About
Jay completed his higher specialist training in Paediatric Ophthalmology in Southampton and Manchester and his research training through an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship/PhD in Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics.
"All of our research has the overarching aim of improving the lives of children with eye disorders"
Jay’s research interests cover a range of disorders affecting vision in children including nystagmus, albinism, genetic disorders of the eye, amblyopia and paediatric cataract. His team combines expertise in genetics, bioinformatics, wet-lab modelling, eye-tracking and clinical trials.
Jay is an advisor to 5 vision charities, board member for two charities, Div A representative for the UHS hospital charity, and ambassador for one foundation. He works closely with the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) in a number of roles including member of the genomics working group, member of the paediatric and academic subcommittees, chair of various national masterclass training courses and has represented the college for media communications and guideline development. He is the national chair of the NIHR paediatric and neuro-ophthalmology Clinical Study Group (CSG). He is an advocate of public engagement in science and has delivered many public address lectures and open floor sessions for over 10 years.
Jay and his team are passionate about translating research findings into clinical practice and improving the care for children with visual disorders by improving diagnostics, developing new treatments and ways of working and disseminating best practice.
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Teaching
2018-current: UoS Undergraduate Ophthalmology Lead – in addition to my expected role to deliver the program, I have overhauled the syllabus to align it with the MLA (2022), introduced 3 versions of the program for 3 levels of ‘remote teaching’ during COVID (2020), introduced a surgical simulator into the undergraduate experience (2021) and using small cameras taken from DIY tools, developed a method of teaching remotely on a hand-held device for the first time to allow continued teaching during COVID (2020). For these activities, I was nominated for the national RCOphth Jack Kanski Award for Outstanding Ophthalmic Educator 2021.