Shaheen Akhtar has a background in the sciences having a degree in Biosciences and completed an MSc in Population Health in 2012. She has worked extensively in community settings across a range of organisations.

Shaheen started work with BiB in 2006 holding various roles, including working in the community and coordination of the PiP and HAPPY pilot trials. She is currently working as part of the Community Research Team supporting the Growing Up study and is leading the Bradford Genes&Health study.

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Barber SE, Jackson C, Hewitt C, Ainsworth HR, Buckley H, Akhtar S, Bingham DD, Routen AC, Summerbell C, Richardson G, Moore HJ, Pickett KE, O'Malley C, Brierley S, Wright J., (2016). Assessing the feasibility of evaluating and delivering a physical activity intervention for pre-school children: a pilot randomised controlled trial.. Pilot and feasibility studies, 18(2), 12. DOI: 10.1186/s40814-016-0052-4, PMID: 27965832,
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McEachan RR, Santorelli G, Bryant M, Sahota P, Farrar D, Small N, Akhtar S, Sargent J, Barber S, Taylor N, Richardson G, Farrin AJ, Bhopal RS, Bingham DD, Ahern SM, Wright J, (2016). The HAPPY (Healthy and Active Parenting Programmme for early Years) feasibility randomised control trial: acceptability and feasibility of an intervention to reduce infant obesity.. BMC public health, 16(1), 211. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2861-z, PMID: 26931491,
Sally E Barber, Shaheen Akhtar, Cath Jackson, Daniel D Bingham, Catherine Hewitt, Ash Routen, Gerry Richardson, Hannah Ainsworth, Helen J Moore, Carolyn D Summerbell, Kate E Pickett, Claire O’Malley, Shirley Brierley, and John Wright., (2015). Preschoolers in the Playground: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years. Public health research, 3(5), DOI: 10.3310/phr03050,
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Barber S, Jackson C, Akhtar S, Bingham DD, Ainsworth H, Hewitt C, Richardson G, Summerbell CD, Pickett KE, Moore HJ, Routen AC, O'Malley CL, Brierley S, Wright J., (2013). “Pre-schoolers in the playground” an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.. Trials, 14(1), 326. DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-326, PMID: 24107473,