
Research Interest: I am involved in the prevention of dental caries in the paediatric population.
Email: harriet.mcquillan@nhs.net
Sheikh Muktadir Bin Momin
Neurosurgery ACF
Research Interest: My research interest is artificial intelligence in neurosurgery and neurosurgical clinical trials.
Expertise: Neurosurgery; Functional Neurosurgery; Medical Education; Systematic Reviews
Email: s.m.b.momin@bham.ac.uk
ENT/Head and Neck surgery Senior Lecturer
Research Interest: Head and neck cancer, including HPV positive oropharyngeal cancer and thyroid cancer.
Expertise: Clinical trials; Biomarker development; Clinical translational studies
Email: p.c.nankivell@bham.ac.uk
Dmitri Nepogodiev
Public Health ACL
Research Interest: Public Health, Epidemiology, Surgery
Expertise: Cohort Studies, Randomised Clinical Trials
Email: d.nepogodiev@bham.ac.uk
ENT ACL
Research Interests: Thyroid cancer, head and neck, genomics, bioinformatics.
Expertise: Thyroid cancer; Head and neck; Genomics; Bioinformatics
Email: h.dixon@bham.ac.uk
Mohammed Nimir
Histopathology Doctoral Fellow
Research Interest: Artificial intelligence (AI), genetics, immuno-oncology (IO).
Expertise: AI; Histopathology; Bioinformatics
Email: m.n.k.nimir@bham.ac.uk
Beth Peterknecht
Dermatology ACF
Research Interest: Interests in CTCL, EB and the management of NMSCs in frail/elderly patients.
Expertise: Systematic review; IRAS submission
Email: beth.peterknecht@outlook.com
Kay Por Yip
Respiratory Medicine/Acute Care ACL
Research Interest: COPD, Neutrophils, Respiratory Physiology
Expertise: ELISA, Flow Cytometry
Email: k.p.yip@bham.ac.uk
Oliver Pickles
Medical Oncology ACL
Research Interest: My work focuses on exploring resistance mechanisms to both immunotherapy and targeted therapy in cancer.
Expertise: 3D culture; Organoids; Cell culture; Flow cytometry; Epigenetics; ChIP; Pyrosequencing; Bisulfite sequencing; Western Blots; qPCR; RT-qPCR; Immunotherapy; Precision medicine; SACT; Chemotherapy; Oncology
Email: opickles@nhs.net
Endocrinology and Diabetes Doctoral Fellow/PhD Student
Research Interest: Type 1 Diabetes prevention.
Expertise: Clinical trials; Screening
Email: l.quinn.1@bham.ac.uk
Rheumatology ACL
Research Interest: My research interest is in imaging and arthritis.
Expertise: Cohort study; Health economics; Ultrasound; Imaging
Email: i.sahbudin@bham.ac.uk
David Salam
General Adult Psychiatry ACF
Research Interest: My current interests are in biomarkers and outcome predictors in psychosis and mood disorders.
Email: david.salam@nhs.net
Maryam Salimi
Dermatology ACF
Research Interest: Linking Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis.
Expertise: Genomics; Flow Cytometry
Email: m.salimi@bham.ac.uk
Mantegh Sethi
ENT ACF
Research Interest: Applications of Machine Learning to Healthcare.
Expertise: Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Statistics; Data Science; Computer Vision
Email: sethim@doctors.org.uk
ENT/Thyroid Associate Professor
Research Interest: Clinical and translational studies into benign and malignant thyroid disease.
Expertise: Thyroid cancer; Surgery; Head and neck cancer; Parathyroid disease
Email: n.sharma@bham.ac.uk
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ACL
Research Interest: My research interest is focused on reproductive endocrinology and early pregnancy.
Expertise: Thyroid disorders and fertility; Reproductive endocrinology; Early pregnancy; Recurrent miscarriage
Email: r.k.smith@bham.ac.uk
Kusy Suleiman
Ophthalmology ACF
Research Interest: All things ophthalmology!
Email: kusy.suleiman1@nhs.net
Respiratory Medicine Doctoral Fellow/PhD Student
Research Interest: Respiratory Medicine.
Expertise: Respiratory medicine; Acute care; Infection; COVID; Neutrophils; Macrophages; Flow cytometry; Functional cellular assay; ELISA
Email: o.s.thein@bham.ac.uk
General Practice ACF
Research Interest: Many different general practice topics interest me, including primary care workforce and Allied Healthcare Professionals; standardisation and care quality; men's health; and system design, particularly access and equity issues.
Expertise: Primary Care
Email: b.williamson@doctors.org.uk
Geriatrics ACL
Research Interest: I am interested in frailty, sarcopenia and immune interaction.
Expertise: Muscle ultrasound; Flow cytometry; Neutrophil chemotaxis; ELISA
Email: d.v.wilson@bham.ac.uk
Dentistry – Periodontology Doctoral Fellow/PhD Student
Research Interest: My research interests are public health, epidemiology, the oral and systemic disease interface.
Expertise: Systematic reviews; Public health; Trials
Email: z.yonel@bham.ac.uk
Nekisa Zakeri
Gastroenterology/Hepatology ACL
Email: nekisa.zakeri@nhs.net