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ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Hospital Eyecare Project

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

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ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Hospital Eyecare Project

About the study

In this project, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ optometry staff and final year optometry students will provide eye and vision assessments (including low vision assessments)  to inpatients within the ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Hospital.

ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Optometry staff and students also provide these services, and more, at the ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ 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 ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Eye Clinic.


Project team

Principal investigators


Dr Philip Gaughwin
Rehabilitation Medicine, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Hospital


Associate Professor Mei Ying Boon
Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ

Research assistant

Michelle Noronha
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Co-investigators


Dr Terry Ho
Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ


Dr Mark Feltham
Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ


Tina Jong
Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ


Associate Professor Itismita Mohanty
Faculty of Health, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ


Associate Professor Faran Sabeti
Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ


Dr Vicki Evans
Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ


Barb Bolton
ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ Hospital


Dr Chih-Hung (Nelson) Kuo
Ophthalmologist, Canberra 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 Canberra region and around the world.

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Associate Professor Mei Ying Boon
Discipline Lead of Optometry, ÂÜÀòÊÓÆµ
02 6201 5249
meiying.boon@canberra.edu.au

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