11 October 2017
‘Avoidable blindness’ to increase dramatically by 2050
Anglia Ruskin University academic leads research into causes of vision loss
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2 August 2017
Cases of blindness to rise to 115 million by 2050
New research highlights need for action at global, regional and national levels
8 May 2017
Project’s sphere of influence highlighted by NASA
Exhibit unveiled to visualise global vision research led by Anglia Ruskin professor
28 April 2017
Collaborator on South Asian Diabetic Project from Nepal visits VERU
Dr Tirthalal Upadhyaya, an Associate Professor from Gandaki Medical College (affiliated to Tribhuvan University) Nepa,l visited the Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU) for a research networking event from 24-28 April 2017.
9 March 2017
Call for participants to researcher links workshop in China
Under the British Council Researcher Links scheme within the Newton Fund, Anglia Ruskin University and Southern University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech) will be jointly holding an international workshop at SUSTech, Shenzhen City, China from 1-3 December 2017.
27 January 2017
VERU Journal Club: Gil Peretz
The fourth meeting of the VERU Journal Club took place on Friday 27 January 2017. Postdoctoral researcher Gil Peretz introduced a discussion on a recent paper describing an international study that compared two surgical treatments for Primary Angle Closure and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma, namely laser peripheral iridotomy and clear-lens extraction: Augusto Azuara-Blanco et al: Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2016; 388: 1389-97.
25 November 2016
VERU Journal Club: Lavanta Farouk
The third meeting of the VERU Journal Club took place on Friday 25 November 2016. Post-doctoral researcher Lavanta Farouk introduced a discussion on a recent paper that describes an association between Vitamin D deficiency and tear film dysfunction: Kurtul BE, Özer PA, Aydinli MS. The association of Vitamin D deficiency with tear film break-up time and Schirmer testing in non-Sjøgren dry eye. Eye 2015;29:1081-4.
21 October 2016
Glaucoma causing more sight loss – new study
Cases of blindness caused by glaucoma rose by 62% worldwide in two decades
15 October 2016
Eye complications of exposure to ultraviolet and blue-violet light
It is well known that ultraviolet light can harm human eye. Over the recent years, harmful effect of the excessive exposure of blue-violet light on human eye is beginning to be scrutinized in detail.
5 October 2016
First meeting of the VERU Journal Club
The first meeting of the new VERU Journal Club took place on Friday 30 September.