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20th Retina International World Congress

20th Retina International World Congress

Auckland hosted the Retinal International Congress for the first time on 10-11 February. This was a conference where most of the participants had some form of visual impairment. Although largely organised by the Department of Ophthalmology, 15 students from Parts III...

CPD Seminar – Prof Michael Kalloniatis

CPD Seminar – Prof Michael Kalloniatis

On 8 February we were fortunate to be visited by Prof Michael Kalloniatis who spoke about clinical examination of retinal dystrophies.

High impact paper in IOVS

High impact paper in IOVS

Manuela Bossi, a London-based PhD student supervised by Prof Steven Dakin, works on developing new therapies for childhood amblyopia.

Alumni success

Alumni success

Dr Nabin Paudel has secured a position as postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Eye Research Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology.

Message from the Head of School | March 2018

Dear Colleagues Welcome to the second issue of the SOVS newsletter for 2018. We have just completed Orientation and wish all our students the very best for their studies during the coming year. A warm welcome to Zaria Burden who has started as a Professional Teaching...

Summer School

Summer School

Below is our list of Summer Research Scholarships Projects. The best projects will be announced at the NZ-NEC Symposium held on 2 March 2018.

2017 Graduation and Part V Prize Winners

2017 Graduation and Part V Prize Winners

The graduation ceremony was held at the Aotea Centre on 24 November 2017 for our Bachelor of Optometry where our graduands were awarded their degrees.

New Funding

New Funding

Dr Ehsan Vaghefi has been awarded $25,000 by MEDTECH CORE, to work on his new laser imaging device.

Message from Head of School

Edition 1 January 2018 Dear Colleagues Welcome to the first issue of the SOVS newsletter of 2018 - I hope you enjoy the new format. From now on you will receive monthly information about what’s happening in the school so please send your stories about events,...