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Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
Professor J Fisher CBE
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Position
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Responsibilities
- Director of the Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Deputy-Vice-Chancellor - University of Leeds
- Non-Executive Director of BITE Centre for Industrial Collaboration
- Director of Tissue Regenix
Academic Background
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) 1st Class in Physics - Birmingham
Postgraduate Certificate in Design & Manufacture - Preston
PhD in Bioengineering - Glasgow
DEng - Leeds
Honours
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
Professional Distinctions
Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers - F.I.MECH.E.
Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council - C.Eng.
Chartered Scientist, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine - CSci
Fellow, Institution of Physics and Engineering in Medicine - F.IPEM
Research activities
Personal research interests lie primarily in the following areas:
Research Institute Membership
Research students
Professor Fisher CBE is currently supervising the following research student(s):
| STUDENT | THESIS TITLE |
|---|---|
| James Anderson | Development of a patho-physiology based morphological model for avascular necrosis of the femoral head |
| Shuqiang An | Computational modelling of fluid load support in articular cartilage |
| Divya Baji | |
| Philippa Bowland | |
| Hazel Fermor | Engineering of natural cartilage substitution materials |
| Nicholas Gowland | Wear and biological activity of antioxidant polyethylenes for total hip replacement |
| Dawn Groves | The effect of the natural acetabulum's geometry on hip osteoarthritis: a clinical and tribological evaluation |
| Mark Hepples | Development of a tissue engineering annuloplasty ring for atrioventricular valve reconstruction |
| Xijin Hua | Biomechanisms and biotribology of artificial hip joints |
| Wei Jiang | Wear measurement of polyethylene components in total knee replacement |
| Junyan Li | Integrated computational biomechanics/biotribological modelling of natural hip joints |
| Carl Maguire | Tissue engineering of osteochondral grafts from biological scaffolds application at the patellofemoral joint |
| Jake Milton-Barker | Sterilisation techniques for small diameter acellular vascular grafts |
| Lucrezia Morticelli | Guided functional re-engineering of the mitral valve |
| Rachel Pallan | |
| Lindsey Parker | |
| Normalina Sandora | Regeneration of a cellular bone-ligament-tendon using adult mesenchymal stem |
| Mahsa Shahi Avadi | |
| Carly Taylor | The biotribology of articular cartilage in health and disease |
| Eirini Tsagkaraki | Macroscale and microscale modelling of tissue engineering vascular grafts conditional under pulsatile flow |
| Vassilis Vayianos | Soft-tissue in-growth into hard porous structures for ligament fixation in revision joint arthroplasties |
| Ammar Wahid | |
| Ashley Ward |
Selected publications
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| Brockett CL; John G; Williams S; Isaac G; Jin Z; Fisher J Ceramic-on-carbon fibre reinforced poly-ether-ether ketone hip replacements: A novel low wear bearing. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Accepted. | |
| Bladen CL; Tzu-Yin L; Fisher J; Tipper JL In vitro analysis of the cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory effects of antioxidant compounds used as additives in ultra high-molecular weight polyethylene in total joint replacement components.. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B : Applied Biomaterials, vol. 101, pp.407-413. 2013. | LINK DOI |
| Fisher J A stratified approach to pre-clinical tribological evaluation of joint replacements representing a wider range of clinical conditions advancing beyond the current standard. Faraday Discussions, vol. 156, pp.59-68. 2012. | DOI |
| Ellison P; Tipper JL; Jennings LM; Fisher J Biological activity of polyethylene wear debris produced in the patellofemoral joint. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 226, pp.377-383. 2012. | DOI |
| Fermor HL; McLure SWD; Taylor SD; Russell SL; Williams S; Fisher J; Ingham E Biological, biochemical and biomechanical characterisation of cartilage from the porcine, bovine and ovine hip and knee in: JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, vol. 6, pp.66-66. 2012. | LINK |
| Taylor SD; Tsiridis E; Ingham E; Jin Z; Fisher J; Williams S Comparison of human and animal femoral head chondral properties and geometries. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 226, pp.55-62. 2012. | LINK DOI |