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Research interests
Ahmed is a statistical epidemiologist and Senior Research Fellow at Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol. His research focuses on describing and characterising physical and mental health trajectories, including the role of early life factors and effects of trajectories on later outcomes. He currently holds an MRC New Investigator Research Grant focused on advancing growth curve analysis methods. Ahmed also leads an international birth cohort collaboration within the A.R.T-HEALTHPARTNERSHIP that is investigating the effects of assisted reproductive technology on offspring health. His previous experience includes leading a research work package on environmental exposures and health trajectories for the Horizon 2020 LongITools project and helping to establish the EU Child Cohort Network as part of the LifeCycle project. Ahmed earned his PhD in epidemiology from University College London, having previously completed an MPH at the University of Essex and an undergraduate degree in medical sciences at University College Cork.
External positions
Editorial Board Member, Annals of Human Biology
2025 → …
Editorial Board Member, BMC Medical Research Methodology
2022 → …
Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Medical Statistics
- Repeated Measures
- SITAR
- Splines
- Trajectories
- Cohort Studies
- Meta-analysis
- Growth
- Puberty
- Assisted reproduction
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cross-species studies implicate the melanocortin 3 receptor more strongly in the control of pubertal development than energy balance
Duckett, K., McClella, A., Corbin, L. J., Cimino, I., Elhakeem, A., Goncalves Soares, A. L., Williamson, A., Cross, E., Fairhurst-Hunter, Z., Petrovski, S., Rimmington, D., Alegre-Diaz, J., Berumen, J., Kuri-Morales, P., Tapia-Conyer, R., BELIEVE Study, Mokrosinski, J., Farooqi, I. S., Rasheed, A. & Saleheen, D. & 6 others, , 1 Jan 2026, In: Molecular Metabolism. 103, 65 p., 102301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Prenatal maternal depression and child behavioural and developmental outcomes: an individual participant data meta-analysis in 76,514 children from the EU Child Cohort Network
Hermans, A. P. C., Avraam, D., Schuurmans, I. K., Goncalves Soares, A., Lahti-Pulkkinen, M., Girchenko, P., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Rooij, S. R. D., Elhakeem, A., Waerden, J. V. D., Heude, B., Vainqueur, C., Yang, T. C., Cheung, R. W., Lewer, D., Strandberg-Larsen, K., Cadman, T., Popovic, M., Candelora, F. & Lahti, J. & 3 others, , 1 Apr 2026, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 63, 14 p., 101595.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Road traffic noise exposure and blood DNA methylation at birth and in childhood: An epigenome-wide meta-analysis
Yu, Z., Marques, I. F., Merid, S. K., Burrows, K., Soares, A. G., Pyko, A., Ögren, M., Pershagen, G., Lepeule, J., Krog, N. H., Aasvang, G. M., Kusters, M. S. W., Foraster, M., Bustamante, M., Leskien, M., Thiering, E., Elhakeem, A., Peters, A., Koppelman, G. H. & Gehring, U. & 13 others, , 1 Jan 2026, In: Environment International. 207, 10 p., 109976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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SITAR Enhancements To Support State-of-the-art Analysis Of Individual Growth Curves And Their Correlates
Elhakeem, A. (Principal Investigator)
23/06/25 → 22/06/28
Project: Research
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Applied P-spline growth analysis for epidemiology
Elhakeem, A. (Principal Investigator)
2/05/22 → 1/05/23
Project: Research
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Effects of adolescent physical activity on physical and mental health in adulthood: novel multivariate pattern analysis of the intensity spectrum
Elhakeem, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/12/20 → 30/11/21
Project: Research