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>

An audience faces forward in a lecture theatre

OFNC provides statement on CPD grants

An update on CPD payments will be made once negotiations with the Department of Health and Social Care have concluded

Career development

1 day ago

A man tries on glasses in an optometry practice

GOC launches consultation on updated sight testing statement

Government and regulation

2 days ago

Marion Wolff

The view from France: providing myopia management in clinical practice

Research

2 days ago

A patient sits in a consultation room as an eye scan is explained to her by a clinician

In the spotlight: ophthalmic laser procedures performed by optometrists

Research

3 days ago 5

A close up of a 3D printed contact lens on a printing platform

Manufacturing personalised contact lenses using 3D printing

Research

3 days ago

RNIB trustees: Andrew McCracken, Graham Colbert, Barry Hoffman, Nigel Fletcher and Zayna Ali

RNIB appoints five trustees to board

Patients

14 Jul

An older woman’s face is shown close up

An amniotic membrane-derived treatment for ocular surface disease

Research

14 Jul

A man in a wheelchair uses a calculator and laptop while seated at a desk

RNIB responds to review that finds PIP payments are “not fit for purpose”

Patients

13 Jul

A man is shown with a hypodermic needle preparing to inject his arm

Exploring the effect of the US opioid epidemic on endogenous endophthalmitis cases

Research

10 Jul

A group of professionals hold a meeting in a conference room

Five insights from General Optical Council

Government and regulation

09 Jul

A futuristic illustration of an eye with lines of data emanating from corneqa

Researchers apply AI to OCT scans and fundus photographs to learn more about systemic health

Research

09 Jul

A female scientist works in front of a computer screen

Moorfields Eye Charity to invest at least £2 million in eye health research

Research

08 Jul

A pharmacist holds medication above a drawer of medication

Small increase in dry eye disease risk among patients taking statins

Research

08 Jul

A cat is pictured with a clinician in the background at the vet

Researchers highlight “growing challenge” of antibiotic resistance in veterinary ophthalmology

Research

07 Jul

An older man has a consultation with a clinician

Should retinopathy-free older adults continue to be screened for diabetic eye disease?

Research

07 Jul 1

An older man instills eye drops in his eye

Glaucoma Awareness Week 2026: “We only have one pair of eyes, so we need to look after them”

Patients

06 Jul 6 min read

A man uses a massage gun on his shoulder

Man in his 20s suffers retinal tears after using massage gun on his eyes

Research

06 Jul

Retinal endothelial cells

Scientists generate retinal endothelial cells from stem cells

Research

02 Jul

Children line up outside a classroom in Taiwain

More than half of Taiwanese five-year-olds myopic or pre-myopic

Research

01 Jul

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Vaping linked to increased risk of vision-threatening disease

Research

01 Jul

A man sits in front of a bright screen

Researchers explore connection between bright evening light and eye disease

Research

30 Jun

A person writes on a clipboard

Consultation launched on upcoming edition of Guidance for Professional Practice

On the High Street

26 Jun

A female scientist draws on a transparent white board facing the camera

Research spotlight

A personal mission to translate promising glaucoma research into effective treatments

Research

25 Jun

A woman wearing a yellow top receives a sight test

GOC to consult on proposed updated statement on the testing of sight

Government and regulation

25 Jun

A group of female athletes play rugby on a muddy field

Website launched to raise public awareness of rare parasitic eye infection

Research

24 Jun

A woman looks at a projection displaying data and the world map

A statistical snapshot of the global eye care workforce

Research

22 Jun

Marsha de Cordova speaks at a parliamentary event celebrating a new RNIB training programme to provide emotional support at the point of diagnosis

New RNIB training launched at parliament

Patients

18 Jun

Paralympian and blind footballer, Darren Harris

Dual Paralympian Darren Harris on the power of vulnerability in building connection

Career development

18 Jun

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