Mobarak HoqueView profile
Senior Lecturer
Dr Mobarak Hoque serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester. He concurrently holds an external position as Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London (UCL) from July 2025 to June 2028. Academic Background: Doctor of Philosophy in Representation Learning in Multimodal Spatiotemporal Image-Guided Medical Procedures, National University of Singapore (NUS), awarded 2019 Research Expertise: Dr Hoque's work centers on Biomedical Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with specialization in Multimodal Large Language Models , Vision-Language Models , and Safe and Responsible AI . His research directly addresses UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) through innovations in surgical robotics, medical imaging, and endoscopic procedures including polyp segmentation and low-light enhancement. Publication Trends: Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a cohesive research trajectory focused on robust AI for surgical applications. Key methodologies include adversarial feature disentanglement, semi-supervised learning frameworks, and multimodal integration of vision-language models. His work consistently targets real-world clinical challenges like instrument segmentation, surgical workflow recognition, and low-light endoscopy enhancement using advanced techniques such as wavelet attention and diffusion models. Academic Supervision: Dr Hoque actively mentors PhD candidates in Biomedical Data Science and AI, particularly welcoming students interested in multimodal learning and responsible AI deployment for healthcare applications.
