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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital Eyecare Project

A research study to improve vision care for stroke and fracture patients

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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital Eyecare Project

About the study

In this project, University of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ optometry staff and final year optometry students will provide eye and vision assessments (including low vision assessments)  to inpatients within the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Optometry staff and students also provide these services, and more, at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Eye Clinic. All members of the public, from children, adolescents, adults, older adults, people with vision impairment, neurological vision issues are welcome to book an appointment at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Eye Clinic.


Project team

Principal investigators


Dr Philip Gaughwin
Rehabilitation Medicine, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital


Associate Professor Mei Ying Boon
Optometry, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½

Research assistant

Michelle Noronha
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Co-investigators


Dr Terry Ho
Optometry, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½


Dr Mark Feltham
Optometry, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½


Tina Jong
Optometry, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½


Associate Professor Itismita Mohanty
Faculty of Health, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½


Associate Professor Faran Sabeti
Optometry, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½


Dr Vicki Evans
Optometry, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½


Barb Bolton
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital


Dr Chih-Hung (Nelson) Kuo
Ophthalmologist, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Hospital


Andrew Buttsworth
Stroke patient carer

Fourth year students


Serisha Naidoo (left) and Cindy Cao (right)

VARIS team


Left to right: Bella St Clair (World Café External Facilitator),  Mona Al-Sulaiman (Optometry student), Dayna Rixon (Optometry student), Dr Terry Ho (Optometrist and investigator),  Associate Professor Mei Ying Boon (Chief investigator), Michelle Noronha (Research assistant), Mitchell McEwan (Optometry student), Zoe Greenstein (Optometry student)

Learn more about CRRT

The Clinical Research of Rehabilitation and Translation group focuses on clinical research, rehabilitation and translation into practice. We harness research as a vehicle to improve clinical care and health outcomes for people in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ region and around the world.

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Contact us

Associate Professor Mei Ying Boon
Discipline Lead of Optometry, University of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
02 6201 5249
meiying.boon@canberra.edu.au

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