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

Navigating the digital High Street

The latest version of the Opticians Act was passed in the same year Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Is it time for a reboot?
- Blogs
GOC Sight test Government Spectacles
Vision screening in older adults does not identify risky drivers

US research has investigated the link between vision screening and motor vehicle collisions in older adults
- Research
Driving Sight test
Study examines vision changes during menstrual cycle

Women over the age of 18 with regular periods are invited to fill in a questionnaire investigating whether vision is affected during the menstrual cycle
- Research
Universities Sight test
Locum optometrist guide
Let’s talk about… OCT

Experts share their tips on how locums can harness optical coherence tomography to provide excellent patient care
- Business management
Sight test Locums Imaging OCT
- In partnership with:
The long view on short-sightedness

Ensuring equal access to myopia management options is a question of public health
- Blogs
Sight test Government
Older adults with undiagnosed vision problems at risk of misdiagnosis

Individuals with age-related macular degeneration and cataracts could be falsely diagnosed with a mild cognitive impairment
- Research
Sight test Neuroscience Dementia
Manchester optometrist volunteers to help Syrian and Palestinian refugees

Yousuf Mohammed travelled to Lebanon to provide sight tests to refugees, with Optical Express donating 500 children’s and adults frames
- Charity
- 2
Sight test Children Spectacles
What to consider before shifting to a private model

OT asks AOP clinical and regulatory head, Henry Leonard, what practice owners should keep in mind when reducing GOS work
- 5 min read
- Business management
GOS Sight test Practice management Government
“The million-dollar question”: an insider’s guide to GOS negotiations

OT talks with the chair of the organisation responsible for negotiating the General Ophthalmic Services fee
- 8 min read
- Health services
GOS Sight test Practice management Government
All together again

After a two-year hiatus, 100% Optical was a reminder of the power of meeting in person
- Blogs
Sight test

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