Dr Louise Terry

Biography

Educational and professional qualifications

• 2017 – PhD, An in-vivo investigation of choroidal vasculature in AMD, Cardiff University
• 2016 – Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
• 2013 – Registered Optometrist (GOC no: 01-27549), MCOptom, MBCLA
• 2012 – First Class Honours in Optometry, Cardiff University

School and University Roles and Committees

• 2020 - present – Admissions tutor
• 2019 - present – School Research Ethics and Audit Committee, member
• 2018 - present – Postgraduate teaching coordinator

Honours and awards

• Industry funding 'Evaluation of toric daily disposable contact lenses', £7000; 2019
• Global Challenges Research Fund. 'The Ghana Glaucoma Project'. PI: L Terry, Co-applicants: T Redmond, J Albon, EK Morny (University of Cape Coast, Ghana), £34,520; 2019
• BCLA-funded summer research scholarship (£1500); 2019
• Internal funding for new corneal topographer for teaching and research (£5000); 2019
• Internal funding (total £4516) for two undergraduate summer research projects; 2019
• Internal funding (total £4200) for two undergraduate summer research projects; 2018
• Travel grant (£1000) awarded by the College of Optometrists to present at ARVO Annual Meeting 2016
• Internal funding (£1080 and £1200) for two undergraduate summer research projects
  (co-applicant); 2015 and 2016
• Prize for best oral presentation at Cardiff University Speaking of Science 2015

Professional memberships

• GOC membership 01-27549
• College of Optometrists membership (MCOptom)
• Association of Optometrists membership
• Member of the British Contact Lens Association (MBCLA)
• Member of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE)

Academic positions

• 2018 - present – Lecturer, Cardiff University
• 2013 - present – Locum Optometrist
• 2017 - 2018 – Teacher, Cardiff University
• 2016 - 2018– Clinical Supervisor, Cardiff University
• 2016 - 2017 – Clinical Trials Optometrist, University Hospital of Wales
• 2013 - 2017 – Postgraduate Researcher, Cardiff University
• 2013 - 2016 – Student Demonstrator, Cardiff University

Speaking engagements

• 2019 International Myopia Conference, Tokyo, Japan 
• 2019 Dry Eye Day, Birmingham Optical (Invited speaker), 'Dry eye overview and the importance of MGD management', Birmingham, UK
• 2019 BCLA Conference (Invited speaker), 'Walking the talk - multifocal contact lenses', Manchester, UK
• 2019 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
• 2019 OCT Refresher Day, Birmingham Optical (Invited speaker), 'OCT and macular disease - past, present, and future), Birmingham, UK
• 2018 British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), Anglia Ruskin University, UK
• 2017  British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), Plymouth University, UK
• 2016  British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), University of Ulster, UK
• 2016  British Council Researcher Links Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme Workshop, Kazakh Eye Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
• 2016  School of Optometry and Vision Sciences Postgraduate Seminar Series, Cardiff University, UK
• 2016  Young Vision Researchers’ Colloquium, Bristol Vision Institute, UK
• 2016  Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA
• 2015  Speaking of Science, Cardiff University, UK
• 2014  British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science (BCOVS), Cardiff University, UK
• 2014  Speaking of Science, Cardiff University, UK

Committees and reviewing

• Member - British & Irish Universities and Colleges Contact Lens Educators (BUCCLE) committee
• Journal reviewer:
  • Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  • Translational Vision Science and Technology
  • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
  • Current Eye Research
  • Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Optometry in Practice

Publications

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Teaching

Teaching Overview

I lead the 3^rd year undergraduate module on Low Vision and Contact Lenses, delivering lectures and other learning materials, as well as supervising 2^nd and 3^rd year undergraduate contact lens clinics. I started the Myopia Control clinic at the University, fitting children with specialised contact lenses aimed at slowing down the progression of myopia (short-sightedness). I also teach on multiple postgraduate clinical modules with WOPEC, including Contact Lenses and Tear Film Disorders. I am recognised as an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

Optometric Publications

• Ghorbani Mojarrad N, and Terry L. Myopia: a genetic or environmentally induced problem? Optometry in Practice, May 2020. 
• Terry L. The ABC of OCT; Patient outcomes; My take on OCT, Optometry Today, February 2019. 
• Terry L. OCT: past, present, and future, Optometry Today, October 2017.
• Terry L, and Wood A. The choroid: a clearer clinical view. Optometry Today, April 2017.

Research Overview

My main research interests are in ocular imaging, anterior eye, contact lenses, and myopia control. I undertook my postgraduate research at Cardiff University, submitting my thesis entitled ‘An in vivo investigation of choroidal vasculature in age-related macular degeneration’ in May 2017. This work was centered around the use of artificial intelligence to detect and classify this condition from 3-D OCT scans of the back of the eye. As a qualified optometrist, my research has a strong clinical focus, and I work with collaborators in both acamedia and industry on several projects.

Supervision

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of: 

• Ocular imaging
• AMD
• Choroid
• Myopia
• Myopia control
• Contact lenses

Past projects