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

Dr Shamil Haroon

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Associate Clinical Professor of Public Health

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5042
Email
s.haroon@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Department of Applied Health Sciences
School of Health Sciences
College of Medicine and Health
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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, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2015
  • Membership of the Faculty of Public Health (MFPH), 2011
  • MPH, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2010
  • MBChB, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 2006
  • BMedSci, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 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, '', Journal of Biomedical Informatics, vol. 166, 104831.

Umar, N, Wambua, S, Harvey, P, Cusworth, S, Nirantharakumar, K, Haroon, S, Trudgill, N & Adderley, N 2025, '', Journal of Crohn's & Colitis.

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, '', The Lancet Primary Care.

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, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, 14467.

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, '', Journal of Medical Internet 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, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, 22083.

Wang, J, Subramanian, A, Cockburn, N, Xiao, J, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2024, '', Thorax.

Gunathilaka, N, Gooden, T, Cooper, J, Flanagan, S, Marshall, T, Haroon, S, D'Elia, A, Crowe, F, Jackson, T, Nirantharakumar, K & Greenfield, S 2024, '', BMJ open, vol. 14, e077156.

D'Elia, A, Baranskaya, A, Haroon, S, Hammond, B, Adderley, N, Nirantharakumar, K, Chandan, J, Falahee, M & Raza, K 2024, '', Rheumatology.

Simms-Williams, N, Nagakumar, P, Thayakaran, R, Adderley, N, Hotham, R, Mansur, A, Nirantharakumar, K & Haroon, S 2024, '', BMJ Open Respiratory Research, vol. 11, no. 1, e001746.

Umar, N, Harvey, P, Adderley, NJ, Haroon, S & Trudgill, N 2024, '', Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Lange, D, Lindenmeyer, A, Warren, K, Haroon, S & Nagakumar, P 2024, '', BJGP Open.

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, '', Research Involvement & Engagement, vol. 10, no. 1, 120.

Hughes, SE, Anderson, NE, Hathaway, E, McMullan, C, Hughes, BMA, Collis, P, Peipert, D, Haroon, S & Calvert, M 2024, '', Nature Medicine.

Review article

Punyadasa, D, Adderley, NJ, Rudge, G, Nagakumar, P & Haroon, S 2024, '', BMC Public Health, vol. 24, 2915.