Robyn Guymer, AM, is Deputy Director of the Center of Eye Research Australia (CERA), the Head of Macular Research at CERA, and Professor of Ophthalmology at Melbourne University. She is also a senior retinal specialist at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
Professor Guymer is a clinician scientist who leads a team of researchers primarily investigating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), researching genetic and environmental risk factors for AMD and predictors of response to treatments for late AMD. She is currently investigating new strategies for treating early stages of AMD and is working to identify novel imaging and functional biomarkers and surrogate endpoints to improve the feasibility of conducting early intervention trials.
Professor Guymer has been a principal investigator in many industry-sponsored trials, serves on several pharmaceutical advisory boards, and participates in the Mactel consortium, the Beckman/Ryan AMD initiative (USA) and the International Classification of Atrophy (CAM) group. She is a member of the Macular Society and an inaugural fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. She was named a Member in the General Division in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honors List, recognized for her significant service to medicine as a clinician, academic and researcher in the field of ophthalmology, particularly AMD. She was also awarded the NHMRC’s 2016 Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship for the top ranked female research fellowship in clinical medicine.