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An introduction to research governance
1 February 2014
| Nana Theodorou
Research is the process of acquiring new generalisable knowledge and should be fully integrated into health care work. There is a growing drive to encourage and further develop evidence-based practice in ophthalmology so that staff and patients benefit from improved...
Eye research: where next?
1 December 2017
| Rod McNeil
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EYE - General
Eye research in the UK is underfunded relative to other areas of medical research and general awareness of sight loss and its prevention remains poor, messages that were reinforced in presentations and discussions during a recent research summit meeting in...
Facilitators and barriers to conducting research
1 December 2015
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
A survey of clinicians and researchers across the UK was conducted to identify barriers to research and potential solutions. The authors extracted details of studies listed on the UKCRN database that involved paediatric ophthalmology with recruitment of children. An e-survey...
Ophthalmology research: lessons from the Academic Foundation Programme
14 December 2020
| Alexander Mehta (Dr)
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EYE - General
The author discusses practical lessons learned during eight months of ophthalmology research as a guide for candidates considering a research themed AFP post, with general tips for anyone undertaking research whilst balancing clinical duties. Ophthalmology is already one of the...
The willingness of patients to participate in an eye donation registry for research
1 October 2021
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Clinicopathological studies, Histopathology, Patient attitude, Postmortem analysis
This paper explores the willingness of ophthalmic patients to donate their eyes post-mortem for research purposes. A total of 300 German patients with a median age of 70 years (range 19-95) completed the standardised questionnaire; 45.3% were female and the...
Key research and practical information to inform INS care
5 April 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This ‘tutorial’ format paper aims to translate key research findings and conclusions into practical terms, discuss their clinical utility and introduce a new clinical method that accurately measures the static visual deficits in infantile nystagmus (INS), predicts the improvements that...
Strengthening capacity for ophthalmic research within three East African VISION 2020 LINKS – The Research Mentorship Workshop
1 August 2018
| Radhika Patel, Simon Arunga, Jocelyn Cherry, Pippa Williams, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - General
Building capacity for ophthalmic research in low- and middle-income countries is an important aim of the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme. The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been working...
Building research capacity through the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme
1 August 2017
| Philip Burgess, Stephen Gichuhi, Simon Arunga, Mike Burdon, Marcia Zondervan, Allen Foster (Prof)
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The aim is to build capacity for research in the region covered by the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA). The project will build research capacity in three ophthalmology training institutions by ‘training the trainers’ and...
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...
Strengthening the signal: Advancing oculomics research for systemic health insights
4 December 2024
| Mertcan Sevgi, Siegfried Wagner
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EYE - Imaging
Oculomics, the study of how ocular structure reflects systemic health, is poised to become an integral tool for predicting, triaging, and diagnosing a wide range of diseases. By analysing data from the eye, particularly the retina, healthcare providers can gain...
Ophthalmology clinical teaching and research fellowships: a pathway into ophthalmology specialty training
25 January 2022
| Nadim Khadem
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EYE - General
Ophthalmology is known for being one of the most competitive medical specialties in the UK, with 6.8 applicants per post in 2021. In fact, the competition ratio has drastically increased in recent years, rising from 5.73 in 2020 and 3.24...
A pulsatile pump in the TM, a new concept in trabecular outflow research
1 October 2021
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Glaucoma
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Aqueous outflow pump, Elastance, Glaucoma, Intraocular pressure regulation, Pulsatile aqueous outflow, Schlemm's canal valves
This is a research article where the authors propose a new model in conceptualising the mechanisms involved in the aqueous outflow at the trabecular meshwork (TM). The authors demonstrated evidence of a pump within the Schlemm’s canal. A pulse generated...
