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Novel retinal pigment metric tackles bias in AI models
25 February 2025
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AI, oculomics, Moorfields, research, equality, retinal pigment score, RPS, UCL, diversity
Researchers have developed an innovative metric for objectively classifying pigmentation in a retinal image, rather than using subjective social constructs like ethnicity or other demographic variables, as is currently the case when building health datasets. Called the Retinal Pigment Score...
Optoversity Challenge draws 12 universities together
27 February 2025
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charity, Vision Care for Homeless People, VCHP, fundraising, trainees, medical school, students, opportunities, competition
Out of the Box Optic’s Optoversity Challenge 2025 has brought 95 students from 12 UK universities together to take part in the exciting competition. The annual event – now in its ninth year – is a major fundraiser for Vision...
Glaucoma UK announces winners of the 2025 ‘Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award’
27 March 2025
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Glaucoma UK, Annoucement, Winners 2025, Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award, optometrist, optometry
Glaucoma UK is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Excellence in Glaucoma Care Awards – Patrick (Paddy) Gunn from Manchester and Alex Gage Family Optometrists in Sheffield. This annual award celebrates individuals or teams who have made remarkable...
Dolby’s Sound of a Masterpiece: Hear what Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Monet's Water-Lily Pond sound like
9 April 2025
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RNIB, immersive experience, blindness, partially sighted, art, Dolby Laboratories, patient stories
Dolby Laboratories and Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have reimagined the world’s most famous artwork masterpieces - from Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash - to create an immersive soundtrack, in state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos...
The College of Optometrists: Optometry Tomorrow 2024 (incorporating BCLA Focus)
28 April 2024
-29 April 2024
by Claire McLoughlin, PR Manager, College of Optometrists, UK. The College of Optometrists and British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) welcomed around 900 attendees at Optometry Tomorrow 24 – now incorporating BCLA Focus – on 28–29 April. This was the 20th...
Intravitreal Skills Course at The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress 2023
22 May 2023
-25 May 2023
A team led by Mr Nimish Shah, Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon, ran the first practical intravitreal injection skills course at the College Congress in May this year. The session provided an overview of the...
RCN Ophthalmic Nursing Conference 2024
16 November 2024
Brought to you by the RCN Ophthalmic Nursing Forum, this one-day conference will provide a rare opportunity to network with your peers and showcase the latest developments and innovations in clinical practice, research, education and leadership to help you stay ahead in your career.
The Arclight: A ‘pocket’ ophthalmoscope to revitalise undergraduate teaching?
Ophthalmoscopy should be a core skill for every doctor and should be firmly embedded in the undergraduate curriculum similar to the unquestioned position of the stethoscope. The simplicity of the Arclight means it is easy to useand, importantly, to learn...Eye disease patients have more opportunity than ever to take part in NHS research studies
1 November 2018
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EYE - General
A new report highlights how 76% of UK hospitals now offer patients the opportunity to take part in studies of eye disease to improve research and innovation. ‘Ophthalmology research in the UK’s National Health Service: the structure and performance of...
The increased use of surgical adjuncts in complex cataract surgeries undertaken in the COVID-19 pandemic
The authors explore whether more complicated cataract operations have been performed in the NHS since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions in availability of access to elective cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent case prioritisation based on...Katherine McVeigh
4 February 2021
| Katherine McVeigh
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EYE - General
In this new section we profile creatives whose work is inspired by the eye. Since I was a child, I have enjoyed art projects. It provided me with a space for creative freedom without rules or restrictions. Unfortunately, this fell...
Edible EyeArt in Belfast
6 April 2021
| Rahila Bashir, Katie Curran
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EYE - General
Growing up as an early teen in the 90s, I have always loved celebrating art in childhood academic cooking classes, through to cake making for work events. Relating my hobby in fine arts to most recent news, a range of...
