IoO Inaugural Lecture with Professor Anthony Khawaja

Anthony Khawaja PhD FRCOphth
Anthony Khawaja is Professor and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. He is currently a UK Research & Innovation Future Leaders Fellow and a Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine Fellow. Anthony’s research training began with a Wellcome Trust-funded PhD programme at the University of Cambridge, including a Berkeley Fellowship-supported period at Harvard Medical School. Anthony’s research interests concern the genetic and environmental causes of glaucoma and his ultimate aim is to develop prediction models that can enable efficient population screening of glaucoma and more personalised care of glaucoma patients in the clinic.  Recent awards include the American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement and Secretariat Awards and a National Health Service Bronze National Clinical Excellence Award.