Eye Diseases And Their Possible Prevention

When we are gifted sight we can easily take it for granted but there are many reasons that vision can diminish or even be lost entirely. In this talk we will hear about the conditions that can affect our eyes, their causes, and how they can be prevented or treated.

Shahina Pardhan is the Director of the Vision and Eye Research Institute at the Anglia Ruskin University School of Medicine in Cambridge. She was appointed as the first female Professor of Optometry in the UK in 2001, having graduated with First-Class Honours from the University of Bradford, where she was awarded the Best Student Prize, and having been supported by a PhD scholarship from the College of Optometrists for her thesis, ‘Summation and inhibition in binocular contrast detection’. Shahina is the recipient of many awards including The Asian Jewel Award, an Asian Women of Achievement Award,The Arthur Bennett Prize and The Ismaili Award for Excellence.

Under Professor Pardhan’s strategic leadership, supporting a multinational and multidisciplinary team of researchers in clinical and public health research, VERI has received World Leading status through its publications and impact.

VERI's work has benefitted patients and policy makers and attracted collaborations from the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. VERI researchers also lead and collaborate on various projects for the Global Burden of Diseases.

Refreshments will be available from 30 minutes before the advertised start time.

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