Shahid is Senior Research Fellow in the ActEarly Collaboratory with a special interest in citizen science and co-production. Prior to joining BIHR he held several posts in both the voluntary and statutory sector to drive forward the engagement and involvement agenda. In 2015 Shahid was the winner of Bradford’s Community Star Award for outstanding services to the voluntary sector and in 2021 he won the Chief Scientific Officer's Excellence in Healthcare Science Research and Innovation Award.

He has led on the ‘co-production’ of the ‘co-production strategy’ which has been implemented across the health sector and he describes his role as community activism through applied research.

Shahid has contributed to a book on British Muslims, Ethnicity and Health Inequalities- https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-british-muslims-ethnicity-and-health-inequalities.html



Why you enjoy working at BiB

How much people in the community trust the nature and purpose of the research in BIB and likewise how passionate my colleagues are about inclusivity of the community. For Researchers like me who are interested in improving engagement, co-production and participation this really makes my role so much easier as I am pushing open doors.

Favourite toy when you were a child

Incredible Hulk

Favourite pastime when not at work

Riding my mountain bike especially when I can convince a couple of friends to join me.

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Alexandra Albert PhD, Shahid Islam MA, Muki Haklay PhD, Rosemary R. C. McEachan PhD, (2023). Nothing about us without us: A co-production strategy for communities, researchers and stakeholders to identify ways of improving health and reducing inequalities. Wiley Online Library DOI: 10.1111/hex.13709,
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Christopher Cartwright, Aamnah Rahman, Shahid Islam, Bridget Lockyer, Euroline Roper, Meegan Worcester, Melany Zarate & Rosemary McEachan on behalf of the Happy and Healthy Children Steering Group, (2023). People powered research: what do communities identify as important for happy and healthy children and young people? A multi-disciplinary community research priority setting exercise in the City of Bradford, United Kingdom (UK). BMC DOI: 10.1186/s12939-023-01881-y,
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Shahid Islam; Rukhsana Rashid; Maria Bryant; Holly Schofield; Rosemary R.C. McEachan, (2022). The art of Patient and Public Involvement: exploring ways to research and reduce air pollution through art-based community workshops – a reflective paper. Wellcome Open Research
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Aamnah Rahman, Salma Nawaz, Eisha Khan & Shahid Islam , (2022). Nothing about us, without us: is for us. Research Involvement Engagement, 8(39), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00372-8,
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Rosemary R C McEachan, Rukhsana Rashid, Gillian Santorelli, James Tate, Jamie Thorpe, James B McQuaid, John Wright, Kate E Pickett, Kirsty Pringle, Laura Bojke, Sally Jones, Shahid Islam, Simon Walker, Tiffany C Yang, Maria Bryant, (2022). Study Protocol. Evaluating the life-course health impact of a city-wide system approach to improve air quality in Bradford, UK: A quasi-experimental study with implementation and process evaluation. Research Square DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1486145/v1,
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Rachael H Moss, Jamilla Hussain, Shahid Islam, Neil Small, Josie Dickerson , (2022). Applying the community readiness model to identify and address inequity in end-of-life care in South Asian communities. SAGE DOI: 10.1177/02692163221146587,
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Adriana Ortegon-Sanchez; Rosemary R. C. McEachan; Alexandra Albert; Chris Cartwright; Nicola Christie; Ashley Dhanani; Shahid Islam; Marcella Ucci; Laura Vaughan., (2021). Measuring the Built Environment in Studies of Child Health—A Meta-Narrative Review of Associations. Enviromental Research and Public Health , 18(20), DOI: ; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010741,
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Shahid Islam, Neil Small , (2020). An annotated and critical glossary of the terminology of inclusion in healthcare and health research. BMC Part of Springer Nature DOI: 10.1186/s40900-020-00186-6,
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Bridget Lockyer, Shahid Islam, Aamnah Rahman, Josie Dickerson, Kate Pickett, Trevor Sheldon, John Wright, Rosemary McEachan, Laura Sheard, (2020). Understanding Covid-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK. medRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.22.20248259,
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Rosemary R.C. McEachan, Josie Dickerson, Sally Bridges, Maria Bryant, Christopher Cartwright, Shahid Islam, Bridget Lockyer, Aamnah Rahman, Laura Sheard, Jane West, Deborah A. Lawlor, Trevor A. Sheldon, John Wright, Kate E. Pickett, (2020). The Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Study: Protocol for an adaptive mixed methods research study to gather actionable intelligence on the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities amongst families living in Bradford. Wellcome Open Research DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16129.1),
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Cronin de Chavez, A; Islam, S; McEachan RRC, (2019). Not a level playing field: A qualitative study exploring structural, community and individual determinants of greenspace use amongst low-income multi-ethnic families. Health and Place 118-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.018,
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Shahid Islam Neil Small Maria Bryant Sally Bridges Nicola Hancock Josie Dickerson, (2019). Assessing community readiness for early intervention programmes to promote social and emotional health in children. Health Expectations DOI: 10.1111/hex.12887,
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S Islam, N Small, M Bryant, T Yang, A Cronin De Chavez, F Saville, J Dickerson, (2018). Addressing obesity in Roma communities: a community readiness approach. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare DOI: 10.1108/IJHRH-06-2018-0038,