Dr Shamil Haroon MBChB, PhD, MPH, BMedSci, MFPH

Dr Shamil Haroon

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Associate Clinical Professor of Public Health

Contact details

Address
Department of Applied Health Sciences
School of Health Sciences
College of Medicine and Health
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Shamil is a clinical epidemiologist with a special interest in respiratory and chronic diseases. Shamil's research focuses on long COVID, asthma, and COPD, although he does have a broad interest in public health, primary care, and health data science.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, 2015
  • Membership of the Faculty of Public Health (MFPH), 2011
  • MPH, University of Birmingham, 2010
  • MBChB, University of Birmingham, 2006
  • BMedSci, University of Birmingham, 2003

Teaching

  • Healthcare Public Health (deputy module lead), MPH
  • Respiratory Medicine in the Community (deputy module lead), MSc in Respiratory Medicine
  • Health Information and Health Informatics, MPH
  • MPH dissertation supervisor
  • MBChB programme – lectures, small group teaching, and project supervision

Postgraduate supervision

Respiratory and chronic disease epidemiology.

Research

Shamil is a clinical epidemiologist with a special interest in respiratory and chronic diseases. Shamil's research focuses on long COVID, asthma, and COPD, although he has a broad interest in public health, primary care, and health data science.

Other activities

  • Personal Academic Tutor, MBChB programme.
  • PhD mentor, College of Medicine and Health.
  • General Practice Vocational Training Scheme ST3 trainee (part-time)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Cooper, J, Jackson, T, Haroon, S, Crowe, F, Hathaway, E, Fitzsimmons, L & Nirantharakumar, K 2025, 'Defining phenotypes of disease severity for long-term cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, and mental health conditions in primary care electronic health records: A mixed-methods study using the nominal group technique', Journal of Biomedical Informatics, vol. 166, 104831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2025.104831

Umar, N, Wambua, S, Harvey, P, Cusworth, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Haroon, S, Trudgill, N & Adderley, N 2025, 'Development and validation of a risk prediction tool for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in patients presenting in primary care with abdominal symptoms', Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaf044

Wang, Z, Nirantharakumar, K, Copland, A, Quelch, D, Thayakaran, R, Chandan, J, Ferguson, J, Brookes, M, Lewis, M, Rajoriya, N, Trudgill, N, Arasaradnam, R, Bradberry, S, Haroon, S, Bhala, N & Adderley, N 2025, 'Estimating inequality in alcohol-related liver disease burden in the UK, 2009 to 2020: a population-based study using routinely collected data', The Lancet Primary care, vol. 1, no. 1, 100002, pp. None. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanprc.2025.100002

McMullan, C, Haroon, S, Turner, G, Aiyegbusi, OL, Hughes, SE, Flanagan, S, Subramanian, A, Nirantharakumar, K, Davies, EH, Frost, C, Jackson, L, Guan, N, Alder, Y, Chong, A, Buckland, L, Jeyes, F, Stanton, DE & Calvert, M 2025, 'Mixed methods study of views and experience of non-hospitalised individuals with long COVID of using pacing interventions', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, 14467. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96319-6

Cooper, J, Haroon, S, Crowe, F, Nirantharakumar, K, Jackson, T, Fitzsimmons, L, Hathaway, E, Flanagan, S, Marshall, T, Jackson, L, Gunathilaka, N, D'Elia, A, Morris, SG & Greenfield, S 2025, 'Perspectives of healthcare professionals on the use of artificial intelligence to support clinical decision-making in the management of multiple long-term conditions: interview study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 27, e71980. https://doi.org/10.2196/71980

Pickard-Michels, P, Adderley, N, Nagakumar, P, Simms-Williams, N, Sitch, A, Thayakaran, T, Punyadasa, D, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2025, 'The association between mental health disorders and asthma exacerbations in adults: a retrospective cohort study in UK primary care', BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

McMullan, C, Haroon, S, Turner, G, Aiyegbusi, OL, Subramanian, A, Hughes, SE, Flanagan, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Davies, EH, Frost, C, Jackson, L, Guan, N, Alder, Y, Chong, A, Buckland, L, Jeyes, F, Stanton, D & Calvert, M 2024, 'Key considerations for digital decentralised clinical trials from a feasibility study assessing pacing interventions for Long COVID', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, 22083. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61827-4

Wang, J, Subramanian, A, Cockburn, N, Xiao, J, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2024, 'Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and future risk of dementia among individuals managed in UK general practice', Thorax. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-221810

Gunathilaka, N, Gooden, T, Cooper, J, Flanagan, S, Marshall, T, Haroon, S, D'Elia, A, Crowe, F, Jackson, T, Nirantharakumar, K & Greenfield, S 2024, 'Perceptions on artificial intelligence-based decision making for coexisting multiple long-term health conditions: A protocol for a qualitative study with patients and healthcare professionals', BMJ open, vol. 14, e077156. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077156

D'Elia, A, Baranskaya, A, Haroon, S, Hammond, B, Adderley, N, Nirantharakumar, K, Chandan, J, Falahee, M & Raza, K 2024, 'Prodromal symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in a primary care database: variation by ethnicity and socioeconomic status', Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae157

Simms-Williams, N, Nagakumar, P, Thayakaran, R, Adderley, N, Hotham, R, Mansur, A, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2024, 'Risk factors for asthma-related hospital and intensive care admissions in children, adolescents, and adults: a cohort study using primary and secondary care data', BMJ Open Respiratory Research, vol. 11, no. 1, e001746. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001746

Umar, N, Harvey, P, Adderley, NJ, Haroon, S & Trudgill, N 2024, 'The time to inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis for patients presenting with abdominal symptoms in primary care and its association with emergency hospital admissions and surgery: a retrospective cohort study', Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izae057

Comment/debate

Aiyegbusi, OL, McMullan, C, Hughes, SE, Turner, GM, Haroon, S, Hotham, R, Brown, K, Alder, Y, Agyen, L, Buckland, L, Camaradou, J, Chong, A, Jeyes, F, Matthews, KL, Moore, P, Ormerod, J, Price, G, Saint-Cricq, M, Stanton, D, Walker, A & Calvert, MJ 2024, 'Implementation of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) for the therapies for long COVID in non-hospitalised individuals (TLC) project', Research Involvement & Engagement, vol. 10, no. 1, 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00654-3

Hughes, SE, Anderson, NE, Hathaway, E, McMullan, C, Hughes, BMA, Collis, P, Peipert, D, Haroon, S & Calvert, M 2024, 'Opportunities and challenges for patient reported outcome assessment in multimorbidity research and practice', Nature Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03237-7

Review article

Punyadasa, D, Adderley, NJ, Rudge, G, Nagakumar, P & Haroon, S 2024, 'Self-reported questionnaires to assess indoor home environmental exposures in asthma patients: A scoping review', BMC Public Health, vol. 24, 2915. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20418-8

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