Aston Optometry

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Aston Optometry

@AstonOptometry

Welcome to #AstonSchoolOfOptometry 's Twitter account 🌟 Follow us for updates 👀🤓

Aston, England Beigetreten Ağustos 2014

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Aston Optometry@AstonOptometry·28 May

Always very exciting to see one of our second year students being interviewed by @OptometryToday 🤩

@OptometryToday@OptometryToday

"The main reason I wanted to become an optometrist was to make a direct difference in people's lives," says Narthika @AstonOptometry. She shared how a family member’s diagnosis of keratoconus led her to optometry. Read our interview with Narthika 👉 ow.ly/lRso50W0gk3 #OT

Curdworth, England 🇬🇧 English

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@OptometryToday@OptometryToday·16 May

Researchers from @AstonUniversity have explored the potential for contact lens companies to provide “a more meaningful metric” of the sun protection provided by contact lenses. Find out more here: ow.ly/qI1N50VTQl4 @AstonOptometry #OT

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Aston Optometry@AstonOptometry·15 May

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📺Coming soon! 🎥@AstonOptometry welcomed David Gregory from @bbcmtd to interview Prof Tim Meese and Dr @samanthastrong 🚢They spoke about their research into dazzle ship paintwork and the horizon effect in WWI More info 👉 tinyurl.com/37mbekae

Curdworth, England 🇬🇧 ART

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Debarun Dutta@duttadebarun·22 Kas

Congrats David Semp (middle) for prestigious #EzellFellowship from @aaopt for #PhD on management of #DryEye disease expanding #evidence-based practice. Double #congrats on successful PhD viva, inching close to #doctorate! @AstonUniversity @AstonOptometry

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Aston University PR@AstonPress·22 Kas

🎉|@AstonUniversity @AstonOptometry's Shehzad Naroo wins the 2024 Neil Charman Medal for Research 👁️@CollegeOptomUK presents the award for outstanding research 📜Prof Naroo & his team showed changes in brain response to contact lenses for presbyopia 👉tinyurl.com/4d5p83a9

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Health and Life Sciences at Aston University@AstonHLS·1 Kas

Congratulations - recognises the high level of teaching in our School of Optometry @AstonOptometry

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🏆|@AstonUniversity's @samanthastrong has won a @ffchamber award! 👩‍🏫Dr Strong won the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year – Training and Education 🗣️Dr Strong “has a can-do attitude with an amazing commitment to young professionals" 👉tinyurl.com/mr3n2w9a

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Aston University PR@AstonPress·31 Eki

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Aston Optometry@AstonOptometry·29 Eki

Our Year 1 students were treated to a great talk today from Shannon (@Specsavers) about professionalism and making the most of their short CLiP opportunities - thank you Shannon 🤩

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Aston University PR@AstonPress·10 Eki

👓|@AstonUniversity alumnus is Master of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers 👁️Mike Harris studied @AstonOptometry and ran his own practice in Coventry 👑@spectaclemakers received its royal charter in 1629 and supports 'better vision for all' 👉tinyurl.com/dzzjrm9r

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Dr Sarah Olive@DrSarahOlive·9 Eki

First time @AstonOptometry eye clinic for a regular check-up. My eyes feel thoroughly seen! It was fun to get tested just by walking across campus. It's nice to be able to support students & colleagues in another department @AstonUniversity.

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Aston University PR@AstonPress·27 Eyl

🎙 Health Matters with @ProfLeonDavies🎙 👁️He discusses eye tests and vital sight research @AstonOptometry on Health Matters for National Eye Health Week 🗣 "We've got in the order of just shy of 30 clinics" WATCH👉youtu.be/Xxv4eGZat78?si… #TeamAston #EyeWeek #VisionMatters

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Leon Davies@ProfLeonDavies·26 Eyl

Thank you, @AmeliaHilton6 @RNIB, for taking the time to speak with us #VillaVision on campus @AstonUniversity about how we are supporting children and their families with their #EyeHealth @AVFCOfficial @AstonOptometry #VisionaryConference24

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Aston Optometry@AstonOptometry·21 Eyl

We're very much looking forward to starting Stage 2 of the new MOptom on Monday 🤩 It's also great to read about what other universities are doing with their new programmes ✨️ #Optometry #Education #Collaborative

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Universities welcomed students onto the newly-developed Master’s of optometry programmes. We spoke to staff to find out more 👉 ow.ly/uuiA50TrEVV @UWEBristol @HuddersfieldUni @NiallHynes @AnnFrench47 @UCLan @UlsterUni @AstonOptometry @samanthastrong @SchoolOfOptom

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Olivia Hunt@OliviaAHAston·20 Eyl

This week at @AstonOptometry we held our Clinic Training Day, where 57 of our clinical supervisors came to campus to keep up to date with our new teaching tech, guidance for student and staff wellbeing + feedback. Thank you to everyone for contributing so positively to the day.

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Jeremy Chiang, PhD@DrJChiang·10 Eyl

Does wearing contact lenses affect the nerves on the surface of the eyes? Find out in our new open access article below 👇🏼 #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @TajbakhshZahra @uwanews @j_wolffsohn @AstonOptometry @UNSWoptomvsci @OptometryAus

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Aston University PR@AstonPress·5 Eyl

🎉|@AstonUniversity is @DailyMailUK University of the Year for Student Success 2025 🗞️ This reflects great graduate outcomes, diversity, student experience & teaching quality 🎓 The University ranks at 24 overall in the Daily Mail University Guide 👉tinyurl.com/2ydzhm99

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Aston University PR@AstonPress·30 Ağu

📰|In the media! 👁️Prof James Wolffsohn @AstonUniversity @AstonOptometry co-authored a study into a dry eye treatment 💧Dry eye disease may be improved with human dehydrated amniotic membrane and a specialised contact lens @OptometryToday reports 👇aop.org.uk/ot/science-and…

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Dr Sam Strong ⚡@samanthastrong·28 Ağu

One of the best parts of my job is doing fun science with my favourite people 🤩 Recently Tim and I have been collaborating on a re-appraisal of dazzle ship data from 1919 which he presented at @ecvp_ today ✨️ And as an extra bonus, here is a photo of the 'dazzling' duo 💛

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Leon Davies@ProfLeonDavies·20 Ağu

📢 We're looking for children aged 6-12 years old for our #myopia study @AstonOptometry @AstonUniversity ⬇️ Participants get a £400 gift card. Children can also keep their preferred glasses! If you are interested, email "Study 4" to HLS_vision@aston.ac.uk

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Aston Villa Foundation@AVFCFoundation·6 Ağu

Some happy faces as children visit our Villa Vision mobile eye care unit to collect their glasses 👓 This past school year, we’ve had 2,479 workshop participants, 2,113 vision screening checks, 100 complete eye examinations and 148 glasses dispensed 👁️ @AstonUniversity @AstonOptometry @AstonUniRKE @AstonHLS @OnesightOrg @PLCommunities @PFA @SchoolScreener @Wesleyan

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