Dr. Ahmad K. Abou-Foul is an ENT & Head and Neck Surgery Trainee in the West Midlands Deanery (UK), and a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE), University of Birmingham (UK). His research focuses on clinical predictive modelling and the applications of machine learning/AI in head and neck cancer. Ahmad is also involved in the PETNECK 2 trial which focuses on patient-initiated follow-up and clinical predictive modelling for head and neck cancer patients. Additionally, he is the local coordinator for the multinational BD4QoL trial, part of the Horizon 2020 programme. Ahmad is also an active member of the Young Investigator Group, where he co-led various international collaborative studies, including the Extra-Nodal Extension program, and the development of HNCIG guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also co-led the development of the minimum dataset for head and neck cancer through a multi-disciplinary international Delphi process as part of the HNCIG Databases & Artificial Intelligence Group.