One of the brilliant things about being part of #SuperstarsOfSTEM is the access to some amazing mentors across Australia. It's been such a wonderful, supportive experience so far! ✨

📝Registrations are open for our next webinar!
On Tue 17 October, 6.30pm AEDT, we will welcome Sharon James from Monash University to talk about nurses in general practice.
'How do we get them and keep them?'
Register here: unimelb.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Don't miss out!

Which sense would you be most scared of losing?

👀 Most people will say their sense of sight.

🎧 Listen: Ockham's Razor with Dr Dr Flora Hui: A peek into the future of glaucoma treatment.
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🚨1 week before EOIs close for the Early-Mid Career Academics (EMCA) Mentorship Program!
Whether you're interested in being a mentor or mentee, we'd love to hear from you, to build the next generation of primary care academics.
Express your interest here: aaapc.org.au/EMCAMentoringP…

Good morning from #ODSC2023 the annual optometry conference created by and for OD students at UniMelbDOVS and hearing from Tim Fricke, the new director of National Vision Research Institute at Australian College of Optometry
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Voices from the Northern Territory on the upcoming referendum.
#VoteYes abc.net.au/news/2023-09-2…

“If every community was dementia-friendly it wouldn’t matter where you were, you would feel safe and understood.”

Juanita lives with dementia and advocates for communities to take action for a dementia-friendly future.

Find out what you can do at dementia.org.au/dementia-actio…

Exciting results! Co-care audit between The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Ophthalmology and Melbourne Eyecare Clinic (MEC) has confirmed that eye care at MEC meets best practices, and that there are no differences in quality to hospital-based tertiary care.

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go.unimelb.edu.au/xn7s

Last chance to sign up for our crash course in dementia friendly eyecare! Join us tomorrow evening 7.30pm AEST during #DementiaActionWeek for practical tips and why optometrists are an important part of a dementia-friendly future 🤗
lms.optometry.org.au/course/view.ph…
#DementiaActionWeek

It’s #DementiaActionWeek and Marianne Piano is here to tell you about an information booklet she created with dementia advocates to look after your eyes 👀

Here we go! My piece for ABC ABC Radio National Ockham’s Razor airs now ☺️

abc.net.au/listen/program…

Huge #AI win for the vision field led by Pearse Keane Yukun Zhou:

1st major medical foundation model to my knowledge, generalizable representations from unlabeled retinal images. Applied to multiple eye & systemic disorders, publicly available

nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

A pleasure to support this paediatric shared care service evaluation & audit project with Dr Flora Hui, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and UniMelbDOVS Melbourne Eye Care. Ophthalmology, optometry & orthoptics collaborating to develop these arrangements can help everyone! 🤗 mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/advancing-heal…

Have your eyes been irritated by the recent increase in smoke from hazard reduction burns around Sydney?  Here are some tips on how to protect your eye surface from smoke-induced irritation.

Proud to be part of this clinical audit showcasing collaborative care models between optometry & ophthalmology can be safe and effective with excellent patient care. Thanks to the amazing team Marianne Piano, Andrew Huhtanen UniMelbDOVS & The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
📰: mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/advancing-heal…

Thank you for inviting me to host a roundtable with Scientia A/Prof Nicole Carnt at #SEMO23 it was great to meet researchers and educators across Australia and NZ to discuss all things academic careers ✨

#semo23 wonderful round tables on optometric education, teaching scholarship, academic careers, indigenous curriculum, outreach UniMelbDOVS UniMelb MDHS Optometry Australia