Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) is the second largest Eye Hospital in the UK and benefits both from being part of a major teaching centre and from its adjacency to a large university biosciences unit. The research within the Eye Division is well aligned with the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) themes. BRC Director Professor Graeme Black and theme lead Professor Paul Bishop are clinical academics within this Division of the Trust.
Research in glaucoma, glaucoma therapeutics,
imaging and perimetry (led by Professor David Henson) is thriving.
Multidisciplinary clinical vision sciences are uniquely represented
for one centre and include Academic Ophthalmic nursing (led by
Professor Heather Waterman), Electrophysiology (Dr Neil Parry) and
Optometry (Drs Harper and Tromans). A Vision Science
laboratory-based research group has been established while Dr
Chantal Hillarby leads a team with interests in corneal graft
rejection and other aspects of corneal immunity. Mr Paulo
Stanga is a consultant ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon
who conducts research involving cutting edge technological
developments, such as the 'bionic eye' Argus II study.
The Division has a strong track record in training clinical
academics including senior clinical research fellows (Professors
Bishop and Black) and research training fellows (Miss Jane
Ashworth) and has had recent success in the Walport programme for
academic trainees. MREH has the only programme for National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellows in
ophthalmology in the UK and is also one of only four UK
programmes for NIHR Clinical Lectureships.
