Research

College research projects help to build a scientific evidence base that informs and influences College and national policies.

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Deborah Bott is the first author of the winning entry of the 2024 College of Optometrists Early Career Researchers Poster Competition.

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Eye health issues that are making the news.

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Online CPD courses for eye health professionals in collaboration with Ulster University and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

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The College of Optometrists’ research journal, OPO, has been the world’s top ranked optometry since 2014.

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Podcast: This month we talk to the inspirational Professor Shahina Pardhan - the first female Professor of Optometry in the UK.

Our latest issue of Optometry in Practice looks at contributing factors to road traffic accidents

Our Director of Research, Michael Bowen, looks at how the Cochrane review will affect our guidance on myopia management.

Dr Keziah Latham, the low vision specialist, discusses how teaching, research and clinical practice are interlinked.

Here we summarise three research papers from a recent issue of Optometry in Practice.

Podcast: Optometrist and researcher Jasleen Kaur Jolly MCOptom talks to Martin about how she got into research, imposter syndrome, how gene therapy works, which conditions are closer to being treated with gene therapy and what that means for optometrists, as well as the brain and the eye.

The College of Optometrists recognised the achievements of new and established researchers at its annual Diploma Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster in London on Tuesday.

The College of Optometrists has announced it is awarding six new Life Fellowships, and one Honorary Fellowship, to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession or to the Col