Alan Bird
The Power List 2020 – Power List
Emeritus Professor and Consultant at Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK
Your three wishes?
To identify an effective treatment for early AMD; to have the mental and physical capacity to continue being involved in teaching and research; to work successfully with scientists.
Piece of advice would you give to your younger self?
Do not lose your sense of enquiry.
The most serendipitous moment of your career?
Applying for a Fellowship at The Bascom Palmer Hospital Miami at a time when it was not very well known.
The most unexpected turn your career took?
An invitation to work in Africa on River Blindness.
