Ophthalmology research given prestigious award

An Associate Professor from the University of Southampton has been recognised for his pioneering research in ophthalmology.

Parwez Hossain, who is also a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Southampton General Hospital, has been awarded the King James IV Professorship by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the oldest surgical college in the world.

The prestigious award is given to someone who has made a significant contribution to the clinical and/or scientific basis of surgery over an extended period of their consultant career.

In receiving this Professorship, Professor Hossain will deliver a lecture titled on ‘Preventing Blindness by Application of Real-Time Healthcare Technologies’, to showcase his work.

Professor Hossain works both clinically and as a researcher where he is focused on finding new approaches to diagnose and manage eye disease.

He is part of the Network for Anti-microbial Resistance and Infection Prevention group and was recently part of a team that developed a microchip, which could detect sight-threatening eye infections within minutes – and prevent misuse of antibiotics.

Professor Hossain said: “This is a great honour, but I would like to thank my colleagues from different disciplines across the University who have helped me to produce the quality of research that can be recognised in this way. More importantly, this recognises our work is helpful to prevent blindness from corneal disease.”