Prof Hugh Taylor

Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Ana Patricia Marques, Rupert RA Bourne, Nathan Congdon, Iain Jones, Brandon AM Ah Tong, Simon Arunga, Damodar Bachani, Covadonga Bascaran, Andrew Bastawrous, Karl Blanchet, Tasanee Braithwaite, John C Buchan, John Cairns, Anasaini Cama, Margarida Chagunda, Chimgee Chuluunkhuu, Andrew Cooper, Jessica Crofts-Lawrence, et al.

Journal article | 2021 | LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH

Updates on Vision From the Global Burden of Disease Study

Jaimie Adelson, Paul Briant, Seth Flaxman, Hugh Taylor, Serge Resnikoff, Nikolas Reinig, Rupert Bourne, Theo Vos

Journal article | 2020 | Innovation in Aging

Abstract The Global Burden of Disease study estimates the prevalence of vision loss by WHO severity group, and the ..

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Kovin Naidoo, John H Kempen, Stephen Gichuhi, Tasanee Braithwaite, Robert J Casson, Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, Aditi Das, Seth R Flaxman, Jost B Jonas, Jill Elizabeth Keeffe, Janet Leasher, Hans Limburg, Konrad Pesudovs, Serge Resnikoff, Alexander J Silvester, Nina Tahhan, Hugh R Taylor, Tien Y Wong, Rupert RA Bourne

Journal article | 2020 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2015, compared with..

Prevalence and associations of non-retinopathy ocular conditions among older Australians with self-reported diabetes: The National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Stuart Keel, Myra B McGuinness, Jonathan G Crowston, Hugh R Taylor, Mohamed Dirani

Journal article | 2020 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

AIM: To determine the prevalence and associations of non-retinopathy ocular conditions among older Australian adults with diabetes..

The simplified trachoma grading system, amended

Anthony W Solomon, Amir B Kello, Mathieu Bangert, Sheila K West, Hugh R Taylor, Rabebe Tekeraoi, Allen Foster

Journal article | 2020 | BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

A simplified grading system for trachoma was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1987. Intended for use by non-spe..

Estimating the global cost of vision impairment and its major causes: protocol for a systematic review

Ana Patricia Marques, Jacqueline Ramke, John Cairns, Thomas Butt, Justine H Zhang, Hannah B Faal, Hugh Taylor, Iain Jones, Nathan Congdon, Andrew Bastawrous, Tasanee Braithwaite, Marty Jovic, Serge Resnikoff, Allyala Nandakumar, Peng Tee Khaw, Rupert RA Bourne, Iris Gordon, Kevin Frick, Matthew J Burton

Journal article | 2020 | BMJ OPEN

Introduction Vision impairment (VI) places a burden on individuals, health systems and society in general. In order to support the..

Twenty years of International Council of Ophthalmology fellowships: description of the programme and the impact on more than 1100 awardees.

Emilio A Torres-Netto, Cordula Gabel-Obermaier, Peter Gabel, Balder Gloor, Peter Wiedemann, Hugh Taylor, Clare Davey, Nicola Quilter, Berthold Seitz

Journal article | 2020 | Br J Ophthalmol

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) offers fellowship programmes to help young ophthalmologists, mai..

Conjunctival scarring, corneal pannus and Herbert's pits in adolescent children in trachoma-endemic populations of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Robert Butcher, Junely Tagabasoe, Joseph Manemaka, Annie Bong, Mackline Garae, Lui Daniel, Chrissy Roberts, Becca L Handley, Victor H Hu, Emma M Harding-Esch, Ana Bakhtiari, Rebecca Willis, Andreas Müller, John Kaldor, Richard Le Mesurier, David Mabey, Anasaini Cama, Oliver Sokana, Fasihah Taleo, Hugh R Taylor, et al.

Journal article | 2020 | Clin Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: In the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, the sign trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) is common, but ocular infection..

Should we be doing more to identify barriers to cataract surgery for indigenous populations in New Zealand?-Response

Hugh R Taylor, Mitchell D Anjou

Journal article | 2020 | CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

Future burden of vision loss in Australia: Projections from the National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Stuart Keel, Myra McGuiness, Danny Liew, Peter van Wijngaarden Franzco, Hugh R Taylor Franzco, Mohamed Dirani

Journal article | 2020 | CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

IMPORTANCE: Projections of Australia's future burden of vision loss will inform eye health service delivery. BACKGROUND: This stud..

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Ophthalmology and Optometry

Clinical Health

Evaluation of Health and Support Services

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing

Epidemiology

Public Health

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Other Indigenous

Health Services and Systems

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Displaying the 10 most recent news articles by Hugh Taylor.

To improve Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing

Hugh Taylor AC, Emma Stanford, Mitchell D Anjou AM

The recommendation of the recent Senate report to re-establish the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing is to be appl..

May 12, 2021

pursuit Article

The Indigenous eye-care gap is closing, but not fast enough

Hugh Taylor AC, Emma Stanford, Karl Hampton, Mitchell D Anjou AM

While the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision is helping to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island eye health – 2020 has presented seve..

November 25, 2020

pursuit Article

Schools must provide soap to maintain basic hygiene

Emma Stanford, Hugh Taylor AC

Community angst, concern and stockpiling in the wake of COVID-19 hasn’t been pleasant. One positive, however, is a renewed emphasis on good ..

March 19, 2020

pursuit Article

Can we close the gap on blindness by 2020?

Hugh Taylor AC

In 2008, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had six times more blindness than other Australians. The leading cause of this blindn..

November 3, 2019

pursuit Article

On track to ending avoidable blindness

Hugh Taylor AC

In his office, ophthalmologist Professor Hugh Taylor AC keeps a newspaper clipping about Makinti Napanangka, an acclaimed Indigenous artist ..

November 8, 2018

pursuit Article

Closing the Gap for vision

Hugh Taylor AC

Back in 2008, the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey found by the age of 40 and above Indigenous adults had six times as much blindness t..

October 29, 2017

pursuit Article

Why is trachoma blinding Aboriginal children when mainstream Australia eliminated it 100 years ago?

Hugh Taylor, Emma Stanford, Fiona Lange

Trachoma disappeared from most of Australia 100 years ago as individual and community hygiene improved. Author providedThis article is one i..

September 13, 2016

conversation Article

A clearer view

Hugh Taylor AC, Shaun Ewen

The blinding eye disease trachoma is on the cusp of being eliminated in Australia after a team of University of Melbourne researchers refuse..

August 17, 2016

pursuit Article

Closing the Gap – good policy or just target practice?

Ian Anderson, Nikki Moodie, Kerry Arabena, Elizabeth McKinley, Marcia Langton, Hugh Taylor AC

This year National Close the Gap Day commemorates the 10th anniversary of an Aboriginal-led campaign focused on setting a timetable and comm..

March 10, 2016

pursuit Article

A vision for preventing blindness in Indigenous communities

Hugh Taylor

Vision loss causes 11% of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Rusty Stewart/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDThe tragedy of ..

August 29, 2014

conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2001

Companion of the Order of Australia

2011

Appointment Expires on 31/12/2021

University of Melbourne

2009

HRH Prince Abdulaziz Ahmad Abdulaziz Al Saud Shield for Prevention of Blindness

Saudi Ophthalmology 2009

2008

Doyne Memorial Lecture

Oxford Ophthalmological Congress

2007

Melvin Jones Fellow

International Lions Foundation

2006

LXIII Edward Jackson Memorial lecture

American Academy of Ophthalmology

2006

Merck Mectizan Award

Merck & Co. Inc

2005

Finalist, Australian of the Year Victoria

Australian of the Year Awards

2003

Vision Australia Foundation

2002

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

2001

American Academy of Ophthalmology

2001

Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology

1999

American Academy of Ophthalmology

1995

Rotary International

1994

Scotch College

1993

Alcon Research Institute Award

1988

American Academy of Ophthalmology

2004

FAAO - Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry

2004

FACS - Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

2004

FRACOPHTH - Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists

2004

FRACS - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

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Positions

Laureate Prof Harold Mitchell Chair-Indi Eye Heal

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Scientific Advisory Planning Committee

AAO-APAO

Scientific Advisory Board & Global Steering Committee

AMD Alliance International

Global Alliance For Global Elimination Of Trachoma

National Institute of Health

Education

Doctor of Ophthalmology

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Medicine

University of Melbourne

Ophthalmology

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Medicine - Bachelor of Surgery

University of Melbourne

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International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

Switzerland

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Indigenous Eye Health 2016/19

Evaluating the progress of regional implementation of The Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision.

INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH - THE ROADMAP TO CLOSE THE GAP FOR VISION

DONATION/GIFT FOR 'THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH PROGRAM'

DONATION/GIFT FOR 'THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH PROGRAM'

Models of Vision Care Delivery for Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islanders Communities

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY GRADING; SELF-DIRECTED PROGRAM

Eye Health Systems Development

IAN POTTER FOUNDATION TRUST-INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH PROGRAM

INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH RESEARCH PROJECT

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The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020

Updates on Vision From the Global Burden of Disease Study

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Prevalence and associations of non-retinopathy ocular conditions among older Australians with self-reported diabetes: The National Eye Health Survey

The simplified trachoma grading system, amended

Estimating the global cost of vision impairment and its major causes: protocol for a systematic review

Twenty years of International Council of Ophthalmology fellowships: description of the programme and the impact on more than 1100 awardees.

Conjunctival scarring, corneal pannus and Herbert's pits in adolescent children in trachoma-endemic populations of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Should we be doing more to identify barriers to cataract surgery for indigenous populations in New Zealand?-Response

Future burden of vision loss in Australia: Projections from the National Eye Health Survey

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News

To improve Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing

The Indigenous eye-care gap is closing, but not fast enough

Schools must provide soap to maintain basic hygiene

Can we close the gap on blindness by 2020?

On track to ending avoidable blindness

Closing the Gap for vision

Why is trachoma blinding Aboriginal children when mainstream Australia eliminated it 100 years ago?

A clearer view

Closing the Gap – good policy or just target practice?

A vision for preventing blindness in Indigenous communities

10

News Articles

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

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