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Dr Peter Herse
Dr Peter Herse

DipAppSc QIT, PhD Houston, FAAO

Senior Lecturer

Room No: 3.006

Office: Level 3, Rupert Myers Building (North Wing)

Phone: 9385 4380

Fax: 9313 6243

Email: p.herse@unsw.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • OPTM2206 Pathology for Optometry Course Authority
  • OPTM3108 Ocular Disease Course Authority
  • OPTM4210 Research Project Course Authority
  • OPTM3102 Clinical Optometry 3A Course Lecturer
  • OPTM3102 Clinical Optometry 3A Course Lecturer
  • OPTM3102 Clinical Optometry 3A
Research Description:

Dr Herse is interested in the broad area of the effect of ocular disease on visual function. He is involved in both basic (eg effect of disease on the Weber Fraction) and clinical research (visual function in people with low vision). He also has interests in teaching and learning research in higher education.

Selected Publications:

  • Jelamskii S, Sun XC, Herse P, Bonanno JA. Baso-lateral Na:K:2Cl co-transport in cultured and fresh bovine corneal endothelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000; 41: 488-495.
  • Gothwal VK, Herse P. Pediatric visual impairment in India. Ophthal Phys Opt 2000; 20:212-219.
  • Herse P The effect of hyperglycaemia on refraction and biometry in rabbit. Acta Ophthalmol 2004. in press
Other Professional Activities:

  • UNSW: Member - Faculty of Science Undergraduate Education Committee,Member - Faculty of Science Learning and Teaching Interest Group,Member - Innovative Teaching and Educational Technology (ITET) Group,Member - Electronic Learning Advisory Group (ELAG).
  • SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE: Undergraduate Student Advisor, Co-ordinator - Disability Awareness Committee, Co-ordinator - Optometry Teaching & Learning Group, Co-ordinator - Admissions / Advanced Standing, School Library Facilitator.
  • PROFESSION: Councilor - Optometrists Association of Australia (NSW), Chair - Professional Development Committee Optometrists Association of Australia (NSW) Presenter - Optometrist Association Professional Development Conferences, Reviewer - numerous professional journals, External Examiner - Department of Optometry, University of Auckland.
  • LOW VISION: Co-ordinator UNSW Low Vision Clinic, UNSW Royal Bind Society Clinic, Anglican Retirement Village Sensory Loss Clinic, UNSW Guide Dogs Association Low Vision Clinic, Optometrist - Royal Blind Society Vision Assist Clinic, Professional Education - Royal Blind Society.