Dr. Mohammed Rasheed

Biography

Professional Background

Dr Mohammed Erkhawan Hameed Rasheed is a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Biologist, holding a PhD in Medical and Healthcare Technology from the University of Bradford. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science and currently serves as an Honorary Visiting Researcher within the Medical and Healthcare Technology Centre at the University of Bradford.

He is the Principal Investigator in clinical and translational cancer research, leading clinical case studies across a range of cancers with a focus on genetic testing, population-level cancer surveillance and registries, medical imaging, treatment methodologies, and translational cancer prevention strategies. His work also involves the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medical imaging for breast cancer and other cancer types, aimed at enhancing diagnostic accuracy and tumour classification.

Dr Rasheed has actively contributed to the design and management of clinical research studies, ensuring rigorous methodological standards and strict adherence to ethical guidelines. He has successfully proven leadership in securing essential resources to support his cancer research and has coordinated multidisciplinary teams, managed project timelines and budgets, and ensured compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements, facilitating the effective translation of scientific inquiry into impactful outcomes for the benefit of the public.

Research Focus

His research spans both scientific and societal dimensions, making significant contributions to clinical cancer studies, the development of a novel classification of the UK’s race and ethnicity categories based on Y chromosome DNA haplogroups submitted to the UK government, and the exploration of Viking and Norman genetic histories. He has also examined migration patterns of 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 chromosome 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, he 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, migrations, environmental factors, gene mutations, and cancer development.

His research focuses on cancer population health, linking individual patient case studies with broader disease prevention. He analyses cancer data from diverse sources, including WHO datasets and cancer country profiles, to identify trends in diagnosis, mortality, and survival, and to evaluate the impact of cancer control programmes. His studies on breast and other common cancers in the UK, Saudi Arabia, and globally contribute to understanding cancer aetiology and inform effective prevention and intervention strategies.

Building on these insights, he has proposed translational cancer prevention strategies to reduce cancer risk and has shared his work in clinical sessions at hospitals in the UK and abroad through active national and international collaborations. He is also the principal author of the peer-reviewed book Breast Cancer and Medical Imaging, co-authored with Dr Mansour Youseffi and published by the Institute of Physics in the Institute of Physics Series in Medical and Biological Image Analysis.

Academic Contributions

Dr Rasheed has made significant contributions to the profession, learning, management, and academic collaboration within the wider academic community. He has extensive experience in teaching, mentoring, and co-supervising undergraduate, Master’s, and PhD students through tutorials, laboratory practicals, and workshops. He has made substantial contributions to the doctoral training environment and professional staff development at the University of Bradford. He has co-supervised a range of undergraduate research projects and delivered laboratory practicals and tutorials for students on the Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Technology programmes. He has also co-supervised Master’s and PhD projects within the Advanced Biomedical Engineering programme.

His teaching is closely aligned with his clinical research expertise, particularly in cancer, medical imaging, and genetics, enabling both undergraduate and postgraduate students to engage with practical, research-informed content. He continuously contributes to and remains actively involved in clinical cancer research, including case studies conducted in hospitals across the UK and abroad. Alongside his work in research, teaching, and supervision, he maintains ongoing collaborations with senior academics and hospital consultants, resulting in joint peer-reviewed publications.

He is registered as a postgraduate external examiner with the Royal Society of Biology and has delivered professional training and development workshops for staff and students at the University of Bradford. Dr Rasheed has participated in successful national and international research collaborations and has presented his work at numerous academic conferences. Additionally, he actively contributes to the peer-review process, including reviewing for conference proceedings.

He maintains professional affiliations with several prestigious institutions, including the Royal College of Radiologists, the British Association for Cancer Research, the European Association for Cancer Research, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, and the Royal Society of Biology. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute for IT and holds the Good Clinical Practice certificate from the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

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