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Professor Kathryn Saunders PhD, FCOptom graduated from the University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology (now Cardiff University) in 1988 with a first class honours in Ophthalmic Optics. She undertook her pre-registration year at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and registered as a qualified optometrist in 1989. She has a PhD in Vision Science from Cardiff University and is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists.Kathryn has a special interest in paediatric vision and visual development. Her research aims to provide improved methods for assessing and managing visual problems in children, particularly where developmental disability co-exists with vision deficits.She has published over 70 peer reviewed scientific papers and she has attracted research funding from the Nuffield Foundation, the Wellcome Trust and other charitable organisations. Kathryn has been invited to deliver keynote lectures at research and professional conferences in the UK and Europe. She leads the Northern Ireland Childhood Errors of Refraction (NICER) Study, the largest prospective study of eyes and vision in childhood in the UK and Ireland, funded by Ulster University and the College of Optometrists.Kathryn is currently Subject Lead for Optometry & Vision Science at Ulster University and coordinates and teaches on several undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including Paediatric Optometry and the Professional Certificate in Paediatric Eye Care, the only fully online professional short course in paediatric eye care accredited by the profession in the UK. She runs a paediatric/special needs visual assessment clinic in the Ulster Optometry Clinic, regularly providing eye care for pre-school children and those with special needs. This clinic also provides training to undergraduate optometry students.
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Estimation of ocular axial length from conventional optometric measures
Morgan, P., McCullough, S. & Saunders, K. J., 29 Feb 2020, In : Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 43, 1, p. 18-20 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Meeting vision needs of children with special educational needs: Case studies of the impact on behaviour and academic achievement.
McKerr, L., McConnell, E., Black, S., McClelland, J., Little, J-A., Saunders, K. J. & Dillenburger, K., 31 Mar 2020, In : British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 48, 1, p. 45-58 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Comparison of amblyopia in schoolchildren in Ireland and Northern Ireland: A population-based observational cross-sectional analysis of a treatable childhood visual deficit
Harrington, S., Breslin, K., O'Dwyer, V. & Saunders, K. J., 10 Aug 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 8, p. 1-11 11 p., e031066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Comparison of retinoscopy results with and without 1% cyclopentolate in school-aged children.
Doherty, S., Doyle, L., McCullough, S. & Saunders, K. J., 1 Jul 2019, In : Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics: the Journal of the College of Optometrists. 39, 4, p. 272-281 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Comparison of Three Gaze Position Calibration Techniques in First Purkinje-Image Based Eye Trackers
Ntodie, M., Bharadwaj, S. R., Balaji, S., Saunders, K. J. & Little, J-A., 1 Aug 2019, In : Optometry and Vision Science. 96, 8, p. 587-598 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
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Child Vision Research Society meeting
Julie Mc Clelland (Participant), Julie-Anne Little (Participant), Kathryn J Saunders (Participant)19 Jun 2017 → 21 Jun 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Thesis
Focussing on Near Work: the Impact of Uncorrected Hyperopic Refractive Errors
Author: Ntodie, M., May 2019Supervisor: Saunders, K. J. (Supervisor) & Little, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Optical coherence tomography of the human crystalline lens and its application to the structural assessment of cataract in the Down syndrome eye.
Author: Mahil, A., Jul 2018Supervisor: Saunders, K. J. (Supervisor) & Little, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
The Special Education Eyecare (SEE) Project: Exploring the impact of in-school vision care for children in special education
Author: Black, S., Oct 2019Supervisor: McClelland, J. (Supervisor) & Saunders, K. J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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