College research projects help to build a scientific evidence base that informs and influences College and national policies.
This sets out how the College will approach research over the next few years and the key challenges it may face.
Find out about the range of financial and practical support we offer College members undertaking research.
These awards recognise and celebrate the considerable achievements of our members involved in optometric research.
Tell us your views in the Voice of the Eyecare Provider 2024 survey, before 18 October.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
Online CPD courses for eye health professionals in collaboration with Ulster University and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
The College of Optometrists’ research journal, OPO, has been the world’s top ranked optometry since 2014.
A glance at what’s happening in the world of technology.
Jane Veys MCOptom on change.
We speak to clinical academic Professor Jasleen Jolly FCOptom about improving patient outcomes with a multidisciplinary lens and championing equity within optometry.
Augusto is the newest member of the College’s Clinical Management Guidelines Committee and Clinical Professor at Queen’s University Belfast.
Deborah Bott is the first author of the winning entry of the 2024 College of Optometrists Early Career Researchers Poster Competition.
The College and Eye Research Group Oxford are collaborating to bring you a webinar on Monday 24 June, on how optometrists can get involved in research.