Mr Furqan Ahmad Butt

Mr Furqan Ahmad Butt

Health Services Management Centre
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
f.butt@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Health Services Management Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Furqan is a research fellow in systematic reviews, he has a range of academic experience gained from six counties in various disciplines within medical sciences, ranging from molecular epidemiology to pre-clinical drug discovery.

Qualifications

B.Sc. Biological Sciences

M.Sc. Biomedicine

M.Phil. Public Health

Biography

Furqan is a research fellow in systematic review. His research interests have led him to pursue projects in six countries ranging from pre-clinical drug discovery to molecular epidemiology, in institutions like the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to the University of Granada in Spain. Furqan is passionate about evidence synthesis, aimed at developing policies to improve healthcare, especially around research integrity in randomised clinical trials. In his free time Furqan enjoys weight training and listening to podcasts specifically within science and the world around us.

Research

Pre-clinical drug discovery, molecular epidemiology, evidence synthesis

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Freeman, K, Taylor, D, Dinnes, J, Clark, CCA, Kander, I, Scandrett, K, Chockalingam, S, Dracup, N, Court, R, Butt, F, Visintin, C, Bonham, JR, Elliman, D, Shortland, G, Mackie, A, Miedzybrodzka, Z, Morgan, S, Boardman, F, Takwoingi, Y, Shinkins, B, Clarke, A & Taylor-Phillips, S 2025, 'Challenges in the evaluation of whole genome sequencing for newborn screening: series of systematic reviews and roadmap for evidence generation for policy advisers', BMJ Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmjmed-2025-001726

Freeman, K, Dinnes, J, Shinkins, B, Clark, C, Kander, I, Scandrett, K, Chockalingam, S, Osman, A, Dracup, N, Court, R, Butt, F, Visintin, C, Bonham, JR, Elliman, D, Shortland, G, Mackie, A, Miedzybrodzka, Z, Morgan, SM, Boardman, F, Takwoingi, Y & Taylor-Phillips, S 2025, 'Evaluating whole genome sequencing for rare diseases in newborn screening: evidence synthesis from a series of systematic reviews', Health Technology Assessment.

Review article

Mehrabian, A, Auguste, P, Brown, A, Grove, A, Parr, J, Patel, M, Butt, F, Donoghue, J, Yousefi, M & Parsons, J 2025, 'Effectiveness and safety of Nusinersen and Risdiplam in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Systematic Review', Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

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