Not so fast: managing myopia in children

30 July 2021
Summer 2021
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Dr Louise Terry MCOptom on how her own experience of myopia is informing innovative ways to manage the condition in children.

Lecturer, Admissions Tutor and Head of Clinics at Cardiff University – and a teacher at the Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre (WOPEC) – Dr Louise Terry MCOptom has presented her research around the world and received a significant number of honours and awards. 

Louise’s professional journey is only 10 years old, but her connection with optometry and her interest in myopia has a much longer, more personal history.

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