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.

Her feature exploring cataract surgery waiting times received international recognition at the 2023 Trade, Association and Business Publications International awards.

Selina also covers eye health research for OT, keeping practitioners up to date with the latest developments.</p>

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Early career digest

Top tips for building a diverse career

OT learns how early career professionals can approach developing a portfolio of roles within optometry

Practitioner stories

2 days ago

A young professional stands outside in an urban landscape

Early career digest

My biggest challenge as a newly-qualified optometrist

Practitioner stories

3 days ago 5 min read

A man uses a virtual reality headset while sitting at a desk

Personalising virtual reality therapies for chronic pain using eye tracking data

Research

22 Oct

Melanie Barratt swims the English Channel. A large ship can be seen in the distance

Melanie Barratt on becoming the first blind woman to swim the English Channel

Patients

21 Oct 6 min read

Delegates to a recent Optometry Wellbeing Day at the Parklands Hotel in Glasgow

Painting, yoga and CPD: Optometry Wellbeing Day comes to Glasgow

Health and wellbeing

20 Oct

Two scientists work in a laboratory. One holds a clipboard while the other holds a pipette over test tubes

New insight on genetics of retinitis pigmentosa

Research

19 Oct

The Siloton team

Siloton secures £8.4 million Innovate UK contract

NHS and health

16 Oct

Callum Hunt is presented with the Master's Medal

Callum Hunt receives Master’s Medal for his genetic study of the fovea

Research

14 Oct

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Eye injuries in war

Research

13 Oct 5 min read

A clinician wearing a surgical mask and face shield stands in a hospital

Exploring how bacterial keratitis infections have evolved following the COVID-19 pandemic

Research

13 Oct

Nadiia Ulianova and Igor Khramov at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Congress

From late presentations to ocular trauma: how the Ukraine war is affecting the nation’s eye health

Research

13 Oct 6 min read 1

A woman in her 40s at a desk holds her smartphone away from her and squints

Using eye drops to manage presbyopia

Research

12 Oct

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Survey examines the sustainability of cataract surgery within Morocco

Research

09 Oct

A group of three older women look at the horizon

Finnish study explores effect of long-term medication use on AMD risk in older women

Research

07 Oct

A scientist uses a pipette over a petri dish with a DNA double helix on a screen in the background

Professor Omar Mahroo on inherited retinal disease

Research

07 Oct 5 min read 1

Blink Frames for continuous ocular health monitoring

Continuous monitoring using smart eyewear

Research

07 Oct

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From treatments to daily living tips: an online hub for eye condition information

Patients

07 Oct

James Brawn

From optometry to medicine and back

Practitioner stories

06 Oct

Josef Huemer

Signs of atrial fibrillation identified in the eye

Research

05 Oct

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Seven insights from the GOC

Government and regulation

02 Oct 8 min read 1

Simon Raw holds up a mirror to show an elderly female patient her new frames in her living room

Behind the cover story

Behind the scenes of our Flexibility matters edition

Practitioner stories

02 Oct

Simon Raw stands beside vehicle

The cover story

In the balance

Practitioner stories

02 Oct 15 min read

Mandeep Kaur-Bains

Mandeep Kaur-Bains on founding an eyewear company

Practitioner stories

01 Oct

A man with sight loss uses a laptop at a desk

Survey finds one in five people with eye conditions offered ‘bogus’ treatments

Research

01 Oct

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Eye care everywhere

Assessing urgent eye conditions in Greater Manchester

On the High Street

01 Oct 8 min read

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Employer perspectives on flexible working

Business and practice management

01 Oct 5 min read

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