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A/Prof Helen Swarbrick
DipOpt MSc Auck., PhD UNSW, FAAO
Associate ProfessorRoom No: 2.006A Office: Level 2, Rupert Myers Building (North Wing) Phone: 9385 4373 Fax: 9313 6243 Email: h.swarbrick@unsw.edu.au
Teaching Responsibilities:
- VISN 2111 Vision Science 2A Course Lecturer
- OPTM 4110 Optometry 4A Course Co-ordinator
- OPTM 4211 Optometry 4B Course Lecturer
- OPTM 7104 Advanced Contact Lens Studies Course Co-ordinator
- OPTM 7205 Speciality Contact Lens Studies Course Co-ordinator
Research Interests:
- Corneal response to orthokeratology for the correction of refractive errors. See ROK
Selected Publications:
- Swarbrick HA, Wong G, O’Leary DJ (1998). Corneal response to orthokeratology. Optom Vis Sci 75: 791-9.
- Sridharan R, Swarbrick HA (2003). Corneal response to short-term orthokeratology lens wear. Optom Vis Sci 80: 200-6.
- Alharbi A, Swarbrick HA, (2003). The effects of overnight orthokeratology lens wear on corneal thickness. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 44: 2518-23.
- Swarbrick HA, Hiew R, Kee AV, Peterson S, Tahhan N (2004). Apical clearance rigid contact lenses induce corneal steepening. Optom Vis Sci 81: 427-35.
- Jayakumar J, Swarbrick HA (2005). The effect of age on short term orthokeratology. Optom Vis Sci 82: 505-11.
- Watt K, Swarbrick HA (2005). Microbial keratitis in overnight orthokeratology. Eye Contact Lens 31: 201-8.
- Swarbrick HA (2006). Invited Review: Orthokeratology review and update. Clin Exp Optom 89: 124-43.
- Van der Worp E, de Brabander J, Swarbrick H, Hendrikse F (2008). Eyeblink frequency and type in relation to 3 and 9 o’clock staining and gas permeable contact lens variables. Optom Vis Sci 85: 857-66.
- Gifford P, Swarbrick HA (2008). Time course of corneal changes in overnight hyperopic orthokeratolgoy. Optom Vis Sci 85: 1165-71.
Other Professional Activities:
Membership of professional associations:
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (1988-present)
- American Academy of Optometry (1986-present), Fellowship awarded in 1989
- International Society for Contact Lens Research (1988-present), Councillor (2005-present)
- International Association for Contact Lens Educators (1996-present),
- Contact Lens Society of Australia (1985-present),
- New Zealand Association of Optometrists (1975-present), retired member since 1983,
- New Zealand Society of Contact Lens Practitioners (1976-present), honorary member since 1988,
- Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society (2002-present), honorary member since 2002
- Member, Editorial Board, Eye and Contact Lens (previously CLAO Journal), editor Professor Deo Finn (Feb 04-present),
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