The Committee

The Women In Vision UK Committee

The Women in Vision UK committee are committed raising awareness and promoting careers for all Women in Vision. The committee is the driving force for all women who have chosen a career in vision to realise their potential and to ensure they are emboldened to achieve their goals.

Committee Members

President

Mrs Sri Gore - Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

Vice Present

Dr Bethany E. Higgins - Vision Science Researcher at Crabb Lab, Optometry and Visual Sciences, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London; Institute of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College of London

Secretary

Dr Rebekka Heitmar - Lecturer, Aston University.

Treasurer

Dr Victoria Kearns - Senior Lecturer in Ocular Biomaterials in the Department of Eye and Vision Science at the University of Liverpool.


Focus Area Leads

Diversity

  • Denise Voon - Clinical Advisor, College of Optometrists, Optometric Advisor, GOC, and Specialist Hospital Optometrist

Education

  • Ms Rebecca Ford - Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Bristol Eye Hospital

Research

  • Dr Eleni Beli - Vice Chancellor Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine
  • Dr Lola Solebo - Epidemiologist at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Leadership

  • Professor Shahina Pardhan - Professor of Optometry, Vision and Eye Research Institute within the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University

Training

  • Ana Rodriguez - MD, Paediatric Ophthalmology, PhD Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Honorary Research Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Honorary Research Fellow, Great Ormond Street Hospital
  • Lindsay Rountree - Lecturer in Optometry, University of Bradford

Clinical Leads

  • Miss Tina Khanam - Expert Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgeon
  • Miss Binita Panchasara - Ophthalmology Trainee with NHS Health Education England

Membership

Dr Bethany E. Higgins - Vision Science Researcher at Crabb Lab, Optometry and Visual Sciences, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London; Institute of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College of London

Sponsorship

Miss Samantha de Silva - Consultant Ophthalmologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Research Fellow University of Oxford & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

Communications

Rebecca Jones - Ophthalmology Trainee

Jennifer Ding - Medical Student

Mentorship

Megan Vaughan - Lecturer in Optometry, Anglia Ruskin University

Committee Alumni

Past President(s)

  • Mariya Moosajee - UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Group Leader of Ocular Genomics and Therapeutics at the Francis Crick Institute, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

Past Vice President(s)

  • Helen Khan - University College London

Past Committee Member(s)

  • Amy Shirodka
  • Ms Evelyn Mensah
  • Professor Narciss Okhravi
  • Olivia Cundy
  • Radhika Patel
  • Zahra Ramsahye

Journal Partner

BMJ Open Ophthalmology

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The WVUK network strives to create opportunity for any individual to fulfil their potential, irrespective of their background or circumstances. In doing so WVUK aim to promote equality, diversity and inclusion within the committee and attracting the widest possible membership.