A commentary on the updated research priorities in ophthalmology: implications and future directions
Eye (Lond)
.
2026 Apr;40(6):755-757.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-026-04263-0.
Epub 2026 Mar 5.
Authors
Rupert R A Bourne
1
2
,
Malik Moledina
3
,
Augusto Azuara-Blanco
4
,
George M Saleh
5
,
James Self
6
,
Sobha Sivaprasad
7
,
Srilakshmi M Sharma
8
,
Andrew Ross
2
9
,
Rose M Gilbert
2
,
Maram E A Abdalla Elsayed
7
,
Won Young Moon
7
,
Manjo Doug
10
,
Pádraig J Mulholland
11
12
,
Alex C Day
11
,
Vito Romano
13
,
Geraldine V Hoad
14
,
Madina Kara
15
,
Martin Cordiner
16
,
Louise Gow
17
,
Faruque Ghanchi
18
,
Praveen J Patel
11
,
Richard Gale
19
,
Christiana Dinah
20
21
,
Keith Valentine
15
,
Cathy Yelf
14
,
Vanessa Poustie
22
;
NIHR Ophthalmology Specialty Group
;
Executive Group of UK Clinical Eye Research Strategy
Collaborators
NIHR Ophthalmology Specialty Group
:
Ejaz Ansari
,
Jane Ashworth
,
Madeline Bayne
,
Nick Av Beare
,
Rupert Ra Bourne
,
Philip Buckhurst
,
Hilary Campbell
,
Emma Chambers
,
Fransesco Cordeiro
,
Joanne Creighton
,
Christiana Dinah
,
Manjo Doug
,
Susan Downes
,
Declan Flanagan
,
Richard Gale
,
Faruque Ganchi
,
Irene Gottlob
,
Louise Gow
,
Chris Hammond
,
Geraldine V Hoad
,
Jonathan Jackson
,
Sarah Kennedy
,
Anthony King
,
Andrew J Lotery
,
Geeta Menon
,
Sarah Moll
,
Padraig J Mulholland
,
Ian Nickson
,
Praveen Patel
,
Vanessa Poustie
,
Fiona J Rowe
,
George Saleh
,
Peter Scanlon
,
Brinda Shah
,
Julie Silvestri
,
Pelota Sung
,
Mihaela Sutu
,
Andrew Tatham
,
El Kashab Tarek
,
Marta Urgarte
,
Keith Valentine
,
Deepali Varma
,
Marcela Vortruba
,
Saila Waseem
Executive Group of UK Clinical Eye Research Strategy
:
Augusto Azuara-Blanco
,
Michael Bowen
,
Catey Bunce
,
Nick Caplin
,
Roxanne Crosby
,
Ali Ghareeb
,
Renata Gomes
,
Kerry Hanna
,
Tina Houlihan
,
Madina Kara
,
Liying Low
,
Ailish Murray
,
James Self
,
Srilakshmi Sharma
,
Sobha Sivaprasad
Affiliations
1
Vision and Eye Research Institute, School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
2
Department of Ophthalmology, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
3
Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
4
Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
5
Research, Cataract and Adnexal Department, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
6
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
7
NIHR Moorfields Clinical Research Facility, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
8
Dept of Ophthalmology, Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
9
Aswan University Hospital, Aswan, Egypt.
10
Vision and Eye Research Institute, School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. manjo.doug@nihr.ac.uk.
11
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
12
Centre for Optometry & Vision Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK.
13
Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
14
Macular Society, Andover, UK.
15
Fight for Sight, London, UK.
16
Moorfields Eye Charity, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
17
Eye care and living well services, Royal National Institute of Blind people, London, UK.
18
Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
19
York Hospital, University of York, York, UK.
20
Department of Ophthalmology, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
21
Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
22
NIHR Clinical Research Network, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
PMID:
41787023
PMCID:
PMC13061905
DOI:
10.1038/s41433-026-04263-0
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