Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

• Harnessing ECFCs to repair choriocapillaris during geographic atrophy
• The role of the placental growth factor pathway in age-related retinal disease
• Metabolic plasticity of retinal cells in ischaemia and the potential to regulate physiological angiogenesis
• Identifying key molecular mechanisms underpinning ECFC dysfunction in diabetic microvascular disease.
• Development of vascular stem cell therapy for ischaemic retinopathy
• Combinatorial cell therapy for reversing tissue ischaemia
• The potential of iPS cell technology to understand mechanisms underpinning patient responsiveness to anti-VEGF agents for diabetic macular oedema

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Diabetes related blindness
• THE DNA OF INNOVATION: VOLUME VI
• THE DNA OF INNOVATION: VOLUME II

Research students

PhD Title	Characterization of oedema-induced pathology and microvascular remodelling in a unique model of diabetic retinopathy
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD Title	Premature vascular senescence during diabetic retinopathy
Country	Italy

 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title	The role of EPO analogues in preventing neurovascular degeneration in diabetic retinopathy
Country	Ireland
Current Position	Roche, Switzerland
PhD Title	Role of adanced glycation in diabetic retinopathy
Country	Ireland
Current Position	Associate Professor, USA
PhD Title	Role of myeloid angiogenic cells in diabetic vascular disease
Country	NI
Current Position	Post doc