Hamdy Abdelkader
Kingston University, United Kingdom
Biography
Hamdy Abdelkader received his PhD from the School of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2011. His PhD topic on surfactant-based vesicles (niosomes/discomes) for ocular delivery of the opioid growth factor receptor antagonist-Naltrexone Hydrochloride, where his research led to 8 peer-reviewed articles (5 original research articles + 3 review articles), in addition, he was awarded many international conference grants to USA, Europe and Australia. Hamdy has published over 20 scientific research publications (full research papers and conference abstracts). He started a Leverhulme research fellowship at Kingston University London in early 2014 and works with Prof. Barbara Pierscionek and Prof. Raid Alany. The current focus is on developing and optimizing a novel drug therapy for age-related ocular diseases of the anterior segment of the eye.
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