Until 2nd Feb 2026, you can have your say on AI in healthcare in the NHS and wider sector. @mhragovuk.bsky.social has launched a call for evidence to shape the standards for the UK, open to everyone. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Senior Research Fellow Dr Yukun Zhou (@ucleye.bsky.social, @insighteyehub.bsky.social and @uclbrainscience.bsky.social) is using AI and eye imagery to develop early screening for a range of diseases – supported by a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early-Career Award ⬇ #UCLandChina #UCLHealth

INSIGHT has been awarded £3.7 million in funding by @ukri.org MRC and @nihr.bsky.social to expand from Moorfields Eye Hospital and link national health data resources #oculomics Led by @pearsekeane.bsky.social, the 4-year project will be delivered with @ucleye.bsky.social bit.ly/47rM5vK

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

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...

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/...

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

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

A 'green' medical AI model can accurately diagnose eye disease using less than 1 percent of the computing power of existing AI, says a new study in @natcomms.nature.com The model was devised at @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social bit.ly/4mOHN6R #RETFoundGreen

An AI tool can spot signs of eye damage in patients taking the autoimmmune drug #Hydroxychloroquine, 2.5 years earlier than doctors. The AI was devised by the @pearsekeane.bsky.social lab at @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social with UK/US collaborators. Read more: bit.ly/45KOZcE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

This #Red4research day, we launch @crosbynwaobi.bsky.social's short video series tackling health inequities in underserved communities! These videos are about making research relevant, trustworthy, & #inclusive for everyone. 🔗 buff.ly/4kV5X3W #BePartOfResearch

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Congratulations to Prof Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net @ucleye.bsky.social on his election as a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org in recognition of his invaluable contributions to scientific research in visual neuroscience #RSFellows @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

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

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.

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

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

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

In breaking news, the launch of medical AI company, Cascader, is bringing together Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, @ucleye.bsky.social and Topcon Healthcare in a strategic partnership to develop AI tools for clinical use in eye care. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4iNFMEU. #Oculomics

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

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

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.

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.

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!

INSIGHT is committed to ensuring transparency in how patient data is collected and curated for medical research. Our messaging is live on patient display screens across Moorfields Eye Hospital sites, with new screens just added. Find out more: bit.ly/datasavessight #DataSavesSight

Exciting Times for drug discovery in #neurodegenerative diseases 🧠💊 UK's @insighteyehub.bsky.social partners with @insitro.bsky.social to build an AI foundation model from 35M+ eye images, unlocking new insights into brain health & novel therapeutic targets www.eyenews.uk.com/news/post/in...

We are excited to share today's announcement that INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital will be collaborating with @insitro.bsky.social to develop a novel AI foundation model for drug discovery.

Find out how @pearsekeane.bsky.social and his inter-disciplinary group of clinical researchers and data scientists are transforming our understanding of the link between the eyes and brain. @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social #UCLBrainSciences buff.ly/AIuX2er

The science of #Oculomics is leveraging the potential of retinal images, routinely collected during patient appointments, for monitoring brain health. #BrainAwarenessWeek Discover the work led by @sktywagner.bsky.social at @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social with INSIGHT: bit.ly/oculomic

This #BrainAwarenessWeek follow our colleagues at @uclbrainscience.bsky.social who are sharing remarkable discoveries in brain research from across the faculty ⬇️

Your BRC are here to help! Involving patients and the public boosts #research quality and ethics. Engaging them in decision-making leads to innovative solutions and improved outcomes. Discover support available here: buff.ly/kwsYHYW @ucleye.bsky.social #PPIE #Ophthalmology #EDI

Could clinicians with no coding experience build their own AI models for detection of glaucoma? Our colleagues present a persuasive proof-of-concept study ⬇️ @chumontreal.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @uoft.bsky.social @pearsekeane.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social ow.ly/Yoa250UQgab

Congratulations to our Theme Lead Sobha Sivaprasad, on receiving The Macular Society's 'Paul Henkind Memorial Lecture' for outstanding retinal #research. Sobha is also the director of NIHR Moorfields Clinical Research Facility. 🔗https://buff.ly/4hSoOG5 #AMDAwarenessMonth2025 @ucleye.bsky.social

A novel metric - the Retinal Pigment Score - will tackle bias in AI models, by providing an alternative to subjective and variable ethnicity eye data. Led by researchers @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @ucleye.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social. In @naturecomms.bsky.social Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4berxXL

This #AMDAwarenessMonth2025, we are spotlighting #research into late-stage Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration, showing daily oral supplements can slow the progression. An affordable, safe, and well-tolerated treatment. Find out more: buff.ly/4bfeDZE @ucleye.bsky.social