Abd Al Magid Tahrani MD, MRCP, MMedSci, PhD, CCT, FRCP

Abd Tahrani is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist at the University of Birmingham, an Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at the University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and the lead for weight management research and diabetic neuropathy services at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. He is also the lead for translational research in the Centre of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (CEDAM, Birmingham Health partners. He obtained his PhD in 2013 from UoB and SCOPE National Fellowship in 2014 from the World Obesity Federation. His PhD examined the metabolic impacts of obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Abd’s research group has the following themes: the metabolic consequences of sleep-related disorders, obesity (comorbidities, health care delivery, management), diabetes-related microvascular complications (especially peripheral and autonomic neuropathy, epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment), and the pharmacology of type 2 diabetes and obesity.