IoO Inaugural Lecture with Professor Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi

Roxanne is a postdoctoral ophthalmic clinical academic nurse, lead nurse for research at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Professor of Ophthalmic Health and Care at University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, and the Programme Director for the NIHR Senior Research Leader programme. In November 2023, she was awarded the Royal College of Nursing Researcher of the Year prize. She is passionate about improving ophthalmic patient-related outcomes by modelling real-world clinical data to deliver personalised healthcare. She has a particular interest in population health for underserved communities. She received the Nursing Times award for Clinical Research Nursing in October 2021 for the Research Opportunities at Moorfields (ROAM) online platform, which increases patient/public access to research conducted at Moorfields. She was listed as one of 75 faces of nursing research at the NHS 75th birthday celebrations by the NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer’s research team. She won the Chairman’s Award for outstanding contribution to Moorfields and the Nursing Times Technology Innovation Competition for Digital Practice of the Future and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology International Achievements in Eye and Vision Advocacy Award. She and her team have been nominated for 11 awards since September 2023 relating to the promotion of research in underserved communities.