Glaucoma UK is pleased to announce that applications for its Health and Social Care Professionals Research Award are now open.
This award is open to health and social care professionals, such as nurses, optometrists, orthoptists, vision scientists, psychologists, and others, to further research into glaucoma and related conditions. With up to £100,000 available, this grant provides an exciting opportunity for health and social care professionals to contribute to our understanding of this important condition. The award is not open to ophthalmologists, making it a unique opportunity in the charity’s grants portfolio.
The research supported by this award can be laboratory or clinic based and should aim to advance our understanding of glaucoma or related conditions. Glaucoma UK encourages patient-oriented research and research that is directly concerned with improving the management of glaucoma.
Visit glaucoma.uk/research to learn more and apply for this award. The deadline for applications is 15 May 2024.
Joanne Creighton, Chief Executive of Glaucoma UK said, “Glaucoma UK is dedicated to advancing research into glaucoma and related conditions. Recognising the crucial role of health and social care professionals in glaucoma care, it is an honour to present this unique award to support their valuable contributions.”
This award was previously presented to ‘The GHOST Study’, pioneered by Dr Jeremy Tan (Ophthalmologist) and Dr Neeru Vallabh (Consultant Ophthalmologist). The study evaluates the ocular structure and vascularity following glaucoma filtration surgery using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The GHOST Study is prospective in nature, following patients over a three-year period, with cohort recruitment expected in 2024.
The study serves as the foundational research for Mr Matt Roney, Specialist Optometrist at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust and PhD student at the University of Liverpool. He said, “I am excited to conduct my PhD study at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust and the University of Liverpool, under the guidance of Dr Neeru Vallabh, Professor Yalin Zheng, and Dr Carl Sheridan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to Glaucoma UK, St Paul’s Research Foundation, the University of Liverpool, and Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust for their invaluable and continued support in this important project.”
