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Professor

Allen Foster

Emeritus Professor of International Eye Health

Clinical Research

Orcid identifier0000-0003-2368-4436
  • Emeritus Professor of International Eye Health
    Clinical Research

BIO

Previous Director of International Centre for Eye Health and International Centre for Evidence in Disability.
Now mentorship and support for colleagues, in ICEH and ICED.
Involved in Education activities including: Courses on International Eye Health and VISION 2020 LINKS programme.
Board Member of Peek Foundation.
Involved with the WHO NTD programme.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor of International Eye Health
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom2002 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • President and CEO of CBM International
    Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM), Bensheim, Germany1 Jan 2006 - 30 Jun 2013

DEGREES

  • M.B.Ch.B (Hons)
    University of Birmingham, Hemingford Grey, United Kingdom1973
  • FRCS
    College of Surgeons, UK1980
  • FRCOphth
    College of Ophthalmologists, UK1988
  • FHEA
    Higher Education Academy, UK2000

LANGUAGES

  • Swahili
    Can read, write, speak and understand

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)
  • Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)
  • South Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES