Asif Ahmed FRSB is a British-Indian vascular scientist,[1] whose research focuses on reducing the risk of mortality and morbidity in pregnancy.

He was awarded a Ph.D. for his work on platelet abnormalities in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery from University College London in 1989.

[6] He held the Inaugural Gustav Born Chair of Vascular Biology[7] and was appointed as the Assistant Principal for International Postdoctoral Training at the University of Edinburgh in 2010.

[10] Ahmed's laboratory has studied vascular growth factors in pregnancy and preeclampsia.

[11] Research topics include the enzyme placental heme oxygenase (HO),[12] carbon monoxide (CO),[13][14] and soluble Flt-1.