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>

Professor Shehzad Naroo with an ophthalmoscope

A personal history of Aston University optometry department in 12 objects

Alumni and a historical expert chart the course of optics at Aston University through an array of everyday objects

Students and pre-regs

1 day ago 9 min read

Optometrist John Davidson

John Davidson on offering glaucoma care in the community

NHS and health

1 day ago

A child plays in a playground

Study: young people receiving anti-inflammatory treatment develop myopia later

Research

2 days ago

A body sits behind a phoropter head during an eye examination

The influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors in paediatric uveitis

Research

3 days ago

The interior of Cubitts Manchester

Cubitts opens first Manchester outlet in former Affleck & Brown department store

On the High Street

3 days ago

An older woman receives an eye examination

Scientists test AI system for detecting AMD

Research

3 days ago

A middle aged woman leans against a kitchen sink

Researchers explore link between dry eye disease and depression

Research

3 days ago

A woman receives an eye examination

New research finds 83% of CUES patients retained within primary care in Greater Manchester

Research

30 Jul

RNIB

RNIB receives three medals at RHS Sandringham Flower Show

Patients

30 Jul

Catherine L’Estrange, who has Bardet Biedl Syndrome, with her brother after receiving gene therapy

11-year-old becomes first UK patient to receive novel gene therapy for rare cause of vision loss

Patients

28 Jul

An older man smiles while speaking with a younger clinician

Early career digest

Lessons between generations

Career development

26 Jul

A group of professional colleagues chat outside over lunch

Early career digest

Early career professionals on forming connections in their first job

Career development

25 Jul 5 min read

A man adjusts a clock

Spring clock change associated with higher risk of retinal disease

Research

24 Jul

A boy stands against a wall with a height cart on it

A growth chart for the eye?

Research

24 Jul

David Hewlett (on left) and Professor Sir Nishan Canagarajah

University of Leicester officially launches optometry degree

Students and pre-regs

23 Jul 1

A group of female friends are pictured together

Dry Eye Awareness Month: “You can genuinely transform someone’s quality of life”

Patients

23 Jul 9 min read

A woman holds a pack of oral contraceptives

Systematic review finds no link between oral contraceptive use and dry eye disease risk

Research

22 Jul

A woman wearing headphones closes her eyes with a serene expression

Optometrists invited to complete workplace wellbeing survey

Health and wellbeing

21 Jul

Dr Nawajes Mandal holds a model eye

Research to examine how chemical warfare agents affect the eyes

Research

20 Jul

Dr Valarie Jerome

Postcard from… the US

Practitioner stories

18 Jul

An audience faces forward in a lecture theatre

OFNC provides statement on CPD grants

Career development

17 Jul

A man tries on glasses in an optometry practice

GOC launches consultation on updated sight testing statement

Government and regulation

16 Jul 1

Marion Wolff

The view from France: providing myopia management in clinical practice

Research

16 Jul

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

15 Jul 5 min read 4

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

Manufacturing personalised contact lenses using 3D printing

Research

15 Jul

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

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