Dr Farah Akthar
PhD, MBCS, C.Psychol, AFHEA, AFBPsS, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Dr. Farah Akthar: Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscientist, Chartered Psychologist, and Specialist in neuro-ophthalmic disorders, visual neuropsychology, and brain function. She is the Lead of the Clinical & Cognitive Neuropsychology of Vision module, teaches across undergraduate and MSc Cognitive Neuroscience programmes, and serves as Early Career Academic Lead of Institute of Population Health, Open Day and Recruitment Lead, and Assessment Coordinator for core neuroscience modules.
Psychology

Part of
Institute of Population Health
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Contact

Farah.Akthar@liverpool.ac.uk

Research

Portfolio of clinically oriented research publications covering visual disease mechanisms, treatment and rehabilitation, neural plasticity, and neuro-ophthalmic disorders.

A comparison of reading in people with simulated and actual central vision loss, with static text, horizontally-scrolling text and rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP). Akthar, Farah; Harvey, Hannah; Subramanian, Ahalya ; Liversedge, Simon ; Walker, Robin.
In: Journal of Vision, 20.09.2021.

Reductions in primary visual cortex volume in patients receiving long-term treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Open Access: Rachel Woodall; Farah Akthar; Richard P. Gale; Andre Gouws; Martin Scott; Edward Silson; Kerry Bell;Mason Wells; Aaron Wright; Sophie Waterson; Heidi Baseler; Antony Morland

COVIDSurg Collaborative (including Akthar F), GlobalSurg Collaborative "SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Venous Thromboembolism After Surgery: An International Prospective Cohort Study" Journal of Anaesthesia 2021

COVIDSurg Collaborative (including Akthar F), GlobalSurg Collaborative "Effects of Pre-Operative Isolation on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Elective Surgery: An International Prospective Cohort Study" Journal of Anaesthesia 2021

COVIDSurg Collaborative (including Akthar F), GlobalSurg Collaborative "SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Modelling for Safe Surgery to Save Lives: Data from An International Prospective Cohort Study " British Journal of Surgery 2021 Mar 24; 1–8.

COVIDSurg Collaborative (including Akthar F), GlobalSurg Collaborative "Timing of Surgery Following SARS-Cov-2 Infection: An International Prospective Cohort Study" Journal of Anaesthesia 2021 Mar 9.

Makin, A. D. J., & Akthar, F. (2025). Aesthetic Preference for Glass Patterns is Predicted by Known Activations of the Extrastriate Visual cortex. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 0(0).

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Akthar, F. & Walker, R. (Under review, 2024). Perceptual learning with scrolling text improves reading comprehension in participants with macular degeneration.