The EGS Screening Task Force

Aims:

• To determine the feasibility of sight- and cost-saving glaucoma screening in Europe
• To foster creation of sustainable and effective screening models

Activities and Structure (Working groups):

• WG1: GENOMICS ENABLING TARGETED SCREENING
• LEADS: Nomdo Jansonius, Anthony Khawaja
• WG2: AI-IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SCREENING
• LEADS: Luis Abegao Pinto, Alex Schuster (E3 link), Joao Barbosa Breda, Ingeborg Stalmans, Marta Pazos
• SUPPORTING: Hans Lemij
• WG3: GLAUCOMA NATURAL HISTORY (Clinic-based studies)
• LEADS: Frances Meier-Gibbons, Panayiota Founti, Esther Hoffman
• SUPPORTING: Dimitris Giannoulis
• WG4: MODELLING OF POTENTIAL SCREENING PROGRAMMES
• LEADS: Ananth Viswanathan, Ted Garway-Heath, Bart-Jan Boverhof
• SUPPORTING: Rodolfo Hernandez
• WG5: PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE AND ENGAGEMENT
• LEADS: Andrew Tatham, Andrew Scott, Sanna Leinonen, Anja Tuulonen, Gauti Johannesson
• WG6: PROSPECTIVE RCT PLANNING
• LEADS: Anthony Khawaja, Augusto Azuara-Blanco
• SUPPORTING: Jen Burr, Dimitris Giannoulis