Contact information
Susan Downes
MD, FRCOphth
Professor of Ophthalmology
- Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
- Senior Research Fellow
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology
Susan Downes is the Clinical Network Lead for Ophthalmology research in the Thames Valley and Clinical research Lead for Ophthalmology in the new Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi).
Research
Susie researches inherited retinal degeneration and phenotype genotype correlation as well as treatment of age related macular degeneration and central serous chorioretinopathy and sleep studies in ocular disease, She has collaborative links worldwide in these fields with research and training.
Recent publications
Geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration: phenotypic characterisation for clinical trial consideration.
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2026), Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Automated cone photoreceptor detection using synthetic data and deep learning in confocal adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope images.
Journal article
Shah M. et al, (2026), Sci Rep, 16
Multimodal imaging and electrophysiological features in bradyopsia associated with homozygous variants (c.895T>C) in Regulator of G-protein Signaling 9 (RGS9).
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2026), Ophthalmic Genet, 47, 14 - 21
Expanding the Genetic Spectrum in IMPG1 and IMPG2 Retinopathy
Journal article
Al-Khuzaei S. et al, (2025), Genes, 16, 1474 - 1474
Inherited retinal disease pathway in the UK: a patient perspective and the potential of AI.
Journal article
Wong W. et al, (2025), Br J Ophthalmol, 109, 1266 - 1271