CERI - Key Persons
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- Optometrist
- Research Officer
Alicia Gómez, Msc. Optometrist. Alicia is a clinician at CERI mainly involved in MAP, TOAST and DOPAVISION trials who has been involved in retina degeneration and neurovision studies in animal models. Her primary research interests are retinal changes in myopia and trials management.
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- Research Scientist
- Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist / Clinical Trial Coordinator
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- Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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- Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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- Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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- Principal Investigator
- Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences
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- Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist / Clinical Trial Coordinator
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- Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Kate Kate is an Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist at CERI. Kate is our clinical trial coordinator with responsibility for overseeing the conduct of our portfolio of clinical trials. Her own research interests relate to neuroscience research, myopia control, technology development and commercialisation. Dr. Kate Loskutova, MD, PhD Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist / Clinical Trial Coordinator Matilda Dr. Matilda Biba, PhD Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist Gareth Gareth is an orthoptist and Arnold Grave Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CERI. Gareth is involved in the MOSAIC and TOAST trials investigating the impact of low-dose atropine eye drops. Gareth has a background in ophthalmic epidemiology and is interested in the prevention and treatment of eye conditions. Dr. Gareth Lingham, PhD Arnold Graves Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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- Student / MOSAIC and CHAMP Study Investigator
Emmanuel Kobia-Acquah is a postgraduate research student at CERI. His research interests focus on myopia control and public health policies in optometry. He is a study investigator on the ongoing "Myopia Outcome Study of Atropine in Children (MOSAIC)" and "Children using atropine for reduction of myopia progression (CHAMP)"" clinical trials at CERI which are designed to determine the efficacy and safety of 0.01% atropine eye drops in the management of myopia in European children.
Eoin joined CERI as a Research Officer in September 2021. Having previously completed a BSc and MSc in Sport Science in Loughborough University in the UK, he qualified as an Optometrist in DIT (Kevin St). He worked in private practice for a number of years, before joining CERI where he is involved in clinical research across a range of studies.
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- Senior Research Assistant
Gabriela is a Senior Research Assistant at CERI. She supports the conduct of the trials, communication, treatment accountability, data entry and general trial logistics. Gabriela is also involved in lab analysis of serum & saliva samples and other biomedical lab work.
Joanne is an Assistant Staff Officer at CERI. She supports the conduct of the trials, communication, treatment accountability, and general trial logistics.
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- Researcher / Optometrist / TU Dublin Lecturer
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- Principal Investigator
- Consultant Ophthalmologist, Mater Hospital / Adjunct Professor of Vision Science, TU Dublin
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- Professor of Optometry and Vision Science / Head
James is a Professor of Optometry and Vision Science with over 20 years of clinical, academic, research and management experience. His primary clinical interests are in paediatrics and ocular disease. He is founder and Director of the Centre for Eye Research Ireland (CERI), a research facility at Technological University Dublin dedicated to providing state of the art solutions for blindness prevention.
John
John is a Mathematics and Statistics Lecturer at TU Dublin and a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Eye Research Ireland. John's primary research interests are in Neuroscience & Big Data analytics.
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- Clinical Optometrist to Pursue a
- Student / MAP and TOAST Study Investigator / Clinical Optometrist
Stella has joined CERI as a clinical optometrist to pursue a PhD in the area of myopia control. Tatiana is a study investigator for the "MiSight® Analysis of Progression" (MAP) Study which is investigating Coopervision myopia control lenses for the prevention and control of myopia progression in children, and the "Children using atropine for reduction of myopia progression" (CHAMP) study which is using atropine to prevent the progression of myopia in children.