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
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Real-world six-month outcomes in patients switched to faricimab following partial response to anti-VEGF therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema.
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2024), Eye (Lond)
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Adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in a heterogenous cohort with Stargardt disease.
Journal article
Shah M. et al, (2024), Sci Rep, 14
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Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectra with a novel variant in the ciliopathy gene, CFAP410, associated with selective cone degeneration.
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2024), Ophthalmic Genet, 1 - 7
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Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thinning in patients with X-linked retinoschisis.
Journal article
Kiraly P. et al, (2024), BMJ Open Ophthalmol, 9
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The UK clinical eye research strategy: refreshing research priorities for clinical eye research in the UK.
Journal article
Bourne RRA. et al, (2024), Eye (Lond), 38, 1947 - 1957