by ewoo670 | Dec 16, 2019 | SOVS Post
Tēnā koutou katoa Welcome to the December issue of our newsletter, the last of 2019. This issue we welcome Ashley Gray, our new Professional Teaching Fellow, and our new Clinics Manager Christina Campbell, who is joining us from North Shore Urology where she was...
by ewoo670 | Oct 17, 2019 | SOVS Post, This issue
Photo: Trialling virtual reality headset On 14 August, around 20 members of the Rotary Newmarket club visited SOVS for a talk by Professor Steven Dakin and his laboratory on how technology can be used to improve assessment and treatment of vision. After the talk,...
by ewoo670 | Oct 17, 2019 | SOVS Post, This issue
From left: Cynthia Wang, Dr John Phillips, Joanne Huang, Kyle Kratochvila In August two students from the Optometry Department at Asia University spent four weeks in New Zealand as part of an exchange programme developed with Dr Samuel Chiang. Hsiu-Wen Wang (a.k.a...
by ewoo670 | Oct 17, 2019 | SOVS Post, This issue
From left: Dr Safal Khanal, Dr Monica Acosta, Sachi Rathod, Dr John Phillips, Muthana Noori, Dr Andrew Collins, Dr Martin Loertscher The 17th International Myopia Conference was held at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University from 12 – 15 September in Tokyo,...
by ewoo670 | Oct 17, 2019 | SOVS Post, This issue
From left: Carrie Burgess and Neelam HariCarrie Burgess and Neelam Hari, researchers for TOKU Eyes (refer to article “Developing AI for eye health”, August 2 Newsletter), travelled to Queenstown Research Week to the Medical Devices and Technology Conference on...
by ewoo670 | Oct 17, 2019 | SOVS Post, This issue
The Check Up is a programme which was recently broadcast on TV One on Monday evenings that reported on “new health treatments and medical advances, with an eye on debunking common health misconceptions”. Two staff members of the School of Optometry and Vision Science...