Professor Peto has been working on the field of ophthalmic epidemiology with special emphasis on chronic eye diseases that potentially lead to blindness, such as glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, aged related and other macular degenerations. She has also been working with both developing retinopathy screening programs in wide variety of settings. Professor Peto is also the Head of the European Vision Institute’s Reading Center Committee, Board member of the Royal Society of Medicine, and the European Coalition for Vision and the EU-EYE.