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Dear Colleagues Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter. Let me start by welcoming Emily Benefer, the school’s new optical assistant who will be providing much needed support to Kristine in dispensing.  And on the subject of new arrivals, congratulations to Sam...
Pop Up Clinic

Pop Up Clinic

We are excited to announce the opening of a pop-up Eye Clinic on the main University of Auckland campus on Tuesday 5 March 2019 for the duration of one month. The clinic will be located in the Kate Edgar Information Commons and will be set up to see University of...
Focus on Dry Eye

Focus on Dry Eye

We are excited to announce the opening of our new Dry Eye Clinic in the School of Optometry and Vision Science on 13 March led by Dr Marcy Tong. This sub-specialty clinic will feature the latest innovation to diagnose and manage cases of dry eye both from our clinic...
SOVS Conference Sunday 16 June 2019

SOVS Conference Sunday 16 June 2019

The draft programme for the School of Optometry and Vision Science’s annual conference on Sunday 16 June 2019 is now available at www.sovsconference.org.nz/. Registrations are now open. Full registration fees are $150 including all catering (morning tea, lunch,...
Part V student experience in India

Part V student experience in India

Recently one of our new Part V students, Amosa Lene, had the opportunity of undertaking a summer internship in Mumbai with an NGO called Doctors for You, which provides various health-related services to underprivileged communities. Amosa discovered there are some...