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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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Quantification of Fundus Autofluorescence Features in a Molecularly Characterized Cohort of More Than 3000 Inherited Retinal Disease Patients from the United Kingdom.
Preprint
Woof W. et al, (2024)
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Towards Uncovering the Role of Incomplete Penetrance in Maculopathies through Sequencing of 105 Disease-Associated Genes
Journal article
Hitti-Malin RJ. et al, (2024), Biomolecules, 14, 367 - 367
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Outcomes and Adverse Effects of Voretigene Neparvovec Treatment for Biallelic RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Dystrophies in a Cohort of Patients from a Single Center
Journal article
Kiraly P. et al, (2023), Biomolecules, 13, 1484 - 1484
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Heterozygous UCHL1 loss-of-function variants cause a neurodegenerative disorder with spasticity, ataxia, neuropathy, and optic atrophy.
Journal article
Park J. et al, (2023), Genet Med, 25
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The Role of Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration—Therapeutic Landscapes in Geographic Atrophy
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2023), Cells, 12, 2092 - 2092