Dr Ahmed Iqbal
BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), MRCP (Endocrinology & Diabetes), FRCP (Edin), PgCert, PhD.
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes
Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes
+44 114 215 9049
Full contact details
School of Medicine and Population Health
Room DU37, D Floor
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
- Profile
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For enquiries please contact - SMPH-West-Operational@sheffield.ac.uk
I am a clinician scientist motivated by the needs of people living with diabetes.
I developed a passion for research during my intercalated BSc in the Medical Sciences with Haematology at Imperial College London. I completed my undergraduate training at Newcastle Medical School graduating with distinction and overall honours (distinction in all clinical undergraduate examinations and the Goyder Memorial Scholarship awarded to the best final year student).
I then undertook seamless clinical-academic training, first as an Academic Foundation Trainee in Endocrinology at the University of Bristol before moving to Sheffield as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Diabetes and Endocrinology. This led to a Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Research Training Fellowship to pursue a PhD at the University of Sheffield. Following this, I completed specialty training in Diabetes and Endocrinology in Sheffield as an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer.
I am currently a Senior Clinical Lecturer and an Honorary Consultant Physician at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. My clinical interests are in managing problematic hypoglycaemia and the use of novel technologies in managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Research interests
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I am interested in exploring mechanisms whereby hypoglycaemia might lead to progression of atherosclerosis and mortality. I am also interested in clinical research which employs use of novel diabetes technologies in treating problematic hypoglycaemia.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 104(4), 1187-1199.
- . Diabetes Care, 41(12), 2625-2633.
- . Diabetic Medicine, 35(9), 1264-1272.
- . Diabetes and Metabolism Journal, 42(1), 3-18.
- . Diabetologia, 61(4), 751-760.
- . Diabetes Care, 40(5), 655-662.
- . Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 30(3), 413-430.
- . Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports, 2016(3).
- . Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 9(6), 1346-1347.
- . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 17(5), 452-458.
- . Diabetic Medicine, 32(5), 601-608.
- . Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2(9), 701-709.
- . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 99(10), 3895-3902.
- . JAMA Internal Medicine, 174(1), 32-32.
- . European Journal of Endocrinology, 164(5), 773-780.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 36(10S).
- . European Journal of Endocrinology, 193(Supplement_1).
- . Diabetes, 74(Supplement_1).
- . Diabetes, 74(Supplement_1).
- . Diabetes, 74(Supplement_1).
- . Diabetes, 74(Supplement_1).
- . Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 16.
- . European Journal of Endocrinology, 192(6), 754-762.
- . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 27(8), 4239-4247.
- . BMJ Open, 15(4).
- . Diabetic Medicine, 42(7).
- . Diabetes Obes Metab, 27(5), 2363-2376.
- . Software Testing Verification and Reliability, 35(2).
- . Diabetic Medicine, 41(9).
- . Diabetes, 71(12), 2483-2485.
- . Endocrine Connections, 11(5).
- . ERJ Open Research, 8(2).
- . Diabetologia, 65(1), 55-64.
- . Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18(184).
- . Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 178.
- . Practical Neurology, 21(4), 351-353.
- . Frontiers in Immunology, 12.
- . Diabetologia, 64(8), 1717-1724.
- . Diabetes & Metabolism, 47(5).
- . JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 13(16), e147-e149.
- . Gland Surgery, 9(1), 94-104.
- . Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research, 8, 183-188.
- . Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 104(4), 1187-1199.
- . Diabetes Care, 41(12), 2625-2633.
- . Diabetic Medicine, 35(9), 1264-1272.
- . Diabetes and Metabolism Journal, 42(2), 177-177.
- . Diabetes and Metabolism Journal, 42(1), 3-18.
- . Diabetologia, 61(4), 751-760.
- . Diabetes Care, 40(5), 655-662.
- . Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 30(3), 413-430.
- . Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports, 2016(3).
- . Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 9(6), 1346-1347.
- . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 17(5), 452-458.
- . Diabetic Medicine, 32(5), 601-608.
- . Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2(9), 701-709.
- . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 99(10), 3895-3902.
- . JAMA Internal Medicine, 174(1), 32-32.
- . Practical Neurology, 13(3), 193-195.
- . European Journal of Endocrinology, 164(5), 773-780.
- . Leukemia, 20(4), 658-663.
- . Endocrine, 86(3), 1199-1201.
- . Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports, 2019(1).
Book chapters
- (pp. 579-601). Wiley
- , Metabolic Syndrome (pp. 597-608). Elsevier
- (pp. 60-66). Wiley
Conference proceedings
- . Journal of the Endocrine Society, Vol. 8(Supplement_1). Boston, USA, 1 June 2024 - 1 June 2024.
- . Journal of the Endocrine Society, Vol. 8(Supplement_1). Boston, USA, 1 June 2024 - 1 June 2024.
- . Diabetes, Vol. 73(Supplement_1)
- . Clinical Medicine, Vol. 24 (pp 100176-100176)
- Insulin pump therapy in type 1 diabetes: a real-world study of mortality and clinical outcomes. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 67 (pp S371-S371)
- Recurrent hypoglycaemia induces pro-inflammatory priming of BMDMs and promotes vascular dysfunction in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes and CVD. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 66(SUPPL 1) (pp S408-S409)
- Higher admission activated partial thromboplastin time, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, serum sodium, and anticoagulant use predict in-hospital covid-19 mortality in people with diabetes: Findings from two university hospitals in the UK. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 38
- . Journal of the Endocrine Society, Vol. 4(Supplement_1)
- Electrophysiological responses to hypoglycaemia in people with type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 63(SUPPL 1) (pp S359-S360)
- . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 90(12) (pp A21.3-A21)
- Acute hypoglycaemia results in increased activation of responses to an inflammatory challenge induced 48 hours later in human subjects. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 61 (pp S446-S446)
- Pharmacological autonomic blockade during experimental hypoglycaemia exacerbates cardiac repolarisation abnormalities. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 60 (pp S74-S74)
- Risk of cardiac arrhythmias and electrophysiological responses during spontaneous hyperglycaemia in young people with type 1 diabetes. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 60 (pp S534-S534)
- Hypoglycaemia increases platelet reactivity and promotes formation of proatherogenic platelet-leucocyte aggregates. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 60 (pp S532-S532)
- Effect of Hypoglycemia on Platelet Reactivity and Platelet-Leukocyte Kinetics. DIABETES, Vol. 66 (pp A41-A41)
- Pharmacological Autonomic Blockade Exacerbates Cardiac Repolarization Abnormalities during Experimental Hypoglycemia. DIABETES, Vol. 66 (pp A95-A95)
- Risk of cardiac arrhythmias and electrophysiological responses during spontaneous hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia in young people with Type 1 diabetes. DIABETIC MEDICINE, Vol. 34 (pp 34-35)
- Hypoglycemia Increases Circulating Proatherogenic Intermediate Monocytes in Healthy Volunteers. DIABETES, Vol. 65 (pp A104-A104)
- Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias during Spontaneous Hypoglycemia in Young People with Type 1 Diabetes. DIABETES, Vol. 65 (pp A101-A101)
- Platelet P2Y12 inhibitors enhance expansion of the intermediate monocyte population following systemic inflammation in humans. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, Vol. 37 (pp 904-904)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 385 (pp S96-S96)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 383 (pp S35-S35)
- Overnight Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery: Psychosocial Impact for Adults with Type 1 Diabetes. DIABETES, Vol. 63 (pp A198-A198)
- Four Weeks' Home Use of Overnight Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Multicentre, Randomised, Crossover Study. DIABETES, Vol. 63 (pp A61-A61)
- Three to four weeks of overnight closed loop insulin delivery during free living: analysis of randomised crossover studies in adults and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 57 (pp S89-S89)
- Factors predictive of overnight closed loop performance during free living in children and adults with type 1 diabetes. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 57 (pp S414-S414)
- Hypoglycemia Increases Platelet Reactivity in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. DIABETES, Vol. 62 (pp A100-A100)
- Hypoglycaemia promotes thrombosis and inflammation for at least one week in patients with type 2 diabetes. DIABETOLOGIA, Vol. 56 (pp S243-S243)
- . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 83(Suppl 2) (pp A24.2-A24)
- . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 83(Suppl 2) (pp A18.1-A18)
- . Endocrine Abstracts
- . Endocrine Abstracts
- . Endocrine Abstracts
Preprints
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Teaching activities
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Undergraduate
I teach on the MBChB, BDS programmes and the MSc in Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes at the University of Sheffield.
Postgraduate
MRCP (UK) PACES Examiner.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Committee Membership
- Member: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Study Group, European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
- Member: Diabetes Research Steering Group, Type 1 Diabetes Treatment and Prevention, Diabetes UK (DUK).
Reviewer
Journals
- Diabetic medicine
- Diabetes Care
- Nature Scientific Reports
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
Grants
- Medical Research Council (Global Health Fund Board)
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research: clinical trials with a high relevance for patient care.
Current projects
- Hypoglycaemia and Inflammation (MRC).
- Elucidating the heterogeneity of impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia in Type 1 Diabetes (NIDDK, NIH, USA).