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We are an @nihr.bsky.social Biomedical Research Centre partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital and @ucleye.bsky.social.

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On #InternationalVolunteerDay we’re celebrating the amazing
@moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social volunteers whose support helps Moorfields BRC deliver world-class eye research.

With 327 volunteers speaking 30+ languages, your impact makes our research more accessible and inclusive. Thank you! 👏
Two Friends of Moorfields volunteers stood in front of a display board in Moorfields Eye Hospital during volunteers’ week. The board is displaying quotes from Moorfields volunteers as well as a world map. The volunteers are adding pins into the world map to represent each country that the volunteers come from. A colourful world map with red string pinned into it that has been arranged to display the furthest global points that the Friends of Moorfield volunteers come from. Global points range from the USA, to Greenland, to New Zealand to Russia.
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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The latest EyeYPAG blog is now live, sharing highlights from their final meeting of 2025!

The Eye #YPAG brings together young people, aged 8-16, to share their views on eye health research and help shape studies for children and young people.

Read here: generationr.org.uk/the-last-mee...
Members of the eyeYPAG including 6 young people and children and 3 of our researchers sat around a table in Moorfields Eye Hospital discussing documents from the European network of YPAGs. A photograph taken from above of our researchers and young people and children gathered around a table in a circle. Their hands are in the middle with each person holding a chocolate coin and Amazon voucher.
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Catch up on the highlights from last week’s Ophthalmology Clinical Academic Trainee Forum!

We heard from Prof Andrew Webster, Prof Sobha Sivaprasad and Dr Alasdair Warwick who shared reflections on their clinical academic journeys.

Read the full summary: lnkd.in/eS4AA4Tx

#NIHRsupported
Dr Alasdair Warwick stood in front of an audience of clinical academics and trainees delivering a talk on his clinical academic journey. Behind him is a projector displaying the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo. Prof Andrew Webster and Prof Omar Mahroo stood in front of an audience of clinical academics and trainees. Andrew is delivering a talk to the audience. Behind him is a projected agenda for the sixth Ophthalmology Clinical Academic Trainee Forum. The audience at the ophthalmology clinical academic trainee forum engaging in discussion. Audience members are sat in rows in chairs facing the speaker. Prof Sobha Sivaprasad stood in front of an audience of clinical academics and trainees delivering a talk on her clinical academic journey. Behind her is a projector displaying a slide detailing Sobha's early life in Sarawak, Malaysia.
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I attended the #WomenInVisionUK annual conference today. Empowering women to lead from the heart 💙

As one of the founders, it was so heartening to see how the organisation is thriving and growing #WomenSupportingWomen ❤️ #WomenInSTEM @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @anarod7.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Join Dr Paul Nderitu for Coffee Hour to explore how #AI is transforming early detection of diabetic eye disease and helping prevent sight loss.

📅 20 Nov | 🕒 3–4 pm
📍Coffee Junction near Moorfields Eye Hospital
🔗Everyone welcome: buff.ly/JnM8UB5

@moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social | @ucleye.bsky.social
A promotional graphic for NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre advertising a “Coffee Hour” event with Dr Paul Nderitu. The event is scheduled for Thursday 20 November, and the text mentions “Free coffee and pastry!” The design includes the NIHR logo at the top left, an illustration of a coffee cup with steam on the right, and a photo of a person in a suit on the left.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Inclusivity in research matters.

That’s why six collaborating BRCs have launched free online training because reducing health inequalities benefits everyone.

Find out more 🔗 buff.ly/fI0B5Cl

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHRsupported
A promotional poster for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) advertising “Inclusivity training for health and care researchers.” It lists six NIHR Biomedical Research Centres: Barts, Birmingham, Cambridge, Moorfields, Oxford, and Oxford Health. The poster announces three online training sessions: Reaching Beyond the Usual: Inclusive approaches to research with a focus on intersectionality by Cherish Boxall on Mon 17 Nov 2025, 10:00–11:30 am. Ethnicity Inclusion training with Prof. Shaun Treweek on Mon 24 Nov 2025, 10:30 am–12:00 pm. Socio-economic Disadvantage Inclusion training with Dr. Heidi R Green on Mon 8 Dec 2025, 10:00–11:30 am. Each session includes a short description and contact details. The design features illustrated diverse people at the top and NIHR branding. A note at the bottom states: “We will be repeating these sessions in 2026!”
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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We have arrived at #Seirei Hamamatsu Eye Centre #Japan to deliver an educational workshop on #CharlesBonnetSyndrome #CBS
with Dr Lee Jones and Dr Bethany Higgins.

@moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social Thank you to #EsmesUmbrella and #DaiwaFoundation for sponsoring us 🙏🏼
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Come and meet us at the Black Communities Health & Wellbeing Day this Saturday in Kennington! Discover how health research is shaping better outcomes for black communities.
When: 25 Oct, 11:00 - 16:00

www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHRsupported
Select tickets – Black Communities Health & Wellbeing Day – St Mark's Church Kennington
Black Communities Health & Wellbeing Day – St Mark's Church Kennington, Sat 25 Oct 2025 - Black Communities Health &...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social
Inclusivity in research matters.

That’s why six collaborating BRCs have launched free online training because reducing health inequalities benefits everyone.

Find out more 🔗 buff.ly/fI0B5Cl

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHRsupported
A promotional poster for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) advertising “Inclusivity training for health and care researchers.” It lists six NIHR Biomedical Research Centres: Barts, Birmingham, Cambridge, Moorfields, Oxford, and Oxford Health. The poster announces three online training sessions: Reaching Beyond the Usual: Inclusive approaches to research with a focus on intersectionality by Cherish Boxall on Mon 17 Nov 2025, 10:00–11:30 am. Ethnicity Inclusion training with Prof. Shaun Treweek on Mon 24 Nov 2025, 10:30 am–12:00 pm. Socio-economic Disadvantage Inclusion training with Dr. Heidi R Green on Mon 8 Dec 2025, 10:00–11:30 am. Each session includes a short description and contact details. The design features illustrated diverse people at the top and NIHR branding. A note at the bottom states: “We will be repeating these sessions in 2026!”
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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At our Coffee Hour, Dr Charles Cleland shared how AI is transforming #DiabeticRetinopathy screening in Tanzania. With a shortage of ophthalmologists, #AI is delivering specialist-level care to communities. Tackling the rise in diabetes-related blindness.
Read more🔗 buff.ly/3ouidon
#NIHRsupported
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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The ESCRS Sustainability Research Award (2 x €10,000) is closing in 2 weeks. It is open to ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses and (non-clinical) researchers. Funds can be used in any way to support a project on sustainable ophthalmic practices.
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@ucleye.bsky.social
ESCRS:Sustainability Research (SURE) Award
ESCRS seeks to promote and support research in the field of intraocular lens implantation and refractive surgery and the dissemination of the useful results thereof. ESCRS has over 7,000 members from ...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Six NIHR BRCs are launching a brand-new online inclusivity training series for health and care researchers.

Get inspired by experts and discover what tools are available to you. Suitable for all career stages.

Register for free: buff.ly/WkroJFM
@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social
Inclusivity training for health and care researchers - Various Dates Available - NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
Six NIHR Biomedical Research Centres: Barts, Birmingham, Cambridge, Moorfields, Oxford and Oxford Health in collaboration bring to you a series of engaging online training sessions with experts and researchers to help embed inclusion in your research.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Congratulations to our BRC Co-Director, Prof Sir Peng Tee Khaw, for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society. He also delivered a lecture at the 50th jubilee meeting in the Netherlands.

Read more🔗 buff.ly/O9BnF94

#EPOS2025 #NIHRsupported
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October 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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In conversation with The Ophthalmologist, our colleague Paul Nderitu describes a world-first initiative to build the first medical AI model with globally representative data. @pearsekeane.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social

theophthalmologist.com/issues/2025/...
AI Without Borders
An international coalition aims to tackle health inequities with a globally representative retinal AI model
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October 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Six collaborating BRCs have launched online inclusivity training for health and care researchers! Get inspired by experts and discover what tools are available to you. #Inclusion

Register for free: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/event/inclus...

#NIHRsupported @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social
Inclusivity training for health and care researchers - Various Dates Available - NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
Six NIHR Biomedical Research Centres: Barts, Birmingham, Cambridge, Moorfields, Oxford and Oxford Health in collaboration bring to you a series of engaging online training sessions with experts and researchers to help embed inclusion in your research.
moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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This #WorldSightDay we share a short film for BBC ideas, in partnership with UKRI, featuring work by 3 @ucleye.bsky.social researchers: PhD student Zaynab Butt, Dr @amandajcarr.bsky.social and pioneering eye researcher Professor Pete Coffey who passed away in June 2025. www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c4gd5...
Can (and should) we cure blindness?
Recent years have seen incredible advances in eyesight restoration. But should we approach blindness as something that needs to be 'cured'? Comedian Tom Skelton, who started losing his sight at 21, ex...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Read last week’s highlights from the Ophthalmology Academic Trainees Forum! Prof David Garway-Heath & Dr
Dun Jack Fu spoke about being a clinical academic. Dr Alessandra Martins gave an RCOphth training curriculum update.
buff.ly/y1ldZGP

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHRsupported
A person is giving a presentation in a small conference room. The audience is seated in rows of blue chairs, facing a projection screen that displays a slide titled “Collaborations and building a research team” with text and images. The presenter stands near a podium with a laptop. The room has blue walls with framed posters and a door on the right. Three people stand at the front of a conference room during a presentation. A projection screen behind them displays a slide with the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo and the title “Closing Remarks, Thanks & Feedback” followed by the names “Prof Sir Peng Khaw and Prof Andrew Dick.” A laptop is placed on a small round table near the screen, and several audience members are seated facing the presenters. A person is speaking to an audience in a conference room. The projection screen displays a slide with the NIHR logo and the title “My Journey as a Clinical Academic,” along with the presenter’s name and session time. The audience is seated in rows of blue chairs, and the room has blue walls with framed posters. A person is presenting to a seated audience in a conference room. The projection screen shows a slide with a table and a color-coded chart labeled “Curriculum 24 > CCT Aug 26.” The presenter stands near a clear podium with a laptop. The audience is seated in rows of blue chairs, and the room has blue walls with framed posters.
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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This #WorldSightDay, we are showcasing our cutting-edge research with @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social. A big thank you to all the patients, visitors, and staff who’ve stopped by to chat & learn how you can help shape the future of eye care.

🗓️11:00-2:00 near the hospital entrance

🔗 buff.ly/OaJGCjJ
Four people standing in front of an exhibition booth with banners and posters about eye care and research. The backdrop includes text such as “Moorfields World leading experts in eye care” and “NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre.” The table in front of them is covered with informational leaflets, booklets, and a bowl of small items. Orange triangular bunting is hanging above the booth. Two people standing at an information table indoors. One person is wearing a dark uniform with yellow trim, and the other is wearing a light pink cardigan over a black top. They are both looking at and pointing to printed materials on the table, which include colorful leaflets and diagrams. A bowl of pens is visible on the table. Behind them, there is a blue wall with posters and a display case, and a banner that reads “Moorfields Eye Charity.”
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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This #WorldSightDay, meet our researchers to explore Age-Related Macular Degeneration and the latest genetic testing breakthroughs. Learn how we are dedicated to improving black health outcomes (IBHO).

When: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm near the hospital entrance
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Be part of life-changing research
Find out how you can take part in health and care research through Be Part of Research #BePartofResearch
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October 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Our Open Day offered a glimpse into the future of eye health! Thank you to everyone who joined us, from patients & the public to our researchers.
Collaboration is at the heart of equitable innovation in research.

Read more: buff.ly/TJNcp9e

@moorfields.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social #NIHR
An information desk at an event with a dark blue tablecloth branded with “NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre.” The table displays multiple name badges arranged in rows, a QR code sign, and a paper cup. Behind the table, three event staff members wearing matching navy blue shirts sit and stand in front of a backdrop labeled “Education Hub” with additional informational posters. A speaker stands at the front of a room pointing to a large screen displaying a slide titled “Imaging Theme” with an orange and white graphic of a computer monitor and camera icon. Several attendees are seated in rows, attentively facing the presentation. The room has a bright, modern design with light-colored walls and flooring. A conference room with rows of seated attendees facing a presentation area. Two presenters stand at the front near a large screen displaying a slide titled “PPI Award Winner” with a graphic of colorful hands and the NIHR logo. Another screen on the wall shows the same graphic. The room has modern lighting and exposed ceiling fixtures.
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Discover how AI is transforming eye health and making a global impact.

Read more: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #AI #NIHRsupported
NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo at the top left. Below, an orange square with an icon of a computer monitor displaying an eye symbol. To the right, text reads: 'Case Study: Imaging, Visual Assessment and Digital Innovation' in blue, and 'Harnessing artificial intelligence to help the NHS: the Moorfields-DeepMind Collaboration' in red.
October 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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At yesterday's Coffee Hour, Dr Charles Cleland shared his research in Tanzania, where diabetes-related vision loss is rising with population growth & changing lifestyles. #AI could transform diabetic eye screening by enabling early diagnosis & treatment in low-resource settings.
#DiabeticRetinopathy
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October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Read Bernadette Warren’s blog on our Coffee Hour with researcher Dr Ana Alonso-Carriazo Fernandez. Simplifying the science of macular degeneration and gene editing!

🔗 buff.ly/TAUkeCQ

Bernadette is a public contributor research advisor, bringing an invaluable perspective to our BRC community.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Another great Ophthalmology Clinical Academic Trainees Forum! Thank you, Prof David Garway-Heath & Dr Dun Jack Fu for sharing your journeys in clinical academia.

Interested in joining future sessions & building your network? Get in touch at '[email protected]'.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Our BRC Career Enhancement Programme is here to support your research journey! #NIHR
Open to all staff at @moorfields.bsky.social & @ucleye.bsky.social, including clinicians, researchers, nurses, allied health professionals, optometrists, orthoptists, and clinical scientists.

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NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre Career Enhancement Programme. Pro-vides pre-application funding for up to 0.4 WTE for 12 months protected time to prepare research or career development applications. Includes Pre-Doctoral & Post-Doctoral fel-lowships. Funding begins in Jan 2026, with applications open from 1 Aug to 30 Sep. There is a decorative colourful image of wooden human-shaped figurines places in rows.
August 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM