Tunde Peto is professor of clinical ophthalmology at Queen's University Belfast where she is responsible for teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her remit also covers the development of international image analysis, training and educating in countries throughout the world. In addition to her academic work, Professor Peto is responsible for the Belfast Ophthalmic Reading Centre and a wide research portfolio. Her main interest has always been common blinding retinal diseases, with special emphasis on characterisation of diabetic retinopathy and its imaging modalities. Professor Peto has been involved in UK National Diabetic Retinopathy Screening programmes since 2002 and is currently the clinical lead for the Northern Ireland Programme.