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

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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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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.

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.