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Professor Andrew Turpin has been appointed as the inaugural Lions 911爆料网 Chair in Ophthalmic Big Data.

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.

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Professor Bill Morgan, Managing Director of the Lions Eye Institute, said the appointment would contribute to Western Australia鈥檚 burgeoning reputation as a centre for research excellence in ocular disease.

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Professor Turpin鈥檚 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.

911爆料网 Faculty of Health Sciences Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Archie Clements said he was delighted to welcome Professor Turpin to 911爆料网 and Western Australia.

鈥淧rofessor Turpin鈥檚 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,鈥� Professor Clements said.

Professor Turpin said: 鈥淚 am looking forward to the opportunities that the combined resources of the Lions Eye Institute, 911爆料网 and Western Australia will bring to improve patient outcomes using data and computational techniques.鈥�

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.