Selina Powell

Assistant editor

Selina Powell is assistant editor for Optometry Today (OT), where she writes in-depth features for the print journal and covers the latest innovations and research in eye health.

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

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  The essentials

  Eye care professionals share their go-to tools and their hopes for the future of myopia management

  • OT news and features
  • Published 17 Oct 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Children Myopia
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  Let’s talk myopia

  Eye care professionals share their communication tips – from raising awareness of myopia management to addressing concerns and breaking down misconceptions

  • OT news and features
  • Published 15 Oct 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Business management Children Myopia Customer service
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  Getting started

  How to navigate through the range of management options and evolving research when starting out on the myopia management journey

  • OT news and features
  • Published 13 Oct 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Children Myopia Coronavirus Spectacles Contact lenses Drugs
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  The big short

  Eye care professionals share their views on why the profession needs to take myopia seriously

  • OT news and features
  • Published 10 Oct 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Children Myopia Coronavirus Customer service Practice management Feature
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  Myopia risk

  Unravelling the puzzle of what causes short-sightedness

  • OT news and features
  • Published 08 Oct 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Children Myopia Coronavirus Feature
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  The contenders

  From soft contact lenses to ortho-k and spectacle lenses, OT  examines the evidence behind different myopia management options

  • OT news and features
  • Published 08 Oct 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Children Myopia Spectacles Contact lenses Drugs Coronavirus Feature
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  Study finds low risk of COVID-19 transmission from cash

  German scientists found that the transmission of the virus from contaminated coins or notes is “unlikely” and requires high viral loads

  • OT news and features
  • Published 09 Aug 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Business management Myopia Children Universities
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  UK trials test effectiveness of atropine, contact lenses and spectacle lenses in managing myopia

  Aston University is recruiting children between the ages of six and 15 to take part in myopia research

  • OT news and features
  • Published 05 Aug 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Myopia Children Universities
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  Researchers find increase in myopia progression post-pandemic

  Scientists from Hong Kong and Singapore have investigated trends in short-sightedness following the onset of COVID-19 restrictions

  • OT news and features
  • Published 04 Aug 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Myopia Children Coronavirus
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  Research suggests over-correcting myopia may exacerbate progression

  A study exploring the use of overminus lens therapy in children with exotropia found a greater myopic shift in those with overminus spectacles

  • OT news and features
  • Published 07 Jun 2021
  • Selina Powell

  Research Spectacles Children Myopia