All the finalists who sat the end of program exams in the department of Ophthalmology in July/August 2024 have qualified to graduate as ophthalmologists. This year, a total of 15 post graduate students sat the exit examination. The are from several countries including Kenya, Cameroon, Botswana and Ethiopia. 

The Department of ophthalmology hosted the First interdisciplinary Retinoblastoma genetics workshop on 14th to 15th May 2024. The training which comprised of molecular biology and bioinformatics was held as part of a wider Research project “Building capacity in molecular cancer research in Kenya through analysis of retinoblastoma heterogeneity” that has been funded by the Velux Stiftung Foundation.

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