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Eye Care Inaugural Meeting
The inaugural Ophthalmic Instruments Company (OIC) and Roland Consult electrophysiology users’ meeting was held at the Eye Clinic, Greenlane Hospital, on 13 May.
Manuela Bossi
Congratulations to Manuela Bossi for successfully defending her PhD in London last week.
SOVS Annual Conference update
Preparations are well underway for the annual SOVS conference to be held on Sunday 29 July 2018.
Funding Opportunities – May 2018
This issue of our newsletter sees the introduction of a “Funding Opportunities” section which will be regularly updated.
Improving eye care in the Pacific
SOVS former student Erna Takazawa was named the University of Auckland 2017 Young Alumna of the Year for her work developing optometry in Samoa.
Profile: Dr Monica Acosta
Dr Monica Acosta is a Senior Lecturer in the School, and principal investigator in the Cell and Molecular Biology of the Retina lab.
Conference – SEMO 2018
The 15th Scientific and 9th Educators’ Meeting in Optometry (SEMO) was held in Melbourne on 5-6 April.
New HRC grant
Congratulations to Dr Ehsan Vaghefi on being awarded an HRC Explorer grant for $150,000 for his work on an Optical Laser Biometry.
May 2018 Newsletter
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”...
Rotary sees value of eye research
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.
New symbols to test the vision of children
Recent research, led by Dr Lisa Hamm, has been looking at whether current screening tests could be improved through testing not with letters but symbols specially designed for children.
Low Vision Day
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.