Clinician Perspectives

Interview with Alan Bird, MD

September 2016

Dr. Alan Brid, MD is a member of the Lowy Medical Research Institute’s Board of Scientific Governors. He is Professor Emeritus at The Institute of Ophthalmology London and the Moorfields Eye Hospital. His work has had a major impact on treating blindness around the world, and he has received a number of awards and accolades for his contributions to vision science. Dr. Bird has worked with numerous fellows at Moorfields on multidisciplinary clinical research projects, including molecular genetics, cell biology, electrophysiology, psychophysics, specialized imaging, and morphology. He spent time in Africa researching River Blindness; the results of his studies changed the course of disease management. He has also studied sickle retinopathy in Jamaica, where he demonstrated the relatively benign nature of that disease. Dr. Bird has published widely, having written more than 370 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, and over 70 book chapters. In this interview, we spoke about his involvement in MacTel research and the MacTel Project.
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Interview with Emily Y. Chew, MD

June 2016

Dr. Emily Y. Chew, MD is the Deputy Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications at the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. She is involved in the MacTel Project as the Director of the Clinical Projects for the Lowy Medical Research Institute. In this role, she coordinates and plans studies including the natural history study to understand the course of disease, and to study the factors that might be associated with the disease. She also helps to plan the clinical trials that test various therapies that might be used for MacTel type 2 eye disease.
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Interview with Paul Bernstein, MD, PhD

April 2015

Dr. Paul Bernstein is a Professor at the University of Utah, School of Medicine, in the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Bernstein is a Lowy Medical Research Institute extramural investigator and clinical researcher. He has been instrumental to MacTel genetics research; recruiting families with MacTel to participate in the MacTel Project. In the laboratory, his research focuses on macular pigment. Changes in macular pigment distribution are among the first clinical signs of MacTel. In this interview, we discuss both his clinical and laboratory work.
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Interview with Alan Bird, MD

Interview with Emily Y. Chew, MD

Interview with Paul Bernstein, MD, PhD

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