Principal investigator

Aamir Hameed

Senior Lecturer · Principal Investigator

Bioengineering · Biomaterials · Cardiothoracic surgery · Cardiovascular disease

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Research profile

Aamir Hameed is a clinician-scientist working in cardiovascular regenerative medicine, with a focus on advanced protein and drug delivery and medical-device translation.

Expertise

Research interests

01Bioengineering

02Biomaterials

03Cardiothoracic surgery

04Cardiovascular disease

05Cardiovascular tissue repair

06Drug delivery

07Tissue engineering

08Medical devices

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Current work

Research projects

Research areas

Targeted therapeutic delivery

Local delivery of drugs, proteins, peptides, bioinorganic ions, nucleic acids and cells from biomaterials and medical devices.

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Clinical applications

Cardiovascular regeneration

Vascular grafts, heart-valve scaffolds, computational models, biosensors and device-based treatments for cardiovascular disease.

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Clinical applications

Respiratory regeneration and drug delivery

Scaffolds, disease models and delivery systems for airway regeneration, tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary fibrosis research.

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Clinical applications

Advanced disease models

Three-dimensional models of cancer, bone infection, osteoporosis, lung disease and other tissue microenvironments for discovery and screening.

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Platforms

Medical devices and implants

Microneedles, cardiovascular and neural implants, biosensors and minimally invasive devices for therapeutic delivery, monitoring and tissue repair.

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Selected outputs

Highlighted publications

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2024JACC: Basic to Translational ScienceFeatured

Miniature Implantable Left Atrial/Ventricular Pump to Treat Symptoms of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Novel Device Treatment

Andrew J. Malone, Kurdo Araz, Jemil Saidi, Donald Hickey, Darragh Colgan and Aamir Hameed

Cardiovascular regeneration Medical devices and implants

DOI Article

2024Heart failure reviews

Biosensors with left ventricular assist devices.

Abbassy M, Ali MZ, Sharma RM, Irani YP, Dahlan A, Azhar M, Aslam N, Hasan B, Hameed A

Medical devices and implants

DOI Article

2023Journal of anatomy

A European update on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in the COVID era.

Antony I, Mehari Abraha H, Hameed A, Conway C

Cardiovascular regeneration Medical devices and implants

DOI Article

2023Journal of anatomy

Advancements in left ventricular assist devices to prevent pump thrombosis and blood coagulopathy.

Malone G, Abdelsayed G, Bligh F, Al Qattan F, Syed S, Varatharajullu P, Msellati A, Mwipatayi D, Azhar M, Malone A, Fatimi SH, Conway C, Hameed A

Medical devices and implants

DOI Article

2022Acta cardiologica

Diuretic therapy in congestive heart failure.

Kennelly P, Sapkota R, Azhar M, Cheema FH, Conway C, Hameed A

Cardiovascular regeneration

DOI Article

2021JACC. Basic to translational science

Device-Based Solutions to Improve Cardiac Physiology and Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.

Rosalia L, Ozturk C, Shoar S, Fan Y, Malone G, Cheema FH, Conway C, Byrne RA, Duffy GP, Malone A, Roche ET, Hameed A

Cardiovascular regeneration Medical devices and implants

DOI Article

Industry & translation

Turning research into impact.

TERG works with academic, clinical and industry partners to move biomaterials, devices and regenerative technologies towards patient benefit.

Industry, spin-outs and collaboration

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For research, collaboration and supervision enquiries, email aamirhameed@rcsi.com.

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