Dr Jennifer Arnold

Synopsis: In this Council Lecture I will illustrate how clinical research can be combined within an everyday ophthalmic practice to round out a rewarding professional life, describing research of varying methodologies in which I have been involved at all stages of my professional career. I will discuss several examples that exemplify the gradual evolution of knowledge that is incorporated into and modifies our patient management, as well as pointing to developments and improvements in the future. These examples include: reticular pseudo drusen, macular neovascularisation multimodal imaging and classification, photodynamic therapy, refinements in management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration from clinical trials to clinical practice through real world evidence.