It is fair to say Amélie Morel is optical royalty. Born into the industry, she is a director of the family business, the Morel Company, a well-respected optical frames designer and manufacturer of 130 years, along with brothers’ Francis and Jerome. The legacy alone is intimidating, but despite bein
The recently published TFOS DEWS II report was more than two years in the making. Key to bringing it to fruition was Auckland University-based Associate Professor Jennifer Craig, vice chair of the
In the 1980s, Professor Peter Molan of Waikato University, having heard Māori legends about the medicinal properties of mānuka, established a Honey Research Unit and developed methods to evaluate the
‘Shaun of the dead’ actor and screenwriter, Simon Pegg has sectorial heterochromia iridium, with a portion of his right iris a different colour to the rest. Pegg, whose heterochromia is congenital, refers to his eye condition as “slightly mutanty.” In an interview for the UK variety show he explain
Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) has announced a Gordon Sanderson Scholarship in memory of Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson who died earlier this year. “Teaching was both a vocation and passion for
Mark Collman is now the sole owner of Phoenix Eyewear after purchasing the shares of long-standing optical industry participants and Phoenix’s co-founders Peter Nicholls and Deb Lake. “It’s very
Interestingly pain perceived as ocular surface pain, can differ in origin. Nociceptive pain (caused by a corneal abrasion for example) is the normal activation of the cornea’s nociceptors. The
Kiwi ophthalmologist, Dr Simon Dean has taken a novel approach to designing a state-of-the-art, non-contact corneal aesthesiometer (NCCA). Here he shares his thoughts on the device and its use in a
Erna Takazawa has the honour of being Samoa’s only optometrist at the grand old age of 28. Jai Breitnauer caught up with her while she was in New Zealand after VOSO sponsored her to attend this year’s
Research in dry eye disease has gained momentum – in part due to the recent publication of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Dry Eye Workshop II (TFOS DEWSII) report, a culmination of more than two
After almost two and a half years of work, the near 400-page TFOS DEWS II report has been published by the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS). This massive undertaking involved 150 researchers
Emerging from the buzz of TFOS DEWS II, I’m getting my first chance to step back and take stock of the work that 150 experts in the field have contributed, pro bono, to reach consensus on many aspects