
CHOIR lab is HIRING in 2025/2026 – look out for updates
CHOIR (childhood ocular inflammation research) lab is undertaking the innovative, collaborative studies needed to deepen our understanding of these rare disorders, and to develop and test interventions needed to improve outcomes. We use primary data collection, secondary datasets, real world clinical data, and quantitative (statistical and machine learning) and qualitative analytical approaches. Patient and public involvement, and a child first and always ethos is embedded in all our work, and we prioritise science communication to lay audiences.

CHOIR lab is supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust, the MRC Medical Research Foundation, and Fight for Sight.
Lola Solebo leads the CHOIR lab

Researchers:
Students:
Boyu Chen (Doctoral student)
Sawsan Elsheikh (Doctoral student)
Spankie Lumley (MSc Computer Sciences); Thaw Htut (MSc Computer Sciences); Yaxuan Jiao (MSc Computer Sciences); Shih-Jung Lo (MSc Computer Sciences)
Lab alumni:
Nimesha Mediwaka (iBSc Paeds & Child Health; MBBS student); Ria Sukhija (iBSc Paeds & Child Health; MBBS student)
Collaborators:
Lola is also a member of the UCL Vision and Eye Group
Jugnoo Rahi, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
Rosser Lab, UCL Division of Medicine - Dr Lizzy Rosser co-leads the CHOIR Biobank
Paul Taylor, UCL Institute of Health Research
Chu Lab, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Tsui Lab, UCLA
UCL UNICORNS
Epidemiology and Health Data Science to improve the lives of children with complex ocular disorders - collaborative research generating useful information for clinical practice and health policy
UCL UVESCREEN
UVESCREEN1: A randomised feasibility study of imaging-based uveitis screening for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis