Chris Hudson

Research Synopsis

My research aims to improve the patho-physiological understanding and clinical monitoring of retinal disease and also to evaluate new techniques in a clinical setting to provide sensitive, objective outcome measures of both retinal and systemic disease. The work utilizes state-of-the-art imaging techniques for the non-invasive objective assessment of retinal thickness and retinal capillary, arteriolar and venular hemodynamics, in addition to techniques to assess visual function, in human volunteers. Topics include:

• Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy and macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, retinal disease, glaucoma, arterio- / athero-sclerosis, systemic diseases with ocular impact
• Non-invasive imaging of the eye, scanning laser technology
• Retinal blood flow assessment, metabolic imaging including retinal oximetry and autofluorescence, hemodynamics, retinal vascular reactivity, endothelial function, nitric oxide, endothelin, vascular tonus, compliance, vascular physiology