All of the birdshot talks from Birdshot Day No 3 2015 (and Birdshot Day No 2 2012) are published on the Birdshot Uveitis Society Youtube channel Birdshot100 at https://www.youtube.com/user/Birdshot100/videos

Introduction

A short summary video of Birdshot Day No 3 2015

Session 1

Birdshot – Where we are now: medications and keeping yourself well

• Opening remarks and introducing the clinician’s view – Professor Andrew Dick
• Staying well on immunosuppressant therapy – David Makanjuola
• Uveitis Nurse Specialist role – Adam Mapani
• The role of the pharmacist and some Q & A’s – Mildred Johnson with the panel

Session 2

Fight for Sight and Birdshot Uveitis Society joint small grants initiative and progress updates

• Introduction to the supported research projects – Professor Phil Murray
• Fight for Sight/BUS partnership – Julian Jackson
• Birdshot BioBank and Database – Alastair Denniston
• Not just there to sit and look pretty – the RETeval scanner  – Omar Mahroo
• Supercell analysis for Birdshot – Laura Morton
• Red light influence – Professor Glen Jeffery

Session 3

• Reducing Stress – Mindfulness – an introduction to the practice –  Mark Westmoquette

Session 4

• Living with Birdshot – some personal reflections from three patients: Marion, Andy and Steve talking

Session 5

Introduction to the National Birdshot Research Network and future developments

• Ozurdex, Iluvien, and Retisert – Carlos Pavesio
• Advances in retinal imaging – Optical Coherence Tomography: reinventing the eye exam – Pearse Keane
• A bird of many feathers – Jonas Kuiper
• Polymorphic ERAP1 – Professor Edd James
• Landscape of Translational Research in ocular inflammatory diseases – Richard Lee

Updated May 2024