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.  She joined University of Westminster as a lecturer in pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing at School of Life Sciences in 2024. She is a leader of Drug Delivery, Formulation and Manufacturing module in the MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences. 

Dr. Ahmed's main research interest focuses on developing ophthalmic formulations for the treatment of infections, inflammation, and scarring. Corneal infections (both fungal and bacterial) can lead to blindness, particularly in developing countries. There is a critical clinical need to prevent inflammation and scarring following corneal infections in order to preserve patients' eyesight. Dr. Ahmed is working on the development of antimicrobial and anti-scarring eye drops using both new and existing therapeutic agents in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 

In addition, Dr. Ahmed is interested in developing treatments for neglected infectious diseases. She is currently working on therapies for mycetoma, a neglected cutaneous fungal disease

For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.