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

Testing vision on the road

OT speaks with Professor Joanne Wood, who founded Queensland University of Technology’s pioneering vision and driving research laboratory
- OT news and features
- Pulished 05 Nov 2019
- by Selina Powell
Research Driving Feature
Eyes on the road

OT investigates the crucial role that optometrists can play in keeping UK roads safe
- OT news and features
- Pulished 25 Oct 2019
- by Selina Powell
Clinical and regulatory Driving Government Sight test Campaign Feature
The Education Strategic Review in a nutshell

AOP policy director Tony Stafford (pictured) delves into what the GOC’s planned transformation of optical education means for practitioners
- OT news and features
- Pulished 02 Oct 2019
- by Selina Powell
AOP GOC Feature
In the family

How does education need to evolve to meet the needs of a changing profession? OT spoke to families with multiple generations working in optics for their take
- OT news and features
- Pulished 28 Sep 2019
- by Selina Powell
Practitioner stories Independent Universities Students Pre-regs Feature
The dream team

Dr Martin Smith and colleagues share insight into their award-winning practice
- OT news and features
- Pulished 16 Sep 2019
- by Selina Powell
Practitioner stories Students Universities Feature
What I wish I had known...

Optometry students share their tips for a successful university experience
- OT news and features
- Pulished 16 Sep 2019
- by Selina Powell
Career development Students Universities Feature
Lessons from across borders

AOP councillors, Kevin Wallace, Nadeen Joseph and Brian McKeown discuss how optometrists play a key role in reducing the pressure on secondary care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- OT news and features
- Pulished 05 Sep 2019
- by Selina Powell
Health services NHS GOC Primary care Feature
The innovation game

How technological advancement is shaping a new era of lenses
- OT news and features
- Pulished 02 Sep 2019
- by Selina Powell
Career development CPD Lenses Feature
The silver age

The number of patients with age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma is set to grow in line with an ageing population. OT speaks with Hemal Mehta and Sally Ameen for insight on the latest treatment approaches
- OT news and features
- Pulished 30 Jul 2019
- by Selina Powell
Research NHS Treatment Glaucoma AMD Feature
Support in the community

How a low vision scheme run by Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group is helping to turn around the lives of older patients
- OT news and features
- Pulished 23 Jul 2019
- by Selina Powell
Health services Low vision Sight impairment Customer service NHS Feature