SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Professor Augusto’s academic career is focused in trying to improve eye care and investigating the efficacy, efficiency and safety of new technologies for eye diseases (e.g., treatments, diagnostic tests, models of eye care).  He is the Chief Investigator of several trials, including EAGLE, an international trial for angle-closure glaucoma; GATE, a multicentre diagnostic study evaluating automated imaging technologies in glaucoma; and CHAMP-UK, a multicentre trial evaluating low dose atropine eye drops for children with myopia.