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.
Mrs Sri Gore
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
Dr Bethany E. Higgins
Vision Science Researcher
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
Vision and Eye Research Institute (VERI)
Dr Rebekka Heitmar
Lecturer Aston University.
Dr Victoria Kearns
Senior Lecturer in Ocular Biomaterials in the Department of Eye and Vision Science at the University of Liverpool.
Ms Evelyn Mensah - Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Central Middlesex Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust where she is the Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology
Prof Narciss Okhravi - Professorial Teaching Fellow (PTF) at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Ms Rebecca Ford - Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Bristol Eye Hospital
Dr Eleni Beli- is a 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
Prof Shahina Pardhan - Professor of optometry, Vison and Eye Research Institute within the School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University
Ana Rodriguez
Lindsay Rountree - Lecturer in Optometry, University of Bradford
Samantha de Silva - Consultant Ophthalmologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHonorary Research Fellow University of Oxford & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Radhika Patel - Academic Ophthalmology Trainee, London
Zahra Ramsahye - Optometrist and Postgraduate Researcher, Anglia Ruskin University
Olivia Cundy - Ophthalmology trainee
Jennifer Ding - Medical Student
Helen Khan - Outreach/supporting role (Ex President)
Megan Vaughan - Lecturer in Optometry, Anglia Ruskin University
Tina Houlihan - Retina UK
(Past President) Mariya Moosaje
(Past Vice PresidentHelen Khanlogy at 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) Helen Khan
University College London
(Past website lead) Amy Shirodka
BJO Open Ophthalmology
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.
