Your daily dose of cataract

Can’t wait to get back to community eye testing soon! Watch this space

A new Community Spectacle Scheme (supported by Helen & Barbara Blake & Essilor) underpins Jacqui Ramke's (Jacqui Ramke) research into achieving more equitable eye health services in Aotearoa UoA Optometry Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA bit.ly/3ijwHY2

EasyEyes is an *amazing* set of free programming resources for online vision testing! Accessed e.g. via PsychoPy @psychopy.bsky.social it supports (a) screen/distance calibration, (b) webcam based gaze-tracking(!) & (c) smartphone-as-keypad functionality. Bravo! @denispelli easyeyes.app

The UoA Optometry Community Spectacle Scheme has received two significant donations, ensuring more New Zealanders can access glasses! 👓 eyeonoptics.co.nz/articles/archi…

New publication: Defining eye health for everyone

A study conducted by some of our undergraduate optometry students showed young gamers had similar signs of dry eye that you would expect in a much older population

Congratulations Ehsan Vaghefi !

Correction: “all teaching” should be “all teaching with the exception of certain clinical disciplines”. The UoA Optometry clinic at Grafton remains open thanks to the hard work of staff getting protocols in place early to support continuity of optometry teaching 👍 Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA

Improving objective measures of visual function means a broader range of people can be assessed, helping reduce inequalities in healthcare

We're gearing up for the official launch of the Vision Bus Aotearoa, a big step towards more equitable eye healthcare

Today NZ’s first mobile optometry clinic Vision Bus Aotearoa was officially launched by the governor general of New Zealand. Funded entirely by philanthropy it offers full eye exams and free spectacles to school kids in Auckland and beyond. UoA Optometry University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau

Great interview with Veeran on RNZ about Vision Bus Aotearoa UoA Optometry

At Day 1 of the U21 Health Sciences meeting at Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA, SOVS A/Prof Ramke Jacqui Ramke gave a masterclass on building a research network, and PhD candidate Jaymie Rodgers presented a poster on eye care access in Aotearoa

Congratulations to our class of 2021, who are graduating today 🎓

#WorldSightDay: the countdown is on for our HRC New Zealand project and Aotearoa’s 1st estimates of effective coverage for eye health. Look forward to working with Matire Harwood Rinki Murphy @PushkarSilwal Islay Mactaggart & others to make eye health more accessible for our kaumātua

Today we farewell our research fellow Soheil M Doustkouhi (with cupcakes). Soheil completed his PhD using eye tracking to measure visual function, and is moving to Singapore to apply his skills in industry.

Yesterday I came to life to show high school students why they should study at UoA Optometry