I was awarded a Ph.D. in Statistics by the University of Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University) in 2007. This follows a German Diplom (equivalent to having earned both U.S. Bachelor's and Master's degrees) in Statistics in 2003 by the University of Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University) in Germany. I am a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in the UK. I have worked as a biostatistician for the last two decades.
I worked as a research assistant at the University of Munich in 2003. In 2007, I worked on the statistical analysis of clinical trial methodology at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Berlin-Germany. I moved to London University in 2009 to work with cancer molecular biologist Alan Ashworth and later in 2010 with Jack Cuzick. In November 2019, I started working as a Research Scientist at the Public Health Research Centre at New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
My publication "Trends in the lifetime risk of developing cancer in Great Britain: comparison of risk for those born from 1930 to 1960. Ahmad et al (2015). Br J Cancer" was selected as the paper of the year in Cancer Prevention by The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network. In 2010 I have awarded with my colleagues the Jeramy Jass Prize for Research Excellence in Pathology.
I have developed the ability to design, critically analyse, interpret and report the findings of a research project in a health-related topic. This is primarily using methodologies appropriate for health surveys and observational cohort/case-control studies and l also examine methodologies relevant for (randomised controlled) clinical trials.