A Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) PhD graduate has been awarded the University of Melbourne’s 2019 Chancellor’s Prize for his role in the National Eye Health Survey, the country’s first nationally representative survey of eye health. Read more
Hobart optometrist Mr Ben Armitage can now add “inventor” to his resume with the creation of Acuidrive, a hand-held device to test driver’s vision by the roadside. Read more
Emerging talent Ms Rabia Mobeen, a post-doctoral research student at the University of NSW School of Optometry and Vision Science, has received a prestigious fellowship from the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. Read more
Orthoptics Awareness Week is taking place between 1-5 June with the theme ‘Seeing the future’. In the second article of a five-part series, South Australian orthoptist Lachlan Knight focuses on the detection of inherited eye disease in children. Read more
Orthoptics Awareness Week is taking place between 1-5 June with the theme ‘Seeing the future’. To kick off the five-part series, LOUSIE BRENNAN discusses the important role of orthoptists in paediatric vision screenings and the success of the New South Wales StEPs program.
Backed by an Australian Government aid program, The Fred Hollows Foundation will redirect funds from a comprehensive eyecare project to supply five international hospitals with personal protective equipment (PPE) and increase health messaging amid COVID-19. Read more
South Australian optometrists have been part of a successful campaign to expand the state government’s GlassesSA program to provide more disadvantaged people access to free or low-cost glasses and contact lenses. Read more
Associate Professor Graham Lee, one of few specialists who has completed fellowships in both corneal and external diseases and glaucoma, will deliver a series of Specsavers-hosted professional development webinars throughout the month of June. Read more
The Australian competition authority is examining Ellex Medical Lasers’s proposed $100 million sale of its laser and ultrasound business to Lumibird to consider its impact on market competition and the pricing of related ophthalmic devices. Read more
A new report has found that Australia’s healthcare sector is ill-equipped to fend off cyberattacks compared with other regions, and that ransomware attacks are on the rise as a result of vulnerabilities caused by the global COVID-19 crisis. Read more