Ophthalmology,
Bristol Eye Hospital,
Lower Maudlin Street
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Learning and visual memory
Pattern separation
Neurogenetics
Neurodevelopment of the retina and brain
Neuro-inflammatory diseases of the eye and brain
Neuro-ophthalmology
Brain tumours
Denize completed her training in Clinical Medicine and Surgery at the University of Oxford (BM BCh) after first graduating from the University of Cambridge in Medical Sciences (MA Hons). After specialising in general medicine and obtaining Membership of The Royal college of Physicians (MRCP UK), she became increasingly interested in the great variety of systemic diseases that affect the eye and vision in general. Subsequently, she undertook further specialist training in ophthalmology in the South West region, including the Oxford Eye Hospital and Bristol Eye Hospital.
Denize completed her PhD in ocular genetics from the University of Bristol, followed by post-doctoral research funded by the Wellcome Trust at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, where she investigated the molecular genetics of retinal development. She then completed her surgical training in ophthalmology with Membership followed by Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for which she received the Harcourt Medal on both occasions.
Denize developed her clinical expertise in disorders that affect both the eye and the brain by completing a Senior Clinical Fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology in Birmingham, one of the largest centres for neuro-ophthalmogy in the UK.
Denize is currently President of the UK Eye Genetics Group: https://ukegg.com/ (with co-President Mariya Moosajee).
She works as a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Neuro-ophthalmology at the Bristol Eye Hospital. She is a member of the Bristol Vision Institute's management team.
1. Impact of nutrition on vision
2. The impact of education on myopia
3. The rod bipolar transcriptome
4. Transcriptional regulators of development in the retina and brain.
5. Epilepsy and visual memory.
6. The influence of genetic variants on the severity and risk of intraocular inflammatory diseases.
Denize is the Lead for Unit 5:"Diseases of the Nervous System" in the iBSc in Clinical Sciences course at the University of Bristol.
In addition, she teaches and lectures on the following courses:
1. Ophthalmology on the MB ChB programme, University of Bristol Medical School
2. Regenerative Medicine module, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
3. MSc in Stem Cells and Regeneration
Denize regularly supervises MSc research projects in Computer Science, Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine.
She is qualified in teaching with a Certificate in Medical Education from the University of Bristol.
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