Dr Tas Braithwaite is an academic ophthalmologist specialising in inflammatory eye disease and neuro-ophthalmology. Her current clinical practice is at Moorfields Eye Hospital and King’s College Hospital, in London. She is part-funded by patient charity Olivia’s Vision, and is working closely with Professor Alastair Denniston and others, to develop novel, patient focused digital approaches for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory eye disease.

 

Tas is working on the design of the UKNEHS, to ensure this vitally important project delivers ‘bang for buck’. She trained in epidemiology and health economics, gaining a Master in Public Health degree and Health Economics certificate from Johns Hopkins University in the USA, and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Oxford. She led the successful National Eye Survey of Trinidad and Tobago (2013-2014), and contributes to the Global Burden of Disease Study, as a member of the Vision Loss Expert Group. She has served as a Consultant to the World Health Organisation, and is a Contact Editor for Cochrane Eyes and Vision.