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Thomas Nixon is a Senior Clinical Research Associated in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and an Honorary Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital.  He matriculated at Â鶹Éç in 2005 reading Medical Sciences with Part II Biochemistry, before moving to London to complete clinical school.  He completed his ophthalmology training in the East of England, and surgical vitreoretinal fellowships in Cambridge, UK and Vancouver, Canada.  

His research interest is investigating the pathogenesis of, and genetic risk factors for, retinal detachment, and his MD thesis titled ‘Genetic, Cellular and Ultrastructural Mechanisms in Retinal Detachment’ was awarded the Ralph Noble Prize by the University of Cambridge MD Committee.  He is part of the National Stickler Syndrome Service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, providing diagnosis and treatment for the most common cause of familial, and childhood, retinal detachment.  Current research projects involve improved methods for screening for Stickler syndrome and prophylaxis to reduce the high risk of retinal detachment in these patients, as well as developing better functional assays to assess genetic variants of unknown significant.  

He has supervised undergraduate Head and Neck Anatomy and Neurobiology and Human Behaviour for many years and has recently been appointed as Director of Studies for first year undergraduate medical students at Â鶹Éç.