Lola Solebo
@lolaeyedoc.bsky.social
Academic / Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Epidemiology, Eyes/Vision, Imaging, Data science, Health equity.
Huge nerd.
Not necessarily in that order.
Both kinds of doctor.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_lola_solebo_through_the_eyes_of_a_child?subtitle=en
Epidemiology, Eyes/Vision, Imaging, Data science, Health equity.
Huge nerd.
Not necessarily in that order.
Both kinds of doctor.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_lola_solebo_through_the_eyes_of_a_child?subtitle=en
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Lola Solebo
@lolaeyedoc.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Children and their families told us that they wanted more uveitis research - and we listened (www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health...)
We are looking forward to hearing your voices again.
Link is here and in the image:
redcap.link/churp
We are looking forward to hearing your voices again.
Link is here and in the image:
redcap.link/churp
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📢 Childhood Onset Uveitis Info Day (UNICORNS Group) 🦄
📅 Sun 5 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–16:00 BST
📍 Weston House, Great Ormond St, London + Online
Join for expert talks & support on childhood #uveitis
@lolaeyedoc.bsky.social
Unicorns: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/childhood-...
📅 Sun 5 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–16:00 BST
📍 Weston House, Great Ormond St, London + Online
Join for expert talks & support on childhood #uveitis
@lolaeyedoc.bsky.social
Unicorns: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/childhood-...
UNICORNS
Uveitis in childhood prospective national cohort study
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
📢 Childhood Onset Uveitis Info Day (UNICORNS Group) 🦄
📅 Sun 5 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–16:00 BST
📍 Weston House, Great Ormond St, London + Online
Join for expert talks & support on childhood #uveitis
@lolaeyedoc.bsky.social
Unicorns: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/childhood-...
📅 Sun 5 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–16:00 BST
📍 Weston House, Great Ormond St, London + Online
Join for expert talks & support on childhood #uveitis
@lolaeyedoc.bsky.social
Unicorns: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/childhood-...
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet but would get misclassified: Nomenclature for AS OCT url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2837462?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=081825
August 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet but would get misclassified: Nomenclature for AS OCT url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2837462?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=081825
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So great to see ARR collaborators in science translational medicine this morning - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... An important movement for #Paed Rheum research and tissue biology #immunosky @dr-chrissyb.bsky.social #Wedderburngroup #Croftgroup #ChrisMahony @science.org
Synovial tissue atlas in juvenile idiopathic arthritis reveals pathogenic niches associated with disease severity
An atlas of the cellular and molecular landscape of the juvenile idiopathic arthritis synovium defines tissue niches associated with disease severity.
www.science.org
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
So great to see ARR collaborators in science translational medicine this morning - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... An important movement for #Paed Rheum research and tissue biology #immunosky @dr-chrissyb.bsky.social #Wedderburngroup #Croftgroup #ChrisMahony @science.org
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Researchers at @ucl.ac.uk's Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and @greatormondst.bsky.social
including Professor Lucy Wedderburn have identified a set of genes which could help predict children's response to an arthritis treatment @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
including Professor Lucy Wedderburn have identified a set of genes which could help predict children's response to an arthritis treatment @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
Genes may help to predict which children will respond well to arthritis treatment
A set of genes that could be used to help doctors predict which children will respond well to treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have been identified by researchers at UCL and Great Orm...
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Researchers at @ucl.ac.uk's Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and @greatormondst.bsky.social
including Professor Lucy Wedderburn have identified a set of genes which could help predict children's response to an arthritis treatment @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
including Professor Lucy Wedderburn have identified a set of genes which could help predict children's response to an arthritis treatment @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
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We’re accepting applications for our Accelerator Awards.
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome
Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.
wellcome.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We’re accepting applications for our Accelerator Awards.
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
Inflammatory cell or pigment? Sometimes hard to tell on a slit lamp, even for an expert clinician, and there aren’t many of those to go round.
AS-OCT appears to rise to the challenge: 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AS-OCT appears to rise to the challenge: 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Article Metrics - Differentiation of anterior chamber pigment and inflammatory cells using swept-source optical coherence tomography: a cross-sectional study | Eye
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Inflammatory cell or pigment? Sometimes hard to tell on a slit lamp, even for an expert clinician, and there aren’t many of those to go round.
AS-OCT appears to rise to the challenge: 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AS-OCT appears to rise to the challenge: 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Delighted to be included in this great initiative highlighting researchers in our new departments located in @uclmedsci.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read @georgearobinson.bsky.social next week!
To celebrate having over 300 followers 👋 it’s time for our first PI researcher spotlight @bcellsrosser.bsky.social. Dr Lizzy Rosser established her group in 2022 which focuses on understanding what causes B cells to misbehave in childhood and adolescent onset autoimmune diseases 🦠
April 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Delighted to be included in this great initiative highlighting researchers in our new departments located in @uclmedsci.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read @georgearobinson.bsky.social next week!
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This was fun!
And please give a listen to our research featured on BBC Radio 4's Inside Health show! Lucy and Lizzy did a wonderful job talking about our findings! (We're in the second half) @bcellsrosser.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Inside Health - Assisted dying: Who’s eligible under the proposed bill? - BBC Sounds
In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This was fun!
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It seems PubMed has disappeared. This is the digital equivalent of burning a library.
March 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It seems PubMed has disappeared. This is the digital equivalent of burning a library.
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If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Tragic Childhood Death from Measles Reminds Us That Some Don't Understand Either the Medical Significance or the Human Heart
My ID colleague Dr. Adam Ratner, Chief of Pediatric ID at NYU Medical Center, just published an insightful and remarkably timely book called Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncer...
blogs.jwatch.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
NEW JOB ALERT 📢
Want to come and 🌠SHINE as a new member of the UCL Child Health Vision and Eyes Group?
We are looking for an Epidemiologist / Data Scientist 🧪 to join the team - advert below
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Want to come and 🌠SHINE as a new member of the UCL Child Health Vision and Eyes Group?
We are looking for an Epidemiologist / Data Scientist 🧪 to join the team - advert below
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NEW JOB ALERT 📢
Want to come and 🌠SHINE as a new member of the UCL Child Health Vision and Eyes Group?
We are looking for an Epidemiologist / Data Scientist 🧪 to join the team - advert below
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Want to come and 🌠SHINE as a new member of the UCL Child Health Vision and Eyes Group?
We are looking for an Epidemiologist / Data Scientist 🧪 to join the team - advert below
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
The ADJUST trial is out!
Q: what is the chance of JIA uveitis recurrence after stopping Adalimumab?
A: Pretty high - so counsel children and parents carefully when starting
🧪👁️
www.the Lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02468-1/fulltext
Q: what is the chance of JIA uveitis recurrence after stopping Adalimumab?
A: Pretty high - so counsel children and parents carefully when starting
🧪👁️
www.the Lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02468-1/fulltext
Stopping of adalimumab in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (ADJUST): a multicentre, double-masked, randomised controlled trial
Discontinuing adalimumab led to higher rates of recurrence of uveitis, arthritis,
or both in patients with previously controlled juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated
uveitis. However, all patients...
www.thelancet.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The ADJUST trial is out!
Q: what is the chance of JIA uveitis recurrence after stopping Adalimumab?
A: Pretty high - so counsel children and parents carefully when starting
🧪👁️
www.the Lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02468-1/fulltext
Q: what is the chance of JIA uveitis recurrence after stopping Adalimumab?
A: Pretty high - so counsel children and parents carefully when starting
🧪👁️
www.the Lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02468-1/fulltext
Funded by a @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant, we will be growing our CHOIR team - making discoveries which deepen our understanding of childhood ocular inflammatory disease.
2025 will bring us two new post docs, and a pre-doc (with funding available for a studentship) - keep a look out!
2025 will bring us two new post docs, and a pre-doc (with funding available for a studentship) - keep a look out!
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Funded by a @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant, we will be growing our CHOIR team - making discoveries which deepen our understanding of childhood ocular inflammatory disease.
2025 will bring us two new post docs, and a pre-doc (with funding available for a studentship) - keep a look out!
2025 will bring us two new post docs, and a pre-doc (with funding available for a studentship) - keep a look out!
My peak*
Reflecting on goals for 2025 and nothing really comes close
Happy New Year!
*a backwards roly-poly was needed, I think. No, no, hold your applause - the award was award enough
Reflecting on goals for 2025 and nothing really comes close
Happy New Year!
*a backwards roly-poly was needed, I think. No, no, hold your applause - the award was award enough
January 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My peak*
Reflecting on goals for 2025 and nothing really comes close
Happy New Year!
*a backwards roly-poly was needed, I think. No, no, hold your applause - the award was award enough
Reflecting on goals for 2025 and nothing really comes close
Happy New Year!
*a backwards roly-poly was needed, I think. No, no, hold your applause - the award was award enough
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“Equitable, Diverse & Inclusive Ophthalmology through the Eyes of a Geordie Ghanaian”
FULL recording of my Presidential Address for RSM Ophthalmology is FREE to watch.
A raw account of navigating systemic racism, anti-Blackness & misogynoir.
Love & light
Evie 💖✨
www.rsm.ac.uk/sections/oph...
FULL recording of my Presidential Address for RSM Ophthalmology is FREE to watch.
A raw account of navigating systemic racism, anti-Blackness & misogynoir.
Love & light
Evie 💖✨
www.rsm.ac.uk/sections/oph...
Ophthalmology Section | The Royal Society of Medicine
The RSM Ophthalmology Section’s purpose is to promote and provide accredited educational study of best practice in the field of ophthalmology.
www.rsm.ac.uk
December 23, 2024 at 11:15 PM
“Equitable, Diverse & Inclusive Ophthalmology through the Eyes of a Geordie Ghanaian”
FULL recording of my Presidential Address for RSM Ophthalmology is FREE to watch.
A raw account of navigating systemic racism, anti-Blackness & misogynoir.
Love & light
Evie 💖✨
www.rsm.ac.uk/sections/oph...
FULL recording of my Presidential Address for RSM Ophthalmology is FREE to watch.
A raw account of navigating systemic racism, anti-Blackness & misogynoir.
Love & light
Evie 💖✨
www.rsm.ac.uk/sections/oph...
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I’m also the product of Star Trek, Sesame Street, and Muppet Movies.
I think we can do anything with hard work, dreaming just a little bigger and maybe singing along the way.
I think we can do anything with hard work, dreaming just a little bigger and maybe singing along the way.
December 21, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I’m also the product of Star Trek, Sesame Street, and Muppet Movies.
I think we can do anything with hard work, dreaming just a little bigger and maybe singing along the way.
I think we can do anything with hard work, dreaming just a little bigger and maybe singing along the way.
Well presented case from Tufts with some useful OCT images:
Ophthopedia Update: Young adult presents with blurry vision: A 24-year-old previously healthy Greek man with recent COVID-19 infection presented to the Tufts emergency department with a 1-week history of high fevers, generalized weakness, sore throat and blurry… #ophthalmology #eye #eyenews
Young adult presents with blurry vision
A 24-year-old previously healthy Greek man with recent COVID-19 infection presented to the Tufts emergency department with a 1-week history of high fevers, generalized weakness, sore throat and blurry vision.
On systemic review of systems, the patient was…
dlvr.it
December 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Well presented case from Tufts with some useful OCT images:
Children and their families told us that they wanted more uveitis research - and we listened (www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health...)
We are looking forward to hearing your voices again.
Link is here and in the image:
redcap.link/churp
We are looking forward to hearing your voices again.
Link is here and in the image:
redcap.link/churp
December 20, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Children and their families told us that they wanted more uveitis research - and we listened (www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health...)
We are looking forward to hearing your voices again.
Link is here and in the image:
redcap.link/churp
We are looking forward to hearing your voices again.
Link is here and in the image:
redcap.link/churp
Reposted by Lola Solebo
Reposted by Lola Solebo
One of my biggest joys is seeing an entire community take a stand for something important.
STANDING Together, recommendations for health data diversity and algorithmic bias is now published: an international effort involving >350 experts & 58 countries.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
STANDING Together, recommendations for health data diversity and algorithmic bias is now published: an international effort involving >350 experts & 58 countries.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Tackling algorithmic bias and promoting transparency in health datasets: the STANDING Together consensus recommendations
Without careful dissection of the ways in which biases can be encoded into artificial intelligence (AI) health technologies, there is a risk of perpetuating existing health inequalities at scale. One major source of bias is the data that underpins such technologies. The STANDING Together recommendations aim to encourage transparency regarding limitations of health datasets and proactive evaluation of their effect across population groups. Draft recommendation items were informed by a systematic review and stakeholder survey.
www.thelancet.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
One of my biggest joys is seeing an entire community take a stand for something important.
STANDING Together, recommendations for health data diversity and algorithmic bias is now published: an international effort involving >350 experts & 58 countries.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
STANDING Together, recommendations for health data diversity and algorithmic bias is now published: an international effort involving >350 experts & 58 countries.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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I can hardly think of a better example of the moral decay in modern health care than a Goldman analyst noting that biotech cures for diseases like hepatitis are cool and all, until their success diminishes the business opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
www.cnbc.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:57 PM
I can hardly think of a better example of the moral decay in modern health care than a Goldman analyst noting that biotech cures for diseases like hepatitis are cool and all, until their success diminishes the business opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Interesting article from the #ClevelandEye Pichi / Neri team suggesting that body weight is linked to how well humira (also called Amgevita / Adalimumab) works in childhood uveitis. Could we start using BMI to adjust for humira dosing to reduce the chance of developing anti-drug antibodies?🧪👁️
Ophthopedia Update: IMPACT OF BMI ON ADALIMUMAB EFFICACY IN PEDIATRIC JIA-ASSOCIATED UVEITIS: Chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) is the most common type of pediatric uveitis, frequently associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The introduction of… #Ophthalmology #ophthotwitter #eyecare
IMPACT OF BMI ON ADALIMUMAB EFFICACY IN PEDIATRIC JIA-ASSOCIATED UVEITIS
Chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) is the most common type of pediatric uveitis, frequently associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The introduction of adalimumab has improved the management of JIA-CAU, as demonstrated in the ADJUVITE1 and…
dlvr.it
December 17, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Interesting article from the #ClevelandEye Pichi / Neri team suggesting that body weight is linked to how well humira (also called Amgevita / Adalimumab) works in childhood uveitis. Could we start using BMI to adjust for humira dosing to reduce the chance of developing anti-drug antibodies?🧪👁️
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Extra-musculoskeletal manifestations are an important treatment consideration for patients with spondyloarthritis. In this analysis, development of uveitis, IBD, and psoriasis was generally low with upadacitinib 15 mg, incl. numerically lower rates of uveitis vs placebo
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Extra-musculoskeletal manifestations are an important treatment consideration for patients with spondyloarthritis. In this analysis, development of uveitis, IBD, and psoriasis was generally low with upadacitinib 15 mg, incl. numerically lower rates of uveitis vs placebo
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
A&R
doi.org/10.1002/art....
We need transformational changes to address the worrying decline in children’s health and wellbeing - AcMedSci is showing welcome, much needed leadership on this:
"We lack the imagination to relieve children's suffering" - Prof Helen Minnis FMedSci in The Big Issue.
Govt should prioritise young children in healthcare & education Minnis argues, calling for a reallocation of resources to support child development.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3XyUYi1
#ThriveByFive
Govt should prioritise young children in healthcare & education Minnis argues, calling for a reallocation of resources to support child development.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3XyUYi1
#ThriveByFive
Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children's suffering
To fix the problems of society, we must begin by reimagining our priorities and putting our babies and children first.
bit.ly
December 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM
We need transformational changes to address the worrying decline in children’s health and wellbeing - AcMedSci is showing welcome, much needed leadership on this:
Reposted by Lola Solebo
"We lack the imagination to relieve children's suffering" - Prof Helen Minnis FMedSci in The Big Issue.
Govt should prioritise young children in healthcare & education Minnis argues, calling for a reallocation of resources to support child development.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3XyUYi1
#ThriveByFive
Govt should prioritise young children in healthcare & education Minnis argues, calling for a reallocation of resources to support child development.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3XyUYi1
#ThriveByFive
Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children's suffering
To fix the problems of society, we must begin by reimagining our priorities and putting our babies and children first.
bit.ly
September 13, 2024 at 11:07 AM
"We lack the imagination to relieve children's suffering" - Prof Helen Minnis FMedSci in The Big Issue.
Govt should prioritise young children in healthcare & education Minnis argues, calling for a reallocation of resources to support child development.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3XyUYi1
#ThriveByFive
Govt should prioritise young children in healthcare & education Minnis argues, calling for a reallocation of resources to support child development.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3XyUYi1
#ThriveByFive