People
BRC Directors
Prof. Sir Peng Tee Khaw
Sir Peng is Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He is Founder Director of the NIHR BRC: Moorfields and led it since 2007. He co-founded and was President of the UK Paediatric Glaucoma Society, and is currently Patron. He was the main clinical fundraiser for the Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences (2002), named NIHR Senior Investigator (2009), and knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (2013). He was inducted into The Ophthalmologist Hall of Fame in 2023.
Prof. Andrew Dick
Andrew Dick is Duke-Elder Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. He is also Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Bristol (School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Bristol Medical School) and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at Bristol Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007).
NIHR BRC: Moorfields Theme Leads
Vascular Disease and Inflammation
Prof.
Sobha Sivaprasad
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Prof.
Marcus Fruttiger
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Genomic Discovery and Therapeutics
Prof.
James Bainbridge
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Prof.
Alison Hardcastle
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Translational Data Science
Prof.
Anthony Khawaja
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Prof.
Paul Foster
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Imaging, Visual Assessment and Digital Innovation
Prof.
Pearse Keane
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Prof.
Marinko Sarunic
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Regenerative Therapy, Lasers, Medical Devices
Prof.
Hari Jayaram
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Prof.
Sajjad Ahmad
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Academic Career Development
Prof.
Omar Mahroo
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Prof.
Michele Russell
Joint Director of Education at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital
Queenie Wong
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Team
Dr.
Helen Baker
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead
Prof.
Mariya Moosajee
Clinical Lead for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement and Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Dr.
Subhojit Chakraborty
Research Engagement Assistant
Communications Team
Helen Khan
Communications Manager
Alice Thompson
Events and Communications Officer
Charlotte Patten
Engagement and Communications Officer
Eleanor Oliveira
Communications and Events Officer (Maternity Cover)
BRC Core Team
Alistair Weir
Manager, NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
Samantha Malka
NIHR Moorfields Bioresource Centre’s Genomic Research Manager
Dr.
Jocelyn Cammack
Research Fellow
Sruthymol Lukose
BRC R&D Co-ordinator
Christina Adams
EDI Research Associate
Mohammed Rupawala
Grant & Protocol Support Officer
Claire Roberts
Project Manager