Dr. Carina Slidsborg is a senior researcher at the Department of Ophthalmology, Copenhagen University Hospital. She completed her PhD studies in Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in Preterm infants at the University of Copenhagen. She recently led the Projects in Blood-Biomarkers for Retinal Diseases. She has published 16 papers in various journals and serves as a PI for numerous research projects. Her research interests include clinical, epidemiological, and pathophysiological studies. Her previous research led projects to develop a risk-based screening model for ROP, biomarker discovery in retinopathy, and telescreening for ROP in the Capital Region of Denmark. She is currently investigating ROP pathophysiology and biomarkers by use of innovative OMICs technologies in the basic science area.