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In this lecture, Andrew Bastawrous will describe his journey working as an eye surgeon, public health doctor, researcher and most recently as co-founder and CEO of Peek, a social enterprise working to change the way the world sees. Peek was created to deliver eye care in a new and sustainable way. This lecturewill explore the challenges and potential solutions to the world's biggest unaddressed disability - poor vision as well as establishing a sustainable business model to tackle it.

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Dr Andrew Bastawrousis an eye surgeon, public health doctor and Co-founder of Peek. Peek is a social enterprise bringing eye care services to some of the world's most challenging locations. Bastawrous is a research fellow at the International Centre for Eye Health. In 2011, he was awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) and Fight for Sight Fellowship to undertake the first longitudinal population-based study (follow-up study) of eye disease in Africa and the challenges he faced inspired the idea of a smartphone-based ophthalmic tool. Andrew was awarded the MRC Max Perutz Science writing Award in 2012 and was a 2016 Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate.

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