Dr. Mohammed Rasheed

Biography

Mohammed Erkhawan Hameed Rasheed is a Chartered Scientist (CSci) and a Chartered Biologist (CBiol). He holds a PhD in Medical and Healthcare Technology from the University of Bradford and is a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS). Dr Rasheed has been appointed Honorary Visiting Researcher within the Medical and Healthcare Technology Team in the Biomedical and Electronics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies, at the University of Bradford. He is also the Principal Investigator (PI) in Clinical Cancer Research, focusing on clinical case studies across various types of cancer, with an emphasis on genetic testing, medical imaging, and treatments. Furthermore, he is the Research Scientist responsible for investigating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques to enhance medical imaging modalities used for breast cancer and other types of cancer.

Dr Rasheed’s research spans a broad range of academic and societal topics, making significant contributions to clinical cancer studies, the development of a novel classification of the UK’s race and ethnicity categories based on Y-DNA haplogroups, and the exploration of the genetic histories of the Vikings and Normans, as well as examining the migration patterns of noble families from Mesopotamia to Scandinavia and the British Isles, bridging the fields of genetics, history, and biomedical science.

A key aspect of his research involves the use of genetic testing with a novel methodology based on Y-DNA haplogroups to investigate cancer cases within families. His findings reveal that, much like cancers caused by inherited gene mutations, cancers linked to non-inherited gene mutations may also appear to run in families, particularly when family members share similar environments, exposures, or lifestyle behaviours. Based on these findings, Dr Rasheed has suggested that migration patterns should be considered a potential risk factor for cancer, proposing that it be added to the current list of recognised cancer risk factors. This insight further emphasises the complex relationships between human population origins and migrations, environmental factors, gene mutations, and cancer development.

Building on these discoveries, Dr Rasheed has recommended several cancer prevention strategies aimed at reducing the risk of the disease. He has also participated in numerous clinical sessions at hospitals both in the UK and abroad, where he successfully shared his groundbreaking research on cancer prevention. Additionally, Dr Rasheed is the principal author of the book Breast Cancer and Medical Imaging, co-authored with Dr Mansour Youseffi, and published by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing as part of the IOP Series in Medical and Biological Image Analysis.

Dr Rasheed is affiliated with several prestigious institutions, including the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), the British Association for Cancer Research (BACR), the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), the Institute of Physics (IOP), the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), and the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), as well as BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT. He also holds the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certificate from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

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