Dr Katie Mortlock

Biography

Educational and Professional Qualifications

2016	Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2001	PhD (Optometry and Vision Sciences) Cardiff University, UK
1996	Registration, General Optical Council, UK
1995	BSc (Hons), Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University​, UK

Professional memberships

• Registered with the General Optical Council
• Member of the Association of Optometrists

Academic positions

2015 - present	Lecturer (0.4 FTE), School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
2013 - 2014	Teaching Fellow (0.4 FTE), School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
2002 - 2013	Research Associate (part-time since 2004), School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
1996 - 1999	Clinical Demonstrator, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University

Speaking engagements

• 2012: Cornea to Cortex, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
• 2012: UKEGS Update, Annual Congress of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Liverpool, UK
• 2011: UKEGS Annual Meeting, Manchester, UK
• 2010: EUROMECH Colloquium 518, Imperial College, London, UK
• 2010: UKEGS Annual Meeting, Liverpool, UK
• 2009: UKEGS Update, Annual Congress of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Birmingham, UK

Committees and reviewing

2018 - present	Student Survey Co-ordinator
2015 - present	Member of the IT committee
2015 - present	Member of the BSc Board of Studies
2013 - present	Learning Central Domain Administrator
2013 - present	Member of the BSc Examinations Board
2013 - 2018	Member of the Teaching and Learning Committee
2010 - 2011	Member of the I&E committee
2003 - 2013	Member of the Researchers' Forum

Publications

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Teaching

I was part of the team employed to develop the internal Preliminary Year at the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, and therefore the majority of my teaching responsibilities are concentrated around this year, where I am module leader for two modules.

Away from the Preliminary Year, I am module leader for a first year module and supervise third year research projects. I have previously contributed to other Preliminary and first year modules, and delivered electrophysiology lectures in the third year.

I have also recorded a lecture on NHS research ethics, and supervised an MSc project for WOPEC.

I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since December 2016.

Although I am not currently involved in any research projects, I have research experience in clinical investigation of eye diseases which typically affect the posterior segment of the eye, particularly diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

I have been involved in projects which investigate visual function in diabetic retinopathy and ocular hypertension using objective and subjective techniques, with an emphasis on visual electrophysiology.  These investigations employed techniques such as the photopic negative response and S-cone electroretinogram (ERG), as well as more standard photopic and scotopic ERG and visual evoked potential techniques.  Before commencing my current teaching role, I contributed to a project exploring structural changes in the optic nerve head in glaucoma using long wavelength (1050nm) laboratory optical coherence tomography.

Supervision

Past projects