Research
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Completed
February 2016 - March 2017
The effect of light therapy on birdshot
Testing a potential low-cost treatment that could be developed for home use
2013-24BU131-Pavesio -
Completed
June 2017 - June 2019
How many new cases of birdshot are there each year?
A UK study that’s the first of its kind in the world.
2015 - 24BU152 - Westcott -
Completed
January 2017 - December 2018
Are the genetics of birdshot related to iron overload in the eye?
Investigating a link that could lead to a new option for treatment with a drug that’s already available
2016 - 24BU162 - Wallace -
Completed
January 2017 - June 2018
Studying birdshot using stem cells from patients
Making it easier to fill in the gaps in current knowledge and create a test bed for developing treatments
2016 - 24BU161 - Gonzalez-Cordero -
Completed
March 2018 - August 2019
Creating a Health Utility value for Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
Ms Helen Southworth from the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, will be calculating these ‘health utility values’ for Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
2017 - 24BU172 - Murray -
Completed
January 2018 - September 2019
A National Birdshot Biobank and Registry: Phase 2
The UK National Biobank and Registry staff are now ready to roll out their sample collection and data-gathering over the next 12 months to six eye hospital sites in England.
2017 - 24BU171 - Denniston -
Completed
August 2019 - January 2023
Developing tools to better diagnose and monitor birdshot uveitis
Quantitative Imaging and Artificial Intelligence in Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
2019 - 24BU191 - Denniston