College research projects help to build a scientific evidence base that informs and influences College and national policies.
This sets out how the College will approach research over the next few years and the key challenges it may face.
Find out about the range of financial and practical support we offer College members undertaking research.
These awards recognise and celebrate the considerable achievements of our members involved in optometric research.
Deborah Bott is the first author of the winning entry of the 2024 College of Optometrists Early Career Researchers Poster Competition.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
Online CPD courses for eye health professionals in collaboration with Ulster University and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
The College of Optometrists’ research journal, OPO, has been the world’s top ranked optometry since 2014.
Does vitamin D play a role in reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, and what does this mean to the UK’s BAME communities? Mike Bowen, Director of Research at the College of Optometrists, considers the evidence.
With nominations deadline for the Research Excellence Awards fast approaching, we’re talking to previous winners about the outstanding research happening in optometry, optics and vision science.
Services expand as The College of Optometrists’ survey shows 22% of people noticed their vision get worse over the course of lockdown
The latest issue of our international research journal, OPO, is out now.
The College announces the new Editor-in-Chief of its leading international vision science and optometry journal, Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics.
Here we summarise three research papers from a recent issue of Optometry in Practice.
The latest issue of OPO is a tribute to Dame Ida Mann, and celebrates leading female vision scientists.