Mahmood, Hanya, Dr

Dr Hanya Mahmood

BDS (Birm), MFDS RCS, PGDip Con Sed, PGCert Med Ed, FHEA, MClinRes, MOralSurg, PhD

School of Clinical Dentistry

Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon

h.mahmood@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9370

19 Claremont Crescent

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Dr Hanya Mahmood
School of Clinical Dentistry
19 Claremont Crescent
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S10 2TA

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Dr Mahmood graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2012. Following this, she completed Dental Foundation Training (2012-2013) and multiple Dental Core Training posts in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Radiology (2012-2018). During this time, she gained MFDS at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (2017), Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2017) and Diploma in Conscious Sedation (Merit, 2018). She was subsequently appointed as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery during which she completed higher surgical training with award of MOralSurg (2021).

She has a strong track record in research, having completed a Masters in Clinical Research (Distinction, 2021) and a prestigious NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship (2021-2024) which supported her PhD in the application of Artificial Intelligence to aid early oral cancer detection. She has received several national and international research prizes, including the most coveted PhD-level UK research prize for Oral & Dental Research, the Senior Colgate Award (2023) in addition to the IADR Oral Medicine & Pathology Research Prize (2022), ABAOMS Research Prize (2023) and BSOMP Potts Research Prize (2022). She was promoted to Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon at the School of Clinical Dentistry, (University of ��«Ӱҵ) in 2024.

Research interests

Dr Mahmood’s main research focus is the study of oral precancer progression to malignancy. She is a key member of the research group leading innovation in oral, head and neck cancer research. Her NIHR funded PhD (worth £353K) developed novel digital, computational and quantitative models for oral cancer risk prediction (supervisors Professors Syed Ali Khurram, Daniel Lambert and ) and received various national and international research prizes.

She is involved in a number of national and international collaborative projects exploring novel digital and spatial biomarkers in oral cancers and pre-cancers using state-of-the art approaches, including AI, Deep Learning, single-cell analysis and multiplex imaging.

Publications

Journal articles

Shephard AJ, Bashir RMS, Mahmood H, Jahanifar M, Minhas F, Raza SEA, McCombe KD, Craig SG, James J, Brooks J , Nankivell P et al (2024) . npj Precision Oncology, 8(1).
Hankinson P, Mahmood H, Walsh H, Speight PM & Khurram SA (2024) . Pathology, 56(1), 11-23.
Sathyamoorthy H, Mahmood H, Zubir AZA, Hankinson P & Khurram SA (2024) . Virchows Archiv, 484, 47-59.
Mahmood H, Shephard A, Hankinson P, Bradburn M, Araujo ALD, Santos-Silva AR, Lopes MA, Vargas PA, McCombe KD, Craig SG , James J et al (2023) . British Journal of Cancer, 129(10), 1599-1607.
Bashir RMS, Shephard AJ, Mahmood H, Azarmehr N, Raza SEA, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM (2023) . Journal of Pathology, 260(4), 431-442.
Mahmood H, Hankinson P, Andrew D, Nusrath M & Khurram SA (2022) . Oral Surgery.
Mahmood H, Hoare J & Atkins S (2022) . Oral Surgery, 15(4), 663-668.
Mahmood H, Bradburn M, Rajpoot N, Islam NM, Kujan O & Khurram SA (2022) . Modern Pathology, 35, 1151-1159.
Wilson C & Mahmood H (2021) . Faculty Dental Journal, 12(3), 111-112.
Wilson CL, Mahmood H, Varley I, Khurram AS, El-Awa A & Steel C (2021) . Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, 132(1), e52-e53.
Mahmood H, Shaban M, Rajpoot N & Khurram SA (2021) . British Journal of Cancer, 124(12), 1934-1940.
Anabtawi M, Tweedale H & Mahmood H (2021) . International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 50(4), 501-510.
Camalan S, Mahmood H, Binol H, Araújo ALD, Santos-Silva AR, Vargas PA, Lopes MA, Khurram SA & Gurcan MN (2021) . Cancers, 13(6).
Mahmood H, Shaban M, Indave BI, Santos-Silva AR, Rajpoot N & Khurram SA (2020) . Oral Oncology, 110.
Wilson CL, Mahmood H & Loescher A (2020) . British Dental Journal.
Anabtawi M, Wege J, Mahmood H, Dareen Amro BA & Patterson A (2020) . Cureus, 12(8).
Mahmood H, Siddique I & McKechnie A (2020) . Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 102(1), 9-13.
Mahmood H, Stern M & Atkins S (2019) . Journal of Orthodontics, 46(4), 374-377.
Mahmood H, Murphy C & Oktseloglou V (2018) . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 56(6), 540-542.
Mahmood H, Flora H, Murphy C & Sutton D (2018) . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 56(3), 227-229.
Mahmood H & Chengot P (2017) . Oral Surgery, 10(4), e88-e91.
Mahmood H, Siddique I & Mohammed-Ali R (2015) . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 53(10), e79-e80.
Siddique I, Mahmood H & Mohammed-Ali R (2015) . British Dental Journal, 219(6), E6-E6.
Mahmood H, White L, Li T & Mohammed-Ali R (2014) . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 52(8), e101-e101.
Shephard AJ, Mahmood H, Raza SEA, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM () . British Journal of Cancer.

Chapters

Azarmehr N, Shephard A, Mahmood H, Rajpoot N & Khurram SA (2022) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 357-370). Springer International Publishing

Conference proceedings papers

Shephard AJ, Graham S, Saad Bashir RM, Jahanifar M, Mahmood H, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM (2021) . 2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW), 11 October 2021 - 17 October 2021.
Saad Bashir RM, Mahmood H, Shaban M, Ahmed Raza SE, Fraz MM, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM (2020) . Medical Imaging 2020: Digital Pathology(11320). Houston, Tx, United States, 15 February 2020 - 15 February 2020.
Mahmood H, Smith A & Khurram SA (2020) Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus - an extremely rare diagnosis of the oral cavity. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV, Vol. 477 (pp S318-S319)
Mahmood H, Shaban M, Indave I, Santos-Silva A, Rajpoot N & Khurram SA (2020) Artificial intelligence to aid the diagnosis of head and neck precancerous and cancerous lesions: a systematic review. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV, Vol. 477 (pp S37-S37)
Mahmood H, Andrew D & Khurram SA (2020) Radiation-induced osteosarcoma involving the mandible - report of a rare diagnosis. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV, Vol. 477 (pp S319-S319)
Mahmood H & Khurram SA (2020) Prognostic significance of oral dysplasia features - analysis of a preliminary cohort. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV, Vol. 477 (pp S21-S22)

Preprints

Shephard AJ, Mahmood H, Raza SEA, Damaceno Araujo AL, Santos-Silva AR, Lopes MA, Vargas PA, McCombe KD, Craig SG, James J , Brooks J et al (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Shephard AJ, Mahmood H, Raza SEA, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Shephard AJ, Mahmood H, Raza SEA, Araujo ALD, Santos-Silva AR, Lopes MA, Vargas PA, McCombe K, Craig S, James J , Brooks J et al (2023) , arXiv.
Rajpoot N, Shephard A, Bashir R, Mahmood H, Jahanifar M, Minhas F, Raza SEA, McCombe K, Craig S, James J , Brooks J et al (2023) , Research Square Platform LLC.
Shephard AJ, Bashir RMS, Mahmood H, Jahanifar M, Minhas F, Raza SEA, McCombe KD, Craig SG, James J, Brooks J , Nankivell P et al (2023) , arXiv.
Bashir RMS, Shephard AJ, Mahmood H, Azarmehr N, Raza SEA, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Shephard AJ, Graham S, Bashir RMS, Jahanifar M, Mahmood H, Khurram SA & Rajpoot NM (2021) , arXiv.

Research group

As part of the NEOPATH Research Group, she works closely with Professor Ali Khurram to supervise and mentor clinical academic trainees, postgraduate and post-doctoral research students to drive forwards translational projects in oral, head and neck cancer research.

Clinical trainees

Chris Platais
Mollie Clark
Alizey Kazmi (HEYH Flexible Portfolio)

Masters students

Hrishikesh Sathyamoorthy (MMedSci - completed)
Najla Nadiah (MMedSci - completed)

Teaching interests

Dr Mahmood has completed a PGCert in Medical Education and obtained Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2017).

She provides regular hands-on practical teaching in Oral Surgery to undergraduates, postgraduates and clinical trainees. She provides formal teaching to BDS students as part of the Integrated Clinical Practice, Oral Diseases and Integrated Human Diseases courses.

She is a personal tutor to BDS students, a registered Clinical Supervisor for speciality trainees in Oral Surgery, and a trained peer mentor for postgraduates in the Yorkshire & Humber Deanery.

She teaches on the ��«Ӱҵ Implant Foundation Course and has previously led the RCS MFDS exam webinars for Oral Surgery broadcast to students in the UK, Burma and Kuala Lumpur (2017-2019).

Professional activities and memberships

Current roles

Scientific Advisor, British Dental Association Health & Science Committee (since 2022)
Member, Research Working Group, Salivary Gland Cancers UK (since 2024)
Member, INTERCEPTOR Research Working Group (since 2024)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board for Fanconi Hope (since 2024)
Member, ��«Ӱҵ University Research Integrity Steering Group (since 2024)
Chair, ABAOMS Education Committee (since 2023)
��«Ӱҵ Representative, Dental Sedation Teachers Group (since 2023)
Lead, Sedation Journal Club, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital (since 2020)
Member of learned societies: BAOS, ABAOMS, BDA, BSOMP, IADR, BSODR, DSTG
Reviewer for Oral Surgery Journal, British Dental Journal & British Journal of Cancer

Previous roles

Academic Trainee Representative & Webmaster, ABAOMS (2018 – 2024)
Trainee Representative, ��«Ӱҵ Hospitals Junior Doctor Forum (2018-2023) & Oral & Dental Research Directorate (Charles Clifford Hospital, 2021-2023)
Member, Athena Swan Assessment Team (School of Clinical Dentistry, 2023-2024)
BAOS Yorkshire Regional Representative (2018-2019)

Clinical treatments: Dr Mahmood provides a range of oral surgical treatment under local anaesthetic, conscious sedation and general anaesthetic. Her main clinical interests include the management of medically compromised patients and treatment of oral soft/hard tissue disease and pathology.