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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology @ucleye.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

If you missed our Annual Lecture with Professor Uwe Wolfrum from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, you can now watch the full recording on the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology's YouTube channel. 🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0a...

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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Annual Lecture 2026: Professor Uwe Wolfrum

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

What can we expect from the next wave of medical AI? The College of Optometrists' journal, Acuity, explores how #oculomics and multiomics could shape the future of eye care. With input from oculomics pioneer Pearse Keane at @ucleye.bsky.social, Moorfields Eye Hospital, INSIGHT. bit.ly/4dwbLcp

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Researchers at Tohoku Uni and @ucleye.bsky.social have developed a more precise AI model for measuring retinal age gap - a biomarker indicating the difference between a person’s biological age and their chronological age. #Oculomics bit.ly/4mJx7Hm

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AI Can Use a Photo of the Eye to Estimate Retinal Age, Flag Risk for Major Diseases

A picture (of the eye) is worth a thousand words to this AI system that predicts the risk of developing major diseases like diabetes.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Our colleague Fiston Gatera of @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social took a portable GPU to Rwanda, successfully testing it for data curation with a team at AKIISA. The goal is to enable LMICs to build training data for the world's first globally representative medical AI, Global RETFound.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We have updated our data catalogue for #DiabeticRetinopathy, among the world's most comprehensive and diverse longitudinal datasets curated for this condition. View the data catalogue bit.ly/47JPK7R Find out how researchers can apply for access bit.ly/4mjZ7RR

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Next year, we will be moving to the Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health in Kings Cross. The newly named centre is a joint initiative between @moorfields.bsky.social, @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields Eye Charity. Find out more: www.moorfields.nhs.uk/about-us/ori...

Exterior photo of the Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health, nearing completion

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

How is AI transforming eye care? The College of Optometrists put the question to @pearsekeane.bsky.social and other leaders in the field for its journal Acuity. Pearse is professor of artificial medical intelligence at @ucleye.bsky.social and INSIGHT director. www.insight.hdrhub.org/post/decodin...

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Decoding disease: transforming eye care with AI

Decoding Disease: the latest edition of Acuity, the journal of the College of Optometrists, explores how AI is transforming eye care by supporting earlier disease detection, clearer tracking and more ...

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

CEO mentor, author and podcaster Patrick Mork invites INSIGHT director @pearsekeane.bsky.social to share how he built a career in #ophthalmology and helped to forge the fields of artificial medical intelligence and #oculomics at @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields Eye Hospital. youtu.be/ppuGE7_Nzp8

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Your Eyes Are Revealing Diseases Hiding in Your Body

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Data Protection Day is marked globally to raise awareness of how personal data is collected, stored and used. When it comes to healthcare data, this may be more important than ever. Read how INSIGHT at Moorfields prioritises data protection to advance research. www.insight.hdrhub.org/post/protect...

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Protecting privacy and ensuring best practice in data protection - Data Protection Day

Marked annually on 28th January, Data Protection Day is a timely opportunity to highlight how INSIGHT at Moorfields safeguards data, while enabling world-leading medical research.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Colleagues at @moorfields.bsky.social have pioneered a sight-saving treatment for the rare condition hypotony, which leads to dangerously low eye pressure and vision loss. Reported today by @bbcnews.bsky.social and published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first-ever patient

Nicki's eye had collapsed in on itself, but a new gel injection method has saved her vision.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

An AI system can identify patients who are being under-treated or over-treated for sight-threatening macular disease. Validated at two UK eye centres, the AI could help transform NHS monitoring. Work led by Jeffry Hogg and pearsekeane at @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social bit.ly/4nsYO5O

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AI can identify treatment gaps for patients with macular disease, study shows

Using artificial intelligence (AI) in eye clinics could reduce both undertreatment and overtreatment of neovascular or ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

People with sight loss have recovered reading vision after being treated with an electronic eye implant paired with augmented-reality glasses, reports a pioneering trial involving Mr Mahi Muqit @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

Study participant Sheila Irvine training with the device, wearing augmented-reality glasses while reading words on a screen

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

In conversation with The Ophthalmologist, our colleague Paul Nderitu describes a world-first initiative to build the first medical AI model with globally representative data. @pearsekeane.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social theophthalmologist.com/issues/2025/...

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AI Without Borders

An international coalition aims to tackle health inequities with a globally representative retinal AI model

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

For National Eye Health Week, we highlight the role of health data research in confronting the global epidemic of vision loss, affecting 2.2 billion people. Discover how NHS patient data is driving research into vision loss at INSIGHT at Moorfields, led by @pearsekeane.bsky.social bit.ly/48tdK01

Professor Pearse Keane views retinal scans on a computer screen

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

An AI tool can accurately predict when young people with sight-threatening #kerataconus need treatment to prevent vision loss. Research led by @moorfields.bsky.social with INSIGHT, @ucleye.bsky.social supported by @nihr.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social Read more 🔗http://bit.ly/46sp5L8

Heatmaps show where the AI model has identified areas of disease progression

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Among @royalsociety.org awards for 2025, @pearsekeane.bsky.social receives the Gabor Medal for his work at @ucleye.bsky.social, Moorfields Eye Hospital, @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social, developing AI-driven retinal image analysis for eye disease and #oculomics Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4mDN2Gq

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We have created a step-by-step guide to applying for data through INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital - the world's largest ophthalmic bio-resource of more than 30 million eye images linked to clinical records. Find out more:🔗http://bit.ly/45tqn9F

Process diagram showing 6 steps that trace the data use enquiry process at INSIGHT

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Our partners at @insitro.bsky.social reflect on progress to build a drug discovery platform leveraging machine learning and data at scale. The mission is to identify new treatments, faster. As CEO Daphne Koller says, "patients are waiting". Read more about our collaboration 🔗https://bit.ly/3Jc3QFC

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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Congratulations to our colleagues who have been awarded Glaucoma UK 2025 project grants. Using cutting-edge technology, their research is shedding new light on #glaucoma. Find out more🔗 buff.ly/FKTNSya @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social #NIHRsupported

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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A review in @natureportfolio.nature.com reveals a widespread lack of transparency on performance and training data in regulator-approved #AI models used in eye care. 🔗 buff.ly/pzox5f5 #NIHRsupported @moorfields.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social @insighteyehub.bsky.social

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

As broadcast on @itvnews.bsky.social, journalist Kevin Ashford recently visited Moorfields Eye Hospital to report on 'AI for good'. He spoke with Shafi Balal and Josef Huemer, who work with the medical AI lab of @pearsekeane.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social. Find out more: 🔗http://bit.ly/4nTRhyu

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

We are working with @insitro.bsky.social to develop an AI foundation model capable of identifying novel targets in neurodegenerative and eye diseases. #oculomics How will it work, and what is the anticipated impact on patients? Find out here: 🔗https://www.insight.hdrhub.org/insitrocollaboration

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insitro collaboration | INSIGHT

INSIGHT and insitro, a US biotech company, are collaborating to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model trained on INSIGHT’s vast repository of anonymised retinal imaging data at Moor...

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Save the date: on Wed 23rd July @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social host an informal coffee session on inherited macular degeneration. ⬇️

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Dressed in style for #Red4Research Day, our colleague @crosbynwaobi.bsky.social, together with team members, launched a video campaign to boost research participation, funded by @nihr.bsky.social. The event was hosted by @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social Watch the videos: www.youtube.com/@NIHRMBRCPPI...

Group photo of five presenters at the launch of a new video series. They each wear a red sash in celebration of Red 4 Research Day

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Public participation in health and care research is vital to drive medical discovery, such as the clinical trial work being undertaken by Samantha Malka at @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social #BePartOfResearch

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

A new study led by Moorfields Eye Hospital and @ucleye.bsky.social has flagged evidence gaps for AI eye imaging devices approved for patient care. - 1 in 5 tools had no peer-reviewed data - Very few tested in real-world settings - Gaps in age, gender & ethnicity reporting 🔗https://bit.ly/3FDs1LS

Clinician takes OCT image of person's eye

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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

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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

1 in 2000 young adults in the UK are affected by inherited retinal diseases. Pioneering #GeneTherapy offers new hope. Read more here: moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Prof. Alison Hardcastle & Prof. James Bainbridge @ucleye.bsky.social

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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 @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

To mark international #ClinicalTrialsDay, the teams from NIHR Moorfields Clinical Research Facility and @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social have been sharing opportunities to get involved in research.

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Take inspiration from the incredible breadth of vision science research across Moorfields @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social, as recently showcased at #ARVO2025 🔽

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Just back from #ARVO2025, researchers from Pearse Keane's medical AI lab, spanning @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields Eye Hospital, share their cutting-edge work: from a retinal foundation model on a smartphone to #Oculomics for detecting bowel diseases. @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social bit.ly/4kkt01Z

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Meet the data & AI researchers: Pearse Keane's Lab at ARVO 2025

Showcasing the rising stars of Pearse Keane's medical AI lab, spanning UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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. bit.ly/42R7j3V

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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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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Congratulations to our BRC's Co-Director, Prof Sir Peng T. Khaw, on receiving the Joanne G. Angle Award, @arvoinfo.bsky.social's highest service honour. This award recognises his outstanding leadership and contributions to vision #research. #ARVO2025 🔗 buff.ly/nAyJnq1 @ucleye.bsky.social

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2025 Angle Award - Sir Peng T. Khaw, MD, PhD, FARVO

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Did you know that INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital has a Secure Research Environment (SRE)? What is it? A computing environment for researchers to access anonymised datasets. No data leaves the SRE; only the final analysis can be exported. Find out more 🔗 bit.ly/3G9tOIa #DataSavesSight

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Emerging and future technologies for tackling sight loss were presented at the @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social symposium yesterday, from gene therapy to the data and AI-enabled discovery enabled by INSIGHT to novel devices unlocking new discoveries. The research spans @ucleye.bsky.social and Moorfields.

A montage of three images taken in the lecture hall at NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre. At top: Professor Marinko Saurinic wears a grey suit and stands at the lectern mid-speech. To his left on a large presentation screen is a slide depicting the science of Oculomics. In the image at bottom left is a slide showing the scale of data curated by the INSIGHT health data research hub led by Moorfields Eye Hospital: more than 35 million eye images and more than 2.4 million patients are represented in the data. In the image at bottom right, four people stand against a wood panelled wall, smiling to the camera, from left: Aadil Kazi, Sir Peng Khaw, Alex Black, Helen Khan

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INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub @insighteyehub.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Two new inaugural achievement awards have been announced by @arvoinfo.bsky.social. Among the recipients for Excellence in Editorial Service is @pearsekeane.bsky.social, our director and colleague at @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social. Congratulations Pearse and fellow awardees!

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