Dr Ahmed Faheem is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at Sunderland Pharmacy School. He graduated from the University of Tanta, Egypt, with a BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and then obtained an MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology. He gained his PhD in Drug Delivery and Targeting from London School of Pharmacy (currently UCL School of Pharmacy) in 2006. He then undertook postdoctoral positions investigating drug delivery systems for pulmonary delivery of anticancer medicines at Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, and for controlled delivery of HIV microbicides at Queen’s University Belfast.

He was appointed as a lecturer at Ulster University in 2009 and made a substantial contribution in the area of Pharmaceutics towards the development of the MPharm degree programme and played a key role in establishing a new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. From 2010 till 2015, he was the Course Director for MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ulster.

His research interests focuses on the use of biodegradable nanoparticles for peptide and siRNA delivery and targeting including antidiabetic and antimetastatic peptides; vaccine delivery and targeting and pulmonary delivery of drugs and peptides.

Yuen, Hiu-Fung, Chan, Ka-Kui, Platt-Higgins, Angela, Dakir, EL-Habib, Matchett, Kyle B., Ahmed Haggag, Yusuf, Jithesh, Puthen V., Habib, Tanwir, Faheem, Ahmed, Dean, Fennell A., Morgan, Richard, Rudland, Philip S. and El-Tanani, Mohamed (2016) Ran GTPase promotes cancer progression via Met receptormediated downstream signaling. Oncotarget. ISSN 1949-2553 Abdelkader, D.H., Osman, M.A., El-Gizawy, S.A., Faheem, Ahmed and McCarron, P.A. (2016) Characterisation and in vitro stability of low-dose, lidocaine-loaded poly(vinyl alcohol)-tetrahydroxyborate hydrogels. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 500 (1-2). pp. 326-335. ISSN 03785173 Haggag, Yusuf, Abdel-Wahab, Yasser, Ojo, Opeolu, Osman, Mohamed, El-Gizawy, Sanaa, El-Tanani, Mohamed, Faheem, Ahmed and McCarron, Paul (2016) Preparation and in vivo evaluation of insulin-loaded biodegradable nanoparticles prepared from diblock copolymers of PLGA and PEG. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 499 (1-2). pp. 236-246. ISSN 0378 5173 AbdelKader, D H, Osman, M A, Elgizaway, S A, Faheem, Ahmed and McCarron, P A (2016) The Role of Insulin in Wound Healing Process: Mechanism of Action and Pharmaceutical Applications. Journal of Analytical & Pharmaceutical Research, 2 (1). ISSN 24730831 Chan, Ka Kui, Matchett, Kyle B., McEnhill, Paul M., Dakir, El Habib, McMullin, Mary Frances, El-Tanani, Yahia, Patterson, Laurence, Faheem, Ahmed, Rudland, Philip S., McCarron, Paul A. and El-Tanani, Mohamed (2015) Protein deregulation associated with breast cancer metastasis. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews, 26 (4). pp. 415-423. ISSN 1359 6101 Haggag, Yusuf A. and Faheem, Ahmed (2015) Evaluation of nano spray drying as a method for drying and formulation of therapeutic peptides and proteins. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 6. ISSN 1663-9812 Najlah, Mohammad, Parveen, Ishrat, Alhnan, Mohamed Albed, Ahmed, Waqar, Faheem, Ahmed, Phoenix, David A., Taylor, Kevin M.G. and Elhissi, Abdelbary (2014) The effects of suspension particle size on the performance of air-jet, ultrasonic and vibrating-mesh nebulisers. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 461 (1-2). pp. 234-241. ISSN 03785173