One of the most humble, kindest, expert and brilliant individuals I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. Take a very big bow Sir Peng 👏 🏅

#Ophthalmology
#GOAT

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

We have another three-year PhD studentship open for applications: to discover the fundamental causes of glaucoma & develop tools to identify people at highest risk of blindness from glaucoma. Working with Anthony Khawaja. Closes 10 Aug. ucl.ac.uk/ioo/translatin…

We are looking for a Research Fellow – Statistical Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics to work at the IoO, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the The UCL Institute of Health Informatics Closing date 16 October 2021.
ucl.ac.uk/ioo/news/2021/…

#Caffeine and #glaucoma ? #NEIfunded research: frequent caffeine intake could more than triple risk of glaucoma in those genetically predisposed to higher IOP. @IchanMountSinai @HarvardOphthalmology Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Anthony Khawaja UK Biobank Ophthalmology

theophthalmologist.com/subspecialties…

Low to moderate alcohol consumption may reduce cataract risk. Data from UK Biobank & EPIC-Norfolk studies suggest this protective association is particularly evident for wine consumption. Anthony Khawaja Sharon Chua NIHR Moorfields BRC DPHPC #ophthalmology ow.ly/QPA250Edb1k

You read it here first...
Six glasses of wine a week linked to lower cataract risk

thetimes.co.uk/article/9facd2…

What's the link between alcohol intake and cataracts? Research suggests adults who consumed alcohol within the maximum limit of 14 units per week were less likely to undergo cataract surgery. We spoke to Dr Anthony Khawaja to find more. NIHR Moorfields BRC ow.ly/34Gz30rCRlY

Commenting on the study, lead author Dr Anthony Khawaja said “there was evidence for reducing chance of requiring future cataract surgery with progressively higher alcohol intake, but only up to moderate levels within current guidelines”. Full paper here: aaojournal.org/article/S0161-…

British study links alcohol with lower risk of developing cataracts theguardian.com/science/2021/m…

Ophthopedia Update: Alcohol Consumption and Incident Cataract Surgery in Two Large UK Cohorts dlvr.it/RsG8hm #Ophthalmology #ophthotwitter #eyecare

Anti-TNF & COVID in IBD / IMIDs

2 CLARITY IBD publications

1) response to SARS-CoV2 infection
gut.bmj.com/content/early/…

2) vaccination medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

I made 2 films:

A detailed look at the data:
👉 youtu.be/0d2MFnkYl_A

For patients:
👉youtu.be/zSadqNQquwE

An NIHR-supported study published today in Ophthalmology, led by Anthony Khawaja at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, links low to moderate #AlcoholConsumption (especially wine) with a lower risk of developing #cataracts : moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

NIHR Research Moorfields Eye Charity UK Research and Innovation UCL News

Improving glaucoma surgery outcomes: Prof Tina Wong discusses new approaches to preventing scarring, followed by Dr Rachel Chong on new perspectives for differentiating myopia and glaucoma. Register here:
ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The improved discovery is huge, and I am sure will impact the field for many years to come. Also, this really underlines how good the original ML algorithm is - surely there will be a role for this in the future for earlier glaucoma detection...