Researcher

Fields of Research (FoR)

Ophthalmology and optometry

Biography

I'm an optometrist and education-focussed lecturer with a focus on paediatrics and myopia control at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW. I co-convene the paediatrics component of clinical teaching at the UNSW Optometry Clinic, am a key clinician within the Myopia Control Clinic and also teach into multiple undergraduate courses. I completed my PhD in 2025, which was an investigator-initiated clinical trial examining the...view more

I'm an optometrist and education-focussed lecturer with a focus on paediatrics and myopia control at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW. I co-convene the paediatrics component of clinical teaching at the UNSW Optometry Clinic, am a key clinician within the Myopia Control Clinic and also teach into multiple undergraduate courses. I completed my PhD in 2025, which was an investigator-initiated clinical trial examining the non-inferiority of Acuvue Oasys for Presbyopia (Johnson & Johnson, USA) to the FDA-approved MiSight 1-Day contact lens. 


My Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Vision Science), UNSW Sydney, Thesis title: Multifocal COntact Lenses for COntroL of Myopia (MALCOLM)
  • Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy, 2023
  • Masters of Optometry, UNSW Sydney, 2020
  • B Optometry/B Science (Hons), UNSW Sydney, 2014

My Awards

  • ARVO Travel Grant, 2025
  • Nominated for Dean's Award for Outstanding Thesis, 2025
  • Education Focused Grant, UNSW, 2023
  • Development and Research Training Grant, UNSW, 2023
  • Development and Research Training Grant, UNSW, 2022

My Research Activities

Research Groups


My Engagement

  • 2025 Women in STEMM Champion
  • Associate Editor, Clinical Experimental Optometry (2024 – present) 
  • Paediatric Educators' COPE, Optometry Australia (2023 – 2024)
  • Higher Degree Research Candidate Representative (2022 – 2024)
  • Junior Representative for Clinical Experimental Optometry (2022 – present) 
  • Secretary for Executive Committee, Optometry Student Society (2014)
  • Sub-committee for continuing education in Young Optometrists (2019-2021)
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Location

UNSW Optometry Clinic
North Wing
Rupert Myers Building
Gate 14 Barker Street
UNSW Sydney
NSW 2025

Contact

+61 2 9385 4624