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UK Eye Genetics Group Annual Conference
9 June 2023
by Chloe M. Stanton, UK-EGG Treasurer, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh Delegates including ophthalmic clinicians, clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and research scientists travelled to Edinburgh from across the UK and Europe to attend...
NYU Langone Health performs world’s first whole-eye & partial-face transplant
15 November 2023
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NYU Langone, eye transplant, Face transplant, surgery, therapies, Aaron James, USA, Eduardo D. Rodriguez
Landmark whole-eye transplant is a major paradigm shift for potential vision therapies.
Unconscious bias (part 2)
5 February 2020
| Clare Inkster
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EYE - General
Does unconscious bias exist, and does training help to reduce discriminatory behaviour? Clare Inkster questions her role as a trainer. I read Gwyn Williams’ Learning Curve article on this topic a few months ago with interest, and as someone who...
Impact of Eye Health Surveys and Partnerships in The Gambia
4 October 2023
| Hannah Faal, Abba Hydara, Islay Mactaggart, Matthew Burton, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran
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EYE - General
This article brings together the three national eye health surveys that have been undertaken in The Gambia between 1986 and 2019 and the impact that the results have had nationally and internationally. In it we describe the long-term capacity-strengthening for...
The work of BIPOSA
4 December 2023
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
The British and Irish Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association (BIPOSA) was set up in 2008 to merge two streams of ophthalmology, namely the practice of paediatric ophthalmology and the practice of strabismus (to include refracting in children, and strabismus in...
The Worshipful Company Of Spectacle Makers closes 2023 with 9 new liverymen and 1 new court assistant
12 January 2024
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awards, organisation, healthcare professional, allied professions, livery, collaboration
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers brought a successful 2023 to a close with the admission of 9 new Liverymen at its December Court Lunch.
IN FOCUS - Prevention and treatment of blindness worldwide: the story of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’
1 April 2020
| Hannah Faal
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EYE - General
The story of blindness and efforts to prevent and treat it cannot be told without going back to the earliest recorded history of blindness. Trachoma was described in ancient Egypt, cataract surgery in India about the fifth century BC and...
Rb-NET: a network to save life and preserve vision in children in Africa
1 April 2018
| Pippa Williams, Richard Bowman, Allen Foster (Prof), Ido Didi Fabian, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
Responding to need is a key element underpinning the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [1]. It is embedded in the process through which LINKS are established, with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) first defining their priority areas of training...
The invisible touch: a VISION 2020 LINK with Indonesia
1 February 2014
| John Ellis, Habibah Muhiddin, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Indonesia’s population, the world’s fourth largest, is spread across 6,000 inhabited islands. Whilst some areas (e.g. Kalimantan, Papua) are relatively sparsely populated, Java is the world’s most densely populated island, with twice the population of the UK in half the...
End of an era: completing training. Tips for survival, fellowship applications and how to CCT
1 February 2019
| Tafadzwa Young-Zvandasara
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EYE - General
Tafadzwa Young-Zvandasara shares the things he wishes he had paid more attention to when approaching the end of training. It is the end of an era, you are now ready to move on. Training has been filled with a structured...
Patient and public participation shapes biomedical research and access priorities in eye health
1 December 2014
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Patients, clinicians and clinician-scientists play a valuable role in shaping the future of vision research. Limited funding demands targeted research initiatives that ultimately will shape health policy and practice to secure progress in improving patient outcomes in eye health. This...
