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Professor Clare Gilbert

MB ChB FRCOphth MSc MD

Professor
of International Eye Health

Room
South Courtyard 493

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
+44 (0)20 7958 8332

 

I am an ophthalmologist and have worked at LSHTM since 2002.  I Co-Chair two of the Schools ethics committees and am a technical advisor to a range of organiations including USAID Child Blindness Program, iHope, and Velux Stiftung.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

 

I teach on the ocular infections and blinding eye conditions of children module, Public Health for Eye Care MSc.

Research

 

My main areas of research are blinding eye conditions in children (retinopathy of prematurity, cataract, refractive errors, primary eye care for children), and policy research. Other interests are integrating eye care for all ages into primary health care and glaucoma. All my work is undertaken with partners in low- and middle-inccome countries, and involves are range of study designs.

Research Area
Child health
Complex interventions
Health systems
Discipline
Epidemiology
Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
Eye diseases
Blindness
Country
Nigeria
Tanzania
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Universal newborn eye screening: a systematic review of the literature and review of international guidelines.
Malik AN; Evans JR; Gupta S; Mariotti S; Gordon I; Bowman R; Gilbert C
2022
Journal of global health
Strengthening retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment services in Nigeria: a case study of activities, challenges and outcomes 2017-2020.
Ademola-Popoola DS; Fajolu IB; Gilbert C; Olusanya BA; Onakpoya OH; Ezisi CN; Musa KO; Chan RVP; Okeigbemen VW; Muhammad RC
2021
BMJ open ophthalmology
Technical capacities needed to implement the WHO's primary eye care package for Africa: results of a Delphi process.
Aghaji A; Burchett HED; Mathenge W; Faal HB; Umeh R; Ezepue F; Isiyaku S; Kyari F; Wiafe B; Foster A
2021
BMJ open
The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020.
Burton MJ; Ramke J; Marques AP; Bourne RRA; Congdon N; Jones I; Ah Tong BAM; Arunga S; Bachani D; Bascaran C
2021
The Lancet Global Health
Guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic eye disease in India: A synopsis.
Gilbert C; Gordon I; Mukherjee CR; Govindhari V
2020
INDIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust's avoidable blindness programme.
Gilbert C; Murthy GVS; Cooper A
2020
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Retinopathy of prematurity: Overview and highlights of an initiative to integrate prevention, screening, and management into the public health system in India.
Gilbert C; Shukla R; Murthy GVS; Santosha BVM; Gudlavalleti AG; Mukpalkar S; Yamarthi P; Pendyala S; Puppala A; Edla S
2020
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Effectiveness of a novel mobile health (Peek) and education intervention on spectacle wear amongst children in India: Results from a randomized superiority trial in India.
Morjaria P; Bastawrous A; Murthy GVS; Evans J; Sagar MJ; Pallepogula DR; Viswanath K; Gilbert C
2020
EClinicalMedicine
Retinopathy of prematurity - A world update.
Darlow BA; Gilbert C
2019
Seminars in perinatology
Epidemiology of ROP update - Africa is the new frontier.
Gilbert C; Malik ANJ; Nahar N; Das SK; Visser L; Sitati S; Ademola-Popoola DS
2019
Seminars in Perinatology
Cataract Services are Leaving Widows Behind: Examples from National Cross-Sectional Surveys in Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
Ramke J; Kyari F; Mwangi N; Piyasena M; Murthy G; Gilbert CE
2019
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Safety and effectiveness of primary transscleral diode laser cyclophotoablation for glaucoma in Nigeria.
Abdull MM; Broadway DC; Evans J; Kyari F; Muazu F; Gilbert C
2018
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
Reducing Blindness from Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in Argentina Through Collaboration, Advocacy and Policy Implementation.
Hariharan L; Gilbert CE; Quinn GE; Barg FK; Lomuto C; Quiroga A; McLeod-Omawale J; Zin A; Ortiz Z; Alda E
2018
Health policy and planning
Willingness to pay for cataract surgery is much lower than actual costs in Zamfara state, northern Nigeria.
Ibrahim N; Ramke J; Pozo-Martin F; Gilbert CE
2017
Ophthalmic epidemiology
Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries.
Ramke J; Petkovic J; Welch V; Blignault I; Gilbert C; Blanchet K; Christensen R; Zwi AB; Tugwell P
2017
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
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