Eye-YPAG is a young persons’ advisory group for eye and vision research which had their first meeting on 2nd March 2019.
The group meets in London at or near Moorfields Eye Hospital 3-4 times a year on a Saturday to:
The Eye-YPAG was supported by Moorfields Eye Charity, National Institute for Health Research Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and Santen, a pharmaceutical company at set-up.
The group has 16 members aged 8-16 years. All the young people involved have experience of eye problems and treatment and/or have taken part in clinical trials or other research.
Group members said they got involved to:
Read the news item on the Moorfields website about our first meeting.
Dr Vijay Tailor-Hamblin: moorfieldsbrc@nihr.ac.uk
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre @ Moorfields Eye Hospital and Institute of Ophthalmology UCL
Moorfields Eye Hospital
162 City Road
London EC1V 2PD
Our April meeting was packed with learning and giving advice. Berni Graham held the second session of our training as interviewers in qualitative research projects. We went over what we had learned in the first session – open and closed questions, body language, and that consent can be withdrawn at any time. Then we talked […]
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