{"id":382,"date":"2013-12-19T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:23:59","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR MISSION STATEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The UK Cross-linking Consortium was established in 2013 with funding from the Medical Research Council. As a consortium, we are dedicated to the advancement of research into corneal cross-linking therapies and the dissemination of information about corneal cross-linking to ophthalmic surgeons, optometrists and vision scientists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We strive to achieve our aims by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing a forum for ophthalmologists, opticians and vision scientists to develop research collaborations and co-ordinated, multi-centre studies.<\/li>\n<li>Establishing a code of best practice for corneal cross-linking in order to standardise the treatment and its measurement outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>Providing credible information and\u00a0advice to\u00a0national bodies about developments in corneal cross-linking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-497\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/Cardiff-University-Red-darker-300x288.png\" alt=\"Cardiff University Red darker\" width=\"100\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/Cardiff-University-Red-darker-300x288.png 300w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/Cardiff-University-Red-darker-624x600.png 624w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/Cardiff-University-Red-darker.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrc.ac.uk\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-449\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/mrc-logo-CROPPED-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"mrc logo CROPPED\" width=\"215\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/mrc-logo-CROPPED-300x132.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/mrc-logo-CROPPED-624x274.jpg 624w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/mrc-logo-CROPPED.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/optom\/research\/researchgroups\/structuralbiophysics\/structural-biophysics.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-447\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/12\/Biophysics-Logo.png\" alt=\"Biophysics Logo\" width=\"99\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/\">More<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrc.ac.uk\/index.htm\">More<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/optom\/research\/researchgroups\/structuralbiophysics\/structural-biophysics.html\">More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Cross-linking Consortium was established in 2013 with funding from the Medical Research Council. As a consortium, we are dedicated to the advancement of research into corneal cross-linking therapies and the dissemination of information about corneal cross-linking to ophthalmic surgeons, optometrists and vision scientists. We strive to achieve our aims by: Providing a forum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":979,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3RmFt-6a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions\/1526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}