Excellent start of the week with a paper published in Aging Cell. doi.org/10.1111/acel.1… Well done to Jasenka, Edoardo, Pietro and the research team.👏👏👏

NEWS | A team of vision researchers from University of Liverpool have received £2.1m to develop a contact lens that can repair eye damage. 👁️The ‘bandage’ will make direct contact with the outer layer of the eye to heal persistent defects. Read more⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/06/26/2-1…

Great news from our colleagues Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences. They have received £2.1m to develop a contact lens that can repair eye damage. A fine example of effective collaborative working across different specialities. 👏👏 BBC Merseyside Liam Thorp @LivHospitals liverpool.ac.uk/life-course-an…

Amazing work by Mr Raj and the prosthetic team at Aintree. BBC News - Baby girl given new prosthetic eye after rare cancer bbc.com/news/articles/…

Huge congrats to Jonathan Lai for publishing our review on glaucoma and lifestyle factors! 📚 👏 Carl Sheridan 🐝🇪🇺 University of Liverpool St Paul’s News 💙 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11… #Liverpool #GlaucomaResearch #Ophthalmology #BMI #Exercise

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Delaney on being the recipient of the Harcourt Medal in Ophthalmology 🥳 This is a prestigious award for the candidate that came top in the @rcophth Part 2 Fellowship Exams. 🏅 What an achievement! 👏 #merseyophthalmology

Sustainability will be a focus point at the UKEGS Conference in October. We have a 'Sustainability in glaucoma' talk, food is being sourced locally and delegate packs are electronic. There's still time to book your ticket here: buff.ly/3Wg70Mw

🚨 Exciting news! I'm honoured to be a Guest Editor for a special Ophthalmology at BMJ collection on the Trabecular Meshwork in Health & Disease with Carl Sheridan 🐝🇪🇺 We're inviting submissions on molecular biology, therapies, MIGS. bmjophth.bmj.com/pages/trabecul… #Ophthalmology #GlaucomaResearch

📝 An eye on audit: Our annual David Wong Audit Symposium Prize Our junior doctors, foundation year doctors and even two medical students all submitted their abstracts for this annual prize event, which took place yesterday 11th September at the conference center in the new

BBC News - One in three children are short-sighted, study suggests bbc.com/news/articles/…

Our study shows SLT outcomes for glaucoma are comparable between optometrists & ophthalmologists. Great example of multidisciplinary care! 👁️🙌 bmjophth.bmj.com/content/9/1/e0… University of Liverpool St Paul’s News 💙 Manchester Royal Eye @LivHospitals Macclesfield Hospital Ophthalmology at BMJ College of Optometrists Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Attention pre-CCT trainees! Great opportunity to apply for PhD in medicine on the Edinburgh Medical School Clinical Academic Track (ECAT) Deadline 29/10/2024 (#Ophthalmology especially encouraged 😀) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Congratulations to Haider Shah who won 2nd prize for his poster presentation Biposa

Yesterday, we had our St Paul’s Staff Away-Day. Topics included strategy overview, governance, quiz, and most importantly, patient impact. We were joined by Stephanie Slater MBE. The standing ovation was well deserved! Also joining us was LaNts and Laminin lab & Neeru Vallabh #Amazing

Team Liverpool have had a great time and learnt so much at UKEGS 2024 meeting - with an extra special finish of best oral presentation prize for Luisa Castro Roger ! Glaucoma UK Eye News St Paul’s News 💙

Outstanding representation from DEVS Liverpool Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences at iser conference ISER in Buenos Aires. Well done Hannah Levis Dr Victoria Kearns

📮🥳Just received my Oct/Nov issue of Eye News in the mailbox 🥳 The digital version is available here bit.ly/3Uv9Gor and, as always, afficionados of gloss and paper can receive a print copy (free in the UK and RoI) here: bit.ly/4bfXDRN Bonus November

Congratulations to Katherine McDonnell, who is our latest Employee of the Month! 👏🤩 Katherine, an Optometrist on our Aintree site, was awarded for her committed and compassionate approach to patient care, positively impacting the patient and family journey.

We are very grateful to Neeru Vallabh and Min-Hye Kang for carrying out the 1st Paul Tube at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. It was a great experience for the Ophthalmology and Theatre team, and we hope this will be the start of more collaboration with Ms Vallabh and her team!

Neeru A. Vallabh, MBBS, FRCOphth, PhD, FEBOS-GL (Neeru Vallabh), recaps her recent GT article, “The Role of Anterior Segment OCT in MIGS,” which explores how this mode of advanced imaging can enhance the patient evaluation and surgical results: ow.ly/6oOv50WR9BV