Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer within the Biomedical Engineering Department. I lead a multidisciplinary research team focused on the development of enhanced medical implants. All of my research is carried out in collaoboration 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.
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
More professional activities
Projects
- 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
- 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
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Macdonald, Alexander
- Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Sakata, Shuzo (Co-investigator) Macdonald, Alexander (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2023
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Bradley, Craig
- Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Bradley, Craig (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Williamson, Paul
- Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) Grant, Mary (Co-investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator) Williamson, Paul (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022
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