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

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

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

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 ⤵️

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...

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!

This was fun!

It seems PubMed has disappeared. This is the digital equivalent of burning a library.

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...

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/...

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

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!

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

“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...

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.

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

eyes in space 👁️🌌

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...

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...

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?🧪👁️

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....

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

People who use statistical modelling studies which *assume* efficacy as if they are *evidence* of efficacy, have either not read the research, don’t understand the research, or worse - are wilfully misusing the research Models should not be used as propaganda

The democratisation of expertise (augmentation of decision making, an 82% reduction in infant mortality) described in this article really is the great promise of medical AI. Underserved populations are likely to be most damaged by implementation gone wrong - but they also have the most to gain.

Seems that 4 monitors is not enough... Jason and Shangbang are choosing which cone on my retina to perform #AOOCT and #AOSLO #optoretinography measurements.

This week in Science Without Anguish: Loneliness and the long distance researcher. Overcoming isolation for science and wellbeing. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/overcom... This is the last post in Series 2. Stay tuned for webinar announcements, plans for a coaching programme and Series 3.

Childhood uveitis is all too often ‘idiopathic’ But We are beginning to unravel the somatic mutations that underpin autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions - really exciting times acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Clinical academia is…..hard. Worth it*, but hard Navigating the employment admin generated by being different to NHs colleagues is painful This new guidance should really help: www.nhsemployers.org/publications...

It is important for scientists to lead the charge in promoting only high quality science/nature content and protecting the scientific community from exploitation. This includes protecting full time science communicators, whose underfunded work helps the public understand and value our research 🧪

can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no

Clearest image ever taken of Heart Nebula, located 7500 light years away from us

This thread….Izzy, thank you

I remember trying to explain to an adult ophth’gist the challenge of assessing discs in Craniosynostosis. To judge whether to put the child through an invasive procedure to measure their intracranial pressure. He didn’t get it. Valuable addition to the evidence base! www.ajo.com/article/S000...

PARTICULARLY important for rare diseases - individually rare but collectively common, affecting more than 1 in 20 of us Rare disease research NEEDs more than one centre, for enough data from enough ‘cases’. The Sudlow review is hugely welcome

Still two weeks left to get abstracts in for a chance to showcase your new eye/ #VisionResearch at #ARVO2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah! @arvoinfo.bsky.social membership for 2025 is required. Submit by Dec. 6 (email [email protected] if you have questions). bit.ly/2yNlNDd #VisionScience #OphthoSky

Always have a great time talking with @chenmayo from @mayoclinic about his exciting research into #OpticNeuritis, listen to our recent convo on the use of plasma exchange (PLEX) as rescue therapy #NeuroOphth #neurology #ophthalmology #eye #medicine #autoimmune www.aaojournal.org/audio-do/pla...

That pepper needs a VP shunt though

I’m probably late to this, but now we all have a nice new distraction on our phones here did you know the iPhone has a screen distance warning? It’s automatically enabled for children under 13 in family groups. Do other devices have this option? Worth flagging to parents I think. #EyeSky #myopia

"Our homes provide the living environment that dictates our future health” - Sir Michael Marmot Come and do a #PhD with me! #Datascience, #AI, #environment, #climate, #policy and kids - what more could you want?!

I've had a go at starting a starter pack for #ResearchCulture, I'm pretty new here so please don't be offended if I haven't found you yet. Happy to add people to this, let me know! #Research #ResearchDevelopment #OpenResearch #ResearcherDevelopment #ResponsibleMetrics go.bsky.app/FAzhuGh

This week’s Science Without Anguish post is out: the slippery slope to imposter syndrome in research and how to escape it. Please tell your colleagues on or off social media. 🧪 www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/we-are-...

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

I made one for stats papers

👋I'm a paediatric ophthalmologist & epidemiologist - my research unravels the determinants of poor outcomes for childhood onset eye & vision disorders, and how we turn that data into interventions to improve outcomes. Mother of dragons Brain built by libraries/jollof/Prince Ad astra per aspera

I mean, I'll find out tomorrow when I log in for access to the pdf, paed ophth is deserving of attention, and I won't pretend that I don't love reading about new applications for ML, but for now: Why - why? 🌍🔥👣 ps - UN report on environmental impact of AI: wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...

Systemic Racism & Anti-Blackness in MPTS 1️⃣ Ms El-Neil, Black surgeon, 9/12 suspension for 1 incident 6 yrs ago, NO harm, risk or recurrence 2️⃣ Mr Dixon, white surgeon, 6/12 suspension for MULTIPLE failings - unnecessary surgeries & sexual misconduct. Harm caused, risk of REPETITION See difference⁉️