Healthy Mosques Team

Dr Ilhem Berrou is an Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacy and Community Health at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She is leading this study along with Prof Jane Powell. Her expertise includes intervention co-design, qualitative research, community health education, and promotion. In the Healthy Mosques study, she leads the delivery of health checks in mosques and data collection to evaluate their impact on people’s health literacy, engagement with services and other outcomes. She is also the patient and public involvement and engagement lead (PPIE) for the study.

Dr Jane Powell is Co-Principal Investigator of the Healthy Mosques Study alongside Dr Ilhem Berrou. She is an economist and social scientist working at UWE Bristol as a public health academic. Her work specialises in socio-ecological approaches to public health, as well as the implementation and impact of complex interventions on health and wellbeing.She has expertise in economic evaluation and economic analysis, with a particular focus on assessing population health impact and the social value generated through investment in and commissioning of prevention programmes co-designed with communities.

Dr Leah Morris is a Senior Lecturer at UWE Bristol and a realist evaluation expert. Having previously undertaken a realist synthesis and evaluation for her PhD, which explored Advanced Practitioner roles in primary care, she has since supported colleagues with realist training, grant applications, and ongoing realist projects. Leah enjoys using the realist approach due to its ability to uncover the complexity of health interventions, as well as its ability to generate recommendations that have real-world impact in practice.

Dr Hamed Zandian is an Associate Professor in Public Health Economics at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His expertise includes health economic evaluation, public health policy evaluation, and applied research with communities and health systems. In the Healthy Mosques study, he leads WP3, focusing on economic evaluation, value for money, and the sustainability of mosque-based health checks beyond the study period.

Dr Asma Mustafa is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and a Fellow at Linacre College, University of Oxford. As a sociologist, she researches the social experiences and well-being of Muslim communities in the UK. As a collaborator on the Healthy Mosques Study, she offers expertise in Muslim community dynamics, faith-based civic leadership, and the role of mosques in fostering healthier and more inclusive communities.

Muhammad Kevan Akif is a Research Associate working on the Healthy Mosques Study. His work focuses on digital health innovation, community wellbeing, and data-driven service development. With a background in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Kevan contributes to research communication, digital platform development, and engagement activities that support inclusive and accessible health initiatives within local communities.