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Four Community Eye Health students complete the first phase of their doctoral studies
As 2024 draws to a close, we’d like to congratulate the four Community Eye Health PhD students who have successfully confirmed their candidature and moved into the next phase of their doctoral studies. During an intensive oral examination, our students demonstrated...
How to look after your eyes
Everyday activities such as reading and playing are much more fun if you can see well! For adults and kaumātua, good eyesight means you can work, drive a car, and look after your whānau. Here are some tips for looking after your eyesight. Feel free to download our...
Q&A with Deepa Kumar : Master of Health Science
Deepa is an Optometrist and Clinical Team Leader at Counties Manukau Ophthalmology District Health Board. In 2020, she returned to The University of Auckland to complete her Master’s in Health Science with A/Prof Jacqueline Ramke in the Community Eye Health Team....
“One year in”: A chat with Renata Watene about her experiences in academia
Renata Watene (Ngā Puhi, Tainui) is an Optometrist and advocate of Māori eye healthcare in Aotearoa. In 2023 she began her PhD in the Community Eye Health team, where she is exploring existing Indigenous models of eye care. Here she reflects on the challenges she...
Are we blinded by our measures? Refining how we assess diabetic retinopathy services worldwide
PhD candidate Nimisha Chabba from the Community Eye Health team is supporting global efforts to improve eye care by refining the way that diabetic retinopathy services are monitored and reported worldwide. Diabetes is a public health concern, as the number of...
Community Eye Health team at Hauora | Health Research Week
In May 2024, the Community Eye Health team took part in the Whakaaturanga Rangahau Wiki Hauora (Health Week Research Expo) at Kia Aroha Campus in South Auckland. Kia Aroha school offers a learning approach that encourages Year 1 to 13 students’ Māori and Pacific...
Renata Watene gives keynote presentation at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference
In May 2023, Renata Watene was honoured as the first International Keynote Speaker at the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference in Parramatta, Australia. Renata is renowned for her work in indigenous eye health in...
Inaugural Buchanan Charitable Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow aims to strengthen eye care services within our reforming health system.
Pushkar Silwal, a member of the School of Optometry and Vision Science’s Community Eye Health team and the inaugural Buchanan Charitable Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellow hopes that our transforming health system will better support eye care services that are...
UoA news: Research on ‘State of Eye Health in the Pacific’ gets under way
A collaboration between the Fred Hollows Foundation and The University of Auckland's Centre for Pacific and Global Health and School of Optometry and Vision Science aims to assess the state of eye health in the Pacific using locally-driven research. Read the full...
Behind the scenes of the Community Eye Pilot Study
In July 2021, the Community Eye Health team conducted a pilot eye health survey in the Glen Innes, Panmure and Ōrākei areas of Auckland. This survey gave us the opportunity to collect information about the state of eye health in a small group of New Zealanders,...
World Sight Day 2022: everyone counts
Raising awareness about eye health globally. On 12 October, the eve of World Sight Day 2022, at the United Nations in New York, the World Health Organization launched its Report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care. The report, which draws on...
Global Eye Health Indicator estimates published for first time
Estimates for eREC and eCSC contribute to WHO 2030 targets Two papers published today (12 October 2022) in The Lancet Global Health mark an important milestone in the inclusion of two indicators of eye care coverage into the monitoring framework for Universal...