Staff profile: Dr Hafez Ahmed

Position: Senior Lecturer
School: Nursing
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8725 0013
Email: h.ahmed@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Biography

Hafez is a medically qualified chemical pathologist/biochemist. He has worked as a chemical pathologist or medical biochemist, after spending two years in clinical practice as a trainee physician, and is currently a senior lecturer. Hafez teaches pathophysiology and clinical reasoning, research methods and statistics, pharmacology and toxicology and more to nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers, midwives, medical students and postgraduate medical trainees (courses organised by St George’s for the Royal College of Psychatrists membership – Neurochemistry and neuro-pharmacology).

Hafez’s PhD work was carried out in the Gastroenterology department at St George’s Medical School during 1985–1987 and was focused on the mechanisms of formation of gallstones and the transport of cholesterol by the liver. His MSc was centred round the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) focusing on proteolytic activity of the fluke and how to treat patients with that illness. Hafez is a Dip-RCPath (Chemical Pathology) since June 2000.

Interests

Teaching using different strategies, particularly E-learning, researching the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pathophysiology, obesity, the metabolic syndrome and diabetes, clinical practice within the field of clinical biochemistry or chemical pathology and toxicology.

Publications

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Number of items: 16.

Article

Lugg, G.R. and Ahmed, H.A. (2008) Nurses' perceptions of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: impacts on practice. Journal of Infection Control, 9(1), pp. 8-14. ISSN (print) 1469-0446

Brennan, Arthur , Ayers, Susan , Ahmed, Hafez and Marshall-Lucette, Sylvie (2007) A critical review of the Couvade syndrome: the pregnant male. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 25(3), pp. 173-189. ISSN (print) 0264-6838

Brennan, Arthur , Marshall-Lucette, Sylvie , Ayers, Susan and Ahmed, Hafez (2007) A qualitative exploration of the Couvade syndrome in expectant fathers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 25(1), pp. 18-39. ISSN (print) 0264-6838

Jones, Soraya , Simpson, Heidi and Ahmed, Hafez (2006) A comparison of two methods of blood pressure measurement. British Journal of Nursing, 15(17), pp. 948-951. ISSN (print) 0966-0461

Verma, Ashwin , Ahmed, Hafez A. , Davis, Theresa , Jazrawi, Riadh P. and Northfield, Timothy C. (1999) Demonstration and partial characterisation of phospholipid methyltransferase activity in bile canalicular membrane from hamster liver. Journal of Hepatology, 31(5), pp. 852-859. ISSN (print) 0168-8278

Verma, A , Jazrawi, RP , Ahmed, HA , Davis, T , Bland, JM , Benson, M , Orchard, RT , Theodossi, A , Maxwell, JD and Northfield, TC (1999) Optimum dose of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 11(10), pp. 1069-1076. ISSN (print) 0954-691X

Asante, M , Ahmed, H , Patel, P , Davis, T , Finlayson, C , Mendall, M and Northfield, T (1997) Gastric mucosal hydrophobicity in duodenal ulceration: role of Helicobactor pylori infection density and mucus lipids. Gastroenterology, 113(2), pp. 449-454. ISSN (print) 0016-5085

Ahmed, H A , Jazwari, R P and Northfield, T C (1996) HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and bile lithogenicity: cholesterol supersaturation or nucleation defect? European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 8(3), pp. 195-196. ISSN (print) 0954-691X

Ahmed, H.A. , Petroni, M.L. , Abu-Hamdiyyah, M. , Jazrawi, R.P. and Northfield, T.C. (1994) Hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance of proteins: a major determinant of cholesterol crystal formation in model bile. Journal of Lipid Research, 35(2), pp. 211-219. ISSN (print) 0022-2275

Book

Northfield, T.C. , Ahmed, H. , Jazwari, R. and Zentler-Munro, P., eds. (2000) Bile acids in hepatobiliary disease. Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer. 368p. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

Conference or Workshop Item

Petroni, M.L. , Jazrawi, R.P. , Lanzini, A. , Pazzi, P. , Ahmed, H.A. and Northfield, T.C. (2000) Combination of ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid for dissolution of cholesterol gallstones. In: Falk Workshop on Bile Acids in Hepatobiliary Disease; 29-30 Mar 1999, London, UK. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

Stenner, J.M.C. , Jazrawi, R.P. , Ahmed, H.A. , Verma, A. and Northfield, T.C. (2000) Fibrosis markers and ursodeoxycholic acid. In: Falk Workshop on Bile Acids in Hepatobiliary Disease; 29-30 Mar 1999, London, UK. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

Ahmed, H.A. , Jazrawi, R.P. , Lauffer, G. and Norhtfield, T.C. (2000) Mechanisms of dissolution of cholesterol gallstones. In: Falk Workshop on Bile Acids in Hepatobiliary Disease; 29-30 Mar 1999, London, UK. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

Verma, A. , Jazrawi, R.P. , Ahmed, H.A. and Northfield, T.C. (2000) The optimum dose of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis. In: Falk Workshop on Bile Acids in Hepatobiliary Disease; 29-30 Mar 1999, London, UK. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

Jazrawi, R.P. , Pazzi, P. , Petroni, M.L. , Ahmed, H.A. and Northfield, T.C. (2000) Role of the gallbladder in the pathogenesis of gallstone disease. In: Falk Workshop on Bile Acids in Hepatobiliary Disease; 29-30 Mar 1999, London, UK. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

Lim, A.G. , Jazrawi, R.P. , Ahmed, H.A. and Northfield, T.C. (2000) Ursodeoxycholic acid: an immunomodulator in primary biliary cirrhosis? In: Falk Workshop on Bile Acids in Hepatobiliary Disease; 29-30 Mar 1999, London, UK. (Falk Symposium) ISBN 9780792387558

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Grants

Successful grant applications (1985–2000):

  • Non-pharmaceutical research grants:
    • Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Egypt: £45,000
    • Regional R&D: £60,000
    • St George’s Medical Research Committee: £30,000
    • National Lottery/ British Digestive Foundation: £280,000
    • British Digestive Foundation (2x£20,000): £40,000 
  • Pharmaceutical research grants: 
    • Falk Foundation, Germany: £170,000
    • CP Pharmaceuticals: £75,000

Consultancies

Eurand, an Italian pharmaceutical company, used Hafez's expertise in the field of gastrointestinal biochemistry and enzymology in conducting a clinical trial for a new enzyme preparation for use in cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency. The consultancy was solicited by a British, London-based company called CPLS.