Samad Ansari is currently a TSC Glaucoma Fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He has recently completed a 3-year NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) at Kings College London, in the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology whilst completing his clinical training.

His research interests include the relationship between healthy ageing, diet and mitochondrial dysfunction with Glaucoma. He was awarded the 2022 Zakarian Award to investigate this work further.