Selina Powell

Assistant editor

Selina Powell is assistant editor for Optometry Today, where she focuses on covering the latest innovations and research in eye health. She also profiles what optometrists get up to outside of the consulting room through her regular Secret life of the optometrist feature.

Selina worked as a journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in New Zealand before moving to the UK in 2016.

More articles by Selina Powell

Frames made from fishing nets

A new range from a sustainable eyewear brand established by a 19-year-old entrepreneur will be on display at 100% Optical
- OT news and features
- Pulished 24 Jan 2020
- by Selina Powell
Eyewear and lenses Spectacles 100% Optical Events
Grafton Optical to showcase advances in tonometry care at 100% Optical

Practitioners will have the opportunity to find out more about two pioneering Reichert devices
- OT news and features
- Pulished 24 Jan 2020
- by Selina Powell
Equipment and suppliers 100% Optical Events
Weighing up the evidence for myopia control

Professor Augusto Azuara-Blanco examined the research in favour of different myopia control methods at 100% Optical
- OT news and features
- Pulished 25 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Research Myopia Children 100% Optical
“How the complaint is managed is key”

Optical Consumer Complaints Service consultant, Richard Edwards, discussed navigating negative feedback at 100% Optical
- OT news and features
- Pulished 25 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Business management Customer service Communication 100% Optical
“Dry eye is not just about grandma and grandad”

Air conditioning was sparse and mobile phones non-existent when Nick Howard first qualified in 1984. He highlights the rise of dry eye in a digital age
- OT news and features
- Pulished 23 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Practitioner stories 100% Optical Dry eye Education Contact lenses
“You don’t have to feel trapped in a job that you are unhappy with”

Dispensing optician and self-titled director of happiness, Garry Kousoulou, launched his guide to contentment at work at 100% Optical
- OT news and features
- Pulished 17 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Practitioner stories Events 100% Optical Practice management Communication
To the letter: hospital clinicians share their referral tips

Optometrist, Rachel Thomas, and ophthalmologist, Melanie Hingorani, outlined the qualities of a good referral letter at 100% Optical
- OT news and features
- Pulished 17 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Health services Hospital optometrists Primary care Communication 100% Optical
By the numbers

A stocktake of science and vision stories in 2018
- OT news and features
- Pulished 10 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Research 100% Optical CET
What’s new in DEWS II?

Optometrist, Niall O’Kane, talks with OT about how to apply an updated definition of dry eye in practice
- OT news and features
- Pulished 20 Mar 2018
- by Selina Powell, Laurence Derbyshire
Dry eye 100% Optical Education Research
Unique vision

A collection of different perspectives adds depth to the AOP
- OT news and features
- Pulished 15 Mar 2018
- by Selina Powell
AOP Products 100% Optical Spectacles