NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields

We promise to get the whole family thinking with the latest eye research, imaging demonstrations and walk-in Camera Obscura at the Bloomsbury Festival's Discovery Hub at the Holborn library! All welcome: 23 Oct: 3 - 4 pm 24 Oct: 11 am - 4 pm Search "Discovery Hub: buff.ly/zmoyUo9

Today, schools are visiting the Discovery Hub at the Bloomsbury Festival! From games and eye-imaging demonstrations to creative drawing, there's something for everyone! Our Camera Obscura is like stepping inside a giant eye! Search "Discovery Hub": bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/whats-on #NIHR20

We've funded 29 places on the research skills for eye health course at @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social, investing in the next generation of researchers. Nearly half the cohort are nurses and allied health professionals, helping to bring greater diversity of experience. Read more: buff.ly/3fiqXEi

Today, schools are visiting the Discovery Hub at the Bloomsbury Festival! From games and eye-imaging demonstrations to creative drawing, there's something for everyone! Our Camera Obscura is like stepping inside a giant eye! Search "Discovery Hub": bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/whats-on #NIHR20

Inclusive Grant Writing: free online webinar for healthcare researchers & research staff. Date: Nov 2 from 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Registration link: bit.ly/InclusGW This interactive session will focus on NIHR & HRA expectations. @ucleye.bsky.social & @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHR20

Hosted by BRC: Barts and Oxford

Join us this week at the Holborn Library for the Discovery Hub at Bloomsbury Festival. Take a journey through the history of the eye and get a closer look at your own! 22 & 23 Oct: 3 - 4 pm 24 Oct: 11 am - 4 pm 🔗 buff.ly/xCyhxRb @ucleye.bsky.social | @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHR20

Join us this week at the Holborn Library for the Discovery Hub at Bloomsbury Festival. Take a journey through the history of the eye and get a closer look at your own! 22 & 23 Oct: 3 - 4 pm 24 Oct: 11 am - 4 pm 🔗 buff.ly/xCyhxRb @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHR20

Our Bloomsbury Festival exhibition in Russell Square is open this October! Patient Advisor, Bernadette Warren, shares that she associates research with HOPE. When she was diagnosed with diabetic macular oedema, only 1 injection was available. Thanks to research, there are now many more options.

Our Bloomsbury Festival exhibition in Russell Square is up! Researchers at the @ucleye.bsky.social are showing you the eye as you've never seen it before. Come and see for yourself before the end of October. The love heart is actually a mini-retina, grown in a dish using patient stem cells!

AI-supported eye screening almost doubled clinic attendance among patients with potentially sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in Tanzania, according to a study published in @lancetgh.bsky.social. AI could improve access to specialist care. #NIHR20 🔗 buff.ly/XXPDiAs @lshtm.bsky.social

Read The Ophthalmologist's article on an innovative community-based diagnostic clinic based in a North London shopping centre. Dr Angus Ramsay explores the positive experiences of patients and staff, providing valuable insights to help shape future services. buff.ly/ZFIOqdp

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHR20 #glaucoma #MedicalRetina #keratoconus

Discover the BRC partnership between Moorfields and @leicestersresearch.bsky.social deepening our understanding of inherited eye diseases. Many remain untreatable, but advances in genetic testing are transforming diagnosis and bringing us closer to future treatments. Read more: buff.ly/3cjLRei

Listen to Dr Lee Jones on the BBC's In Touch tomorrow at 8:40 PM. He'll be discussing an international study of 1,000 people living with sight loss that found nearly one in five reported encountering 'bogus' treatments. Online advertising was the most common source. #NIHR20

Can AI help bridge language barriers in healthcare? Dr Mertcan Sevgi discusses the potential of multilingual conversational voice AI. Exploring why partnering with underserved communities is essential to developing equitable AI solutions. #NIHR20 Read more🔗 buff.ly/3bkGFDv

We are so excited to be joining the Bloomsbury Festival for another year of the Discovery Hub! You won't miss us - step inside our Camera Obscura at the Holborn Library. When: thur 22 - sat 24 oct Find out more: bloomsburyfestival.org.uk #NIHR20 @ucleye.bsky.social | @moorfields.bsky.social

In @jamaophthalmology.bsky.social an international study of 1,000 people with sight loss found that nearly 1 in 5 reported encountering eye treatments they believed to be ‘bogus'. Underscoring the need for support to help patients navigate options & avoid unsupported claims. #NIHR 🔗 buff.ly/C2QvK8t

Eye scans could bring heart health diagnosis from hospital to community, widening access to specialist care nationwide. A study in PLOS Digital Health found non-invasive retinal scans could identify patients at risk of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder. #NIHR20 🔗 buff.ly/N5tcybs