A/Prof Petra Lišková studied medicine at Charles University in Prague. She has specialized in ophthalmology and in parallel started researching inherited ocular disorders. She completed her PhD in 2008 at Charles University in Prague. She also undertook postgraduate study at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital obtaining Medical Doctor degree (Clinical Research) from University College London in 2009. In 2015 she was promoted to Associated Professor in Medical Genetics and Biology at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University.
She is a co-founder of the only specialized ocular genetic clinic within the Czech Republic where she works as a consultant. She is also a representative of the Department of Ophthalmology, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague within the European Reference Network dealing with rare ocular disorders (ERN-EYE).
Petra Lišková has a long-standing experience in ophthalmic genetics with special focus on research and activities related to mitochondrial optic neuropathies and anterior segment disorders. Her research findings include for example the identification and characterization two genes causing posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy.
A/Prof Petra Lišková currently leads her own research group within the Research Unit for Rare Diseases, at the Department of Pediatrics and and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague. At the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology she holds an Honorary Research Associate position and she is also an Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences at Cardiff University.
2014-2019 Petra Lišková acted as the Section Programme Secretary of Molecular Biology/Genetics/Epidemiology at the European Association for Vision and Eye Research.
Clinical work of A/Professor Petra Lišková involves taking care of patients with inherited ocular disorders including optic neuropathies as a part of a multidisciplinary team in the General University Hospital in Prague.