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Clinician-scientist and Senior Lecturer in Posterior Eye Therapeutics at Â鶹Éçmadou, awarded her PhD thesis on the 'Multimodal evaluation of Macular Structure and Function in Age-related Macular Degeneration' at the Centre for Eye Health, Â鶹Éçmadou in 2018. She was Lead Clinician (Macula) and Integrated Care Co-ordinator at the Centre for Eye Health from 2019 to 2021 and after that joined the Brien Holden Vision Institute as Principal Research Optometrist (2021-2022). Ìý

In the four years since her PhD, she has published over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has secured more than $500K in research funding. She presents regularly at national and international conferences, and has also been engaged in teaching in the School of Optometry and Vision Science, contributing to a range of courses including Advanced Ocular Disease 1, Disease Processes of the Eye 2, clinical placements for Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A/5B, final year research projects and higher degree research supervision.

Her research goals are to:

• Enhance the early detection of ocular and systemic disease via ocular imaging, clinical decision support systems (including artificial intelligence)Ìýand novel image analysis methods
• Measure and promote the integration of eyecare nationally with a focus on the role of optometrists in disease screening, prevention and health promotion

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Her current research areas include:

• Chronic eye disease
• Ocular imaging, biomarkers, and diagnostics
• Collaborative and integrated care
• Patient education and care adherence

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Her favourite skill is solving clinical problems and applying research in clinical practice.