Optometry Staff

Our team come from a wide variety of backgrounds and include optometrists, ophthalmologists, dispensing opticians, and vision scientists.

Many of our staff are clinically active, delivering services within the NHS and Aston Eye Clinic, as well as providing high quality optometry educational guidance and support to students ranging from undergraduates, to optometry and ophthalmic professionals. Research outputs from the team have been internationally recognised within the field for their significance in technological advances, and the detection, diagnosis, treatment of vision disorders.
 

Head of School of Optometry: Professor James Wolffsohn

Deputy Head of School (Education): Dr Amy Sheppard (Senior Lecturer, Optometrist)

Deputy Head of School (Research): Professor Nicola Logan (Professor of Optometry and Physiological Optics, Optometrist)

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Staff

Academic Staff

• Professor Stephen Anderson (Professor of Optometry, Optometrist)
• Dr Maana Aujla (Teaching Fellow, Optometrist)
• Dr Fiona Baker (Optometrist, Teaching Fellow)
• Dr Lizzie Bartlam (Teaching Fellow, Dispensing Optician)
• Dr Hannah Bartlett (Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, Reader, Optometrist)
• Dr Preeti Bhogal-Bhamra (Lecturer, Optometrist)
• Dr Sayantan Biswas (Optometrist, Lecturer)
• Ashok Chowdhury (Director of Aston Eye Clinic, Teaching Fellow, Optometrist)
• Dr Howard Collins (Optometrist, Teaching Fellow) 
• Professor Leon Davies (Professor of Optometry & Physiological Optics, Optometrist)
• Dr Debarun Dutta (Lecturer, Optometrist)
• Dr Raquel Gil-Cazorla (Lecturer, Optometrist)
• Jeff Goodman (Clinical Instructor, Optometrist)
• Dr Elaine Hallam (Teaching Fellow, Optometrist)
• Clare Hayes (Senior Teaching Fellow, Dispensing Optician)
• Dr Olivia Hunt (Senior Teaching Fellow, Optometrist)
• Ms Daisy Kynman-Sprinks (Optometrist, Clinical Instructor)
• Professor Tim Meese (Professor of Vision Science, Vision Scientist)
• Professor Gary Misson (Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmologist)
• Dr Shehzad Naroo (Reader, Optometrist)
• Sanna Nasrullah (Clinical Instructor, Optometrist)
• Dr Clare O’Donnell (Reader, Optometrist)
• Professor Sunil Shah (Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmologist)
• Dr Samantha Strong (Lecturer, Vision Scientist)
• Dr Wai Ki (Patrick) Ting (Optometrist, Teaching Fellow)
• Peter Williamson (Clinician Scientist, Dispensing Optician)
• Dr Amy Whiskens (Clinical Instructor, Optometrist)
• Professor James Wolffsohn (Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research Integrity, Head of Audiology, Professor of Optometry, Optometrist)

Technicians

• Kim Woolley (Senior Technician)
• Jonathan Hancock
• Matthew Hancock
• Tony Roberts
• Julie Wilmore

Aston Eye Clinic Reception

• Lisa Baker (Senior Receptionist)
• Joanna Standley

Management Structure

See our Management Structure webpage.