Webinar
Register Now for the SCONA Webinar on "Innovations in Sinonasal Drug Delivery" with Dr Oveis Pourmehran, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia on May 14, 2025.
Time: Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 pm Adelaide, Australia Time (7:30 - 8:30 pm AEST)
Speaker: Dr Oveis Pourmehran
Topic: Innovations in Sinonasal Drug Delivery
Format: 40 minute presentation followed by Audience Q+A
Moderators: A/Prof Narinder Singh & A/Prof Kiao Inthavong
Sinonasal Drug Delivery:
This webinar will explore and compare the efficacy and limitations of nasal irrigation via squeeze bottles and nebulisers. Squeeze bottles are cost-effective but often result in inconsistent medication delivery, complicating clinical decisions about therapeutic dosing. Conversely, nebulisers have shown consistent performance in vitro.
Additionally, Dr Pourmehran will describe a rapid and affordable method for producing patient-specific 3D-printed sinonasal models and present findings from in-vitro testing on both normal and post-operative scenarios. He will further discuss computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations for nasal irrigation and nebulisation, alongside computational aeroacoustic modelling, to reveal the underlying mechanisms of acoustic-enhanced drug delivery and the impact of nasal-sinus resonance frequencies.
About the speaker:
Dr Oveis Pourmehran is a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide, where he directs the ENT-BioMech research node. His research expertise spans aero-acoustics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), respiratory biomechanics, and medical device innovation. Dr Pourmehran leads interdisciplinary projects aimed at enhancing drug delivery systems and accurately modelling physiological flow dynamics. With over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles published, he has successfully secured more than AU$2 million in competitive grants, including funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Passe and Williams Foundation, and the University of Adelaide. Additionally, Dr Pourmehran actively teaches and supervises PhD, Honours, and undergraduate students across mechanical and biomedical engineering, connecting advanced computational techniques to practical clinical applications to improve patient outcomes and foster healthcare innovation.