Dr. Abeer Ahmed is a pharmacist and research fellow in pharmacology and clinical trials management at International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH). She did her PhD at LSHTM and UCL School of Pharmacy, developing intravenous formulation of amphotericin B for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. Upon completion of her PhD she joined UCL Institute of Ophthalmology where she worked on the development of several ophthalmic formulations (implants, injectable gels and eye drops) to treat fibrosis after glaucoma and trachoma surgery. She joined ICEH in 2019, working mainly on developing therapies for preventing blindness caused by microbial keratitis in Africa and Asia, mainly investigating intervention strategies and diagnostics to reduce vision loss. Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) will be conducted to investigate the use topical eye drops for treatment of microbial keratitis during this project. The RCTs are funded by Wellcome Trust.