User:Lochryan2000/sandbox/Syed Faisal Ahmed

Syed Faisal Ahmed is the Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health at the University of Glasgow and an honorary consultant paediatric endocrinologist at the Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow. The Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health is the oldest chair of paediatrics in the UK and when Faisal Ahmed was appointed to this post in 2012, he was the seventh clinical academic to hold this endowed professorship. Faisal Ahmed's research has received funding from several sources and has gained international attention in a wide range of research activities. His pioneering work in skeletal development has provided deep insight into the role of the GH/IGF-1 system as well as led to innovative methods of assessing bone quality. His research in sex development has had impact in several areas but, most importantly, he developed and continues to lead a highly successful international research consortium that started as the International DSD Registry (I-DSD). To improve the health of people in Scotland with DSD he founded the Scottish DSD Network in 2005, one of the first national clinical networks in Scotland; in the UK and internationally, he led the development of the UK DSD consensus guidelines and, was one of the members of the 2005 Chicago Consensus group and DSDnet, an EU COST Action.

Coupled with his long standing interest in rare conditions or as they are often called (rare disease), his experience of disease registries has been also applied to projects such as the European Registries for Rare Endocrine Conditions (EuRRECa) and the European Registry for Rare Bone and Mineral Conditions (EuRR-Bone). These activities as well as his close links to the European Reference Network for Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN) led to his appointment as a Professor of Endocrine Registries at the University of Leiden in 2019. To promote local research in paediatrics, Faisal Ahmed founded the Glasgow Paediatric Research Day and with the help of the the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity he led the development of the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity Research Fund.

His involvement in the field of rare conditions was the driver for the development of the Glasgow Office for Rare Conditions in 2016, an initiative that is now being emulated by other health care providers in the UK. His interest in supporting academic development is illustrated by his past involvement in several activities including the UK MRC’s Clinical Training and Career Development Panel, coordination of the Paediatric Endocrine Training Centre in Africa, coordination of ESPE's Summer School and his chairmanship of the Science Committee of ESPE. He has supervised the postgraduate research of over 25 students and hosted several visiting fellows in Glasgow from across the globe and who keep in touch as members of the Developmental Endocrinology Research Group.

In 2020, Faisal Ahmed was invited to join the the European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) Rare Disease Committee and was also invited by the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) to lead its short-life [https://www.eurospe.org/about/committees/rare-disease-advisory-group/#:~:text=The%20Rare%20Disease%20Advisory%20Group,organisations%20in%20Europe%20and%20beyond. Rare Disease Advisory Group].

In 2021, Faisal Ahmed was awarded the 2021 ESPE Research Award for his scientific contributions to the field of paediatric endocrinology.