by nall486 | Sep 3, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Image: SOVS researchers with some of the hands-on equipment used at Brain Day Brain Day is an informative and fun day of neuroscience at the University of Auckland Business School on 21 July 2018. SOVS was represented by Drs Monica Acosta and Joanna Black, and their...
by nall486 | Sep 3, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Eberhard Dodt Memorial Award Congratulations to SOVS PhD student Safal Khanal for receiving the prestigious Eberhard Dodt Memorial Award for 2018. Safal is the first person from New Zealand to win this award. The award commemorates the life and work of Eberhard Dodt...
by nall486 | Sep 3, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
For many years staff and student of SOVS have been involved in testing the vision of children at schools in the Auckland area. With the goal of relieving previously undiagnosed vision problems in these children, thorough vision screenings are provided at no charge to...
by nall486 | Sep 3, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Around 80 people attended this year’s annual conference held at FMHS on Sunday 29 July for a mixture of clinical sessions, research updates, and hands-on workshops. Keynote speakers Drs Jack Phu and Angelica Ly from the Centre for Eye Health in Sydney were...
by nall486 | Sep 3, 2018 | SOVS Post, This issue
Four students from Taiwan visited New Zealand for four weeks in July and August as part of an exchange programme set up with the new Optometry Department at Asia University, which was recently established by Samuel Chang (BOptom and PhD from SOVS). The students...