Insights into myopia in children
Near-sightedness or myopia is projected to affect half of the world’s population by 2050, and it’s on the rise among children who increasingly spend time indoors away […]
Health2Go eye clinics to lift care
An innovative new approach to eye care will roll out at Flinders to reduce waiting times and deliver appropriate and timely care for patients with a […]
Focus on childhood vision tests
Toddler and young children’s mobility and motor skills – and preschool development – are closely aligned with good vision and eye health. Now international experts in […]
Faster, cheaper tests for myopia in sight
The world’s most common vision problem myopia or short/near sightedness, which causes damage to the eye and even blindness, just got easier to assess. Progressive research […]
Plus and minus reading times
Reading in the morning may accelerate nearsightedness or myopia, new research from Flinders University optometry experts indicates. “Our results show that changes in the length of the […]
Research seeks child’s eye insights to cast light on autism
Inspired by his son, Flinders optometry researcher Dr Paul Constable has commenced working with Yale Child Study Center and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital on links […]
Lens innovation goes global
The success of Flinders University Optometry’s innovative Watkins Fundus Lens has been elevated to a global level with its acceptance as an international standard item of […]
A 35-year body of work
Thousands of Flinders students owe much of their knowledge of the human body to the School of Medicine’s Anatomy Museum and to its custodian Greg Souter.
Endeavour takes 84 Flinders students around the globe
Flinders students will be doing eye tests in Nepal and physio in Malawi next year, thanks to the award of $332,000 funding in Endeavour Mobility grants .