Paul Baird

Supply and Demand of Domestic Corneal Tissue and Its Implications on Export Potential-Using Australia as an Example.

Heather Machin, Lisa Buckland, Pierre Georges, Mona Ghabcha, Tamme Golding-Holbrook, Candice Leighton, Adrienne Mackey, Luke Weinel, Victoria Whiting, Gerard Sutton, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cornea

PURPOSE: Corneal tissue importation is only possible if another country is able to export corneas without impacting its own domest..

Identification of novel loci influencing refractive error in East Asian populations using an extreme phenotype design.

Xiaotong Han, Tianzi Liu, Xiaohu Ding, Jialin Liu, Xingyan Lin, Decai Wang, Moeen Riaz, Paul N Baird, Zhi Xie, Yuan Cheng, Yi Li, Yuki Mori, Masahiro Miyake, Hengtong Li, Ching-Yu Cheng, Changqing Zeng, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Xiangtian Zhou, Fan Liu, Mingguang He

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Genet Genomics

The global "myopia boom" has raised significant international concerns. Despite a higher myopia prevalence in Asia, previous large..

Corneal supply and the use of technology to reduce its demand: A review

Paul N Baird, Heather Machin, Karl D Brown

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

Recovery and access to end-of-life corneal tissue for corneal transplantation, training and research is globally maldistributed. T..

Do Eye Bank Models and Competitive Practice Affect International Cornea Allocation?

Heather Machin, Gerard Sutton, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cornea

PURPOSE: International export and import of corneas is dependent on the stakeholders involved in the process and how those organiz..

Model Structure Uncertainty in the Characterization and Growth of Geographic Atrophy

Janan Arslan, Kurt K Benke, Gihan Samarasinghe, Arcot Sowmya, Robyn H Guymer, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  TRANSLATIONAL VISION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Purpose: To identify the most suitable model for assessing the rate of growth of total geographic atrophy (GA) by analysis of mode..

A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study implicates collagen matrix integrity and cell differentiation pathways in keratoconus

Alison J Hardcastle, Petra Liskova, Yelena Bykhovskaya, Bennet J McComish, Alice E Davidson, Chris F Inglehearn, Xiaohui Li, Helene Choquet, Mahmoud Habeeb, Sionne EM Lucas, Srujana Sahebjada, Nikolas Pontikos, Karla E Rojas Lopez, Anthony P Khawaja, Manir Ali, Lubica Dudakova, Pavlina Skalicka, Bart TH Van Dooren, Annette JM Geerards, Christoph W Haudum, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Keratoconus is characterised by reduced rigidity of the cornea with distortion and focal thinning that causes blurred vision, howe..

Should Donors Consent to Export Their Corneas? Examination of Eye Tissue and Eye Care Sector Opinion

Heather Machin, Gerard Sutton, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  CORNEA

PURPOSE: Corneal tissue international activity is only possible because of the willingness of export populations to donate their c..

Risk factors and association with severity of keratoconus: the Australian study of Keratoconus

Srujana Sahebjada, Elsie Chan, Jing Xie, Grant R Snibson, Mark Daniell, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

SIGNIFICANCE: Our results show that asthmatic patients tend to have more severe KC and thus close monitoring for disease progressi..

Determining the willingness of Australians to export their corneas on death

Heather M Machin, Lisa Buckland, Christine Critchley, Steven Wiffen, Gerard Sutton, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: 12.7 million people await a corneal transplant, but 53% are without access to corneal tissue. Sharing corneal tissue a..

Eye rubbing in the aetiology of keratoconus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Srujana Sahebjada, Haitham H Al-Mahrouqi, Sophia Moshegov, Sathiya M Panchatcharam, Elsie Chan, Mark Daniell, Paul N Baird

Journal article  |  2021  |  GRAEFES ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

PURPOSE: Keratoconus is a potentially blinding condition that slowly deforms the cornea in young people. Despite the increasing pr..