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Other Birmingham events

A future everyone can see

Past event - 2017
16 May Doors open 7pm
Event 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street,
Birmingham B11LT
The eye is a vital sensory organ of vision and it plays a crucial role in life. We use our eyes to perform almost every activity and to be aware of the surrounding world. However, serious diseases can impair the human existence in many different ways. In order to create a future everyone can see, no eye problem is too big or too small for scientists to surpass it. Do you want to learn how far science has helped us to do so? Come along to this event supported by eye research charity Fight For Sight.

Cataract surgery through the ages

Dr Shehzad A. Naroo (Reader at School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University)
Cataract surgery has come a long way since ancient times. Modern technology now underlies many surgical techniques, but what happened before? Starting with the history of optical lenses and ancient cataract surgery this talk will detail the invention of spectacles and different methods of correcting cataracts. From times where people had to cope without reading spectacles, to the present day, where different techniques can aid cataract surgery through the use of technology.

Keeping one ‘Eye’ on your heart

Emily Scarpello (Optometrist & PhD Student, Aston University)
The eye is truly a window, but maybe not in the way you think. In this talk, Emily Scarpello, an Optometrist and PhD research student in Life & Health Sciences will discuss how the eye is the ‘window’ to the vascular health of the ageing human body and how the Vascular Imaging and Research Laboratory at Aston University uses unique state of the art techniques to assess individual risk for vascular diseases in the body.
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