Research Capacity Projects

Research and evidence supports the delivery of eye care services. To ensure we have high-quality, locally-relevant research in the areas of greatest eye health need, it is vital to strengthen research capacity in LMICs.

ICEH has supported the strengthening of eye health research capacity with many partners in countries globally.

Since 2010 we have had 28 research degree students (registered at LSHTM) who have been awarded their PhDs; 17 of these are nationals of LMICs. Of people holding PhDs in the field of ophthalmology / eye health from the Africa region, ICEH has trained the majority of them (around 80%).

We led the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium, which resulted in an approximate doubling of the number of research active clinicians trained to PhD level from the Africa region.

Several of our other activities support research capacity, including our Master’s Course, free online courses and our capacity strengthening networks.

We currently have some specific research projects that are improving research capacity:

Building Research Capacity in Nepal

ICEH is partnering with a network of hospitals that provides 80% of Nepal’s eye health services, on a  research capacity strengthening project

African Centre for AI Excellence

Currently there are no African institutions or African researchers leading ophthalmic AI development and research programmes. Our aim is to change this by establishing Africa’s first Centre of Excellence for Ophthalmic AI research.

Global Eye Health Research Agenda

In order to properly address the challenge of global eye health, we need a consensus on which topic areas to prioritise and focus resources on.

Research Capacity Projects

Research and evidence supports the delivery of eye care services. To ensure we have high-quality, locally-relevant research in the areas of greatest eye health need, it is vital to strengthen research capacity in LMICs.

ICEH has supported the strengthening of eye health research capacity with many partners in countries globally.

Since 2010 we have had 28 research degree students (registered at LSHTM) who have been awarded their PhDs; 17 of these are nationals of LMICs. Of people holding PhDs in the field of ophthalmology / eye health from the Africa region, ICEH has trained the majority of them (around 80%).

We led the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium, which resulted in an approximate doubling of the number of research active clinicians trained to PhD level from the Africa region.

Several of our other activities support research capacity, including our Master’s Course, free online courses and our capacity strengthening networks.

We currently have some specific research projects that are improving research capacity:

Building Research Capacity in Nepal

ICEH is partnering with a network of hospitals that provides 80% of Nepal’s eye health services, on a  research capacity strengthening project

African Centre for AI Excellence

Currently there are no African institutions or African researchers leading ophthalmic AI development and research programmes. Our aim is to change this by establishing Africa’s first Centre of Excellence for Ophthalmic AI research.

Global Eye Health Research Agenda

In order to properly address the challenge of global eye health, we need a consensus on which topic areas to prioritise and focus resources on.