Understanding, Predicting, Preventing and Treating the highly heritable, common eye diseases Glaucoma and Myopia to reduce Blindness and Visual Impairment

青光眼是导致失明的第二大原因，而且是遗传性的。近视是青光眼的一个危险因素，而且发病率还在上升。我的研究旨在发现导致青光眼和近视的新基因。这将有助于找到治疗这些疾病的新药，并有助于制定家庭筛查策略，在青光眼影响视力之前发现未确诊的病例。这将允许早期干预。此外，我将评估帮助视力受损者的新技术。

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness and is inherited. Myopia is a risk factor for glaucoma, with rates rising. My research aims to discover new genes responsible for glaucoma and myopia. This will help identify novel drugs to treat these diseases and help develop family-screening strategies to find undiagnosed cases of glaucoma before it affects sight. This will allow early intervention. In addition, I will assess new technologies to aid those already visually impaired.