The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the oldest and most visited gallery in Australia. They share what they have done to become more dementia-friendly. Learn more about what you can do to help create a dementia-friendly future at dementia.org.au/get-involved/d…

New article alert 📣 led by @DrElenaSF with fellow eye UniMelbDOVS authors Prof Laura Downie Dr Holly Chinnery The role of CFTR in the eye, and the effect of early highly effective modulator treatment for cystic fibrosis on eye health doi.org/10.1016/j.pret…

What do optometrists say about our dementia-friendly eyecare training? "All optometrists seeing patients should take the time to do this course. Knowing more about people living with dementia is valuable even in the way we communicate with our patients about dementia."

If you're an early to mid career researcher, read this new paper from us about participation in institutional diversity and inclusion events. It'll resonate, trust me. It's depressing, but we do make calls to action within! link.springer.com/article/10.118… #DEI #AcademicChatter #ECRchat

New article alert! Thanks to my co-authors Adela and Allison McKendrick UniMelbDOVS and funded by a UniMelb MDHS School of Health Sciences ECR grant back in 2018, my first grant after returning from maternity leave. It’s been a long time coming!

Thank you to the School of Health Sciences Engagement team Professor Bruce Thompson AM (Ria, Erin and Selina) for organising the Festival of Health Sciences this month, including my Zumba class last week and a Flow Yoga class today 💃🧘‍♀️I don’t often get to come in person, so this was a bonus!

🙌 Looking forward to engaging with our consumers for their important contributions to setting research priorities 🙌

Check out Katherine Horsfall’s impactful work creating sustainable and thoughtful wildflower meadows in Melbourne - and I was lucky enough to rub shoulders with this innovator as fellow TRAM Program alumni

It’s World Sight Day, so please join me in pledging to love your and your children’s eyes 👁 by having an eye check! iapb.world/make_a_pledge

Get your vote in for the BioDesign Innovation program University of Melbourne ⬇️

Fantastic insights into digital health implantation and evaluation from Dr Kit Huckvale Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at our UniMelbDOVS seminar special for the UniMelb MDHS School of Health Sciences Festival this month mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/digitalhealth/…

It's #nationalcarersweek! Our research shows carers have a vital support role during eye tests for people living with dementia. Let optometrists know you want to be in the room by showing our handy pocket card! Print your own from the Dementia Australia library: dementia-org.libguides.com/ld.php?content…

Thank you ABC for highlighting sensitive personality - and talking to Dr Becky Black ⁦University of Melbourne⁩, the best person I know (and fellow ⁦TRAM Program⁩ alumni) about it! abc.net.au/news/2024-10-1…

Congratulations to UniMelbDOVS PhD student and #optometrist Cassie Brooks on yet another contribution to improving our understanding of visual snow syndrome

In September 2023, an Australian Senate committee released a landmark report on concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports. #UQ's Prof Stephen Townsend breaks down what progress has been made in the last year. UQ Health The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand 🔗 brnw.ch/21wNWRd

Congratulations to PhD student Cassandra Brooks and co-authors Joanne Fielding, Owen White, David Badcock and Allison McKendrick, who just published a paper exploring the phenotype and mechanisms of palinopsia (afterimages and/or trailing) in visual snow syndrome.