Arun Thirunavukarasu

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology

Greater Cambridge Area

About

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology in North London and Honorary Research Fellow at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Academic Editor at PLOS Medicine, 'Diagnostics and Supporting Devices' Section Editor at PLOS Digital Health, and 'AI & Oculomics' Section Editor at Eye News. Senior Collaborator at the Global Burden of Disease Study, and current Edington Fellow at the Prosperity Institute. Previously Academic Foundation Doctor and Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Oxford, respectively. Scholar of Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge) having read medicine with Distinction and neuroscience with Double-First Class Honours. An active researcher with 50+ international presentations and peer-reviewed publications with over 8,000 citations. Work featured by the Financial Times, Der Spiegel, BBC News, Sky News, and others. Multiple academic prize winner, with awards from Royal Society of Medicine; Royal College of Ophthalmologists; United Kingdom & Eire Glaucoma Society; Lord Mayor of London; Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh; University of Oxford; and University of Cambridge.

Experience

  • Resident Ophthalmologist at NHS
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Honorary Research Fellow at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • AI & Oculomics Section Editor at Eye News
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Section Editor, PLOS Digital Health at PLOS
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos