Emily Patterson
Grants Writer/ Retinal Imaging Specialist – Retinal Imaging ProjectEmily initially trained as an experimental psychologist at the University of Warwick and later went on to a PhD in Optometry and Visual Science at City University, with her thesis focusing on the effects of intraocular scattered light on vision. Continuing her time in academia she then worked as a postdoctoral researcher in a retinal imaging lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin to study adaptive optics. After five years in the US, Emily then returned to the UK to work at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology on a condition called Blue Cone Monochromacy, where she secured a grant to work on Diabetic Retinopathy.