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Melbourne Eyecare Clinic is open for business in new location
Boasting a sparkling new shop front, the latest equipment and the same brilliant service, the Melbourne Eyecare Clinic is open and taking appointments at Berkeley Street, Carlton. Available to university staff, students and the general public, Associate Professor Daryl Guest is encouraging all who need eyecare to book in with the clinic and help support the practical learning of Optometry and Vision Sciences students.
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NHMRC Development Grant awarded to Associate Professor Laura Downie for dry eye innovation
We’d like to congratulate Associate Professor Downie of the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences (DOVS), and Head of the ADMiER project, on her 2020 NHMRC Development Grant.
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Congratulating Lauren Ayton on her NHMRC Investigator Grant
MSHS would like to congratulate Dr Lauren Ayton of the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences on her award of an NHMRC Investigator grant. The funding allows Dr Ayton to bring her research in “Saving Sight Through Novel BioTech Innovations for Inherited Retinal Disease” to life over five years.
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Applications for the Student Engagement Grants (SEG) Program now open
Do you have an idea for making an impact in the community? Does it address a social, economic, environmental or cultural issue? You can project manage that idea into reality with a Student Engagement Grant of up to $10,000.
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University of Melbourne Students’ Assistance in Supporting Healthcare (SASH)
The Melbourne School of Health Sciences is committed to making a meaningful contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic and assisting those affected. While precautions can help 'flatten the curve,' students can also help to 'raise the line' of health care capacity by applying for a number of paid 'SASH roles' that Victoria’s health services are establishing.
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Student Profile: PhD Candidate and Asia-Pacific 3MT® Finalist Ceecee Zhang
We caught up with 3MT Asia-Pacific finalist Ceecee Zhang about her experiences in the competition, her studies and career aspirations, and her thoughts about public speaking.
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Seeing Beyond Lecture Series October 2019: Ocular Gene and Call Therapy: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond
On Wednesday the 2nd of October Professor Keith Martin and Doctor Lauren Ayton presented at the Department’s Seeing Beyond Lecture Series.
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Alumnus Award
The DOVS 2019 Alumnus award honours Dr Genevieve Napper, for her sustained contributions to public health optometry.
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Congratulations to our 3MT Grand Final Winner!
Congratulations to Alexis Ceecee Zhang.
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University of Melbourne Science Festival
As part of The University of Melbourne Science Festival, a vision sciences workshop was conducted by Dr. Kwang Cham from The Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences.
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Optometry Students Making A Difference In Thailand And Cambodia
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Winners of inaugural Dean’s Innovation Grants announced
Seven early to mid-career researchers from the Faculty were invited to pitch their innovative projects to the Dean Professor Shitij Kapur and a panel of judges as part of the inaugural Dean’s Innovation Grants on Tuesday 31 July.
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Research Themes
The research of the department is directed to ten key focus areas.
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Research Groups
Our department has 13 principal research groups that investigate a vast range of topics related to vision science and optometry, including clinic-based research and laboratory-based research on the eye and brain in health and disease. Our research groups commonly collaborate across other disciplines such as Anatomy, Engineering, Psychology, Physics, and Ophthalmology, as well as with industry partners.
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Graduate Research
Our department has a thriving Graduate Research program, with graduate students investigating all aspects of vision science: from clinical-based research questions, through understanding retinal processing, to investigating decision-making processes in the brain. Although a student may have a primary research focus that is based within a single laboratory, it is not uncommon to have co-supervisors across different laboratories to allow collaborations across research areas.
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Facilities
In addition to research laboratories located in the Department's core facilities in the Alice Hoy building, the Department has a significant research footprint in the Kenneth Myer Building (part of the Melbourne Brain Centre) and research facilities at the UMeyecare clinic.
Research in the Faculty
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is Australia's largest biomedical research faculty. We employ more than 1500 academic staff, 4000 honorary staff and 1500 graduate researchers undertaking world class research across a wide range of health and social issues in a diverse range of research settings. Researchers are located at key sites across Victoria, with more conducting research around the world. These renowned experts from every field can be found in labs, hospitals, affiliated research institutes and all across the wider community.
Information and support tools for Faculty staff are available on the Faculty intranet.The School educates graduate entry and post-graduate students through accredited programs tailored to workforce needs nationally and internationally, enabling them to be competent and effective health professionals who are work ready and eligible for registration.
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Degrees
Our graduate entry and post-graduate degrees are tailored to workforce needs nationally and internationally.
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Honours in Vision Sciences
Look deeper into the Science of Vision as part of your Honours programme at the University of Melbourne. Research projects for Honours (Vision Science) offered in 2017 can be viewed here.
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Scholarships, Bursaries and Prizes
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offer an extensive range of scholarships and bursaries to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students.
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Facilities & Resources
The Department has access to a number of facilities and provides a number of resources for its students, staff and supervisors.
Student Placements
Work-integrated learning, including placement, provides career-defining experiences for students and is integral to many programs within
the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
The Department's research and teaching success is underpinned by active engagement with key stakeholders, the community and the profession.
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Alumni
The department has a focus on engagement and interaction with the community. We hope to keep all colleagues who graduated from the Department in touch with University of Melbourne news and views.
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Giving
We are grateful for the many ways in which our alumni and donors support the work of the Faculty.
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Partners
The Department has new relationships and long-standing affiliations with a number of organisations.
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Community
A key recent focus of the department‘s engagement strategy has been to increase the connection to the community and industry through the eye care clinic, UMeyecare.
Welcome to the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences
Professor Allison McKendrick
The Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences educates future optometrists, performs internationally recognised vision science research, and contributes widely to the advancement of optometry as an essential health care discipline.
UMeyecare
The Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences operates the UMeyecare practice which offers patient care primarily for University staff and students, but is also open to the general public and for specialist referral by other practitioners.
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