Sheila West, PhD

trachoma,cataract,blindness,visual impairment,low vision,gerontology,
178. West ES, Munoz B, Mkocha H, Holland MJ, Aguirre A, Solomon AW, Bailey R, Foster A, Mabey D, West SK. Mass treatment and the effect on the load of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a trachoma-hyperendemic community. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:83-87.
179. West SK, Phuong Nguyen M, Mkocha H, Holdsworth G, Ngirwamungu E, Kilima P, Munoz B. Gender equity and trichiasis surgery in the Vietnam and Tanzania national trachoma control programmes. Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:1368-1371. 180. West E, Mkocha H, Munoz B, Mabey D, Foster A, Bailey R, West SK. Risk factors for post-surgical trichiasis recurrence in a trachoma-endemic area. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:447-453. 182. Alexander ND, Solomon AW, Holland MJ, Bailey RL, West SK, Shao JF, Mabey DC, Foster A. An index of community ocular Chlamydia trachomatis load for control of trachoma. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2005;99:175-177.
184. Freeman EE, Munoz B, Bressler SB, West SK. Hormone replacement therapy, reproductive factors, and age-related macular degeneration: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005;12:37-45.
185. Merbs SL, West SK, West ES. Pattern of recurrence of trachomatous trichiasis after surgery. Ophthalmology 2005;112;705-709.
186. Burton MJ, Holland MJ, Makalo P, Aryee EA, Alexander ND, Sillah A, Fall H, West SK, Foster A, Johnson GJ, Mabey DC, Bailey RL. Re-emergence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection after mass antibiotic treatment of a trachoma-endemic Gambian community: a longitudinal study. Lancet 2005:365;1321-1328.
- Partnership for the Rapid Elimination of Trachoma (PRET)
- Research to Program for Trachoma Elimination
- Develop a rapid assay for Trachoma: Development of Novel Interventions for the Control of Malaria,
- Nepal Trachoma Surveillance
- The Natural History of the Progression of Atrophy Secondary to Stargardt Disease (ProgStar) Studies