A new Chair appointment through the Lions Eye Institute and Â鶹ֱ²¥ will greatly enhance Western Australia\u2019s international competitiveness in artificial intelligence, image analysis and computation involving large medical datasets.<\/p>\n
Professor Andrew Turpin has been appointed as the inaugural Lions Curtin Chair in Ophthalmic Big Data.<\/p>\n
Professor Turpin is a global leader in data science and analytics and is currently Director of the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) and Senior Academic Convenor of the Petascale Campus Initiative, at the University of Melbourne. He will commence in his new role in Perth in November this year.<\/p>\n
The Lions Curtin Chair in Ophthalmic Big Data has been established by the Lions Eye Institute and Â鶹ֱ²¥ with support from the Lions Save-Sight Foundation WA Inc (LSSFWA), to enhance leadership and research in ophthalmic big data. The Chair will build on experience in computer science, image analysis and computation involving large datasets, including data interpretation assisted by artificial intelligence methods. The position is jointly funded by Curtin and LSSFWA.<\/p>\n
Professor Bill Morgan, Managing Director of the Lions Eye Institute, said the appointment would contribute to Western Australia\u2019s burgeoning reputation as a centre for research excellence in ocular disease.<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessor Turpin will bring deep expertise that will further develop the Institute\u2019s and Curtin\u2019s work in artificial intelligence, image analysis, Indigenous, rural and remote eye health, and data linkage,\u201d Professor Morgan said. \u201cHe will help to drive the research agenda and facilitate the translation of research knowledge into policy and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professor Turpin\u2019s research interests include computational problems in human vision, in particular developing new techniques for diagnosing and monitoring glaucoma. Through his new Chair role, he will undertake internationally competitive research, build new capacity in analytics across optometry and ophthalmology, support research and eye care systems development involving large and continuous related datasets.<\/p>\n
Â鶹ֱ²¥ Faculty of Health Sciences Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Archie Clements said he was delighted to welcome Professor Turpin to Â鶹ֱ²¥ and Western Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessor Turpin\u2019s extensive academic leadership experience will be critical for lifting data science research in the State, with a focus on eye health, an area of significant need here in WA. Our partnership with the Lions Eye Institute has been incredibly exciting and we look forward to Professor Turpin building on the momentum we have created in eye health research,\u201d Professor Clements said.<\/p>\n
Professor Turpin said: \u201cI am looking forward to the opportunities that the combined resources of the Lions Eye Institute, Curtin and Western Australia will bring to improve patient outcomes using data and computational techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lions Eye Institute and The University of Western Australia recently announced the appointment of the Lions Eye Institute UWA Chair in Optometry Research, Professor Allison McKendrick, while an international search is under way to fill the Ian Constable Chair in Discovery and Translational Ophthalmic Science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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