Professor Wasim Hanif

Professor of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Consultant Physician, & Head of Service in diabetes at University Hospital Birmingham

Prof. Wasim Hanif is a Professor of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Consultant Physician, & Head of Service in diabetes at University Hospital Birmingham. He is a Hon. Professor of Medicine at University of Warwick. He is the Board Member of Centre for Diabetes Endocrine & Metabolism, University of Birmingham. He is a visiting Professor at Birmingham City University and Medical Director of Advanced Diabetes Course. He is on the Board of Governors as a Trustee of Diabetes UK and Non-executive Director of BMJ on its Board.
He is an eminent authority on Diabetes, Obesity, and Ethnic health. He works with several national bodies, and professional groups in the UK. He has been involved with major research projects in diabetes and has published widely. He was selected for Kings Fund Leadership Program. His research interest includes diabetic kidney disease, diabetes prevention, cardiovascular disease in diabetes, diabetes in Ramadan, obesity, ethnicity and tackling health inequalities. He is involved as a chief and principal investigator in several international multi-centre trials and was instrumental in setting up UKADS (United Kingdom Asian Diabetes Study).
Prof. Hanif has been involved at a parliamentary level to advise the government on issues relating to Diabetes and ethnic health. He is the Chair of the Diabetes Working Group and Trustee of the world-recognised South Asian Health Foundation (SAHF).
He is a member European policy forum on diabetes advising EU. His involvement in NICE has been extensive, sitting on advisory NICE Health Technology Appraisal Committee between 2009 and 2015. He is on the Expert Advisory Committee of Commission of Human Medicine, advising MHRA on new Medicinal agents.
He is involved in several international projects, IDF WHO Global Policy Forum on Diabetes, Strategy for Commonwealth to guide ministers at UN summit, Chair International advisory board for ORNATE project India of MRC, member of UK Foreign & commonwealth office Scientific trade delegation among others. He is recipient of several national and international awards including the prestigious South Asian Health Foundation UK Lifetime Achievement Award.