Shafqat Ahmad

This study characterizes the human urogenital microbiome in a large population cohort, revealing sex-based differences and frequent uropathogen carriage in asymptomatic individuals.

This paper reviews studies on the urinary microbiome's association with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease, finding reduced microbial diversity in diabetic individuals and further decline with kidney disease progression.

This paper uses Mendelian Randomisation to show that height reduces coronary artery disease risk independently of BMI, lipid, and blood pressure, but has no direct effect on type 2 diabetes risk after adjusting for BMI.