Dr Abeer MOHAMED AHMED
Dr. Abeer Ahmed is a pharmacist and lecturer in pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing at School of Life Sciences. She did her PhD at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and UCL School of Pharmacy, developing intravenous formulation of amphotericin B for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. Upon completion of her PhD she joined UCL Institute of Ophthalmology where she worked on the development of several ophthalmic formulations (implants, injectable gels and eye drops) to treat fibrosis after glaucoma and trachoma surgery. She joined International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) in 2019, working mainly on developing therapies for preventing blindness caused by microbial keratitis in Africa and Asia, mainly investigating intervention strategies and diagnostics to reduce vision loss. Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) will be conducted to investigate the use topical eye drops for treatment of microbial keratitis during this project. The RCTs are funded by Welcome Trust. She joined University of Westminster as a lecturer in pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing at School of Life Sciences in 2024. She is co-leader of Drug Delivery, Formulation and Manufacturing module in the MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences.
- Ocular Drug delivery.
- Developing ophthalmic formulations for treatment of infections, inflammation and scarring.
- Fungal, bacterial and parasitic infections.
- Developing therapies for treatment of neglected cutaneous fungal diseases.