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

Improving the infantile nystagmus test

Delegates at 100% Optical learned about progress on refining the way an eye movement disorder is identified in babies
- Research
Children Sight test Neuroscience Events 100% Optical
“She had never seen her child’s face before”

100% Optical delegates heard how a Kenyan woman was unnecessarily blind for more than two decades as part of Dr Andrew Bastawrous’ keynote address
- 5 min read
- Technology
Sight test Cataracts Spectacles 100% Optical Events
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
- 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
- Equipment and suppliers
100% Optical Events
New immersive installation recreates Patrick Bronte’s cataract experience

The exhibition explores the memories and imagination of the father of Charlotte and Emily Bronte as he recovered from a cataract operation
- Practitioner stories
Events Cataracts
Understanding sight loss from a patient perspective

A 12-point CET training day in London will help optometrists and allied health professionals to support patients living with sight loss
- Career development
Customer service Events
Ocular complications of shingles triple during 12-year period

An increasing number of Americans are being diagnosed with shingles of the eye
- Research
Sight impairment Health Events
“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
- Practitioner stories
- 1
Events 100% Optical Practice management Communication
Error prone: 21 NHS patients receive an incorrect intraocular lens

Recommendations for improving IOL safety have been released by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
- Research
- 1
Events Sight impairment
“I remember thinking, ‘What a beautiful place to die’”

Photographer Giles Duley lost three limbs after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan. He shared his story of finding hope in the bleakest places at NOC
- 5 min read
- Practitioner stories
Extended services Primary care Health Events

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