Meet the people

The DiaDeM programme is a significant collaboration of organisations who come together from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the UK. Individuals and teams from these partners institutions all make a valuable contribution to the aims of the programme. You can find a list of our partners below showing the people involved in our activities.

University of Leeds, UK

Dr Ian Kellar

Associate Professor of Health Psychology

Mrs Judy Wright

Senior Information Specialist

University of Southampton, UK

Professor Richard Holt

Professor in Diabetes and Endocrinology

ARK Foundation (ARK), Bangladesh

Professor Rumana Huque

Executive Director, ARK Foundation, and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV), UK

Professor David Ekers

Clinical Director for Research and Development

Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS), Bangladesh

Dr Abdul Kuddus

Deputy Project Director, BADAS-PCP

Dr Naveed Ahmed

Research Coordinator, BADAS-PCP

Professor Kishwar Azad

Project Director, BADAS-PCP

University College London (UCL), UK

Dr Edward Fottrell

Associate Professor

Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), Pakistan

Professor AH Aamir

Chairman provincial Task force on Diabetes Executive committee and a member of Federal Task force On Diabetes.

Emory University, Georgia, USA

Dr Mohammed K Ali (Chair of SC)

Vice Chair (Research), Dept of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, USA

Western University, Ontario, Canada

Dr Shehzad Ali

Canada Research Chair in Public Health Economics, Western University, Canada

Aga Khan University (AKU), Pakistan

Dr Zainab Samad

Co-Director; Co-lead, Cardiovascular Disease research theme; Professor & Chair, Consultant Cardiologist, Dept of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan

University of York (UoY), UK

Dr Hannah Jennings

Lecturer in Global Mental Health

Faraz Siddiqui

Assistant Professor Global Health and Epidemiology

Mark Sculpher

Professor, Centre for Health Economics

Marta Soares

Senior Research Fellow

Mrs Karen Coales

Research Fellow

Professor Rowena Jacobs

Professor of Health Economics

Professor Tracy Lightfoot

Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Teaching, Learning and Students, Deputy Head of Department (Postgraduate) and Professor of Applied Health Research

Simon Walker

Senior Research Fellow

Gerardo A Zavala

Lecturer

Professor Najma Siddiqi

Professor of Psychiatry

Nicky Traynor

Programme Manager

Professor Simon Gilbody

Professor of Psychological Medicine & Psychiatric Epidemiology

Professor Catherine Hewitt

Co-Director of York Trials Unit and Professor of Medical Statistics

Hull York Medical School (HYMS), UK

Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar

Professor Zia Ul Haq

Vice Chancellor and Professor of Public Health (KMU)

Dr Saima Afaq

Co-Lead, Population Level research theme; Assistant Professor and PhD Coordinator

Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan

Professor Asad Nizami

Lead, Centre for IMPACT Mental Health research theme; Director of IoP, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University

Dr Faiza Aslam

Coordinator and Research Fellow

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

Professsor Marc Suhrcke

Co-lead, Population Level research theme; Professor Centre for Health Economics