Personal Details
| Name: | Kenneth David COCKER |
| Gender: | Male |
| Address for Correspondence: | *************, *************, ***************, Chelsea, London, **** *** |
| Date of Birth: | ** **********, 1963 |
| Civil Status: | Single, no children |
| Telephone: | +44 75 64 313 804 |
| Email: |
Qualifications
1982-1985 North Staffordshire Polytechnic (now Staffordshire University), College Road, Stoke on Trent. BSc Honours; Second Class, Lower Division (2ii) in the Combined Sciences of Biology and Physics. View Certificate 
1986-1988 Birkbeck College , University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX. MSc in Comparative Physiology. View Certificate 
2007 Language Link Teacher Training, 181 Earl’s Court Road, London, SW5 9RB, UK. Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). View Certificate
Employment History
1985-1987 Department of Physiology, University of London, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (now part of University College Medical School), Rowland Hill Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2PF. Research Technician (Junior ’B’).
1987-1991 Department of Biological Sciences, North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT), Reigate Road, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3DS. Technician (scale 3) April, 1987. Senior Technician (scale 4) October, 1987. Senior Technician (scale 5) October, 1988.
1991-1995* Department of Ophthalmology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2NS (now relocated to Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre). Research Associate (1B).
1995-2005* Department of Ophthalmology, Imperial College London, Laboratory Block, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan’s Road, London, W6 8RP. Research Associate (1A).
2005-2009* Department of Optometry and Vision Science, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB. Technical Development Officer.
2008-2009 Katherine and King’s College, Minavil House, Ealing Road, Wembley, London, HA0 4EL (now relocated to 103-105 Greenford Road, Harrow, HA1 3QF) . Part-Time Teacher of English (Intermediate and Upper Intermediate Levels).
2009-Present* Independent IT Consultant. Current clients include:
| London Paediatric Retinal Image Databases | BOOST/RIDA Project |
| Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (NHS Lothian) | Birmingham Advanced Motorists |
| Child Vision Research Society | West London Motor Cruising Club |
| RetVas Retinal Vessel Analyser Project |
2018-Present* Department of Ophthalmology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH. Ophthalmic Technician (Band 4).
* Since 1991 I have worked with the same group of researchers at each of these institutions and continue to collaborate as an IT Consultant.
Experience – Research
For 15 years I worked closely with the same core-group of researchers developing research projects to investigate the functioning of the adult and developing infant visual system. These projects have included the development of novel instrumentation to monitor pupillary responses in term and preterm infants; the development of instrumentation to monitor compliance in children undertaking occlusion therapy for amblyopia; the use of wide-field digital fundus cameras in the neonatal intensive care units; developing web-based database access for such images and clinical details to aid collaboration. I have been involved in all stages of research from conception, planning and development through to data analysis and final publication in international peer-reviewed journals. I have supervised projects undertaken by undergraduate and postgraduate students and clinical staff from inception through to final publication of results.
Experience – IT
My work has always involved computer applications and I have developed skills in construction, operation, maintenance and repair of a wide range of computer equipment. I am adaptable and establish quickly familiarity with new software and hardware. Where software does not exist for my research or web development needs I write my own applications, most recently in Java, Perl and PHP.
Programming Languages: Basic and Visual Basic, Pascal, Fortran, C, C++ and Visual C++, Delphi, Java, Java Swing, Javascript, Perl, PHP.
Databases: Dbase, m*SQL.
Web Server Management: Apache under Linux and Windows; MS IIS under Win2k, Win 2k3 & Win7-11; Win Server 2012-2016; HTTP & HTTPS, FTP & SFTP, SMTP and mailing list management.
Web Programming: HTML2-5, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PHP.
Systems: Vax VMS, UNIX, LINUX, all DOS versions, all Windows environments.
Publications: Papers in Refereed Journals
Cocker KD and Moseley MJ (1991) The Pupil Grating Response and Visual Acuity In: Technical Digest on Noninvasive Assessment of the Visual System. Vol. 1, pp 113-116 (Optical Society of America, Washington D.C.).
Cocker KD and Moseley MJ (1992) Visual Acuity and the Pupil Grating Response. Clinical Vision Sciences 7, 143-146.
Cocker KD, Moseley MJ, Bissenden JG and Fielder AR (1994) Visual Acuity and Pupillary Responses to Spatial Structure in Infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 35, 2620-2625.
Fielder AR, Auld R, Irwin M, Cocker KD, Jones HS and Moseley MJ (1994) Compliance Monitoring in Amblyopia Therapy. Lancet 343(8896), 547.
Cocker, KD, Moseley, MJ (1995) Development of Contrast Sensitivity and Pupillary Responses to Grating Stimuli in 1 and 3-Month-Old Infants. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 16(1):64-67.
Moseley, MJ, Irwin, M., Auld, R, Jones, HS, Cocker, KD and Fielder, AR (1995) Methodological and Statistical Issues in the Evaluation of Amblyopia Therapy. In: Technical Digest on Vision Science and its Applications (Optical Society of America, Washington D. C.).
Fielder, AR, Irwin, M., Auld, R., Cocker, KD, Jones, HS and Moseley, MJ (1995) Compliance with Amblyopia Therapy: Objective Monitoring of Occlusion. British Journal of Ophthalmology 79, 585-589.
Cocker KD, Moseley MJ (1996) Development of Pupillary Responses to Grating Stimuli. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Jan;16(1):64-67.
Cocker KD, Moseley MJ, Stirling HF, Fielder AR. (1998) Delayed Visual Maturation: Pupillary Responses Implicate Subcortical and Cortical Visual Systems. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Mar;40(3):160-2.
Fielder AR, Cocker KD, Capone A Jr, Trese M (2002) Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity Using Wide-Field Digital Retinal Imaging: Sensitivity and Specificity. Archives of Ophthalmology Sep;120(9):1234.
Swanson C, Cocker KD, Parker KH, Moseley MJ, Fielder AR (2003) Semi-Automated Computer Analysis of Vessel Growth in Preterm Infants Without and With ROP. British Journal of Ophthalmology 87: 1474-1477
Gallagher K, Moseley MJ, Tandon A, Watson MP, Cocker KD, Fielder AR. (2003) Nasotemporal Asymmetry of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Archives of Ophthalmology 121(11):1563-1568.
Wren SM, Fielder AR, Bethell D, Lyall EG, Tudor-Williams G, Cocker KD, Mitchell SM (2004) Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Infancy. Eye 18(4):389-92.
Cocker KD, Fielder AR , Moseley MJ, Edwards AD (2005) Measurement of Pupillary Responses to Light in Term and Preterm Infants. Neuro-Ophthalmology 29:95-101.
Toniappa A, Barman SA, Corvee E, Moseley MJ, Cocker KD, Fielder AR (2005) Image Quality Assessment in Retinal Images of Premature Infants Taken with RetCam 120 Digital Fundus Camera. Imaging Science Journal 53:51-59.
De Silva DJ, Cocker KD, Lau G, Clay ST, Fielder AR, Moseley MJ (2006) Optic disk size and optic disk-to-fovea distance in preterm and full-term infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 47(11):4683-4686.
Wilson C, Theodorou M, Cocker KD, Fielmer AR (2006) The temporal retinal vessel angle and infants born preterm. British Journal of Ophthalmology 90(6):702-704.
Sukkaew L, Uyyanonvara B, Barman S, Fielder A, Cocker K (2007) Automatic Extraction of the Structure of the Retinal Blood Vessel Network of Premature Infants. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 90(9):1780-1792.
Quinn GE, Ying G, Gordillo L, Dodobara L, Cocker K, Fielder AR, Ells AL, Mills MD, Wilson CM, Gilbert C (2008) Telemedicine screening for retinopathy of prematurity in developing countries using digital retinal images: A feasibility project. Journal of the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 12(30):252-258.
Vinekar A, Trese MT, Capone A Jr; Photographic Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity (PHOTO-ROP) Cooperative Group (2008) Evolution of retinal detachment in posterior retinopathy of prematurity: impact on treatment approach. American Journal of Ophthalmology 145(3):548-555.
Wilson CM, Cocker KD, Moseley MJ, Paterson C, Clay ST, Schulenburg WE, Mills MD, Ells AL, Parker KH, Quinn GE, Fielder AR, Ng J (2008): Computerized analysis of retinal vessel width and tortuosity in premature infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 49(8): 3577–3585.
Shah DN, Wilson CM, Ying GS, Karp KA, Cocker KD, Ng J, Schulenburg E, Fielder AR, Mills MD, Quinn GE (2011) Comparison of expert graders to computer-assisted image analysis of the retina in retinopathy of prematurity. British Journal of Ophthalmology 95(10):1442-1445.
Wilson CM, Wong K, Ng J, Cocker KD, Ells AL, Fielder AR (2012) Digital image analysis in retinopathy of prematurity: a comparison of vessel selection methods. Journal of the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 16(3):223-228.
BOOST II United Kingdom Collaborative Group; BOOST II Australia Collaborative Group; BOOST II New Zealand Collaborative Group, Stenson BJ, Tarnow-Mordi WO, Darlow BA, Simes J, Juszczak E, Askie L, Battin M, Bowler U, Broadbent R, Cairns P, Davis PG, Deshpande S, Donoghoe M, Doyle L, Fleck BW, Ghadge A, Hague W, Halliday HL, Hewson M, King A, Kirby A, Marlow N, Meyer M, Morley C, Simmer K, Tin W, Wardle SP, Brocklehurst P. (2013) Oxygen saturation and outcomes in preterm infants. New England Journal of Medicine.368(22):2094-2104
Moreton RB1, Fleck BW, Fielder AR, Williams CA, Butler L, Wilson C, Cocker K, Juszczak E, King A, Stenson B, Brocklehurst P; BOOST-II UK Collaborative Group (2016) The effect of oxygen saturation targeting on retinal blood vessel growth using retinal image data from the BOOST-II UK Trial. Eye 30:577-581.
Fleck BW, Williams C, Juszczak E, Cocker K, Stenson BJ, Darlow BA, Dai S, Gole GA, Quinn GE, Wallace DK, Ells A1, Carden S1, Butler L1, Clark D, Elder J, Wilson C, Biswas S, Shafiq A, King A, Brocklehurst P, Fielder AR; BOOST II Retinal Image Digital Analysis (RIDA) Group (2017) An international comparison of retinopathy of prematurity grading performance within the Benefits of Oxygen Saturation Targeting II trials. Eye 32:74-80.
Abstracts: Published, Peer Reviewed
Cocker KD and Moseley MJ (1991) Can Pupil Responses to Grating Stimuli Predict Visual Acuity. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 32(4), Abstract 2999.
Cocker KD, Moseley MJ, Waddingham P, and Fielder AR (1992) Pupillary Responses to Grating Stimuli in Human Infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 33(4), Abstract 3295.
Cocker KD, Fielder AR, and Moseley MJ. (1993) Development of the Pupil Grating Response. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 34(4). Abstract 3224.
Fielder AR, Moseley MJ, Auld R, Cocker KD, Irwin M and Jones HS (1993) Objective Measurement of Compliance in Amblyopia Therapy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 34(4), Abstract 805.
Cocker KD, Moseley MJ, Fielder AR (1999) Video-Based Recording of the Pupil Light Reflex in Preterm Infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 40(4), Abstract 3905.
Wren SM, Bethell D, Fielder AR, Lyall EGH, Tudor-Williams G, Cocker KD, and Mitchell SM (2002) Features of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Infancy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 43(13):2212.
Swanson CR, Cocker KD, Parker KH, Moseley MJ, Wren SME, and Fielder AR (2002) Semi-automated computer analysis of vessel growth in Preterm Infants with ROP. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 43(13):1250.
De Silva D, Cocker KD, Clay ST, Fielder AR (2003) Measurement of the Optic Disc and Optic Disc-Macula Distance in Preterm and Term Infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 44(13):1660.
Wilson C, Theodorou M, Cocker KD, Davies N, Fielder AR (2004) The Emergent Angle of the Temporal Retinal Vessels and its Relationship to Prematurity. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 45(13):5345.
Goodman L, Cocker KD, Fielder AR (2005) Effect of Preterm Birth on Retinal Vessel Branching. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 46(13):4114. .
L.B. Wilson; B.D. Madjarov; C.C. Liu; G.–S. Ying; A.L. Ells; A. Fielder; K. Cocker; M. Mills; S. Davidson; G.E. Quinn (2006) Can Digital ROP Images Be Optimized for the Remote Reader? Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 47(13):5298.
C. Wilson; K. D. Cocker; M. J. Moseley; A. G. Smith; A. L. Ells; G. E. Quinn; A. R. Fielder; Plus Disease Collaborative Group (2007) A New Approach to Classifying Plus Disease. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 48(13):3103.
C. M. Wilson; K. D. Cocker; M. J. Moseley; J. Ng; A. R. Fielder (2008) Vessel Parameters of the Developing Preterm Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 49(13):5910.
C. M. Wilson; K. Wong; K. D. Cocker; J. Ng; A. L. Ells; A. R. Fielder (2009) Could Computerized Analysis of Retinal Vessel Tortuosity Predict Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Requiring Treatment? Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 50(13):5723.
K. Wong; K. D. Cocker; J. Ng; A. L. Ells; A. R. Fielder; C. M. Wilson (2009) Relation of Semi-Automated Measurements of Temporal Retinal Artery Angle and Temporal Retinal Vein Angle to Birth Weight in Preterm Infants. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 50(13):3141.