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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Discover at our Coffee Hour how genetic mutations cause #InheritedMacularDegeneration and about developing cutting-edge preventative technologies.

This informal, interactive session is open to all.

When: Wed 23 July from 3-4pm, near the hospital
🔗 buff.ly/bSdOuyr

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A promotional image for a 'Coffee Hour' event hosted by the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre. An individual stands in front of a body of water. Text on the image reads: 'Coffee Hour Dr. Ana Alonso-Carriazo Fernandez Free coffee and pastry!' An illustration of a coffee cup appears in the top right corner.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · Jul 7

Researcher Shubhank Verma has shown that patients in areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation have retinal features suggestive of accelerated ageing.

Shubhank is at the @pearsekeane.bsky.social AI lab
@ucleye.bsky.social & Moorfields, enabled by INSIGHT.
Read about this & more: bit.ly/4kkt01Z

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · Jul 9

Proud to win the ‪@uclbrainscience.bsky.social ‘Impact through Public Engagement’ award!

It recognises the BRC's ‘No One Left Behind’ game, created to raise awareness of equity in health #research, and so popular that kids came back for more! #PPIE

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHR

Two individuals standing indoors holding a framed certificate that reads 'UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences Impact Awards 2022 – Awarded to NIHR Moorfields BRC PPI Team – Impact through Public Engagement Winner.' The background features a modern building interior with people and stairs.

A group of people gathered around a tabletop game or educational activity featuring illustrated cards and zones labeled Grassland, Lake, Mountains, and Desert. The table includes a marked start point on the left and a finish point on the right.

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Jun 24

Well done to our team members Nimita and Robert, who walked #EyeToEye this weekend in support of Moorfields Eye Charity, and took in some famous London sights along the route!

#TeamMoorfields

Nimita and Robert, both wearing yellow Eye to Eye t-shirts, sunglasses and baseball caps, pose together at the beginning of the race.

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations to @ucleye.bsky.social's Early Career Researcher (ECR) community for delivering another inspiring early career researchers' symposium last week, and to all recipients of the IoO ECR awards 2025.
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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · Jun 18

We have supported an #AI tool that improves genetic diagnosis of inherited retinal disease. Published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Eye2Gene offers a faster, scalable diagnosis & better than expert accuracy.

buff.ly/7yYxCNG

@npontikos.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com @ucleye.bsky.social

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Jun 18

When our volunteer Steve felt anxious about his cataract procedure, he got support from Parul, a fellow volunteer who specialises in handholding.

Read Steve's story over at our website:

friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/volunteer-sp...

#CataractAwarenessMonth

Steve smiles in his green volunteer uniform. Text reads: The whole team were great, from the moment I arrived for my cataract surgery.

Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Jun 16

This week is the last week to nominate volunteers and staff for the Moorfields' Stars awards, supported by Moorfields Eye Charity.

If you've had great support from one of our volunteers, or from any member of the team at Moorfields Eye Hospital, nominate them here:

www.surveymonkey.com/r/5QXMM3P

A patient and a volunteer laugh together.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · Jun 4

A new frontier in #Oculomics, retinal imaging data is being used to explore detection and management of bowel diseases.

Meet Oscar Earle and Rohan Misra, who are investigating these links in Pearse Keane's medical AI lab at @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields Eye Hospital.

🔗 bit.ly/4kkt01Z

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · Jun 6

This #volunteersweek, we are celebrating the essential role they play in vision research! By sharing their experiences and perspectives, they help us deliver #research that is better quality and more ethical.

Find out more: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/patients-and...

#PPIE @ucleye.bsky.social

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Jun 4

Not all of our volunteers travel to our sites - our phone support team make appointment reminder calls from home, helping reduce the number of patients who forget to attend appointments.

On our website, Barbara shares her experience:

friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/volunteer-sp...

#VolunteersWeek

Barbara smiles at the camera, against a green background with a stylised image of a phone.

Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Jun 3

It’s #VolunteersWeek – we’re so proud of our amazing volunteers, who work across 10 Moorfields sites and remotely, providing over 1000 hours a week of support to patients and staff.

Check out what a few of our volunteers had to say about what volunteering with us means to them:

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · May 27

Our colleagues at @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social have been shortlisted for this year's Charity Awards, for a hand-holding initiative that has been found to reduce patients' anxiety, and help them fare better when undergoing eye procedures.

Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · May 16

We are delighted to announce that we have made the shortlist for this year’s @civilsociety.bsky.social Charity Awards - the longest-running awards scheme in the charity sector.

Find out more over at our website:

friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/friends-shor...

A close-up of a volunteer in scrubs holding a patient's hand. Text reads: 2025 - The Charity Awards - Shortlisted.

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations, Mahnoor Zahid Malik, for receiving the NIHR BRC Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Travel Grant for @arvoinfo.bsky.social. Mahnoor is a final-year medical student at UCL, keen to pursue a career in ophthalmology, particularly in retina with Prof Omar Mahroo.
@ucleye.bsky.social

Three individuals standing in front of a backdrop displaying 'ARVO Foundation' and 'ARVO.org'. A banner at the bottom reads: 'ARVO 2025, May 4–8, Salt Lake City, ARVO Foundation/NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre Travel Grant'.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · May 23

Our #DataSavesSight pop-up at Moorfields Eye Hospital
was a fantastic opportunity to meet patients, staff and members of the public.

We shared how routinely collected eye data is anonymised, curated and made accessible for world-leading research.

Find out more: 🔗 bit.ly/48IdvuH

Pearse Keane stands chatting with three visitors at the entrance to the exhibition space in Moorfields Eye Hospital main corridor

Three people - visitors and the INSIGHT team - smile to the camera during the pop-up event, against the white walls of the exhibition space at Moorfields Eye Hospital

Tara Lee from the Open Data Institute and INSIGHT's Data Trust Advisory Board stands beside the INSIGHT banner at the entrance to the exhibition space at Moorfields Eye Hospital

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · May 21

Muminah, a member of the EYE Young People’s Advisory Group, has won the regional Jack Petchey Speak Out competition. She shared her experience as a Moorfields patient with a severe allergic eye disease and thanked YPAG for giving her confidence.

Read more: buff.ly/Ya9BSzE

@ucleye.bsky.social #NIHR

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · May 21

Meet Siegfried Wagner, who co-founded the field of #oculomics - using data & AI to unlock the eye as a window to human health.

On Thurs 22 May, Siegfried will be at our pop-up event at Moorfields City Rd from 1pm - 2pm.

🔗https://bit.ly/42R7j3V

@ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · May 16

Sign up for the next coffee hour, discussion & questions are encouraged!

Date: 5 Jun, 2.30 – 3.30 pm near Moorfields

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Professor Anthony Khawaja will share his research in #glaucoma genetics, detection and data science.

A promotional image from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre featuring a stylized red outline drawing of a coffee cup with steam. To the right, blue handwritten-style text reads 'coffee and pastry on us!

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · May 16

We are delighted to announce that we have made the shortlist for this year’s @civilsociety.bsky.social Charity Awards - the longest-running awards scheme in the charity sector.

Find out more over at our website:

friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/friends-shor...

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · May 9

Come along to Moorfields Eye Hospital for our pop-up on 22nd May.

Data and AI researchers from Professor Pearse Keane's lab, spanning Moorfields and @ucleye.bsky.social, will be on hand to share work enabled by INSIGHTs vast curated datasets and computing resources.

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Data Saves Sight Pop-up Event

On Thursday 22ndth May, INSIGHT is hosting a health data research pop-up at Moorfields Eye Hospital. We invite patients and public to discover how their eye data is making a difference to research.

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · May 7

When regular patient Ali discovered that her grandmother had left £10,000 in her will for Ali to distribute to charities, she knew straight away that she wanted to use the money to support Moorfields.

Read Ali's story on our website:

friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/alis-amazing...

Ali sits outdoors in the sunshine, smiling, with her horse beside her. Text reads: "The staff and volunteers see me as a human being, and that's what, to me, is so special about Moorfields."

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · May 6

Introducing Cascader Limited, a new AI-driven eyecare collaboration launched by Moorfields Hospital, @ucleye.bsky.social and Topcon Health. Cascader will bring our cutting-edge #AI #research to clinics globally, transforming how we detect & manage diseases. #oculomics

Read more🔗 buff.ly/PmXg8g9

New company launched to advance AI-driven eyecare - NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre

Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) and Topcon Healthcare are together launching Cascader Limited, a new medical technology company based in London that will transform the detection and management of eye diseases through artificial intelligence (AI). This will include the field of oculomics (the use of advanced retinal imaging to understand systemic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration and dementia).

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thank you so much to our amazing, hardworking volunteer team at Moorfields at Bedford.

We had a fantastic time celebrating with you last night!

A smiling group of people out for a meal.

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moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · Apr 10

Join us for the next coffee hour, bring your questions and join the conversation.

Date: 16 Apr, 3–4 pm near Moorfields 🔗https://buff.ly/LFqEZqN

Dr Shruti Chandra will share her research on detecting early warning signs in dry age-related macular degeneration using advanced eye scans.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · Apr 10

The INSIGHT team is excited to be working with Dr Balal on an open source medical AI foundation model that could transform the detection and care of #keratoconus.

The model will be trained on curated, anonymised imaging data from Moorfields, in addition to community-sourced corneal images.

moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · Apr 9

Congratulations to Dr. Balal on a #NIHR Doctoral Fellowship at @ucleye.bsky.social. This award will support his PhD research using #AI to develop a foundation model (KERAFound) with community-sourced @insighteyehub.bsky.social data to improve the early diagnosis of #keratoconus.

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