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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital
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An independent charity supporting patients and staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital for over 60 years, through our volunteer service, Health Information Hub, and more.

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Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital @moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social · Nov 11
We're Friends of Moorfields. We support patients and staff at Moorfields Eye Hospital through our volunteer service, our Health Information Hub, our work with young patients and the play team, our small grants for patient experience improvements, and more.

Find us here:

friendsofmoorfields.org.uk
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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
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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.
July 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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
July 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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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.
July 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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.
June 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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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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June 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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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.

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The image features a quote from Nikolas Pontikos, displayed on a blue background with the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo at the top left. The quote reads: 'This AI tool could support earlier genetic diagnosis, improve access to personalised treatments, and reduce the diagnostic burden on families affected by inherited eye disease. Our work with Eye2Gene exemplifies how the NIHR Moorfields BRC accelerates world-leading research into real-world impact.' To the right of the text is a photo of a person in a blue shirt.
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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:

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#CataractAwarenessMonth
Steve smiles in his green volunteer uniform. Text reads: The whole team were great, from the moment I arrived for my cataract surgery.
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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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
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June 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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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
June 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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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
A split graphic showing quotes from volunteers and researchers about the impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research. On the left (dark blue background), under "Volunteers", quotes read: “It has challenged my thought process” and “In a friendly non-judgemental manner, my thoughts and opinions have been implemented.” On the right (light background), under "Researchers", quotes read: “PPI helped make my research aims more patient-focused and aligned with patient priorities” and “It has helped us communicate our work more effectively.” The NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo appears at the bottom left.
June 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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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:

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#VolunteersWeek
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June 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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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:
June 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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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.
moorfieldsfriends.bsky.social 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:

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A close-up of a volunteer in scrubs holding a patient's hand. Text reads: 2025 - The Charity Awards - Shortlisted.
May 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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.
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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'.
May 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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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
May 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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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

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Muminah, a smiling young girl in school uniform, proudly holding a certificate from the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. In the left image, she stands with three family members, including a young child. In the right image, she stands alone in front of the event backdrop. The GenerationR logo, featuring a pink handprint and the tagline 'young people improving research', is displayed at the bottom of the image.
May 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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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

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May 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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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.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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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.
May 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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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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May 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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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:

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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."
May 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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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

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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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May 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Thank you so much to our amazing, hardworking volunteer team at Moorfields at Bedford.

We had a fantastic time celebrating with you last night!
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April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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.
Illustration of a red line-drawn coffee cup with steam curling above it. To the right, in playful navy blue handwritten-style text, it says: 'coffee and pastry on us!' In the top left corner is the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo.
April 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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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.
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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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Dr. Shafi Balal is pictured on the right in a circular portrait, wearing a white shirt and blue blazer, smiling slightly. On the left, a quote attributed to him reads: “This grant will enable us to advance our research and bring innovative solutions to the forefront of eye care. We are excited to explore the potential of AI in improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.” The quote is displayed on a dark blue background with the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre logo at the top. Below the quote, his name appears in red.
April 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM