Professor Darren Shickle and Dr Ruth Hogg

Darren Shickle is Professor in Public Health and Head of Academic Unit of Public Health in the Institute of Health Sciences at the University of Leeds. He is also an  Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Leeds. His population eye research analyses data on uptake of NHS funded eye tests, and reasons for poor uptake, to explore health inequalities.

Dr Ruth Hogg is a Lecturer at the Centre for Vision and Vascular Science at Queen's University Belfast. She qualified as an Optometrist in 2000 from the University of Ulster and was awarded a PhD from Queen’' University Belfast in 2005. Her research is focused on the early detection and prevention of advanced AMD, and through this she is also involved in working with the RNIB to promote ophthalmic public health.