Key details
Dr Bawan Ahmed
Lecturer
Dr Bawan Ahmed is a trained pharmacist who holds a Master’s degree with distinction from King’s College London and a PhD from the University of Greenwich. Bawan’s work mainly focuses on clinical therapeutics, specifically meta-sciences and the synthesis of clinical evidence for therapeutic interventions (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) in managing and treating both acute and chronic diseases.
He employs methods such as Network and Component Network Meta-Analysis to assess the effectiveness and safety of multiple and complex healthcare interventions. Bawan also has a strong interest and experience in clinical research, clinical guideline development, and Evidence-Based Medicine. In addition, Bawan is an experienced scientist in the field of medicine quality, detection and prevention of falsified and substandard medicines. For this contribution, he has been awarded the prestigious Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Leadership in Pharmacy Award. Overall, Bawan’s work aims to inform clinical practice, develop guidelines, and support regulatory decisions to improve patient outcomes and safety.
Responsibilities within the university
- Lecturer (Research Methods & Statistics)
- Module Leader for Research Methods in Psychology 1
Awards
- The Lingard Prize, from King’s College London
- The Leadership in Pharmacy Award, from The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Recognition
Reviewer for:
- BMJ publishing group
- Frontiers in Medicine
Research / Scholarly interests
Bawan’s research mainly focuses on clinical therapeutics, specifically meta-sciences and the synthesis of clinical evidence for therapeutic interventions (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) in managing and treating both acute and chronic diseases. He employs methods such as Network and Component Network Meta-Analysis to assess the effectiveness and safety of multiple and complex healthcare interventions. Bawan also has a strong interest and experience in clinical research, medicines quality, and Evidence-Based Medicine. His work aims to inform clinical practice, develop guidelines, and support regulatory decisions.
Recent publications
Ahmed, B., Thompson, T., 2024. Relative analgesic effectiveness of pharmacological interventions in knee osteoarthritis: a component network meta-analysis. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 32, ii67–ii68 Relative analgesic effectiveness of pharmacological interventions in knee osteoarthritis: a component network meta-analysis | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice | Oxford Academic
Thompson, T., Ahmed, B., Weldon, S.M., Efthimiou, O., Stubbs, B., 2021. Relative effectiveness of non-surgical interventions for pain management in knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a component network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open 11, e048298 Relative effectiveness of non-surgical interventions for pain management in knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a component network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | BMJ Open
Presentations
Presenter or invited speaker (no honorarium or compensation) at:
- 2nd Pharma anti-counterfeit conference. London, UK, 2016
- 2nd Pharmacovigilance conference. London, UK, 2016
- Pharmaceutical Packaging & Labelling conference. Geneva, Switzerland, 2016
- Pharmaceutical serialisation & traceability conference. Geneva-Switzerland, 2016
- Temperature Controlled Logistics Conference. London, UK, 2017
- 5th Annual Pharmacovigilance Forum. Berlin, Germany, 2017
- Temperature Maintenance of Pharmaceuticals in Distribution. Barcelona, Spain, 2017
- 3rd Pharma anti-counterfeit conference. London, UK, 2017
- 4th Pharma anti-counterfeit conference. London, UK, 2018
- 7th Annual Pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting & serialisation. London, UK, 2018
- 2nd Brand Protection Congress. Frankfurt, Germany, 2019
- Temperature Controlled Logistics Conference. Milan, Italy, 2019
- Packaging Excellence Forum. Amsterdam, Nederland, 2019
- Smart Packaging Conference. Hannover, Germany, 2019
- Pharma Pack & Label Forum. Zurich, Switzerland, 2019
- Pharma Supply Chain & Security World 2023. London, UK, 2023
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Annual Conference. London, UK, 2024.