The eye and systemic health

The eye permits direct, non-invasive visualisation of neural and vascular tissue. Changes visible in ophthalmic images may therefore reflect biological processes occurring elsewhere in the body.

I study these relationships by combining ophthalmic imaging with genetic, clinical, and multi-omic data. This work explores what the eye can tell us about cardiovascular and neurological health, while examining whether observed associations are biologically meaningful, clinically useful, and robust across different populations(Julian et al., 2026; Maldonado-Garcia et al., 2025).