Selina Powell

Features Editor

Selina Powell is the 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

Shining a light on solar eclipse safety

Eye health professionals are promoting sun safety as excitement builds in the lead up to the first ‘total’ solar eclipse to cross the US in 99 years
- Health services
Health Campaign Sunglasses
RNIB hits eye notes at Glastonbury

The Royal National Institute of Blind People has been announced as the official health charity of this year’s Glastonbury Festival
- Charity
Events Campaign
Saving sight by saving the date

A new self-advocacy pilot aims to prevent avoidable sight loss by reducing the number of cancelled, delayed and missed appointments
- Health services
Campaign Sight test Glaucoma
Financial skills for blind teens

A funding boost will go towards providing blind and deaf young people with money management skills
- Charity
Sight impairment Campaign Children
New listening service

The AOP is seeking volunteers for a confidential Peer Support Line
- AOP
Employment advice Health Campaign Communication
Appeal for retinoscopy skill retention

Down’s Syndrome Association urges optometrists to ensure keratoconus cases do not fall through the cracks
- Research
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Sight impairment Sight test Campaign Children
Long road ahead for novice cyclists

A pair of optical workers will swap spectacles for road cycles in July when they bike from London to Paris to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust
- Charity
Fundraising Campaign

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