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

Dr Shamil Haroon

Institute of Applied Health Research
Associate Clinical Professor of Public Health

Contact details

Address
Institute of Applied Health Research (IOEM)
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
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 Medical and Dental Sciences.
  • General Practice Vocational Training Scheme ST3 trainee (part-time)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Turner, G, McMullan, C, Aiyegbusi, OL, Hughes, S, Walker, A, Jeyes, F, Adler, Y, Chong, A, Buckland, L, Stanton, DE, Davies, EH, Haroon, S & Calvert, M 2023, 'Co-production of a feasibility trial of pacing interventions for Long COVID', Research Involvement & Engagement, vol. 9, no. 1, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00429-2

Aiyegbusi, OL, Davies, EH, Myles, PR, Williams, T, Frost, C, Haroon, S, Hughes, S, Wilson, R, McMullan, C, Subramanian, A, Nirantharakumar, K & Calvert, M 2023, 'Digitally enabled decentralised research: opportunities to improve the efficiency of clinical trials and observational studies', BMJ evidence-based medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112253

Syed, U, Subramanian, A, Wraith, D, Lord, J, McGee, K, Gokhale, K, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2023, 'Incidence of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases following COVID-19: a matched cohort study in UK primary care', BMC Medicine, vol. 21, no. 1, 363. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03049-5

Shah, AD, Subramanian, A, Lewis , J, Dhalla , S, Ford , E, Haroon, S, Kuan , V & Nirantharakumar, K 2023, 'Long Covid symptoms and diagnosis in primary care: a cohort study using structured and unstructured data in The Health Improvement Network primary care database', PLOS One. <http://www.plosone.org/>

Chandan, J, Brown, K, Simms-Williams, N, Bashir, NZ, Camaradou, J, Heining, D, Turner, G, Cruz Rivera, S, Hotham, R, Minhas, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Sivan, M, Khunti, K, Raindi, D, Marwaha, S, Hughes, S, McMullan, C, Marshall, T, Calvert, M, Haroon, S & Aiyegbusi, OL 2023, 'Non-pharmacological therapies for post-viral syndromes, including Long COVID: a systematic review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 4, 3477. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043477

Cooper, J, Nirantharakumar, K, Crowe, F, Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A, McCowan, C, Jackson, T, Acharya, A, Gokhale, K, Gunathilaka, N, Marshall, T & Haroon, S 2023, 'Prevalence and demographic variation of cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, and mental health conditions in 12 million English primary care records', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. <https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/>

Hughes, S, Haroon, S, Subramanian, A, McMullan, C, Aiyegbusi, OL, Turner, G, Jackson, L, Davies, EH, Frost, C, McNamara, G, Price, G, Matthews, K, Camaradou, J, Ormerod, J, Walker, A & Calvert, M 2022, 'Development and validation of the symptom burden questionnaire for long covid (SBQ-LC): Rasch analysis', BMJ, vol. 377, e070230. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070230

Chandan, J, Brown, K, Simms-Williams, N, Camaradou, J, Bashir, NZ, Heining, D, Aiyegbusi, OL, Turner, G, Cruz Rivera, S, Hotham, R, Nirantharakumar, K, Sivam, M, Khunti, K, Raindi, D, Marwaha, S, Hughes, S, McMullan, C, Calvert, M & Haroon, S 2022, 'Non-pharmacological therapies for post-viral syndromes, including Long COVID: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 4, e057885. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057885

Simms-Williams, N, Nagakumar, P, Thayakaran, R, Adderley, N, Hotham, R, Mansur, A, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2022, 'Preventing unscheduled hospitalisations from asthma: a retrospective cohort study using routine primary and secondary care data in the UK (The PUSH-Asthma Study): protocol paper', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 8, e058356. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058356

Abdel-Aal, A, Lisspers, K, Williams, S, Adab, P, Adams, R, Agarwal, D, Barnard, A, Bouloukak, I, van Boven, JFM, Chavannes, N, Dickens, A, van Gemert, F, Escarrer, M, Haroon, S, Kayongo, A, Kirenga, B, Kocks, JWH, Kotz, D, Newby, C, McNulty, CAM, Metting, E, Moral, L, Papadakis, S, Pinnock, H, Price, D, Ryan, D, Singh, SJ, Correia-de-Sousa, J, Ställberg, B, Szefler, SJ, Taylor, SJC, Tsiligianni, I, Turner, A, Weller, D, Yusuf, O, Tabyshova, AK & Jordan, R 2022, 'Prioritising primary care respiratory research needs: results from the 2020 International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) global e-Delphi exercise', NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, vol. 32, no. 1, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00266-4

Comment/debate

Routen, A, O'Mahoney, LL, Aiyegbusi, OL, Alder , Y, Banerjee, A, Buckland, L, Brightling, CE, Calvert, M, Camaradou, J, Chaturvedi, N, Chong, A, Dalrymple, E, Eggo, RM, Elliott, P, Evans, RA, Gibson, A, Haroon, S, Herrett, E, Houchen-Wolloff, L, Hughes, S, Jeyes, F, Matthews, K, McMullan, C, Morley, J, Shafran, R, Smith, N, Stanton, DE, Stephenson, T, Sterne, JAC, Turner, G, Ward, H & Khunti, K 2023, 'Patient and public involvement within epidemiological studies of Long Covid in the United Kingdom', Nature Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02251-5

Brown, K, Yahyouche, A, Haroon, S, Camaradou, J & Turner, G 2022, 'Long COVID and self-management', The Lancet, vol. 399, no. 10322, pp. 355-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02798-7

Editorial

Adab, P, Haroon, S, O'Hara, M & Jordan, R 2022, 'Comorbidities and covid-19: better understanding is essential for health system planning', BMJ, vol. 377, o1431. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1431

Preprint

Subramanian, A, Nirantharakumar, K, Hughes, S, Myles, P, Williams, T, Gokhale, K, Taverner, T, Chandan, J, Brown, K, Simms-Williams, N, Shah, A, Singh, M, Kidy, F, Okoth, K, Hotham, R, Bashir, N, Cockburn, N, Lee, S, Turner, G, Gkoutos, G, Aiyegbusi, OL, McMullan, C, Denniston, A, Sapey, E, Lord, J, Wraith, D, Leggett, E, Iles, C, Marshall, T, Price, M, Marwaha, S, Davies, EH, Jackson, L, Camaradou, J, Calvert, M & Haroon, S 2022 'Assessment of 115 symptoms for Long COVID (post-COVID-19 condition) and their risk factors in non-hospitalised individuals: a retrospective matched cohort study in UK primary care' Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1343889/v1

Review article

TLC Study Group 2023, 'Considerations for patient and public involvement and engagement in health research', Nature Medicine.

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