Project Code
MRCNMH26Ca Redmond
Project Type
Dry lab
Research Theme
Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Summary
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the world’s leading causes of sight loss. Traditional measures of vision in AMD are of gross loss and do not adequately describe vision that is most important for everyday tasks. We recently discovered a functional biomarker for AMD through basic psychophysics research and have developed a novel visual stimulus to more accurately measure vision clinically. The PhD (aligned with the REVAMP Study) aims to understand the extent to which our novel method offers improvements over standard methods in identification of visual loss in AMD and how they relate to changes in retinal structure.
Lead Supervisor
Dr Tony Redmond
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University Affiliation
Cardiff