
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
- In-vitro characterization of flexible biomaterials for use within a novel polymeric heart valve
- Seed Elizabeth, Kerr Monica Mary, Wheatley David, Stewart Iain William, McKee Sean, McCormick Christopher
- ESB2025 (2025)
- In vitro development and characterization of a ‘heart valve for all’
- Seed Elizabeth, Kerr Monica Mary, Wheatley David, Reid Stuart, McCormick Christopher
- BioMedEng25 (2025)
- Investigating broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy of antibiotic-loaded PLGA coatings
- Eccles Sarah, Sherwood Emma, Maclean Michelle, McCormick Christopher
- BioMedEng25 (2025)
- Rifampicin elution from polymer-antibiotic coatings under flow
- Eccles Sarah, Sherwood Emma, Maclean Michelle, McCormick Christopher
- 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2025)
- In vitro rifampicin release and antimicrobial activity of biodegradable polymer coatings
- Fraser Justine, Eccles Sarah, Muangsaen Hathairat, Kadam Aishwarya, Maclean Michelle, McCormick Christopher
- 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2025)
- Exploiting light-based 3D-printing for the fabrication of mechanically enhanced, patient-specific aortic grafts
- Asciak Lisa, Domingo-Roca Roger, Dow Jamie R, Brodie Robbie, Paterson Niall, Riches Philip E, Shu Wenmiao, McCormick Christopher
- Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Vol 154 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106531
Teaching
I am the Director of Learning and Teaching within the Biomedical Engineering Department. 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 (Biomaterials for Tissue Scaffolds)
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 to enhance performance. Similarly, the role of haemodynamics and its influence on vascular graft, stent and valve performance is a current area of focus. 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
- MIIT Madras
- Visiting researcher
- 30/4/2024
- Sona College of Technology
- Visiting lecturer
- 30/4/2024
- 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
Projects
- ViVitro SuperPump Pulsatile Pump
- Kerr, Monica Mary (Principal Investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator) Stewart, Iain William (Co-investigator) McKee, Sean (Co-investigator) Wheatley, David (Visiting Academic) Seed, Elizabeth (Post Grad Student)
- Total equipment cost of £29,200 with £19,200 awarded from EPSRC Core Equipment Fund and £10,000 contribution from BME.
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- Towards practical multifunctional biomaterials: development of anti-infective and pro-endothelialisation vascular graft coatings
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator)
- 07-Jan-2024 - 06-Jan-2028
- 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
- EPSRC IAA: Cardiac Valve Translation - Exploiting Capability, Delivering Impact
- McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Christopher
McCormick
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Email: christopher.mccormick@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3438