Dr. Ahmed‟s Arthritis Research lab is funded by the grants from NIH and pharmaceutical industry. His group has published research work in high-impact journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, Arthritis & Rheumatism, Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Molecular Interventions, and Frontiers in Immunology. Dr. Ahmed has been invited to serve as a reviewer for the NIH and Arthritis Foundation grants. Currently, he also serves as a Lead Guest Editor on the Special Issue of the journal Mediators of Inflammation and as an expert reviewer for several journals. Dr. Ahmed has received awards from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and the International Union of Pharmacology