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Mitra Tavakoli

Mitra Tavakoli

Senior Lecturer in Medicine (E&R)

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Dr. Tavakoli is a Senior Lecturer in Medicine at University of Exeter Medical School. Her research as clinical ophthalmic scientist is primarily focus on the assessment of corneal nerve morphology using a relatively new technique of in vivo corneal confocal microscopy as a valid surrogate end point for human diabetic neuropathy and in a range of other peripheral neuropathies.  More recently her research is focused on  novel approaches to investigate the structual and functional changes at retina, and cornea of a range of vascular and neurological conditions.

Dr. Tavakoli research is funded by National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), National Institute of Health (NIH). She has published over 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers and textbook chapters and in excess of 60 abstracts over the last 9 years. She regularly speaks at international and national conferences and meetings.

Mitra is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, a Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association, a member of College of Optometrist and professional member of several other professional bodies including ARVO, EASD and NeuroDiab.

Mitra recieved several awards and nominations in recognition of her research, including the BCLA Irving Fatt Memorial Award Lecturer and Young Investigator Clinical Science Award from Neuropathy study group of European Association of Study of Diabetes (EASD).

She serves on the editorial boards of several journals including BMC Ophthalmology. Dr. Tavakoli is a regular peer reviewer to several leading journals in the fields of diabetes, neurology and ophthalmology including Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Diabetic Medicine, IOVS and Cornea. She is acting as scientific reviewer for American Diabetes Association.

Qualifications

  • 2016     Member College of Optometrists (MCOptom)
  • 2010     Fellowship, American Academy of Optometry  (FAAO)
  • 2009     Fellowship, British Contact Lens Association (FBCLA)
  • 2008     PhD (Medicine), School of Medicine, University of Manchester
  • 2003     MSc, Optometry, University of Bradford
  • 2000     BSc (Hons) (Distinction),Optometry, Mashad University of Medical Sciences

Career

  • 2016 - Present    Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School
  • 2016 - Present    Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester 
  • 2015 - 2015        Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester
  • 2010-2015          Research Fellow, University of Manchester
  • 2008-2010          Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester
  • 2004-2008         Research Assistant and Occasional Lecturer, University of Manchester

 

Research

Research interests

The primary focus of my work  is based on the assessment of corneal nerve morphology using a relatively new technique of in vivo corneal confocal microscopy as a valid surrogate end point for human diabetic neuropathy and in a range of other peripheral neuropathies.

Based on the contributions my colleagues and I have made to this field, we have pioneered the use of In Vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy (IVCCM or CCM) as an ideal non-invasive surrogate marker for diabetic neuropathy (Tavakoli et al. 2010) and a range of other neuropathies including Idiopathic small fibre neuropathy with focusing on Impaired glucose tolerance (Tavakoli et al. 2011), Fabry disease (Tavakoli et al. 2009) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (Tavakoli et al. 2012). In parallel we showed for the fist time a strong correlation between invasive and none-invasive methods of measuring corneal sensitivity in diabetic patients, which also correlated with severity of neuropathy (Tavakoli et al. 2007).  We showed for the first time that CCM could be used to quantify early small nerve fibre damage with good sensitivity and specificity (Tavakoli et al. 2010).  Moreover, we have shown that corneal nerve damage assessed using CCM relates to the severity of intra epidermal nerve fibre loss (gold standard for small fibre damage) in foot skin biopsies (Quattrini et al. 2007; Chen et al. 2015). Of significant therapeutic potential we have shown that CCM detects nerve fibre regeneration within 6 months of pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients (Mehra et al. 2007; Tavakoli et al. 2013). Furthermore, we have also demonstrated an improvement in corneal nerve fibre density after improvement in glycaemic control, blood pressure and lipids (Tavakoli et al. 2011). Also in a large scale international collaborative project, we established a normative range for corneal nerve parameters ( Tavakoli et al. 2015).

One of latest development in our research was assessing the implementation of this technique to primary care for screening diabetic neuropathy which has been done for the the first time ( Tavakoli et al. 2016)  

Currently the focus of the research is on investigating the longitudinal changes in corneal nerves in diabetic neuropathy that can be detected earlier by CCM. We also investigate the potential apllication of CCM in range of other neuropathies including Parkinson Disease, peripheral neuropathy induced by chemotherapy, Burning mouth syndrome and patients with Idiopathic Small Fibre Neuropathy (ISFN). 

 The immediate clinical impact of this translational research is particularly exciting and this work represents a huge leap forward in terms of our ability to diagnose, follow progression and assess therapeutic response in patients with diabetic neuropathy and will have an immediate impact on patient clinical outcomes.

 

Research projects

The Ophthalmic-Vascular lab at the University of Exeter Medical School provides state-of the art clinical research facility for investigating the structural and functional performance of the neural and microvascular structures as a diagnostic and research based model. These ophthalmic markers uses in a range of systemic and vascular conditions in particular diabetes mellitus.

The lab is based at NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility at Research, Innovation, Learning and Development (RILD) building.

Grants

  • Multinational Collaborative Evaluation of Corneal Confocal Microscopy as a Surrogate Endpoint for the Identification and Prediction of Diabetic Neuropathy in Type 1 Diabetes . Funding body: NIH, Role: PI Manchester , the Consortium’s Topic Expert on the CCM procedure ; Duration: 2015-2017 
  • Implementation of Corneal Confocal Microscopy to Primary Care optometry practices for Screening Diabetic Neuropathy. Funding body: CLAHRC-NIHR; Role: PI; Durtion: 2014-2015
  • Developing corneal confocal microscopy for human diabetic neuropathy. Funding Body: JDRF; Role: Co-PI; Duration 2008-2012
  • Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a non-invasive surrogate for diabetic neuropathy; Funding body: NIH; Role: Co-investigator; Duration: 2008-2013

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Key publications

Tavakoli M, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Morris J, Pritchard N, Zhivov A, Ziegler D, Pacaud D, Romanchuk K, Perkins BA, et al (2015). Normative Values for Corneal Nerve Morphology Assessed Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a Multinational Normative Data Set. Diabetes Care, 38(5), 838-843.
Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Jones W, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Boulton AJM, Tavakoli M, et al (2014). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Neuropathy in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Figure 1. Diabetes Care, 37(9), 2643-2646.
Tavakoli M, Mitu-Pretorian M, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Efron N, et al (2012). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Early Nerve Regeneration in Diabetic Neuropathy After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. Diabetes, 62(1), 254-260.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Banka S, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Kingston H, Malik RA (2012). Corneal confocal microscopy detects small-fiber neuropathy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A patients. Muscle & Nerve, 46(5), 698-704.
Tavakoli M, Kallinikos P, Iqbal A, Herbert A, Fadavi H, Efron N, Boulton AJM, a Malik R (2011). Corneal confocal microscopy detects improvement in corneal nerve morphology with an improvement in risk factors for diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Medicine, 28(10), 1261-1267.
Tavakoli M, Quattrini C, Abbott C, Kallinikos P, Marshall A, Finnigan J, Morgan P, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA, et al (2010). Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a novel noninvasive test to diagnose and stratify the severity of human diabetic neuropathy. Diabetes Care, 33(8), 1792-1797.

Publications by category

Journal articles

Tavakoli M, Yavuz DG, Tahrani AA, Selvarajah D, Bowling FL, Fadavi H (2017). Diabetic Neuropathy: Current Status and Future Prospects. JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH Author URL.
Alam U, Jeziorska M, Petropoulos IN, Asghar O, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, et al (2017). Diagnostic utility of corneal confocal microscopy and intra-epidermal nerve fibre density in diabetic neuropathy. PLoS One, 12(7). Abstract.  Author URL.
Kapetis D, Sassone J, Yang Y, Galbardi B, Xenakis MN, Westra RL, Szklarczyk R, Lindsey P, Faber CG, Gerrits M, et al (2017). Network topology of NaV1.7 mutations in sodium channel-related painful disorders. BMC Systems Biology, 11(1).
Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Alam U, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Asghar O, Fadavi H, Jones W, Tavakoli M, et al (2017). Small-fibre neuropathy in men with type 1 diabetes and erectile dysfunction: a cross-sectional study. Diabetologia, 60(6), 1094-1101. Abstract.  Author URL.
Marshall AG, Lee-Kubli C, Azmi S, Zhang M, Ferdousi M, Mixcoatl-Zecuatl T, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Fineman MS, Fadavi H, et al (2017). Spinal Disinhibition in Experimental and Clinical Painful Diabetic Neuropathy. Diabetes, 66(5), 1380-1390. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Fukashi Ishibashi, Rie Kojima, Miki Taniguchi, Aiko Kosaka, Harumi Uetake, Mitra Tavakoli (2017). The Preferential Impairment of Pupil Constriction Stimulated by Blue Light in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes without Autonomic Neuropathy. Journal of Diabetes Research
Tavakoli M, Chen X, Graham J, Petropoulos I, Malik R (2016). An Automatic Tool for Quantification of Nerve Fibres in Corneal Confocal Microscopy Images. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 64, 786-794. Full text.
Ponirakis G, Odriozola MN, Odriozola S, Petropoulos IN, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Fadavi H, Alam U, Marshall A, Jeziorska M, et al (2016). NerveCheck for the Detection of Sensory Loss and Neuropathic Pain in Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther, 18(12), 800-805. Abstract.  Author URL.
Perini I, Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Minde J, Morrison I (2016). Rare human nerve growth factor-β mutation reveals relationship between C-afferent density and acute pain evaluation. J Neurophysiol, 116(2), 425-430. Abstract.  Author URL.
Alahmar A, Petropoulos I, Ferdousi M, Jones W, Fadavi H, Azmi S, Alam U, Asghar O, Meskiri A, Kheyami A, et al (2016). Skin Expression of Advanced Glycation end Products (AGEs), Their Receptor (RAGE) and Glyoxalase-I (GLO-I) in Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, 12(5), 1-13.
Ishibashi F, Kojima R, Taniguchi M, Kosaka A, Uetake H, Tavakoli M (2016). The Expanded Bead Size of Corneal C-Nerve Fibers Visualized by Corneal Confocal Microscopy is Associated with Slow Conduction Velocity of the Peripheral Nerves in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. J Diabetes Res, 2016 Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Malik R (2015). 8. The Acceptability and Feasibility of Corneal Confocal Microscopy to Detect Diabetic Neuropathy in Children: a Pilot Study (632-P). Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Diabetologie, 13(3), 61-62.
Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Petropoulos IN, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Dabbah MA, Kheyami A, Alam U, Asghar O, Marshall A, et al (2015). Automated Quantification of Neuropad Improves its Diagnostic Ability in Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2015, 1-7. Full text.
Bagheri A, Borhani M, Salehirad S, Yazdani S, Tavakoli M (2015). Blepharoptosis Associated with Third Cranial Nerve Palsy. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 31(5), 357-360.
Petropoulos IN, Green P, Chan AWS, Alam U, Fadavi H, Marshall A, Asghar O, Efron N, Tavakoli M, Malik RA, et al (2015). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Neuropathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes without Retinopathy or Microalbuminuria. PLOS ONE, 10(4), e0123517-e0123517. Full text.
Ferdousi M, Azmi S, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Malik I, Mansoor W, Malik RA, et al (2015). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Small Fibre Neuropathy in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer and Nerve Regeneration in Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0139394-e0139394. Full text.
Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Alam U, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Marshall A, Atkinson AJ, Jones W, et al (2015). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Identifies Small-Fiber Neuropathy in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance Who Develop Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 38(8), 1502-1508.
Tavakoli M, Begum P, McLaughlin J, Malik RA (2015). Corneal confocal microscopy for the diagnosis of diabetic autonomic neuropathy. Muscle & Nerve, 52(3), 363-370.
Alam U, Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Jeziorska M, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, et al (2015). Erratum. Small Fiber Neuropathy in Patients with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. Diabetes Care 2015;38:e102–e103. Diabetes Care, 38(10), 1992.2-1992.
Lagali N, Poletti E, Patel DV, McGhee CNJ, Hamrah P, Kheirkhah A, Tavakoli M, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA, Utheim TP, et al (2015). Focused Tortuosity Definitions Based on Expert Clinical Assessment of Corneal Subbasal Nerves. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(9), 5102-5102.
Tavakoli M, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Morris J, Pritchard N, Zhivov A, Ziegler D, Pacaud D, Romanchuk K, Perkins BA, et al (2015). Normative Values for Corneal Nerve Morphology Assessed Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a Multinational Normative Data Set. Diabetes Care, 38(5), 838-843.
Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Malik RA (2015). Response to Comment on Malik. Which Test for Diagnosing Early Human Diabetic Neuropathy? Diabetes 2014;63:2206–2208. Diabetes, 64(2), e2-e3.
Alam U, Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Jeziorska M, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, et al (2015). Small Fiber Neuropathy in Patients with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: Table 1. Diabetes Care, 38(7), e102-e103.
Chen X, Graham J, Dabbah MA, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Asghar O, Alam U, Marshall A, Fadavi H, Ferdousi M, et al (2015). Small Nerve Fiber Quantification in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: Comparing Corneal Confocal Microscopy with Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density. Diabetes Care, 38(6), 1138-1144.
Kass-Iliyya L, Javed S, Gosal D, Kobylecki C, Marshall A, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Tavakoli M, Ferdousi M, Chaudhuri KR, et al (2015). Small fiber neuropathy in Parkinson's disease: a clinical, pathological and corneal confocal microscopy study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 21(12), 1454-1460.
Petropoulos IN, Ferdousi M, Marshall A, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Azmi S, Fadavi H, Efron N, Tavakoli M, Malik RA, et al (2015). The Inferior Whorl for Detecting Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(4), 2498-2498.
Pacaud D, Romanchuk KG, Tavakoli M, Gougeon C, Virtanen H, Ferdousi M, Nettel-Aguirre A, Mah JK, Malik RA (2015). The Reliability and Reproducibility of Corneal Confocal Microscopy in Children. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(9), 5636-5636.
Javed S, Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2014). Clinical and diagnostic features of small fiber damage in diabetic polyneuropathy. Handb Clin Neurol, 126, 275-290. Abstract.  Author URL.
Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Jones W, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Boulton AJM, Tavakoli M, et al (2014). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Neuropathy in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Figure 1. Diabetes Care, 37(9), 2643-2646.
Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Tavakoli M, Alam U, Jones W, Marshall A, Jeziorska M, et al (2014). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Shows an Improvement in Small-Fiber Neuropathy in Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes on Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Compared with Multiple Daily Injection: Table 1. Diabetes Care, 38(1), e3-e4.
Pritchard N, Edwards K, Dehghani C, Fadavi H, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Russell AW, Sampson GP, et al (2014). Longitudinal assessment of neuropathy in type 1 diabetes using novel ophthalmic markers (LANDMark): Study design and baseline characteristics. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 104(2), 248-256.
Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Fadavi H, Marshall A, Asghar O, Dabbah MA, Chen X, Graham J, Ponirakis G, Boulton AJM, et al (2014). Rapid Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy with in Vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 55(4), 2071-2071.
Ponirakis G, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Alam U, Asghar O, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2014). The diagnostic accuracy of Neuropad ® for assessing large and small fibre diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Medicine, 31(12), 1673-1680.
Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Green P, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Boulton AJM, Tavakoli M, Malik RA, et al (2013). Corneal Nerve Loss Detected with Corneal Confocal Microscopy is Symmetrical and Related to the Severity of Diabetic Polyneuropathy. Diabetes Care, 36(11), 3646-3651.
Tavakoli M, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA (2013). Corneal confocal microscopy to assess diabetic neuropathy: an eye on the foot. J Diabetes Sci Technol, 7(5), 1179-1189. Abstract.  Author URL.
Petropoulos IN, Manzoor T, Morgan P, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Dabbah MA, Chen X, Graham J, et al (2013). Repeatability of in Vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy to Quantify Corneal Nerve Morphology. Cornea, 32(5), e83-e89.
Sellers EAC, Clark I, Tavakoli M, Dean HJ, McGavock J, Malik RA (2013). The acceptability and feasibility of corneal confocal microscopy to detect early diabetic neuropathy in children: a pilot study. Diabetic Medicine, 30(5), 630-631.
Tavakoli M, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA (2012). Assessing corneal nerve structure and function in diabetic neuropathy. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 95(3), 338-347.
Tavakoli M, Mitu-Pretorian M, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Efron N, et al (2012). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Early Nerve Regeneration in Diabetic Neuropathy After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. Diabetes, 62(1), 254-260.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Banka S, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Kingston H, Malik RA (2012). Corneal confocal microscopy detects small-fiber neuropathy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A patients. Muscle & Nerve, 46(5), 698-704.
Dabbah MA, Graham J, Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2011). Automatic analysis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy using multi-scale quantitative morphology of nerve fibres in corneal confocal microscopy imaging. Medical Image Analysis, 15(5), 738-747.
Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2011). Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a Novel Non-invasive Technique to Quantify Small Fibre Pathology in Peripheral Neuropathies. Journal of Visualized Experiments(47).
Tavakoli M, Kallinikos P, Iqbal A, Herbert A, Fadavi H, Efron N, Boulton AJM, a Malik R (2011). Corneal confocal microscopy detects improvement in corneal nerve morphology with an improvement in risk factors for diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Medicine, 28(10), 1261-1267.
Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, Malik RA (2011). Increased Langerhan cell density and corneal nerve damage in diabetic patients: Role of immune mechanisms in human diabetic neuropathy. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 34(1), 7-11.
Zhivov A, Stachs O (2011). Re: “Increased Langerhan cell density and corneal nerve damage in diabetic patients: Role of immune mechanisms in human diabetic neuropathy” by Tavakoli et al. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 34(2), 98-98.
Efron N, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Malik R (2011). Reply to letter from Dr Zhivov and Dr Stachs. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 34(2), 99-99.
Tavakoli M, Quattrini C, Abbott C, Kallinikos P, Marshall A, Finnigan J, Morgan P, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA, et al (2010). Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a novel noninvasive test to diagnose and stratify the severity of human diabetic neuropathy. Diabetes Care, 33(8), 1792-1797.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Pitceathly R, Fadavi H, Gow D, Roberts ME, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA (2010). Corneal confocal microscopy: a novel means to detect nerve fibre damage in idiopathic small fibre neuropathy. Experimental Neurology, 223(1), 245-250.
Dabbah MA, Graham J, Petropoulos I, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2010). Dual-model automatic detection of nerve-fibres in corneal confocal microscopy images. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv, 13(Pt 1), 300-307. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Asghar O, Alam U, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2010). Review: Novel insights on diagnosis, cause and treatment of diabetic neuropathy: focus on painful diabetic neuropathy. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1(2), 69-88.
Patel DV, Tavakoli M, Craig JP, Efron N, McGhee CNJ (2009). Corneal Sensitivity and Slit Scanning in Vivo Confocal Microscopy of the Subbasal Nerve Plexus of the Normal Central and Peripheral Human Cornea. Cornea, 28(7), 735-740.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Thompson L, Kenny M, Waldek S, Efron N, Malik RA (2009). Corneal confocal microscopy: a novel noninvasive means to diagnose neuropathy in patients with fabry disease. Muscle & Nerve, 40(6), 976-984.
Tavakoli M, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2008). Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy. European Endocrinology, 4, 48-48.
Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2008). Management of painful diabetic neuropathy. Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9(17), 2969-2978. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Mojaddidi M, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2008). Pathophysiology and treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 12(3), 192-197.
Quattrini C, Jeziorska M, Tavakoli M, Begum P, Boulton AJM, Malik RA (2008). The Neuropad test: a visual indicator test for human diabetic neuropathy. Diabetologia, 51(6), 1046-1050.
Mehra S, Tavakoli M, Kallinikos PA, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Augustine T, Malik RA (2007). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Early Nerve Regeneration After Pancreas Transplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 30(10), 2608-2612.
Tavakoli M, Kallinikos PA, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA (2007). Corneal Sensitivity is Reduced and Relates to the Severity of Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 30(7), 1895-1897.
Dash SK (2007). Corneal Sensitivity is Reduced and Relates to the Severity of Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes: Response to Tavakoli et al. Diabetes Care, 30(12), e142-e142.
Quattrini C, Tavakoli M, Jeziorska M, Kallinikos P, Tesfaye S, Finnigan J, Marshall A, Boulton AJM, Efron N, Malik RA, et al (2007). Surrogate Markers of Small Fiber Damage in Human Diabetic Neuropathy. Diabetes, 56(8), 2148-2154.
Mojaddidi M, Quattrini C, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2005). Recent developments in the assessment of efficacy in clinical trials of diabetic neuropathy. Current Diabetes Reports, 5(6), 417-422.
Tavakoli M (2001). Yekta AA, Tavakoli M, Study of the prevalence of types and amounts of refractive errors in different ages among patients examined at the department of optometry, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Iranian J. Basic Medical Sciences 2001; 4: 106-115. Iranian J. Basic Medical Sciences, 4, 106-115.

Chapters

Javed S, Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli. M, Malik RA, Tavakoli M (2014). Chapter 20: Clinical and diagnostic features of small fiber damage in diabetic polyneuropathy. In  (Ed) Handbook of Clinical Neurology Diabetes and the Nervous System, Elsevier B.V, 275-290.
Tavakoli M (2014). Chapter 3: Neuropatia de fibra fina: novas abordagens diagnósticas. In Hermelinda C. Pedrosa, Lucio Vilar, Andrew J. M. Boulton (Eds.) Neuropatias e Pé Diabético.  Abstract.
Tavakoli M, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2014). Optimal Measures of Small Fiber Neuropathy in Diabetic Polyneuropathy. In  (Ed) Studies in Diabetes, Springer Science & Business Media, 93-105.  Abstract.
Tavakoli M (2009). Pathogenesis of Human Diabetic Neuropathy. In  (Ed) Diabetic Neuropathy, Oxford University Press, USA. Abstract.

Conferences

Tavakoli M, Howard S, Soiland-Reyes C, Spencer R, Cotterill S, Perry C, Boaden R (2017). IMPLEMENTATION OF CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY FOR SCREENING DIABETIC NEUROPATHY IN PRIMARY CARE: a FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY.  Author URL.

Publications by year

2017

Tavakoli M, Yavuz DG, Tahrani AA, Selvarajah D, Bowling FL, Fadavi H (2017). Diabetic Neuropathy: Current Status and Future Prospects. JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH Author URL.
Alam U, Jeziorska M, Petropoulos IN, Asghar O, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, et al (2017). Diagnostic utility of corneal confocal microscopy and intra-epidermal nerve fibre density in diabetic neuropathy. PLoS One, 12(7). Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Howard S, Soiland-Reyes C, Spencer R, Cotterill S, Perry C, Boaden R (2017). IMPLEMENTATION OF CORNEAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY FOR SCREENING DIABETIC NEUROPATHY IN PRIMARY CARE: a FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY.  Author URL.
Kapetis D, Sassone J, Yang Y, Galbardi B, Xenakis MN, Westra RL, Szklarczyk R, Lindsey P, Faber CG, Gerrits M, et al (2017). Network topology of NaV1.7 mutations in sodium channel-related painful disorders. BMC Systems Biology, 11(1).
Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Alam U, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Asghar O, Fadavi H, Jones W, Tavakoli M, et al (2017). Small-fibre neuropathy in men with type 1 diabetes and erectile dysfunction: a cross-sectional study. Diabetologia, 60(6), 1094-1101. Abstract.  Author URL.
Marshall AG, Lee-Kubli C, Azmi S, Zhang M, Ferdousi M, Mixcoatl-Zecuatl T, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Fineman MS, Fadavi H, et al (2017). Spinal Disinhibition in Experimental and Clinical Painful Diabetic Neuropathy. Diabetes, 66(5), 1380-1390. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Fukashi Ishibashi, Rie Kojima, Miki Taniguchi, Aiko Kosaka, Harumi Uetake, Mitra Tavakoli (2017). The Preferential Impairment of Pupil Constriction Stimulated by Blue Light in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes without Autonomic Neuropathy. Journal of Diabetes Research

2016

Tavakoli M, Chen X, Graham J, Petropoulos I, Malik R (2016). An Automatic Tool for Quantification of Nerve Fibres in Corneal Confocal Microscopy Images. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 64, 786-794. Full text.
Ponirakis G, Odriozola MN, Odriozola S, Petropoulos IN, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Fadavi H, Alam U, Marshall A, Jeziorska M, et al (2016). NerveCheck for the Detection of Sensory Loss and Neuropathic Pain in Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther, 18(12), 800-805. Abstract.  Author URL.
Perini I, Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Minde J, Morrison I (2016). Rare human nerve growth factor-β mutation reveals relationship between C-afferent density and acute pain evaluation. J Neurophysiol, 116(2), 425-430. Abstract.  Author URL.
Alahmar A, Petropoulos I, Ferdousi M, Jones W, Fadavi H, Azmi S, Alam U, Asghar O, Meskiri A, Kheyami A, et al (2016). Skin Expression of Advanced Glycation end Products (AGEs), Their Receptor (RAGE) and Glyoxalase-I (GLO-I) in Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, 12(5), 1-13.
Ishibashi F, Kojima R, Taniguchi M, Kosaka A, Uetake H, Tavakoli M (2016). The Expanded Bead Size of Corneal C-Nerve Fibers Visualized by Corneal Confocal Microscopy is Associated with Slow Conduction Velocity of the Peripheral Nerves in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. J Diabetes Res, 2016 Abstract.  Author URL.

2015

Tavakoli M, Malik R (2015). 8. The Acceptability and Feasibility of Corneal Confocal Microscopy to Detect Diabetic Neuropathy in Children: a Pilot Study (632-P). Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Diabetologie, 13(3), 61-62.
Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Petropoulos IN, Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Dabbah MA, Kheyami A, Alam U, Asghar O, Marshall A, et al (2015). Automated Quantification of Neuropad Improves its Diagnostic Ability in Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2015, 1-7. Full text.
Bagheri A, Borhani M, Salehirad S, Yazdani S, Tavakoli M (2015). Blepharoptosis Associated with Third Cranial Nerve Palsy. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 31(5), 357-360.
Petropoulos IN, Green P, Chan AWS, Alam U, Fadavi H, Marshall A, Asghar O, Efron N, Tavakoli M, Malik RA, et al (2015). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Neuropathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes without Retinopathy or Microalbuminuria. PLOS ONE, 10(4), e0123517-e0123517. Full text.
Ferdousi M, Azmi S, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Malik I, Mansoor W, Malik RA, et al (2015). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Small Fibre Neuropathy in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer and Nerve Regeneration in Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0139394-e0139394. Full text.
Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Alam U, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Marshall A, Atkinson AJ, Jones W, et al (2015). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Identifies Small-Fiber Neuropathy in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance Who Develop Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 38(8), 1502-1508.
Tavakoli M, Begum P, McLaughlin J, Malik RA (2015). Corneal confocal microscopy for the diagnosis of diabetic autonomic neuropathy. Muscle & Nerve, 52(3), 363-370.
Alam U, Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Jeziorska M, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, et al (2015). Erratum. Small Fiber Neuropathy in Patients with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. Diabetes Care 2015;38:e102–e103. Diabetes Care, 38(10), 1992.2-1992.
Lagali N, Poletti E, Patel DV, McGhee CNJ, Hamrah P, Kheirkhah A, Tavakoli M, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA, Utheim TP, et al (2015). Focused Tortuosity Definitions Based on Expert Clinical Assessment of Corneal Subbasal Nerves. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(9), 5102-5102.
Tavakoli M, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Morris J, Pritchard N, Zhivov A, Ziegler D, Pacaud D, Romanchuk K, Perkins BA, et al (2015). Normative Values for Corneal Nerve Morphology Assessed Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a Multinational Normative Data Set. Diabetes Care, 38(5), 838-843.
Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Malik RA (2015). Response to Comment on Malik. Which Test for Diagnosing Early Human Diabetic Neuropathy? Diabetes 2014;63:2206–2208. Diabetes, 64(2), e2-e3.
Alam U, Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Jeziorska M, Fadavi H, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, et al (2015). Small Fiber Neuropathy in Patients with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: Table 1. Diabetes Care, 38(7), e102-e103.
Chen X, Graham J, Dabbah MA, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Asghar O, Alam U, Marshall A, Fadavi H, Ferdousi M, et al (2015). Small Nerve Fiber Quantification in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: Comparing Corneal Confocal Microscopy with Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density. Diabetes Care, 38(6), 1138-1144.
Kass-Iliyya L, Javed S, Gosal D, Kobylecki C, Marshall A, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Tavakoli M, Ferdousi M, Chaudhuri KR, et al (2015). Small fiber neuropathy in Parkinson's disease: a clinical, pathological and corneal confocal microscopy study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 21(12), 1454-1460.
Petropoulos IN, Ferdousi M, Marshall A, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Azmi S, Fadavi H, Efron N, Tavakoli M, Malik RA, et al (2015). The Inferior Whorl for Detecting Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Using Corneal Confocal Microscopy. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(4), 2498-2498.
Pacaud D, Romanchuk KG, Tavakoli M, Gougeon C, Virtanen H, Ferdousi M, Nettel-Aguirre A, Mah JK, Malik RA (2015). The Reliability and Reproducibility of Corneal Confocal Microscopy in Children. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(9), 5636-5636.

2014

Javed S, Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli. M, Malik RA, Tavakoli M (2014). Chapter 20: Clinical and diagnostic features of small fiber damage in diabetic polyneuropathy. In  (Ed) Handbook of Clinical Neurology Diabetes and the Nervous System, Elsevier B.V, 275-290.
Tavakoli M (2014). Chapter 3: Neuropatia de fibra fina: novas abordagens diagnósticas. In Hermelinda C. Pedrosa, Lucio Vilar, Andrew J. M. Boulton (Eds.) Neuropatias e Pé Diabético.  Abstract.
Javed S, Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2014). Clinical and diagnostic features of small fiber damage in diabetic polyneuropathy. Handb Clin Neurol, 126, 275-290. Abstract.  Author URL.
Asghar O, Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Jones W, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Boulton AJM, Tavakoli M, et al (2014). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Neuropathy in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Figure 1. Diabetes Care, 37(9), 2643-2646.
Azmi S, Ferdousi M, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Fadavi H, Tavakoli M, Alam U, Jones W, Marshall A, Jeziorska M, et al (2014). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Shows an Improvement in Small-Fiber Neuropathy in Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes on Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Compared with Multiple Daily Injection: Table 1. Diabetes Care, 38(1), e3-e4.
Pritchard N, Edwards K, Dehghani C, Fadavi H, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Petropoulos IN, Ponirakis G, Russell AW, Sampson GP, et al (2014). Longitudinal assessment of neuropathy in type 1 diabetes using novel ophthalmic markers (LANDMark): Study design and baseline characteristics. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 104(2), 248-256.
Tavakoli M, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2014). Optimal Measures of Small Fiber Neuropathy in Diabetic Polyneuropathy. In  (Ed) Studies in Diabetes, Springer Science & Business Media, 93-105.  Abstract.
Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Fadavi H, Marshall A, Asghar O, Dabbah MA, Chen X, Graham J, Ponirakis G, Boulton AJM, et al (2014). Rapid Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy with in Vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 55(4), 2071-2071.
Ponirakis G, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Alam U, Asghar O, Marshall A, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2014). The diagnostic accuracy of Neuropad ® for assessing large and small fibre diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Medicine, 31(12), 1673-1680.

2013

Petropoulos IN, Alam U, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Green P, Ponirakis G, Marshall A, Boulton AJM, Tavakoli M, Malik RA, et al (2013). Corneal Nerve Loss Detected with Corneal Confocal Microscopy is Symmetrical and Related to the Severity of Diabetic Polyneuropathy. Diabetes Care, 36(11), 3646-3651.
Tavakoli M, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA (2013). Corneal confocal microscopy to assess diabetic neuropathy: an eye on the foot. J Diabetes Sci Technol, 7(5), 1179-1189. Abstract.  Author URL.
Petropoulos IN, Manzoor T, Morgan P, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Dabbah MA, Chen X, Graham J, et al (2013). Repeatability of in Vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy to Quantify Corneal Nerve Morphology. Cornea, 32(5), e83-e89.
Sellers EAC, Clark I, Tavakoli M, Dean HJ, McGavock J, Malik RA (2013). The acceptability and feasibility of corneal confocal microscopy to detect early diabetic neuropathy in children: a pilot study. Diabetic Medicine, 30(5), 630-631.

2012

Tavakoli M, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA (2012). Assessing corneal nerve structure and function in diabetic neuropathy. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 95(3), 338-347.
Tavakoli M, Mitu-Pretorian M, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Asghar O, Alam U, Ponirakis G, Jeziorska M, Marshall A, Efron N, et al (2012). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Early Nerve Regeneration in Diabetic Neuropathy After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. Diabetes, 62(1), 254-260.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Banka S, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Kingston H, Malik RA (2012). Corneal confocal microscopy detects small-fiber neuropathy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A patients. Muscle & Nerve, 46(5), 698-704.

2011

Dabbah MA, Graham J, Petropoulos IN, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2011). Automatic analysis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy using multi-scale quantitative morphology of nerve fibres in corneal confocal microscopy imaging. Medical Image Analysis, 15(5), 738-747.
Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2011). Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a Novel Non-invasive Technique to Quantify Small Fibre Pathology in Peripheral Neuropathies. Journal of Visualized Experiments(47).
Tavakoli M, Kallinikos P, Iqbal A, Herbert A, Fadavi H, Efron N, Boulton AJM, a Malik R (2011). Corneal confocal microscopy detects improvement in corneal nerve morphology with an improvement in risk factors for diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Medicine, 28(10), 1261-1267.
Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Efron N, Malik RA (2011). Increased Langerhan cell density and corneal nerve damage in diabetic patients: Role of immune mechanisms in human diabetic neuropathy. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 34(1), 7-11.
Zhivov A, Stachs O (2011). Re: “Increased Langerhan cell density and corneal nerve damage in diabetic patients: Role of immune mechanisms in human diabetic neuropathy” by Tavakoli et al. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 34(2), 98-98.
Efron N, Tavakoli M, Boulton AJM, Malik R (2011). Reply to letter from Dr Zhivov and Dr Stachs. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 34(2), 99-99.

2010

Tavakoli M, Quattrini C, Abbott C, Kallinikos P, Marshall A, Finnigan J, Morgan P, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA, et al (2010). Corneal Confocal Microscopy: a novel noninvasive test to diagnose and stratify the severity of human diabetic neuropathy. Diabetes Care, 33(8), 1792-1797.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Pitceathly R, Fadavi H, Gow D, Roberts ME, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA (2010). Corneal confocal microscopy: a novel means to detect nerve fibre damage in idiopathic small fibre neuropathy. Experimental Neurology, 223(1), 245-250.
Dabbah MA, Graham J, Petropoulos I, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2010). Dual-model automatic detection of nerve-fibres in corneal confocal microscopy images. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv, 13(Pt 1), 300-307. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Asghar O, Alam U, Petropoulos IN, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2010). Review: Novel insights on diagnosis, cause and treatment of diabetic neuropathy: focus on painful diabetic neuropathy. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1(2), 69-88.

2009

Patel DV, Tavakoli M, Craig JP, Efron N, McGhee CNJ (2009). Corneal Sensitivity and Slit Scanning in Vivo Confocal Microscopy of the Subbasal Nerve Plexus of the Normal Central and Peripheral Human Cornea. Cornea, 28(7), 735-740.
Tavakoli M, Marshall A, Thompson L, Kenny M, Waldek S, Efron N, Malik RA (2009). Corneal confocal microscopy: a novel noninvasive means to diagnose neuropathy in patients with fabry disease. Muscle & Nerve, 40(6), 976-984.
Tavakoli M (2009). Pathogenesis of Human Diabetic Neuropathy. In  (Ed) Diabetic Neuropathy, Oxford University Press, USA. Abstract.

2008

Tavakoli M, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2008). Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy. European Endocrinology, 4, 48-48.
Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2008). Management of painful diabetic neuropathy. Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9(17), 2969-2978. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tavakoli M, Mojaddidi M, Fadavi H, Malik RA (2008). Pathophysiology and treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 12(3), 192-197.
Quattrini C, Jeziorska M, Tavakoli M, Begum P, Boulton AJM, Malik RA (2008). The Neuropad test: a visual indicator test for human diabetic neuropathy. Diabetologia, 51(6), 1046-1050.

2007

Mehra S, Tavakoli M, Kallinikos PA, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Augustine T, Malik RA (2007). Corneal Confocal Microscopy Detects Early Nerve Regeneration After Pancreas Transplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 30(10), 2608-2612.
Tavakoli M, Kallinikos PA, Efron N, Boulton AJM, Malik RA (2007). Corneal Sensitivity is Reduced and Relates to the Severity of Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 30(7), 1895-1897.
Dash SK (2007). Corneal Sensitivity is Reduced and Relates to the Severity of Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes: Response to Tavakoli et al. Diabetes Care, 30(12), e142-e142.
Quattrini C, Tavakoli M, Jeziorska M, Kallinikos P, Tesfaye S, Finnigan J, Marshall A, Boulton AJM, Efron N, Malik RA, et al (2007). Surrogate Markers of Small Fiber Damage in Human Diabetic Neuropathy. Diabetes, 56(8), 2148-2154.

2005

Mojaddidi M, Quattrini C, Tavakoli M, Malik RA (2005). Recent developments in the assessment of efficacy in clinical trials of diabetic neuropathy. Current Diabetes Reports, 5(6), 417-422.

2001

Tavakoli M (2001). Yekta AA, Tavakoli M, Study of the prevalence of types and amounts of refractive errors in different ages among patients examined at the department of optometry, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Iranian J. Basic Medical Sciences 2001; 4: 106-115. Iranian J. Basic Medical Sciences, 4, 106-115.

Awards

  • 2013  Irving Fatt Memorial Award Lecture – British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)
  • 2011  Clinical Science Prize for the Neuropathy study group of the European association for the study of diabetes (EASD)
  • 2008  Best Graduate Student of the year- School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences-University of Manchester
  • 2006  Best PhD Medical Essay- University of Manchester
  • 2001  Exemplary Researcher of Medical Sciences, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Ferdowsi Scientific Festival

Editorial responsibilities


Invited lectures

  • Mitra Tavakoli, July 2016, Modern Approach of Diabetic Neuropathy, Summer School of Diabetic Neuropathy, Neurodiab, Romania
  • Mitra Tavakoli, July 2016, Lessons from studies in Diabetic Neuropathy, Summer School of Diabetic Neuropathy, Siana, Romania
  • Mitra Tavakoli, Corneal Confocal Microscopy: A Diagnostic test for early detection Diabetic Neuropathy; April 2015, University of Rostock, Germany
  • Mitra Tavakoli, ‘Corneal Confocal Microscopy: A new way of detecting Diabetic Neuropathy, Bucharest, Romania, Invited by Romanian Society for Diabetic Neuropathy, October 2014
  • ​Mitra Tavakoli,  Corneal Physiology: Applications of Corneal Confocal microscopy in Optometry & Ophthalmology, Optometrie’14 conference, Koln, Germany, 28th March 2014
  • Mitra Tavakoli, BCLA Irving Fatt Lecture 2013- Manchester – Corneal confocal microscopy: Beyond corneal defects! Translational studies in Diabetes and Neurology- 6th June 2013, Manchester Central.
  •  Mitra Tavakoli, Corneal Confocal microscopy: A new way of detecting peripheral neuropathy, University of Flinders, Adelaide, Australia, August 2012
  • Mitra Tavakoli, Advances in diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy, Endocrine Group, University of Marmara, March 2012- Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mitra Tavakoli, Corneal Confocal microscopy: A new way of detecting peripheral neuropathy, Young Investigator Clinical Prize talk- Neurodiab meeting- September 2011- Porto- Portugal.
  • Mitra Tavakoli, “New insights into Diagnosis of Diabetic Neuropathy” – JDRF Research Meeting- Cork (Ireland) - Invited by JDRF & Diabetes Ireland Research Alliance– March 2011.
  • Mitra Tavakoli, "Interactions of Langerhans cells with the subbasal nerve layer in diabetic neuropathy". Invited by Prof. Nathan Efron to visit and give a talk in Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia,  July 2010.
  • Mitra Tavakoli, “Corneal confocal microscopy: a non- invasive surrogate for diabetic retinopathy”. University of Cardiff, School of Optometry & Vision Sciences. June 2010.
  • Mitra Tavakoli, New advances in diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy, International Congress in Diabetes and its Complications (ICDC), May 2009, Yazd, Iran.
  • Mitra Tavakoli, Early detection of nerve fibre repair using corneal Confocal microscopy following pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients with severe neuropathy; BCLA conference, June 2007, Manchester
  •  Mitra Tavakoli, Corneal confocal microscopy: A novel non-invasive surrogate marker of diabetic neuropathy; EASD 11th Oxford Workshop: Regeneration in Diabetes Complications, July 2006, Oxford, UK.
  • Mitra Tavakoli, Corneal confocal microscopy: A novel non-invasive surrogate marker of diabetic neuropathy.  Representing the University of Manchester in “The 3rd International Best PhD Medical Essays” Hradovec Kralovec, Czech Republic, 29 November- December 2006.

Other

 

  • Diabetes Microvascular Complications
  • Ophthalmic Imaging
  • Translational Research

Medical Sciences (BSc)

  • CSC1001; CSC2001; CSC4001; Integrated Clinical Science (ICS 1, 2, 4)
  • CSC4002- Project Supervisior- Expanding Horizons 4 
  • CSC2006- Lecturer- Vision- Foundations in Neuroscience 
  • CSC4019 - Lecturer- Translational Medical Sciences
  • CSC4008- Lecturer- Vision - Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Professional Training Year provider ( Supervisior)
  • Academic Tutor 

Medicine (BMBS)

  • PBL facilitator
  • LSRC facilitator

Postgraduate

  • PhD/MPhil supervisor


 

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