Ian McCormick
@ianmccormick.bsky.social
Research Fellow at the International Centre for Eye Health at LSHTM
Now not posting here instead of not posting on Twitter.
Now not posting here instead of not posting on Twitter.
"Implementing digital health and AI for programme screening, diagnosis, and treatment in global eye health"
Eye health a top 10 research priority for data science and AI globally, rising to #3 in the rankings among LMIC experts! 👀
Scoring highly on "potential for translation and implementation".
Eye health a top 10 research priority for data science and AI globally, rising to #3 in the rankings among LMIC experts! 👀
Scoring highly on "potential for translation and implementation".
The issue also features a Health Policy paper on AI, and how stakeholders in different settings think AI usage could be useful to health, "Research priorities for data science and artificial intelligence in global health: an international consensus exercise" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"Implementing digital health and AI for programme screening, diagnosis, and treatment in global eye health"
Eye health a top 10 research priority for data science and AI globally, rising to #3 in the rankings among LMIC experts! 👀
Scoring highly on "potential for translation and implementation".
Eye health a top 10 research priority for data science and AI globally, rising to #3 in the rankings among LMIC experts! 👀
Scoring highly on "potential for translation and implementation".
Reposted by Ian McCormick
1 in 2 people facing #cataract blindness need access to surgery
@thehindu.com reports on ICEH-led research prompting calls from #WHO to improve global cataract care as findings suggest global target of 30% increase in surgery coverage by 2030 'unlikely to be met'.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...
@thehindu.com reports on ICEH-led research prompting calls from #WHO to improve global cataract care as findings suggest global target of 30% increase in surgery coverage by 2030 'unlikely to be met'.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...
One in two people facing cataract blindness need access to surgery: Lancet study
Nearly half of those with cataract blindness lack access to surgery; WHO calls for expanded eye-care services and infrastructure.
www.thehindu.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
1 in 2 people facing #cataract blindness need access to surgery
@thehindu.com reports on ICEH-led research prompting calls from #WHO to improve global cataract care as findings suggest global target of 30% increase in surgery coverage by 2030 'unlikely to be met'.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...
@thehindu.com reports on ICEH-led research prompting calls from #WHO to improve global cataract care as findings suggest global target of 30% increase in surgery coverage by 2030 'unlikely to be met'.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...
📢 New eCSC paper out in @lancetgh.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
👁️ Progress towards the 2030 global target is lagging, more investment in quality cataract services is needed urgently.
👁️ Launched at same time as @who.int guidance on cataract care quality: iris.who.int/handle/10665...
👁️ Progress towards the 2030 global target is lagging, more investment in quality cataract services is needed urgently.
👁️ Launched at same time as @who.int guidance on cataract care quality: iris.who.int/handle/10665...
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 AM
📢 New eCSC paper out in @lancetgh.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
👁️ Progress towards the 2030 global target is lagging, more investment in quality cataract services is needed urgently.
👁️ Launched at same time as @who.int guidance on cataract care quality: iris.who.int/handle/10665...
👁️ Progress towards the 2030 global target is lagging, more investment in quality cataract services is needed urgently.
👁️ Launched at same time as @who.int guidance on cataract care quality: iris.who.int/handle/10665...
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📣 #PhD thesis now live in Research Online!
Strengthening indicators and rapid survey methods for monitoring eye health within universal health coverage / Ian McCormick
🔓 doi.org/10.17037/PUB...
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Strengthening indicators and rapid survey methods for monitoring eye health within universal health coverage / Ian McCormick
🔓 doi.org/10.17037/PUB...
@ianmccormick.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 9:35 AM
📣 #PhD thesis now live in Research Online!
Strengthening indicators and rapid survey methods for monitoring eye health within universal health coverage / Ian McCormick
🔓 doi.org/10.17037/PUB...
@ianmccormick.bsky.social
Strengthening indicators and rapid survey methods for monitoring eye health within universal health coverage / Ian McCormick
🔓 doi.org/10.17037/PUB...
@ianmccormick.bsky.social
📢 Two webinars to launch new @who.int cataract surgery quality guidance & new global eCSC estimates in upcoming @lancetgh.bsky.social paper.
How can we accelerate the delivery of high-quality surgery to increase eCSC by 30 percentage points by 2030?
@iceh-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
How can we accelerate the delivery of high-quality surgery to increase eCSC by 30 percentage points by 2030?
@iceh-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
📢 Two webinars to launch new @who.int cataract surgery quality guidance & new global eCSC estimates in upcoming @lancetgh.bsky.social paper.
How can we accelerate the delivery of high-quality surgery to increase eCSC by 30 percentage points by 2030?
@iceh-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
How can we accelerate the delivery of high-quality surgery to increase eCSC by 30 percentage points by 2030?
@iceh-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
Bolivia also completed a new door-to-door population-based RAAB survey in 2025, around a decade after their first RAAB. Hope to see some positive change in eye health over time.
#EyeSky
#EyeSky
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bolivia also completed a new door-to-door population-based RAAB survey in 2025, around a decade after their first RAAB. Hope to see some positive change in eye health over time.
#EyeSky
#EyeSky
📢 @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social have obtained funding support for the 2026-27 MSc Public Health for Eye Care course fees and also cover flights/visas for FIVE eye health professionals from LMIC Commonwealth countries.
Deadline to apply (to both MSc & CSSS): 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 9 December 2025
#EyeSky
Deadline to apply (to both MSc & CSSS): 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 9 December 2025
#EyeSky
2026-27 Commonwealth Shared Scholarships (PHEC) | LSHTM
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for candidates from low- and lower-middle income Commonwealth countries, for full-time Master’s study on selected courses, jointly supported by UK
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November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📢 @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social have obtained funding support for the 2026-27 MSc Public Health for Eye Care course fees and also cover flights/visas for FIVE eye health professionals from LMIC Commonwealth countries.
Deadline to apply (to both MSc & CSSS): 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 9 December 2025
#EyeSky
Deadline to apply (to both MSc & CSSS): 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 9 December 2025
#EyeSky
Hopefully this gets funding to scale up to a nationally representative survey.
Not sure about the reported finding of 36% undiagnosed glaucoma in the sample 50+ in the article?? 🤔
Not sure about the reported finding of 36% undiagnosed glaucoma in the sample 50+ in the article?? 🤔
Groundbreaking research reveals widespread, often hidden sensory loss among over-50s, prompting calls for national action on eye & hearing health.
Findings from the UK National Eye Health & Hearing Study were shared at an event supported by the College ➡️ https://coptom.uk/4ohEXaT
Findings from the UK National Eye Health & Hearing Study were shared at an event supported by the College ➡️ https://coptom.uk/4ohEXaT
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hopefully this gets funding to scale up to a nationally representative survey.
Not sure about the reported finding of 36% undiagnosed glaucoma in the sample 50+ in the article?? 🤔
Not sure about the reported finding of 36% undiagnosed glaucoma in the sample 50+ in the article?? 🤔
Reposted by Ian McCormick
A simple pair of glasses transformed Nguyen’s life; sharpening her vision, boosting her confidence, and bringing joy to everyday moments.
On #WorldSightDay, her story is a reminder that basic eye care isn’t a luxury, it is a fundamental right 👉 bit.ly/4odWmRP
On #WorldSightDay, her story is a reminder that basic eye care isn’t a luxury, it is a fundamental right 👉 bit.ly/4odWmRP
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A simple pair of glasses transformed Nguyen’s life; sharpening her vision, boosting her confidence, and bringing joy to everyday moments.
On #WorldSightDay, her story is a reminder that basic eye care isn’t a luxury, it is a fundamental right 👉 bit.ly/4odWmRP
On #WorldSightDay, her story is a reminder that basic eye care isn’t a luxury, it is a fundamental right 👉 bit.ly/4odWmRP
This sounds promising on all fronts, including surveys.
“RETFound-Green is also highly portable…we successfully ran the model on a smartphone—highlighting its potential for low-resource settings”
#EyeSky #OphthoSky
“RETFound-Green is also highly portable…we successfully ran the model on a smartphone—highlighting its potential for low-resource settings”
#EyeSky #OphthoSky
A 'green' medical AI model can accurately diagnose eye disease using less than 1 percent of the computing power of existing AI, says a new study in @natcomms.nature.com
The model was devised at @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social
bit.ly/4mOHN6R #RETFoundGreen
The model was devised at @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social
bit.ly/4mOHN6R #RETFoundGreen
Greener AI model costs less to accurately diagnose eye disease
In a step forward for sustainable medical artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, and Uni...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This sounds promising on all fronts, including surveys.
“RETFound-Green is also highly portable…we successfully ran the model on a smartphone—highlighting its potential for low-resource settings”
#EyeSky #OphthoSky
“RETFound-Green is also highly portable…we successfully ran the model on a smartphone—highlighting its potential for low-resource settings”
#EyeSky #OphthoSky
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this is a really good article and makes very important points very clearly
July 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
this is a really good article and makes very important points very clearly
If you’re in the UK consider signing this petition. Something must be done to get aid into Gaza.
Petition: Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza
Act to ensure deliverer of fuel, food, aid, life saving services etc. We think this shouldn't be dependant/on condition of Israeli facilitation as the Knesset voted against UNWRA access to Gaza. We th...
petition.parliament.uk
July 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you’re in the UK consider signing this petition. Something must be done to get aid into Gaza.
These are some ambitious 10-year targets for #primarycare #optometry in England. Scotland - a smaller and more uniform health system - has been at this for 20 years, with decent govt funding committed to optometry at certain points, and still has a way to go. Aim high I guess!
June 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
These are some ambitious 10-year targets for #primarycare #optometry in England. Scotland - a smaller and more uniform health system - has been at this for 20 years, with decent govt funding committed to optometry at certain points, and still has a way to go. Aim high I guess!
LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about Gaza public health catastrophe www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about Gaza public health catastrophe |
To: Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer and Rt Hon Mr David Lammy MPDear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,As Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) I feel it is my duty to write
www.lshtm.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about Gaza public health catastrophe www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Read my @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social colleagues Charles and Elliott here summarising some of the opportunities and challenges of developing oculomics for patient benefit in lower resource health care settings. 👇
Great to see the new @EyeNewsMag!
Digital read here: bit.ly/3HknZZc
In our AI/Oculomics section, we have a global health perspective from Charles Cleland and Elliott Taylor:
www.eyenews.uk.com/features/ai-...
Also a review of MOSUK 2025:
www.eyenews.uk.com/news/post/co...
Digital read here: bit.ly/3HknZZc
In our AI/Oculomics section, we have a global health perspective from Charles Cleland and Elliott Taylor:
www.eyenews.uk.com/features/ai-...
Also a review of MOSUK 2025:
www.eyenews.uk.com/news/post/co...
Artificial intelligence and oculomics: Improving global health
www.eyenews.uk.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Read my @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social colleagues Charles and Elliott here summarising some of the opportunities and challenges of developing oculomics for patient benefit in lower resource health care settings. 👇
Updated analysis of effective refractive error coverage (eREC) worldwide published in @lancetgh.bsky.social today.
Effective refractive error coverage in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of updated estimates from population-based surveys in 76 countries modelling the path towards the 2030 global targe...
The current trajectory of improvement in eREC and the relative quality gap are insufficient
to meet the 2030 target. Global efforts to equitably increase spectacle coverage,
such as the WHO SPECS 2030...
www.thelancet.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Updated analysis of effective refractive error coverage (eREC) worldwide published in @lancetgh.bsky.social today.
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🔗 New tool alert: The DOI Accessibility Enhancer browser extension is now available for Chrome and Firefox! It improves screen reader usability without changing how DOIs behave for sighted users.
Learn more: https://doi.org/10.64000/pp4rw-mtv44
#Accessibility #OpenInfrastructure
Learn more: https://doi.org/10.64000/pp4rw-mtv44
#Accessibility #OpenInfrastructure
April 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🔗 New tool alert: The DOI Accessibility Enhancer browser extension is now available for Chrome and Firefox! It improves screen reader usability without changing how DOIs behave for sighted users.
Learn more: https://doi.org/10.64000/pp4rw-mtv44
#Accessibility #OpenInfrastructure
Learn more: https://doi.org/10.64000/pp4rw-mtv44
#Accessibility #OpenInfrastructure
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Congratulations to our colleagues in Zambia for publishing their work on: "Assessing trachoma elimination progress in districts with persistent trachoma, Western Province, Zambia". pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40285493/
@taskforce.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
@taskforce.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
Assessing trachoma elimination progress in districts with persistent trachoma, Western Province, Zambia - PubMed
These EUs did not attain trachoma elimination thresholds as a public health problem. They fulfilled the WHO definition for persistent trachoma. Therefore, they warrant further investigation, including...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Congratulations to our colleagues in Zambia for publishing their work on: "Assessing trachoma elimination progress in districts with persistent trachoma, Western Province, Zambia". pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40285493/
@taskforce.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
@taskforce.bsky.social @sightsavers.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
Fabulous first day of #ISGEO2025 at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu capped off by @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social Prof GV’s Elizabeth Cass Lecture. #eyesky
April 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Fabulous first day of #ISGEO2025 at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu capped off by @iceh-lshtm.bsky.social Prof GV’s Elizabeth Cass Lecture. #eyesky
“The current system for 'ensuring' drivers meet the visual legal standards is ineffective, unsafe and unfit to meet the needs of society…”
Always found it difficult to discuss potential loss of independence with older drivers but something should change. Interested to see what UK govt does here.
Always found it difficult to discuss potential loss of independence with older drivers but something should change. Interested to see what UK govt does here.
Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes
Visual legal standards for motorists is
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“The current system for 'ensuring' drivers meet the visual legal standards is ineffective, unsafe and unfit to meet the needs of society…”
Always found it difficult to discuss potential loss of independence with older drivers but something should change. Interested to see what UK govt does here.
Always found it difficult to discuss potential loss of independence with older drivers but something should change. Interested to see what UK govt does here.
Enjoyed collaborating with colleagues from CBM, Fred Hollows and Sightsavers to put together a short post on measuring #disability in RAAB.👇 More collaboration to come on this important topic now @islaymactaggart.bsky.social is back at her desk! #OphthoSky
Why Measuring Disability in RAAB Matters | RAAB
3rd April 2025Asahel Bush, Lisa Johnston, Emma Jolley, Ian McCormick
www.raab.world
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Enjoyed collaborating with colleagues from CBM, Fred Hollows and Sightsavers to put together a short post on measuring #disability in RAAB.👇 More collaboration to come on this important topic now @islaymactaggart.bsky.social is back at her desk! #OphthoSky
Reposted by Ian McCormick
100s of millions of people live without reading glasses, affecting quality of life & costing the economy🌏
Matthew Burton & Andrew Bastawrous discuss new trials in India & Kenya measuring impact of near #vision glasses.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Matthew Burton & Andrew Bastawrous discuss new trials in India & Kenya measuring impact of near #vision glasses.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
February 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
100s of millions of people live without reading glasses, affecting quality of life & costing the economy🌏
Matthew Burton & Andrew Bastawrous discuss new trials in India & Kenya measuring impact of near #vision glasses.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Matthew Burton & Andrew Bastawrous discuss new trials in India & Kenya measuring impact of near #vision glasses.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
New paper out today with some very cool results - Gene therapy in children with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy…improved visual acuity and functional vision and evidence of some protection against progressive retinal degeneration, without serious adverse effects. #EyeSky #OphthoSky
Gene therapy in children with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy: an open-label, first-in-human interventional study
Our findings indicate that young children with AIPL1-related retinal dystrophy benefited
substantially from subretinal administration of rAAV8.hRKp.AIPL1, with improved visual
acuity and functional vi...
www.thelancet.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New paper out today with some very cool results - Gene therapy in children with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy…improved visual acuity and functional vision and evidence of some protection against progressive retinal degeneration, without serious adverse effects. #EyeSky #OphthoSky
How many people use the report junk option in outlook for the masses of “submit your valuable cataract access study to our chemistry journal” type emails?
Do you report every junk email, some, or none (ie just delete)? Does it make any difference? What if we all did it all the time?
#AcademicSky
Do you report every junk email, some, or none (ie just delete)? Does it make any difference? What if we all did it all the time?
#AcademicSky
January 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How many people use the report junk option in outlook for the masses of “submit your valuable cataract access study to our chemistry journal” type emails?
Do you report every junk email, some, or none (ie just delete)? Does it make any difference? What if we all did it all the time?
#AcademicSky
Do you report every junk email, some, or none (ie just delete)? Does it make any difference? What if we all did it all the time?
#AcademicSky
Eye health surveys are usually done in geopolitical admin areas. Here, a sampling area was customised to the catchment area of Shroff's high-volume secondary eye hospital in UP, India. Retina screening coverage among diabetics was <10%. DR service strengthening in the works. #OphthoSky #EyeSky
Estimating the need for diabetic retinopathy services in north India: evidence from a population-based survey in the catchment population of an eye care provider in central Uttar Pradesh
Objective The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and retina screening coverage among people with diabetes in the catchment area of a high-volume eye care organ...
doi.org
January 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Eye health surveys are usually done in geopolitical admin areas. Here, a sampling area was customised to the catchment area of Shroff's high-volume secondary eye hospital in UP, India. Retina screening coverage among diabetics was <10%. DR service strengthening in the works. #OphthoSky #EyeSky