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IoO Inaugural Lecture with Professor Anthony Khawaja

17 April 2024, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm

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Title: Data Science for Saving Sight: Genetics, Lifestyle and Number Crunching

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

IoO Events – UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

Location

IoO Main Lecture Theatre & MS Teams Webinar
11-43 Bath Street London
London
EC1V 9EL

Data Science for Saving Sight: Genetics, Lifestyle and Number Crunching

About the Speaker

Anthony Khawaja

Professor of Ophthalmology at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

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.
 

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