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Allen Foster is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a special focus on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, General Health Professions, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Ocular Oncology and Treatments
  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

Allen Foster has authored numerous research papers. Some of the recent publications are:

  • The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020, 2021, published in The Lancet Global Health
  • The simplified trachoma grading system, amended, 2020, published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • INCIDENCE OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS KERATITIS AND OTHER OCULAR DISEASE: GLOBAL REVIEW AND ESTIMATES, 2021, published in Ophthalmic Epidemiology
  • Incidence of Retinoblastoma Has Increased: Results from 40 European Countries, 2021, published in Ophthalmology
  • Grand Challenges in global eye health: a global prioritisation process using Delphi method, 2022, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity

The researcher frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Covadonga Bascarán
  • Ido Didi Fabian
  • Richard Bowman
  • Andrew W. Stacey
  • Matthew J. Burton

Allen Foster's work appears consistently in several major publication venues related to ophthalmology and public health. These venues include:

  • Eye
  • Ophthalmic Epidemiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Childhood blindness in the context of VISION 2020: the right to sight

    Clare Gilbert;Allen Foster

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

    Matthew J Burton;Matthew J Burton;Jacqueline Ramke;Jacqueline Ramke;Ana Patricia Marques;Rupert R A Bourne;Rupert R A Bourne

  • Retinopathy of prematurity in middle-income countries

    Clare Gilbert;Jugnoo Rahi;Michael Eckstein;Jane O'Sullivan

  • The magnitude and cost of global blindness: an increasing problem that can be alleviated.

    Kevin D Frick;Allen Foster

  • Epidemiology of cataract in childhood: A global perspective

    Allen Foster;Clare Gilbert;Jugnoo Rahi

  • The impact of Vision 2020 on global blindness.

    Allen Foster;S. Resnikoff

  • Vitamin A supplements and mortality related to measles: a randomised clinical trial.

    Andrew J.G. Barclay;Allen Foster;Alfred Sommer

  • CATARACT SURGICAL COVERAGE: An indicator to measure the impact of cataract intervention programmes.

    Hans Limburg;Allen Foster

  • Childhood blindness in India : causes in 1318 blind school students in nine states

    J S Rahi;S Sripathi;C E Gilbert;A Foster

  • Strategies for control of trachoma: observational study with quantitative PCR.

    Anthony W Solomon;Anthony W Solomon;Martin J Holland;Martin J Holland;Matthew J Burton;Matthew J Burton;Sheila K West

  • Mass Treatment with Single-Dose Azithromycin for Trachoma

    Anthony W. Solomon;Martin J. Holland;Martin J. Holland;Neal D.E. Alexander;Patrick A. Massae

  • Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level

    Ido Didi Fabian;Ido Didi Fabian;Elhassan Abdallah;Shehu U. Abdullahi;Rula A. Abdulqader

  • Childhood blindness: a new form for recording causes of visual loss in children.

    C. Gilbert;A. Foster;A. D. Négrel;B. Thylefors

  • The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study

    Anthony W. Solomon;Alexandre L. Pavluck;Paul Courtright;Agatha Aboe

  • Prevalence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

    Fatima Kyari;Murthy V S Gudlavalleti;Selvaraj Sivsubramaniam;Clare E Gilbert

  • Cataract and “Vision 2020—the right to sight” initiative

    Allen Foster

  • Vision 2020: the cataract challenge

    Allen Foster

  • Urbanization, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk in a population in transition in Nakuru, Kenya: a population-based survey

    Wanjiku Mathenge;Allen Foster;Hannah Kuper

  • Sutureless cataract surgery with nucleus extraction: outcome of a prospective study in Nepal

    A Hennig;J Kumar;D Yorston;A Foster

  • Retinopathy of prematurity in middle-income countries

    J Rahi;M Eckstein;J O'Sullivan;A Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Clare Gilbert
Clare Gilbert London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Robin L. Bailey
Robin L. Bailey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
David Mabey
David Mabey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sheila K. West
Sheila K. West University of Pennsylvania
Martin J. Holland
Martin J. Holland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Rosanna W. Peeling
Rosanna W. Peeling London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Helen A. Weiss
Helen A. Weiss London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Beatriz Munoz
Beatriz Munoz Johns Hopkins University
Catey Bunce
Catey Bunce King's College London
Richard A. Adegbola
Richard A. Adegbola Nigerian Institute of Medical Research

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