Dr Muhammad Riaz
(he/him)
MSc (Leicester) PhD (St. Georges, University of London)
Research Fellow - Statistics
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I have obtained PhD in Medical Statistics & Epidemiology from St. Georges, University of London. I have a broad range experience of research in health sciences. Currently, I am working as Research Fellow at the Centre for Trials Research,Cardiff University. Previoysly, I have worked at various universities in the United Kingdom including Kings College London, St. Georges University of London, University of Leicester, Cambridge University. I have been the co-author of more than 60 manuscripts published in good or even in high impact journals.
I have over 15 years research experience in health sciences; the research work include applied biostatistics & epidemiology: data management, collaboration on the design of studies in health sciences including clinical trials and observational studies, designing statistical analyses, conducting statistical analyses using a broad range of regression models including survival analysis, statistical genetics, statistical computing programming, systematic reviews and meta-analysis and writing manuscripts for publication.
Publication
2025
- Busse-Morris, M. et al. 2025. Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid (Listen trial): pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Medicine 4(1), article number: e001068. (10.1136/bmjmed-2024-001068)
2024
- Williams-Thomas, R. et al. 2024. Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) in Wales and England: results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 14, article number: e091355. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091355)
- Hasan, S. B. et al. 2024. Feasibility of daily pain measurement using text messages in Hidradenitis Suppurativa clinical trials; Data from THESEUS study. British Journal of Dermatology 190(5), pp. 775-777., article number: ljae057. (10.1093/bjd/ljae057)
- Ingram, J. R. et al. 2024. Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa evaluation study (THESEUS): a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Dermatology 190(3), pp. 382-391. (10.1093/bjd/ljad388)
2023
- Ingram, J. R. et al. 2023. Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa evaluation study: the THESEUS prospective cohort study. Health Technology Assessment 27, article number: 30. (10.3310/HWNM2189)
- Nawaz, H., Rabia, M., Javed, H., Yousaf, M., Mahmood, S. and Riaz, M. 2023. Stimulating appearance comparison dynamics and their effects on psychological dysfunctions: The moderating role of self-compassion. PLoS ONE 18(11), article number: e0293798. (10.1371/journal.pone.0293798)
- Leighton, P. et al. 2023. Research priorities in the management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa [Research Letter]. British Journal of Dermatology 189(3), pp. 343-345. (10.1093/bjd/ljad152)
- Potter, C. et al. 2023. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for living with long covid: protocol for the listen randomised controlled trial. Trials 24, article number: 75. (10.1186/s13063-023-07090-w)
2022
- Ibrahim, T., Ball, M., Riaz, M. and Kenawey, M. 2022. Avascular Necrosis and time to surgery for unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 42(10), pp. 545-551. (10.1097/BPO.0000000000002179)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2022. Persistent COVID-19 symptoms at least one month after diagnosis: a national survey. Journal of Infection and Public Health 15(5), pp. 578-585. (10.1016/j.jiph.2022.04.006)
- Alkodaymi, M. S. et al. 2022. Prevalence of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome symptoms at different follow-up periods: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 28(5), pp. 657-666. (10.1016/j.cmi.2022.01.014)
2021
- Alhussaini, N. W. and Riaz, M. 2021. Effectiveness of pharmacological and psychological interventions for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in adults with childhood abuse: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open 11(12), article number: e048790. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048790)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2021. Cardiac toxicity of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in patients With COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 5(1), pp. 137-150. (10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2020.10.005)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2021. Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients: a living systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 27(2), pp. 215-227. (10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.036)
- Kashour, Z. et al. 2021. Efficacy of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 76(1), pp. 30-42. (10.1093/jac/dkaa403)
- Riaz, M., Shah, G., Asif, M., Shah, A., Adhikari, K. and Abu-Shaheen, A. 2021. Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 16(1), article number: e0246085. (10.1371/journal.pone.0246085)
2020
- Yousaf, M., Zahir, S., Riaz, M., Hussain, S. M. and Shah, K. 2020. Statistical analysis of forecasting COVID-19 for upcoming month in Pakistan. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 138, article number: 109926. (10.1016/j.chaos.2020.109926)
- Ntalla, I. et al. 2020. Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction. Nature Communications 11(1), article number: 2542. (10.1038/s41467-020-15706-x)
2019
- Asif, M., Nawaz, K., Zaheer, Z., Thygesen, H., Abu-Shaheen, A. and Riaz, M. 2019. Seasonality of deaths with respect to age and cause in Chitral District Pakistan. PLoS ONE 14(12), article number: e0225994. (10.1371/journal.pone.0225994)
- Heena, H., Durrani, S., Riaz, M., AlFayyad, I., Tabasim, R., Parvez, G. and Abu-Shaheen, A. 2019. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast cancer screening among female health care professionals: a cross sectional study. BMC Women's Health 19, article number: 122. (10.1186/s12905-019-0819-x)
- Heena, H., Durrani, S., AlFayyad, I., Riaz, M., Tabasim, R., Parvez, G. and Abu-Shaheen, A. 2019. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards cervical cancer and screening amongst female healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Oncology 2019, article number: 5423130. (10.1155/2019/5423130)
- Bentley, A. R. et al. 2019. Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene–smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids. Nature Genetics 51(4), pp. 636-648. (10.1038/s41588-019-0378-y)
- Abu-Shaheen, A., AlFayyad, I., Riaz, M., Nofal, A., AlMatary, A., Khan, A. and Heena, H. 2019. Mothers’ and caregivers’ knowledge and experience of neonatal danger signs: a cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia. BioMed Research International 2019, article number: 1750240. (10.1155/2019/1750240)
- de Vries, P. S. et al. 2019. Multiancestry genome-wide association study of lipid levels incorporating gene-alcohol interactions. American Journal of Epidemiology 188(6), pp. 1033-1054. (10.1093/aje/kwz005)
- Kilpeläinen, T. O. et al. 2019. Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity. Nature Communications 10, article number: 376. (10.1038/s41467-018-08008-w)
2018
- Perkins-Porras, L., Riaz, M., Okekunle, A., Zhelezna, S., Chakravorty, I. and Ussher, M. 2018. Feasibility study to assess the effect of a brief mindfulness intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial. Chronic Respiratory Disease 15(4), pp. 400-410. (10.1177/1479972318766140)
- Kuivaniemi, H. et al. 2018. Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries. PLoS ONE 13(6), article number: e0198166. (10.1371/journal.pone.0198166)
- Daley, A. et al. 2018. Physical activity for antenatal and postnatal depression in women attempting to quit smoking: randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18, article number: 156. (10.1186/s12884-018-1784-3)
- Riaz, M., Lewis, S., Naughton, F. and Ussher, M. 2018. Predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction 113(4), pp. 610-622. (10.1111/add.14135)
- Yousef, S., Abu-Shaheen, A., Riaz, M., Nofal, A., AlFayyad, I., Khan, S. and Heena, H. 2018. Testing the validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the painDETECT questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain. PLoS ONE 13(4), article number: e0194358. (10.1371/journal.pone.0194358)
- Abu-Shaheen, A., Yousef, S., Riaz, M., Nofal, A., Khan, S. and Heena, H. 2018. Validity and reliability of Arabic version of the ID Pain screening questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain. PLoS ONE 13(3), article number: e0192307. (10.1371/journal.pone.0192307)
2017
- Ahmed, G., Shiraz, S., Riaz, M. and Ibrahim, T. 2017. Late versus early reduction in traumatic hip dislocations: a meta-analysis.. European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie 27, pp. 1109–1116. (10.1007/s00590-017-1988-7)
- Kraja, A. T. et al. 2017. New blood pressure-associated loci identified in meta-analyses of 475000 individuals. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics 10(5), article number: e001778. (10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001778)
2016
- Riaz, M., Lewis, S., Coleman, T., Aveyard, P., West, R., Naughton, F. and Ussher, M. 2016. Which measures of cigarette dependence are predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy? Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial.. Addiction 111(9), pp. 1656-1665. (10.1111/add.13395)
- Howarth, A. et al. 2016. Pilot study evaluating a brief mindfulness intervention for those with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.. Trials 17, article number: 273. (10.1186/s13063-016-1405-2)
- Naughton, F., Riaz, M. and Sutton, S. 2016. Response parameters for SMS text message assessments among pregnant and general smokers participating in SMS cessation trials. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 18(5), pp. 1210–1214. (10.1093/ntr/ntv266)
2015
- Mahmoud, S., Hamad, F., Riaz, M., Ahmed, G., Al Ateeq, M. and Ibrahim, T. 2015. Reliability of the Lisfranc injury radiological classification (Myerson-modified Hardcastle classification system).. International Orthopaedics 39, pp. 2215-2218. (10.1007/s00264-015-2939-8)
- Ibrahim, T., Riaz, M. and Hegazy, A. 2015. The prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip in idiopathic clubfoot: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. International Orthopaedics 39, pp. 1371-1378. (10.1007/s00264-015-2757-z)
- Ussher, M. et al. 2015. Physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy: randomised controlled trial.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 350, article number: h2145. (10.1136/bmj.h2145)
- Ibrahim, T., Mahmoud, S., Riaz, M., Hegazy, A. and Little, D. 2015. Hip decompression of unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 9(2), pp. 113–120. (10.1007/s11832-015-0648-x)
- Alangari, A., Riaz, M., Mahjoub, M., Malhis, N., Al-Tamimi, S. and Al-Modaihsh, A. 2015. The effect of sand storms on acute asthma in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.. Annals of Thoracic Medicine 10(1), pp. 29-33. (10.4103/1817-1737.146857)
- Ussher, M. et al. 2015. The London Exercise And Pregnant smokers (LEAP) trial: a randomised controlled trial of physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy with an economic evaluation.. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) 19(84) (10.3310/hta19840)
2014
- Alangari, A. et al. 2014. Budesonide nebulization added to systemic prednisolone in the treatment of acute asthma in children: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.. Chest 145(4), pp. 772-778. (10.1378/chest.13-2298)
- Ibrahim, T., Riaz, M., Hegazy, A., Erwin, P. and Tleyjeh, I. 2014. Delayed surgical debridement in pediatric open fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 8(2) (10.1007/s11832-014-0567-2)
2013
- Shah, U., Abu-Shaheen, A., Malik, M., Alam, S., Riaz, M. and Al-Tannir, M. 2013. The efficacy of zinc supplementation in young children with acute lower respiratory infections: a randomized double-blind controlled trial.. Clinical nutrition 32(2), pp. 193-199. (10.1016/j.clnu.2012.08.018)
- Hernandez, A. V. et al. 2013. The Association between Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonist Use and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 8(3), article number: e56498. (10.1371/journal.pone.0056498)
- Michel, S. F. et al. 2013. Using the HCR-20 to predict aggressive behavior among men with schizophrenia living in the community: Accuracy of prediction, general and forensic settings, and dynamic risk factors. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 12(1), pp. 1-13. (10.1080/14999013.2012.760182)
- Khan, A. R. et al. 2013. The role of statins in prevention and treatment of community acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. PLoS ONE 8(1), article number: e52929. (10.1371/journal.pone.0052929)
2012
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2012. Association between proton pump inhibitor therapy and clostridium difficile infection: a contemporary systematic review and meta-analysis.. PLoS ONE 7(12), article number: e50836. (10.1371/journal.pone.0050836)
- Tleyjeh, I. et al. 2012. Association between preoperative statin therapy and postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 33(11), pp. 1143-1151. (10.1086/668019)
- Alasmari, F., Tleyjeh, I., Riaz, M., Greason, K., Berbari, E., Virk, A. and Baddour, L. 2012. Temporal trends in the incidence of surgical site infections in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a population-based cohort study, 1993 to 2008.. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 87(11), pp. 1054-1061. (10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.05.026)
- Macmanus, D., Laurens, K., Walker, E., Brasfield, J., Riaz, M. and Hodgins, S. 2012. Movement abnormalities and psychotic-like experiences in childhood: markers of developing schizophrenia?. Psychological Medicine 42(1), pp. 99-109. (10.1017/s0033291711001085)
- Ali Ahmed, A. M. et al. 2012. Risk factors for peritoneal dialysis catheter failure in children. Annals of Pediatric Surgery 8(2), pp. 35-38. (10.1097/01.XPS.0000412920.62852.89)
2011
- Alobaid, A., Alqadri, T., Serat, F., Riaz, M., Alobaid, S. and Aldakhil, L. 2011. The effect of uterine blood supply cutoff during myomectomy.. Annals of Saudi Medicine 31(6) (10.4103/0256-4947.87096)
- Hodgins, S. and Riaz, M. 2011. Violence and phases of illness: differential risk and predictors.. European Psychiatry 26(8), pp. 518-524. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.09.006)
- Bin Abdulhak, A. et al. 2011. Non prescribed sale of antibiotics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study.. BMC Public Health 11(538) (10.1186/1471-2458-11-538)
- Mahmoud, A., Rizk, T., El-Bakri, N., Riaz, M., Dannawi, S. and Al Tannir, M. 2011. Incidence of kidney stones with topiramate treatment in pediatric patients.. Epilepsia 52(10), pp. 1890-1893. (10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03245.x)
2009
- Hodgins, S. et al. 2009. Do community mental health teams caring for severely mentally ill patients adjust treatments and services based on patients' antisocial or criminal behaviours?. European Psychiatry 24(6), pp. 373-379. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.07.009)
Articles
- Busse-Morris, M. et al. 2025. Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid (Listen trial): pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Medicine 4(1), article number: e001068. (10.1136/bmjmed-2024-001068)
- Williams-Thomas, R. et al. 2024. Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) in Wales and England: results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 14, article number: e091355. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091355)
- Hasan, S. B. et al. 2024. Feasibility of daily pain measurement using text messages in Hidradenitis Suppurativa clinical trials; Data from THESEUS study. British Journal of Dermatology 190(5), pp. 775-777., article number: ljae057. (10.1093/bjd/ljae057)
- Ingram, J. R. et al. 2024. Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa evaluation study (THESEUS): a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Dermatology 190(3), pp. 382-391. (10.1093/bjd/ljad388)
- Ingram, J. R. et al. 2023. Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa evaluation study: the THESEUS prospective cohort study. Health Technology Assessment 27, article number: 30. (10.3310/HWNM2189)
- Nawaz, H., Rabia, M., Javed, H., Yousaf, M., Mahmood, S. and Riaz, M. 2023. Stimulating appearance comparison dynamics and their effects on psychological dysfunctions: The moderating role of self-compassion. PLoS ONE 18(11), article number: e0293798. (10.1371/journal.pone.0293798)
- Leighton, P. et al. 2023. Research priorities in the management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa [Research Letter]. British Journal of Dermatology 189(3), pp. 343-345. (10.1093/bjd/ljad152)
- Potter, C. et al. 2023. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for living with long covid: protocol for the listen randomised controlled trial. Trials 24, article number: 75. (10.1186/s13063-023-07090-w)
- Ibrahim, T., Ball, M., Riaz, M. and Kenawey, M. 2022. Avascular Necrosis and time to surgery for unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 42(10), pp. 545-551. (10.1097/BPO.0000000000002179)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2022. Persistent COVID-19 symptoms at least one month after diagnosis: a national survey. Journal of Infection and Public Health 15(5), pp. 578-585. (10.1016/j.jiph.2022.04.006)
- Alkodaymi, M. S. et al. 2022. Prevalence of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome symptoms at different follow-up periods: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 28(5), pp. 657-666. (10.1016/j.cmi.2022.01.014)
- Alhussaini, N. W. and Riaz, M. 2021. Effectiveness of pharmacological and psychological interventions for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in adults with childhood abuse: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open 11(12), article number: e048790. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048790)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2021. Cardiac toxicity of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in patients With COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 5(1), pp. 137-150. (10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2020.10.005)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2021. Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients: a living systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 27(2), pp. 215-227. (10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.036)
- Kashour, Z. et al. 2021. Efficacy of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 76(1), pp. 30-42. (10.1093/jac/dkaa403)
- Riaz, M., Shah, G., Asif, M., Shah, A., Adhikari, K. and Abu-Shaheen, A. 2021. Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 16(1), article number: e0246085. (10.1371/journal.pone.0246085)
- Yousaf, M., Zahir, S., Riaz, M., Hussain, S. M. and Shah, K. 2020. Statistical analysis of forecasting COVID-19 for upcoming month in Pakistan. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 138, article number: 109926. (10.1016/j.chaos.2020.109926)
- Ntalla, I. et al. 2020. Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction. Nature Communications 11(1), article number: 2542. (10.1038/s41467-020-15706-x)
- Asif, M., Nawaz, K., Zaheer, Z., Thygesen, H., Abu-Shaheen, A. and Riaz, M. 2019. Seasonality of deaths with respect to age and cause in Chitral District Pakistan. PLoS ONE 14(12), article number: e0225994. (10.1371/journal.pone.0225994)
- Heena, H., Durrani, S., Riaz, M., AlFayyad, I., Tabasim, R., Parvez, G. and Abu-Shaheen, A. 2019. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast cancer screening among female health care professionals: a cross sectional study. BMC Women's Health 19, article number: 122. (10.1186/s12905-019-0819-x)
- Heena, H., Durrani, S., AlFayyad, I., Riaz, M., Tabasim, R., Parvez, G. and Abu-Shaheen, A. 2019. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards cervical cancer and screening amongst female healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Oncology 2019, article number: 5423130. (10.1155/2019/5423130)
- Bentley, A. R. et al. 2019. Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene–smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids. Nature Genetics 51(4), pp. 636-648. (10.1038/s41588-019-0378-y)
- Abu-Shaheen, A., AlFayyad, I., Riaz, M., Nofal, A., AlMatary, A., Khan, A. and Heena, H. 2019. Mothers’ and caregivers’ knowledge and experience of neonatal danger signs: a cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia. BioMed Research International 2019, article number: 1750240. (10.1155/2019/1750240)
- de Vries, P. S. et al. 2019. Multiancestry genome-wide association study of lipid levels incorporating gene-alcohol interactions. American Journal of Epidemiology 188(6), pp. 1033-1054. (10.1093/aje/kwz005)
- Kilpeläinen, T. O. et al. 2019. Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity. Nature Communications 10, article number: 376. (10.1038/s41467-018-08008-w)
- Perkins-Porras, L., Riaz, M., Okekunle, A., Zhelezna, S., Chakravorty, I. and Ussher, M. 2018. Feasibility study to assess the effect of a brief mindfulness intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial. Chronic Respiratory Disease 15(4), pp. 400-410. (10.1177/1479972318766140)
- Kuivaniemi, H. et al. 2018. Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries. PLoS ONE 13(6), article number: e0198166. (10.1371/journal.pone.0198166)
- Daley, A. et al. 2018. Physical activity for antenatal and postnatal depression in women attempting to quit smoking: randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18, article number: 156. (10.1186/s12884-018-1784-3)
- Riaz, M., Lewis, S., Naughton, F. and Ussher, M. 2018. Predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction 113(4), pp. 610-622. (10.1111/add.14135)
- Yousef, S., Abu-Shaheen, A., Riaz, M., Nofal, A., AlFayyad, I., Khan, S. and Heena, H. 2018. Testing the validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the painDETECT questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain. PLoS ONE 13(4), article number: e0194358. (10.1371/journal.pone.0194358)
- Abu-Shaheen, A., Yousef, S., Riaz, M., Nofal, A., Khan, S. and Heena, H. 2018. Validity and reliability of Arabic version of the ID Pain screening questionnaire in the assessment of neuropathic pain. PLoS ONE 13(3), article number: e0192307. (10.1371/journal.pone.0192307)
- Ahmed, G., Shiraz, S., Riaz, M. and Ibrahim, T. 2017. Late versus early reduction in traumatic hip dislocations: a meta-analysis.. European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie 27, pp. 1109–1116. (10.1007/s00590-017-1988-7)
- Kraja, A. T. et al. 2017. New blood pressure-associated loci identified in meta-analyses of 475000 individuals. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics 10(5), article number: e001778. (10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001778)
- Riaz, M., Lewis, S., Coleman, T., Aveyard, P., West, R., Naughton, F. and Ussher, M. 2016. Which measures of cigarette dependence are predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy? Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial.. Addiction 111(9), pp. 1656-1665. (10.1111/add.13395)
- Howarth, A. et al. 2016. Pilot study evaluating a brief mindfulness intervention for those with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.. Trials 17, article number: 273. (10.1186/s13063-016-1405-2)
- Naughton, F., Riaz, M. and Sutton, S. 2016. Response parameters for SMS text message assessments among pregnant and general smokers participating in SMS cessation trials. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 18(5), pp. 1210–1214. (10.1093/ntr/ntv266)
- Mahmoud, S., Hamad, F., Riaz, M., Ahmed, G., Al Ateeq, M. and Ibrahim, T. 2015. Reliability of the Lisfranc injury radiological classification (Myerson-modified Hardcastle classification system).. International Orthopaedics 39, pp. 2215-2218. (10.1007/s00264-015-2939-8)
- Ibrahim, T., Riaz, M. and Hegazy, A. 2015. The prevalence of developmental dysplasia of the hip in idiopathic clubfoot: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. International Orthopaedics 39, pp. 1371-1378. (10.1007/s00264-015-2757-z)
- Ussher, M. et al. 2015. Physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy: randomised controlled trial.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 350, article number: h2145. (10.1136/bmj.h2145)
- Ibrahim, T., Mahmoud, S., Riaz, M., Hegazy, A. and Little, D. 2015. Hip decompression of unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 9(2), pp. 113–120. (10.1007/s11832-015-0648-x)
- Alangari, A., Riaz, M., Mahjoub, M., Malhis, N., Al-Tamimi, S. and Al-Modaihsh, A. 2015. The effect of sand storms on acute asthma in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.. Annals of Thoracic Medicine 10(1), pp. 29-33. (10.4103/1817-1737.146857)
- Ussher, M. et al. 2015. The London Exercise And Pregnant smokers (LEAP) trial: a randomised controlled trial of physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy with an economic evaluation.. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) 19(84) (10.3310/hta19840)
- Alangari, A. et al. 2014. Budesonide nebulization added to systemic prednisolone in the treatment of acute asthma in children: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.. Chest 145(4), pp. 772-778. (10.1378/chest.13-2298)
- Ibrahim, T., Riaz, M., Hegazy, A., Erwin, P. and Tleyjeh, I. 2014. Delayed surgical debridement in pediatric open fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 8(2) (10.1007/s11832-014-0567-2)
- Shah, U., Abu-Shaheen, A., Malik, M., Alam, S., Riaz, M. and Al-Tannir, M. 2013. The efficacy of zinc supplementation in young children with acute lower respiratory infections: a randomized double-blind controlled trial.. Clinical nutrition 32(2), pp. 193-199. (10.1016/j.clnu.2012.08.018)
- Hernandez, A. V. et al. 2013. The Association between Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonist Use and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 8(3), article number: e56498. (10.1371/journal.pone.0056498)
- Michel, S. F. et al. 2013. Using the HCR-20 to predict aggressive behavior among men with schizophrenia living in the community: Accuracy of prediction, general and forensic settings, and dynamic risk factors. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 12(1), pp. 1-13. (10.1080/14999013.2012.760182)
- Khan, A. R. et al. 2013. The role of statins in prevention and treatment of community acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. PLoS ONE 8(1), article number: e52929. (10.1371/journal.pone.0052929)
- Tleyjeh, I. M. et al. 2012. Association between proton pump inhibitor therapy and clostridium difficile infection: a contemporary systematic review and meta-analysis.. PLoS ONE 7(12), article number: e50836. (10.1371/journal.pone.0050836)
- Tleyjeh, I. et al. 2012. Association between preoperative statin therapy and postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 33(11), pp. 1143-1151. (10.1086/668019)
- Alasmari, F., Tleyjeh, I., Riaz, M., Greason, K., Berbari, E., Virk, A. and Baddour, L. 2012. Temporal trends in the incidence of surgical site infections in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a population-based cohort study, 1993 to 2008.. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 87(11), pp. 1054-1061. (10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.05.026)
- Macmanus, D., Laurens, K., Walker, E., Brasfield, J., Riaz, M. and Hodgins, S. 2012. Movement abnormalities and psychotic-like experiences in childhood: markers of developing schizophrenia?. Psychological Medicine 42(1), pp. 99-109. (10.1017/s0033291711001085)
- Ali Ahmed, A. M. et al. 2012. Risk factors for peritoneal dialysis catheter failure in children. Annals of Pediatric Surgery 8(2), pp. 35-38. (10.1097/01.XPS.0000412920.62852.89)
- Alobaid, A., Alqadri, T., Serat, F., Riaz, M., Alobaid, S. and Aldakhil, L. 2011. The effect of uterine blood supply cutoff during myomectomy.. Annals of Saudi Medicine 31(6) (10.4103/0256-4947.87096)
- Hodgins, S. and Riaz, M. 2011. Violence and phases of illness: differential risk and predictors.. European Psychiatry 26(8), pp. 518-524. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.09.006)
- Bin Abdulhak, A. et al. 2011. Non prescribed sale of antibiotics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study.. BMC Public Health 11(538) (10.1186/1471-2458-11-538)
- Mahmoud, A., Rizk, T., El-Bakri, N., Riaz, M., Dannawi, S. and Al Tannir, M. 2011. Incidence of kidney stones with topiramate treatment in pediatric patients.. Epilepsia 52(10), pp. 1890-1893. (10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03245.x)
- Hodgins, S. et al. 2009. Do community mental health teams caring for severely mentally ill patients adjust treatments and services based on patients' antisocial or criminal behaviours?. European Psychiatry 24(6), pp. 373-379. (10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.07.009)
Research
Dr. Riaz's current research interest lies in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials as well as systematic reveiw and meta-analysis in health science. Research topics may include psychiatry, infectious disease such as COVID-19 and hepatitis C, Cancer, allergies, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, paediatric, perinatal epidemiology, physical activity, smoking cessation etc. As a statistician, Dr Riaz is currently working with the following clinical trials at CTR, Cardiff University:
- LISTEN:Long COVID personalised self-management support co-design and evaluation
- QuicDNA:Integration of liquid biopsy into lung cancer diagnostic pathway
- SCHEMA:interpersonal art psychotherapy for people with learning disabilities
- ABC-12:Exploring the microbiome in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer in a first-line study of durvalumab (MEDI4736) in combination with cisplatin/gemcitabine.
- UPBEAT: A randomised feasibility trial to evaluate a digital system for UPper limB rEhabilitation After sTroke
Teaching
Dr. Riaz recently worked as an Assistant Professor in Public Health (Biostatistics) at the department of public health, Qatar University, where he has taught two courses, Research Design and Methods, and Continuous Data Analysis to the MPH students. Prior to this job, he worked as assistant professor at university of Malakand and Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan and taught courses in statistics to the BS and MS students. He is intersted in teaching applied medical statistics and epidemiology at undergradaute and post graduate levels and weclome students who need a biostatistical superviosor for there thesis in health sciences. Preveiously, he has been a supervisor/co-supervior for MSc thesis in public health and MS thesis in statistics.
Biography
Dr. Muhammad Riaz obtained his MSc degree in Medical Statistics from University of Leicester, UK in 2007 and PhD from St. Georges University of London, UK in 2017. Prior to joining the Center for Trial Research at Cardiff University, he worked at various universities on very diverse research projects. During these positions, he has co-authored more than 60 published manuscripts.
Education:
2013-2017 PhD in Medical Statistics & Epidemiology
St. Georges, University of London, UK
Thesis: A randomized control trial to assess the effect of a physical activity intervention on smoking cessation, depression, and gestational weight gain, and to determine predictors of smoking cessation, among pregnant smokers trying to quit.
2006-2007 MSc in Medical Statistics
University of Leicester, UK
Dissertation: Simulating survival time to verify distributional assumption made in cure model (survival analyses), and reporting the extent of bias in the estimates of cure fraction
2000-2001 Diploma in Computer Science
Board of Technical Education Peshawar Pakistan
1995-1997 MSc Statistics
Department of Statistics, University of Peshawar Pakistan
1993-1994 BSc Mathematics (A & B) and Statistics
Degree College Thana Malakand, University of Peshawar Pakistan
Academic and professional posts since graduation:
Oct. 21-continued Research Fellow in Statistics (Senior Statistician)
Center for Trials Research (CTR), Cardiff University
Sep. 20- Aug. 21 Assistant Professor in Statistics
Qatar University (QU), Qatar
Feb. 20- Sep. 20 Assistant Professor in Statistics (tenure track)
Quaid-i-Azem, University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Feb.20- Feb.21 Visiting Research Associate in Statistics
Department of mathematics and statistics, Open University, UK
Sep. 19-Feb.20 Research Fellow in Statistics
The Open University, UK
Mar. 19- Sep.19 Assistant Professor in Statistics (short term contract)
University of Malakand Pakistan
Nov. 18– Feb. 19 Freelance work as a Medical Statistician (home based)
King Fahad Medical City Saudi Arabia
Nov. 17 –Oct. 18 Research associate in medical statistics
Department of Health Sciences (TIMMS group), University of Leicester
Oct. 15-Mar. 17 Medical Statistician (Statistical genetics)
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences (DCVS), University of Leicester
Oct. 14-Sep. 15 Research associate in medical statistics
Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge
May 13-Sep. 14 Research Fellow in medical statistics & epidemiology
St. George's, University of London
Mar.12- Sep. 12 Statistician at Phastar, London
Feb.10-Feb.12 Biostatistician
Research & Scientific Publication Center
King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Oct. 07-Jan. 10 Medical Statistician/Data Analyst
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Professional memberships
Former fellow member of the Royal Statistical Society during 2016-17
Committees and reviewing
Current reiwer for the following peer reveiw journals:
- BMJ Open
- MDPI
- PLOS-ONE
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Hindawi
Supervisions
Statistics, Medical Statistics
Past projects
- Prevalence and predictors of the recommended level of physical activity among pregnant smokers (Mr. Hekang Zhang, MSc Mathematics, Cardiff University)
- Factors effecting mothers' and care-takers Knowledge of knowledge of newborn's danger signs (Ms. Noor Afshan, MS/Phil Statistics, UoM Pakistan)
- Effectiveness of pharmacological and psychological interventions for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in adults with childhood abuse: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis (Ms. Nour Alhussaini, MSc MPH, Qatar University)
- Prevalence and risk factors of still births in district swat Pakistan (Ms. Maryam, MS/Phil Statistics, UoM Pakistan)
- Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Ms. Ghazala Shah, MS/Phil Statistics, UoM Pakistan)
Contact Details
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Room 5th Floor, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS