Ahsan Akram (MBChB, PhD)
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, QMRI
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 2429100
- Email: ahsan.akram@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre
MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
EDINBURGH - City
- Post code
- EH4 2XR
- Street
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The University of Edinburgh/MRC Centre for Inflammation Research
The Queen's Medical Research Institute
47 Little France Crescent - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4TJ
Background
Ahsan Akram is a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. He undertook a PhD in Pulmonary Optical Imaging (2012-2015) and now is planning to apply some of these modalities Lung Cancer for treatment stratification.
Qualifications
MBChB, MRCP, PhD
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Current PhD students supervised
Layla Mathieson- OPTIMA PhD Student
Helen Titmarsh (co-supervisor)- OPTIMA PhD Student
Dr Susan Fernandes (co-supervisor)- MRC Clinical Research Tranining Fellow
Research summary
Characterising and imaging the tumour microenvironment, developing translational imaging tools for human in vivo imaging.
Current project grants
Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship. Fibroblast Activation Protein Expressing Cancer Associated Fibroblasts From Lung Cancer As Imaging Biomarkers For Immunotherapy Stratification. 2017-2022, £1.13M
Wellcome Trust Translation Fund Award. Clinical Validation of Optical Molecular Alveoscopy for the Immediate Bed-Side Diagnosis of Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit. Co-applicant on proposal, 2017-21, £3.1M.
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Bayesian bacterial detection using irregularly sampled optical endomicroscopy images
(14 pages)
In:
Medical image analysis, vol. 57, pp. 18-31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2019.06.009
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Enhanced avidity from a multivalent fluorescent antimicrobial peptide enables pathogen detection in a human lung model.
In:
Scientific Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44804-0
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Super-silent FRET Sensor Enables Live Cell Imaging and Flow Cytometric Stratification of Intracellular Serine Protease Activity in Neutrophils
In:
Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 13490
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31391-9
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Development of an Alveolar Transbronchial Catheter for Concurrent Fiber Optics-Based Imaging and Fluid Delivery
In:
Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 035003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040639
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Low-cost high sensitivity pulsed endomicroscopy to visualize tricolor optical signatures
(12 pages)
In:
Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.23.7.076005
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)