Welcome to the bi-annual Report 2019 entitled “Eye Research – an equal partner” – Vision Bridge Welcome to the bi-annual Report 2019 entitled “Eye Research – an equal partner” featuring contributions from leading academic researchers, clinicians and technology providers from the UK and abroad. Updated in June 2019, this Report aims to drive eye health […]

About the awards The Awards celebrate the transformational impact the university’s students, graduates and research are having on societies and economies across the globe. The event, which took place at St Anne’s Cathedral Belfast, recognised the University’s collaborations with partners in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, both locally and globally. On the night, Health […]

The Power List 2019 The Ophthalmologist’s Power List 2019. This year saw a record number of nominations – almost 2,000 – across five categories: Champions for Change, Inventors, Emerging Leaders, Mentors, and Surgical Pioneers. Each nomination celebrates an individual who has made a significant impact on the field, whether that is through a philanthropic initiative […]

The Power List 2019 The Ophthalmologist’s Power List 2019. This year saw a record number of nominations – almost 2,000 – across five categories: Champions for Change, Inventors, Emerging Leaders, Mentors, and Surgical Pioneers. Each nomination celebrates an individual who has made a significant impact on the field, whether that is through a philanthropic initiative […]

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Top spot at Harvard Medical School for PhD graduate Katie Christie, Ulster University Postgraduate Student of the Year, graduated with a PhD in Molecular Medicine. Ulster University Postgraduate Student of the Year, Katie Christie, graduated with a PhD in Molecular Medicine. In January, she follows in the footsteps of her supervisor Professor Tara Moore, taking […]

Katie Christie received the John RE Scott Postgraduate Student of the Year Award for 2018, in recognition of her research into CRISPR/Cas9 to treat corneal dystrophies.  This research has made a significant contribution to the emerging field of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing by which “Molecular Surgery” is used to precisely repair blinding eye diseases, in the DNA […]

Belfast-based Delta Packaging’s former chairman Terry Cross has visited Ulster University where he invested £190,000 towards cancer research. The David Cross Research Fund, created in 2015 in memory of Mr Cross’ son who died of skin cancer at the age of 33, supports a programme led by Professor Tara Moore and the Biomedical Sciences Research […]