Selina Powell

Features Editor

Selina Powell is features editor of Optometry Today (OT), where she writes in-depth features for the print journal and is responsible for the development of supplements in collaboration with commercial partners. Selina also covers eye health research for OT, keeping practitioners up to date with the latest developments through the Science & vision section of the website and the clinical round-up in print. She talks to optometrists about their pursuits outside of the testing room for OT’s regular Secret life article, while her My vision feature showcases the experiences of people with conditions that affect their sight.

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

Cabbies of the sky

Rush hour could see a flurry of automated vehicles weaving their way above the cityscape
- Technology
Blind Driving Low vision
“My ophthalmologist said she would have me sterilised”

Vision UK’s chief executive Keith Valentine shared his “brutal” diagnosis with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of 11 while addressing the National Optical Conference
- Optical organisations
Blind Low vision
How the fire service is saving sight

An unlikely eye health partnership has helped thousands, including a woman with cataracts who believed for years that her house was filled with smoke
- 6 min read
- Charity
Blind Low vision Campaign
RNIB appoints new chief executive

Sally Harvey will lead the Royal National Institute of Blind People
- Optical organisations
Appointments Blind
Stem cell research provides new insight

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh examined how changes in the RPGR gene lead to X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
- Research
Stem cells Genetics Retina Blind
The cost of sight

Analysis of data from 190 countries reveals that nations with higher levels of socioeconomic development had a lower prevalence of visual impairment
- Research
Blind Low vision
How I see

A new RNIB video provides a window into the world of blind and partially sighted people
- Charity
Blind Low vision
My vision
Eternal sunshine

Blind ultra-marathon runner Simon Wheatcroft tells OT how he tackled a 167km race through the desert solo
- Practitioner stories
Sight impairment Retina Blind Feature
A second chance

Following his callup for Italy, Irish-born rugby player Ian McKinley talks with OT about being blinded during a match and the importance of perseverance
- Practitioner stories
Low vision Blind Retina
In touch with sight

Research reveals people who are blind from birth experience touch differently to those with sight
- Research
Blind Low vision Neuroscience

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