Professor Clare Gilbert FRCOphth MD MSc

Professor of International Eye Health

• Affiliation
• Teaching
• Research
• Publications

• 
• Room 393
• LSHTM
• Keppel Street
• London
• WC1E 7HT
• T: +44 (0)20 7958 8332
• F: +44 (0)20 7958 8325

Clare worked as a clinical ophthalmologist for 10 years, and has an MD in Surgical Retina. She completed the MSc in Epidemiology at LSHTM 1995, and worked in the Department of Preventive Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, London from 1990 before joining the London School in 2002. Clare is Professor of International Eye Health in the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), and has been the Medical Advisor to Sight Savers International since 1995. Since January 2006 Clare has been Co-Director of ICEH and is a member of the School's Ethics Committee.

Affiliation

• Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
• Department of Clinical Research

Teaching

Clare was the Course Organiser for the MSc at the Institute of Ophthalmology from 1995-99. At the School she is Chair of the Board of Examiners for the MSc in Community Eye Health. She runs a study unit in term 1, and teaches on 1-2 one week community eye health courses overseas each year, short courses at the School, and facilitates workshops overseas. She has been an External Examiner for the Diploma in Ophthalmology, West Africa Health Organization, and for the MSc in Community Eye Health. Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Peshawar.

Research

Clare is in overall charge of the research undertaken by the International Centre for Eye Health. The research agenda is in line with the priorities of VISION 2020 the Right to Sight, and includes the following areas: infectious diseases (e.g. trachoma); diseases of the elderly (e.g. cataract; glaucoma; national surveys of the prevalence and causes of blindness); childhood blindness studies and Cochrane systematic reviews. Over the last 10 years the eye group have given technical support to national surveys in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nigeria.

Clare's own research focus is on the epidemiology of blindness in children, particularly in middle and low income countries. Recent projects include a national study of the prevalence and causes of blindness in children in Bangladesh using Key Informants as case finders, with an emphasis on childhood cataract; a cohort and nested case control study of retinopathy of prematurity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to establish screening criteria and to explore risk factors; a study in Tanzanian school children to determine the most cost effective means of identifying children with significant refractive errors as well as exploring factors which influence spectacle wearing. Ongoing studies include a study to explore the effectiveness of low vision care for children in 3 countries in Asia and an inteverntion study to assess the impact of training neonatal nurses on the outcomes of neonatal care, including retinopathy of prematurity in Brazil. Clare was the principal applicant on a recent twin study of macular pigment with collaborators at St Thomas' Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology.

The findings of Clare's research have been used to assist in planning and evaluating eye care programmes for children. She was involved in planning and evaluating a national programme for childhood cataract in Bangladesh, and evaluated a training programme in India for retinopathy of prematurity. Clare has also facilitated several workshop in Latin America, to develop programmes for screening and treating retinopathy of prematurity.

• Selected publications

• Two strategies for correcting refractive errors in school students in Tanzania: randomised comparison, with implications for screening programmes.

  Wedner, S.; Masanja, H.; Bowman, R.; Todd, J.; Bowman, R.; Gilbert, C.;

  Br J Ophthalmol, 2008; 92(1):19-24

• Incidence of occludable angles in a high-risk Mongolian population.

  Yip, J.L.; Foster, P.J.; Gilbert, C.E.; Uranchimeg, D.; Bassanhuu, J.; Lee, P.S.; Khaw, P.T.; Johnson, G.J.; Nolan, W.;

  Br J Ophthalmol, 2008; 92(1):30-3

• Causes of severe visual impairment and blindness Bangladesh -A study of 1935 children.

  Muhit, M.A.; Shah, S.P.; Gilbert, C.E.; Foster, A.;

  Br J Ophthalmol, 2007; 91(8):1000-4

• The key informant method - a novel means of ascertaining blind children in Bangladesh.

  Muhit, M.A.; Shah, S.P.; Gilbert, C.E.; Hartley, S.D.; Foster, A.;

  Br J Ophthalmol, 2007; 91(8):995-9

• Changing challenges in the control of blindness in children.

  Gilbert, C.;

  Eye, 2007; 21(10):1338-43

• Poverty and blindness in Pakistan: results from the Pakistan national blindness and visual impairment survey.

  Gilbert, C.E.; Shah, S.P.; Jadoon, M.Z.; Bourne, R.; Dineen, B.; Khan, M.A.; Johnson, G.J.; Khan, M.D.; on behalf of the Pakistan National Eye Survey Study Group, .;

  BMJ, 2007; 336(7634):29-32

• Central retinal thickness is positively correlated with macular pigment optical density

  Liew, S. H. M.; Gilbert, C. E.; Spector, T. D.; Mellerio, J.; van Kuijk, F. J.; Beatty, S.; Fitzke, F.; Marshall, J.; Hammond, C. J.

  Experimental Eye Research, 2006; 82(5):915-920

• Heritability of macular pigment: a twin study.

  Liew, S.H.; Gilbert, C.E.; Spector, T.D.; Mellerio, J.; Marshall, J.; van Kuijk, F.J.; Beatty, S.; Fitzke, F.; Hammond, C.J.;

  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2005; 46(12):4430-6

• → View all Professor Clare Gilbert's publications

• Introducing Our School
• People Search
• Expert Directory
• Giving to the School
• Jobs
• Division of Education
• Academic and Administrative Services
• Governance and Organisation
• Contact Us
• Term Dates
• Policies and Regulations
• Alumni

• All Professor Clare Gilbert's publications

Back to top