Dr Christopher McCormick
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Area of Expertise
Cardiovascular implants
Drug Delivery Technology
Non-invasvie monitoring of cells and tissues
Synthetic Artery Manufacture
Infection Prevention
Modelling Vascular Response to Injury
Prize And Awards
- Scottish Crucible Award
- Recipient
- 2014
- Stirling Medical Award
- Recipient
- 2/2007
Publications
- Maths, medicine and microbiology : preventing periprosthetic infection
- Eccles Sarah, Maclean Michelle, McGinty Sean, Shields David W, McCormick Christopher
- Glasgow Meeting of Orthopaedic Research (2024)
- Novel polymeric heart valve for global heart valve disease
- Kerr Monica, McCormick Christopher, Reid Stuart, Ben Yaala Marwa, Stewart Iain, McKee Sean, Oliveira Hugo, Wheatley David
- Tenovus Scotland Research Symposium (2023)
- Pioneering a novel synthetic heart valve
- Kerr MM, McCormick C, Reid S, Stewart I, McKee S, Oliveira H, Wheatley DJ
- BioMedEng2023 (2023)
- Investigating multi-material hydrogel three-dimensional printing for in vitro representation of the neo-vasculature of solid tumours : a comprehensive mechanical analysis and assessment of nitric oxide release from human umbilical vein endothelial cells
- Asciak Lisa, Gilmour Lauren, Williams Jonathan A, Foster Euan, Díaz-García Lara, McCormick Christopher, Windmill James F C, Mulvana Helen E, Jackson-Camargo Joseph C, Domingo-Roca Roger
- Royal Society Open Science Vol 10 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230929
- An intricate interplay between stent drug dose and release rate dictates arterial restenosis
- McQueen Alistair, Escuer Javier, Schmidt Andre Fensterseifer, Aggarwal Ankush, Kennedy Simon, McCormick Christopher, Oldroyd Keith G, McGinty Sean
- Journal of Controlled Release Vol 349, pp. 992-1008 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.07.037
- Combining hyperspectral imaging and electrochemical sensing for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa through pyocyanin production
- Dunphy R David, Lasserre Perrine, Riordan Lily, Duncan Katherine R R, McCormick Christopher, Murray Paul, Corrigan Damion K
- Sensors and Diagnostics Vol 1, pp. 841-850 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SD00044J
Teaching
I am the Director of the MSc Biomedical Engineering Programme. I also teach on a variety of modules within the MSc/MEng/BEng Biomedical Engineering degree programmes. My current contributions include:
BE911 Engineering Science (Module Coordinator and Lecturer)
BE919 Research Methodology (Module Coordinator and Lecturer)
BE903 Cardiovascular Devices (Coronary Stents and Vascular Grafts lectures)
BE901 Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (Module Coordinator and Lecturer)
BE101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (Module Coordinator and Lecturer)
I also supervise final year undergraduate research projects and MSc projects.
Research Interests
I have a number of research interests which range from basic to applied research. My current focus is on the development of cardiovascular and orthopaedic medical implants, which resist infection and integrate effectively with the surrounding cells and tissue. I am currently investigating the role that advanced polymer materials, novel drug delivery technologies, and intelligent monitoring systems have to play in this. Of particular interest to me is the role that endogenous healing responses play in implant performance and how these might be modulated using regenerative medicine type approaches. We are also exploring the mechanisms governing biofilm formation on medical implants and investigating how these might be inhibited through novel surface coatings. All of my research is carried out in multidisciplinary teams, with academic colleagues drawn from pharmacology, chemistry, mathematics and engineering, and I have collaborations with a number of clinical groups and industry partners to help advance the more applied aspects of my programme.
Professional Activities
- Scottish Cardiovascular Forum 2021
- Participant
- 2021
- British Society for Cardiovascular Research
- Participant
- 2019
- Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts: Challenges and Opportunities
- Speaker
- 14/11/2018
- Modelling & Experiments in Drug Delivery Systems
- Member of programme committee
- 3/9/2018
- Optimising Coronary Stent Design: a multidisciplinary challenge
- Speaker
- 11/2017
- PhD External Examiner
- Examiner
- 31/10/2017
Projects
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Seed, Elizabeth
- McCormick, Christopher (Principal Investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator) Seed, Elizabeth (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Development of a functional organ-in-lab model of human vascular aging
- Wu, Junxi (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
- EPSRC IAA: Towards Clinical Translation of the Wheatley Heart Valve
- McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- University of Strathclyde Interdisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
- Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Duncan, Katherine (Co-investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Dunphy, Raymond David (Post Grad Student) Riordan, Lily (Post Grad Student) Lasserre, Perrine (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2023
- Advanced Manufacturing for Vascular Grafts
- McCormick, Christopher (Principal Investigator) Shu, Will (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2018 - 02-Jan-2022
- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Blood Vessels
- McCormick, Christopher (Principal Investigator) Shu, Will (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2021
Contact
Dr
Christopher
McCormick
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Email: christopher.mccormick@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3438