Faraz Siddiqui
Assistant Professor, Global Health and Epidemiology

Profile

Biography

Faraz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK. His research centres on global health, with a special focus on tobacco control and the prevention and management of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs). Faraz is part of several NIHR and EU funded Global Health programs such as ASTRA, DiaDeM, FRESHAIR4LIFE, and SCIMITAR-SA, which engage communities across the global South. His work draws on a range of designs that include observational studies, clinical trials, qualitative and mixed-methods research.

Faraz is the module lead for the epidemiology module in the MPH program. He is also actively involved in a number of academic citizenship roles, and in the supervision of MPH and PhD students in the Department.

Qualifications

PhD, Health Sciences, (University of York, United Kingdom)

MSc Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)

BDS (University of Karachi, Pakistan)

Departmental roles

Member, Health Sciences Research Governance Committee (HSRGC)

University roles

Member, Interdisciplinary Research and Development Centre (IGDC)

Member, York Asian Research Network (YARN)

Member, Global Health Research Network

Research

Overview

Faraz’s research focuses on issues relevant to the Global South, notably around to tobacco use and its consequences, and the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases and multimorbidity.

Projects

SCIMITAR-South Asia: SCIMITAR-SA is an NIHR-funded project dedicated to investigating methods of treating tobacco dependence among individuals in South Asia with the most severe forms of mental illness.
FRESHAir4LIFE: A four-year implementation science research programme spread across five countries with 13 partners. Building on FRESHAIR that IPCRG initiated back in 2010, FRESHAir4LIFE aims to develop and evaluate context-specific interventions to reduce tobacco and air pollution exposure in disadvantaged populations.
Fair attribution in Global Health Research (FAIR): A Wellcome funded project that aims to develop guidelines fostering inclusivity and equitable authorship in Global Health Research.

Past projects

ASTRA: A world-class, international and interdisciplinary group, aiming to reduce the substantial burden of disease caused by smokeless tobacco.

DiaDeM: A multidisciplinary program to develop and test a culturally appropriate treatment for depression in people with diabetes in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Smokeless tobacco control in the UK - A supply chain analysis to inform policy: A mixed-methods project that investigated the supply chain and legal compliance of smokeless tobacco products sold in ethnic South Asian neighbourhoods in five UK boroughs.

Research group(s)

Public Health & Society

Supervision

Faraz supervises Masters and PhD students undertaking qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research in the area of tobacco control and/or multimorbidity.