by ewoo670 | May 3, 2018 | SOVS Post
Image: From left to right – Dr Andrew Collins, Dr Nicola Anstice, Dr John Phillips, Dr Monica Acosta, Safal Khanal, Soheil Doustkouhi, Lucia Kim The 15th Scientific and 9th Educators’ Meeting in Optometry (SEMO) was held in Melbourne on 5-6 April. The event...
by ewoo670 | May 3, 2018 | SOVS Post
Congratulations to Dr Ehsan Vaghefi on being awarded an HRC Explorer grant for $150,000 for his work on an Optical Laser Biometry (OLB). This technology, developed at SOVS, is currently going through the patenting process. OLB combines two laser-based imaging...
by ewoo670 | May 3, 2018 | SOVS Post
Read about the latest advancements at the School of Optometry and Vision Science Dear Colleagues Welcome to the fourth issue of the SOVS newsletter for 2018. As well as the usual mix of news and profiles, this issue sees the introduction of a “Funding Opportunities”...
by ewoo670 | Mar 28, 2018 | SOVS Post
SOVS is delighted to have the support of Rotary which has given $10,000 in recent months to support an innovative treatment for amblyopia (“lazy eye”) being developed in SOVS. Amblyopia is a disorder of vision – affecting one in 30 children in New Zealand...
by ewoo670 | Mar 28, 2018 | SOVS Post
In New Zealand we have an excellent ‘before school’ screening programme of children between the ages of 4 and 5. Screening includes a test of the finest detail a child can see (visual acuity) which is intended to signal if a child may have a problem that would best be...
by ewoo670 | Mar 28, 2018 | SOVS Post
On 1 March, we held our annual Low Vision day for the Part V optometry students to increase their knowledge and awareness of the difficulties people with reduced vision and vision impairments face in their everyday lives. Volunteers Michael Lloyd, Trevor Pumbly,...
