Maria Ashioti

Maria Ashioti is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Westminster, specializing in translational neuropharmacology. She serves as Director of Quality for the School of Life Sciences since 2022 and contributes to neuroscience education through pharmacology and physiology modules.

• Education: BSc in Human Physiology (University of Greenwich, 2002), MSc in Neuroscience (Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London), PhD in Neuroimaging (Institute of Psychiatry, 2008).

Her research focuses on cerebral ischaemia, neuroprotection, and endogenous peptides like Urocortin, combining in vitro models (e.g., Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation) with translational studies. Key trends include blood-brain barrier dynamics, anti-inflammatory strategies, and neurodegenerative disease mechanisms.

Scientific contributions include fellowships in the Higher Education Academy (2011) and Senior Fellowship (2017). Current collaborations involve neuroimaging and inflammatory disorder therapeutics. She supervises doctoral researcher Dina Ahmed on peptidylarginine deiminase inhibition in regeneration models.