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Biographical notes on the contributors
Journal of the B~itish Contact Lens Association, Vol. 14, No.4, pp. 245-249, 1991 Printed in Great Britain
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Biographical Notes on the Contributors • CHRISTOPHER STEVEN BAILEY, BSc Physiol (Hons), MRCS, LRCP, MB, BS, DO, FRCS, FCOphth Previously a Senior Registrar at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Steven is currently appointed there as an Associate Specialist and is in private practice. He has special interests in external ocular diseases and contact lenses, and has published articles, and lectured nationally and internationally, on contact lenses, ocular medicine, and human physiology. He is a Member of the Council, and Chairman of the Medical Committee of the British Contact Lens Association; a Member of the Council of the Medical Contact Lens Association; a Member of the Council of the Institute of Ocular Prosthetics; and a Member of the British Standards Institution Committee for Contact Lenses and Contact Lens Care Solutions.
• NEIL COX Neff Cox is presently Senior Optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and is in private contact lens practice. He is a Council Member of the International Glaucoma Association and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Spectaclemakers. He has presented papers, many of which have been published, and lectured widely on the clinical application of lenses, e.g. keratoconus, aphakia, keratoplasty, bandage and/or therapeutic lenses.
• NATHAN EFRON, BScOptom, PhD, FAAO, FVCO, MBCO Having obtained his BScOptom degree in 1977 at the University of Melbourne, Nathan went on to complete his PhD at the same university in 1981. Following two years of post-doctoral studies in Berkeley, USA, and Sydney, Australia, he returned to the optometry school in Melbourne as lecturer, and then senior lecturer in charge of contact lens education. In 1990 he took up the foundation Chair of Clinical Optometry at UMIST in Manchester, and established a contact lens research and consultancy unit known as Eurolens Research. Professor Efron is a past president of the Contact Lens Society of Australia, a council member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research, a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. In 1981, Professor Efron was presented with the Garland W. Clay Award by the American Academy of Optometry, and in 1987 he received an award from the British Council to study the history of contact lenses. Professor Efron has lectured extensively worldwide and has published numerous scientific papers, particularly in the field of ocular response to contact lens wear.
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• VIVIEN F R E E M A N Became General Secretary of the British Contact Lens Association in 1985. At that time she was also involved with the organisation of two international antique fairs and worked for a local member of Parliament. Since Vivien's involvement, the Association has increased membership from one thousand to one thousand five hundred members despite the fact that she has never worn contact lenses or spectacles! Besides being involved with the British Contact Lens Association and organising the Annual Clinical Conference and Exhibition, Vivien is always keen to organise conferences and exhibitions for other bodies. Interests include swimming, tennis and reading.
• JIM GILCHRIST Jim Gilchrist is an optometrist and lecturer in the Department of Optometry at the University of Bradford, Yorkshire. His research interests and publications cover the psychology of visual perception, visual psychophysics, computer vision, and the development of new methods for clinical investigation of the visual system. In 1989 he established the Clinical Image Processing and Psychophysics (CLIPP) Laboratory in the Department of Optometry at Bradford, to promote the development and application of these disciplines in clinical vision science.
• GRANT B L A X I L L J E N K I N S , DipOptom, FOA (SA), FAAO (Dip CL Section) Grant Blaxill Jenkins is in private practice in Johannesburg. He is a past President of the South African Optometric Association and the South African Contact Lens Society. He is lecturer in charge of contact lens education at Rand Afrikaanse University. He is examiner for the South African Optometric Association, South African Medical & .Dental Council, American Academy of Optometry, Rand Afrikaanse University; he is also an international consultant and adviser to contact lens manufacturing and contact lens solution industries. Mr Jenkins ~is a four-times recipient of the J L Saks Literary Award, as well as having received the Venerable Order of Hospital of St John Jerusalem Priory of South Africa, and a Contact Lens Society of South Africa Special Tribute.
• JOHN G. LAWRENSON, MBCO After graduating with a degree in biochemistry from University College, Cardiff, Mr Lawrenson specialised in immunology at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He qualified in Optometry (MBCO 1988), following a degree in ophthalmic optics at Aston University and a pre-registration year in the Visual Assessment Department at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He is currently completing a PhD in the Department of Optometry and Visual Science, City University, London, working on the neurology of the conjunctiva (a project funded by the British College of Optometrists). Additionally, he works as a sessional optometrist within the Contact Lens Department at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
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• GRAHAM O. MACALISTER, BSc, FBCO, DCLP Graham Macalister qualified as an ophthalmic optician in 1978, and in 1982 he joined a London practice to concentrate full-time on contact lens work. He gained his DCLP in 1985, and then took up the post of part-time senior optometrist at Moorfields Contact Lens Department. In the following year he was invited to join Allergan Hydron as a part-time research optometrist, and in 1988 he gave a paper comparing the risks of flexible and extended wear at the International Contact Lens Centenary Congress in London. He then joined the staff at the Institute of Optometry to conduct research on bifocal contact lenses. His work is currently divided between private practice, and his Moorfields post, where he is conducting research on corneal grafts, which is registered for a higher degree at The City University.
• CHARLES W. McMONNIES, BSc, MSc, FAAO Charles McMonnies graduated from the School of Optometry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) with a BSc in 1966, and an MSc in 1970. He has practised as an optometrist in Sydney since 1966, having special interests in contact lenses and children's vision, and has lectured in many countries, including Finland, England, Sweden, United States, Canada, Hungary, Spain, France, Greece, Austria , Fiji, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia. He is a Diplomate of the Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry, Member of Council for the International Society of Contact Lens Research, and Member of the Advisory Panel for the International Society of Dakryology. He is also Chairman of the Visiting Committee for the School of Optometry, UNSW, and President of the Institute for Eye Research.
• E. S. MITCHELL, BSc, MBCO Mr Mitchell graduated from Bradford University with a First Class Honours Degree in Optometry in July 1988. He worked in private practice up until September 1989, during which time he passed his professional examinations. Currently, he is a full-time research student at Bradford University working towards a Ph.D. His main research interests include development of improved systems for grading contact lens deposits and contact lens wear on visual performance.
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• SUDI PATEL, BSc, MPhil, FBCO Sudi Patel graduated in Ophthalmic Optics in 1976, and then spent a period in hospital and private optometric practice. In 1981, he was appointed Lecturer in Ophthalmic Optics at Glasgow College of Technology, now Glasgow Polytechnic. He was awarded a Master of Philosophy degree in 1985 for an investigation into the refractive index and power of the cornea in relation to its thickness and hydration. In 1988, he was promoted, on grounds of merit, to Senior Lecturer within the Optometry Department. He has lectured at several meetings in various countries on a wide range of optometric topics. His current research interests involve tears, optical and visual performances of soft lenses, and optical modelling in relation to refractive surgery. He is a past chairman of the British Universities' Committee of Contact Lens Educators. He is an examiner for the British College of Optometrists, and an Executive Committee Member of the Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind.
• MICHAEL REDICAN, MSc, FBCO, DCLP Michael Redican was an occupation-trainee industrial research chemist dealing with PMMA in monomer and polymer form in 1958-1959. He then attended Bradford Institute of Technology, qualifying (FBOA) in 1964. He gained an MSc at Bradford University in 1976 and his DCLP in 1985. He is a founder member of the NECLS (20 years now). He has been an ophthalmic optician/optometrist for 26 years. He has had his own practice for the past 20 years.
• BRIAN TIGHE Brian Tighe trained in chemistry, and subsequently specialised in polymer chemistry. Following a period of 7 years in industry, with Tube Investments, he joined the academic staff at Aston University, where he is currently Reader in Polymer Science. He leads a research group of 9 post-graduates and 3 postdoctoral fellows and is, additionally, co-ordinator of the Speciality Materials Research Group (6 academics and 30 research workers) at Aston. His main research interests lie in the design, synthesis and in vitro characterisation of polymers, particularly hydrogels, for biomedical applications, in which the ability to control mechanical properties, surface properties, and permeability is important.
• STEVE TONGE, BSc Steve Tonge received his BSc in Pharmacology from King's College, London, followed by 5 years with Smith & Nephew Research Ltd, where he was concerned principally with the development of artificial tear solutions. He then spent 4 years in the USA, at Texas Tech University and Vision R & D Labs, while working with Dr Frank Holly. During this period he was involved in the study of dynamic surface tension and in the development of polymer-based ophthalmic delivery systems. Steve is currently with the Speciality Materials Group at Aston University, where his research activities are centred on the synthesis and application of 'smart polymers'.
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• CRAIG WOODS, BSc, MBCO, DCLP Craig Woods qualified in 1984 after graduating with a degree in Optometry at The City University, London. He spent 5 years in private practice and in 1989 joined the staff at the Institute of Optometry as Assistant Director. He attained his DCLP in 1990. He is currently on the Council of the British Contact Lens Association and an Examiner for the British College of Optometrists.
• E. GEOFFREY WOODWARD, PhD, FBCO, DCLP Geoffrey Woodward is Professor and Head of the Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences at City University, London. Formerly Principal Optometrist at the Department of Contact Lens and Prosthesis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, he still holds an honorary appointment at Moorfields. A former President of the British College of Optometry, he is currently Chairman of the Academic Committee. Since 1977 he has been a member of the General Optical Council, and is currently Chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee and the Overseas Qualifications Working Party. He is also a member of the Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials (Medicines Control Agency) which, amongst other matters, deals with the licensing of eye drugs and contact lens products. His extensive publications in the contact lens field have dealt mainly with therapeutic lenses, post-keratoplasty fitting, and keratoconus. In 1980 he was awarded his PhD for his thesis, Keratoconus: The Disease and its Progression.
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01991 British Contact Lens Association
Biographical Notes on the Contributors • CHRISTOPHER STEVEN BAILEY, BSc Physiol (Hons), MRCS, LRCP, MB, BS, DO, FRCS, FCOphth Previously a Senior Registrar at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Steven is currently appointed there as an Associate Specialist and is in private practice. He has special interests in external ocular diseases and contact lenses, and has published articles, and lectured nationally and internationally, on contact lenses, ocular medicine, and human physiology. He is a Member of the Council, and Chairman of the Medical Committee of the British Contact Lens Association; a Member of the Council of the Medical Contact Lens Association; a Member of the Council of the Institute of Ocular Prosthetics; and a Member of the British Standards Institution Committee for Contact Lenses and Contact Lens Care Solutions.
• NEIL COX Neff Cox is presently Senior Optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and is in private contact lens practice. He is a Council Member of the International Glaucoma Association and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Spectaclemakers. He has presented papers, many of which have been published, and lectured widely on the clinical application of lenses, e.g. keratoconus, aphakia, keratoplasty, bandage and/or therapeutic lenses.
• NATHAN EFRON, BScOptom, PhD, FAAO, FVCO, MBCO Having obtained his BScOptom degree in 1977 at the University of Melbourne, Nathan went on to complete his PhD at the same university in 1981. Following two years of post-doctoral studies in Berkeley, USA, and Sydney, Australia, he returned to the optometry school in Melbourne as lecturer, and then senior lecturer in charge of contact lens education. In 1990 he took up the foundation Chair of Clinical Optometry at UMIST in Manchester, and established a contact lens research and consultancy unit known as Eurolens Research. Professor Efron is a past president of the Contact Lens Society of Australia, a council member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research, a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. In 1981, Professor Efron was presented with the Garland W. Clay Award by the American Academy of Optometry, and in 1987 he received an award from the British Council to study the history of contact lenses. Professor Efron has lectured extensively worldwide and has published numerous scientific papers, particularly in the field of ocular response to contact lens wear.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• VIVIEN F R E E M A N Became General Secretary of the British Contact Lens Association in 1985. At that time she was also involved with the organisation of two international antique fairs and worked for a local member of Parliament. Since Vivien's involvement, the Association has increased membership from one thousand to one thousand five hundred members despite the fact that she has never worn contact lenses or spectacles! Besides being involved with the British Contact Lens Association and organising the Annual Clinical Conference and Exhibition, Vivien is always keen to organise conferences and exhibitions for other bodies. Interests include swimming, tennis and reading.
• JIM GILCHRIST Jim Gilchrist is an optometrist and lecturer in the Department of Optometry at the University of Bradford, Yorkshire. His research interests and publications cover the psychology of visual perception, visual psychophysics, computer vision, and the development of new methods for clinical investigation of the visual system. In 1989 he established the Clinical Image Processing and Psychophysics (CLIPP) Laboratory in the Department of Optometry at Bradford, to promote the development and application of these disciplines in clinical vision science.
• GRANT B L A X I L L J E N K I N S , DipOptom, FOA (SA), FAAO (Dip CL Section) Grant Blaxill Jenkins is in private practice in Johannesburg. He is a past President of the South African Optometric Association and the South African Contact Lens Society. He is lecturer in charge of contact lens education at Rand Afrikaanse University. He is examiner for the South African Optometric Association, South African Medical & .Dental Council, American Academy of Optometry, Rand Afrikaanse University; he is also an international consultant and adviser to contact lens manufacturing and contact lens solution industries. Mr Jenkins ~is a four-times recipient of the J L Saks Literary Award, as well as having received the Venerable Order of Hospital of St John Jerusalem Priory of South Africa, and a Contact Lens Society of South Africa Special Tribute.
• JOHN G. LAWRENSON, MBCO After graduating with a degree in biochemistry from University College, Cardiff, Mr Lawrenson specialised in immunology at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He qualified in Optometry (MBCO 1988), following a degree in ophthalmic optics at Aston University and a pre-registration year in the Visual Assessment Department at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He is currently completing a PhD in the Department of Optometry and Visual Science, City University, London, working on the neurology of the conjunctiva (a project funded by the British College of Optometrists). Additionally, he works as a sessional optometrist within the Contact Lens Department at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• GRAHAM O. MACALISTER, BSc, FBCO, DCLP Graham Macalister qualified as an ophthalmic optician in 1978, and in 1982 he joined a London practice to concentrate full-time on contact lens work. He gained his DCLP in 1985, and then took up the post of part-time senior optometrist at Moorfields Contact Lens Department. In the following year he was invited to join Allergan Hydron as a part-time research optometrist, and in 1988 he gave a paper comparing the risks of flexible and extended wear at the International Contact Lens Centenary Congress in London. He then joined the staff at the Institute of Optometry to conduct research on bifocal contact lenses. His work is currently divided between private practice, and his Moorfields post, where he is conducting research on corneal grafts, which is registered for a higher degree at The City University.
• CHARLES W. McMONNIES, BSc, MSc, FAAO Charles McMonnies graduated from the School of Optometry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) with a BSc in 1966, and an MSc in 1970. He has practised as an optometrist in Sydney since 1966, having special interests in contact lenses and children's vision, and has lectured in many countries, including Finland, England, Sweden, United States, Canada, Hungary, Spain, France, Greece, Austria , Fiji, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia. He is a Diplomate of the Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry, Member of Council for the International Society of Contact Lens Research, and Member of the Advisory Panel for the International Society of Dakryology. He is also Chairman of the Visiting Committee for the School of Optometry, UNSW, and President of the Institute for Eye Research.
• E. S. MITCHELL, BSc, MBCO Mr Mitchell graduated from Bradford University with a First Class Honours Degree in Optometry in July 1988. He worked in private practice up until September 1989, during which time he passed his professional examinations. Currently, he is a full-time research student at Bradford University working towards a Ph.D. His main research interests include development of improved systems for grading contact lens deposits and contact lens wear on visual performance.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON coNTRIBUTORS
• SUDI PATEL, BSc, MPhil, FBCO Sudi Patel graduated in Ophthalmic Optics in 1976, and then spent a period in hospital and private optometric practice. In 1981, he was appointed Lecturer in Ophthalmic Optics at Glasgow College of Technology, now Glasgow Polytechnic. He was awarded a Master of Philosophy degree in 1985 for an investigation into the refractive index and power of the cornea in relation to its thickness and hydration. In 1988, he was promoted, on grounds of merit, to Senior Lecturer within the Optometry Department. He has lectured at several meetings in various countries on a wide range of optometric topics. His current research interests involve tears, optical and visual performances of soft lenses, and optical modelling in relation to refractive surgery. He is a past chairman of the British Universities' Committee of Contact Lens Educators. He is an examiner for the British College of Optometrists, and an Executive Committee Member of the Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind.
• MICHAEL REDICAN, MSc, FBCO, DCLP Michael Redican was an occupation-trainee industrial research chemist dealing with PMMA in monomer and polymer form in 1958-1959. He then attended Bradford Institute of Technology, qualifying (FBOA) in 1964. He gained an MSc at Bradford University in 1976 and his DCLP in 1985. He is a founder member of the NECLS (20 years now). He has been an ophthalmic optician/optometrist for 26 years. He has had his own practice for the past 20 years.
• BRIAN TIGHE Brian Tighe trained in chemistry, and subsequently specialised in polymer chemistry. Following a period of 7 years in industry, with Tube Investments, he joined the academic staff at Aston University, where he is currently Reader in Polymer Science. He leads a research group of 9 post-graduates and 3 postdoctoral fellows and is, additionally, co-ordinator of the Speciality Materials Research Group (6 academics and 30 research workers) at Aston. His main research interests lie in the design, synthesis and in vitro characterisation of polymers, particularly hydrogels, for biomedical applications, in which the ability to control mechanical properties, surface properties, and permeability is important.
• STEVE TONGE, BSc Steve Tonge received his BSc in Pharmacology from King's College, London, followed by 5 years with Smith & Nephew Research Ltd, where he was concerned principally with the development of artificial tear solutions. He then spent 4 years in the USA, at Texas Tech University and Vision R & D Labs, while working with Dr Frank Holly. During this period he was involved in the study of dynamic surface tension and in the development of polymer-based ophthalmic delivery systems. Steve is currently with the Speciality Materials Group at Aston University, where his research activities are centred on the synthesis and application of 'smart polymers'.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• CRAIG WOODS, BSc, MBCO, DCLP Craig Woods qualified in 1984 after graduating with a degree in Optometry at The City University, London. He spent 5 years in private practice and in 1989 joined the staff at the Institute of Optometry as Assistant Director. He attained his DCLP in 1990. He is currently on the Council of the British Contact Lens Association and an Examiner for the British College of Optometrists.
• E. GEOFFREY WOODWARD, PhD, FBCO, DCLP Geoffrey Woodward is Professor and Head of the Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences at City University, London. Formerly Principal Optometrist at the Department of Contact Lens and Prosthesis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, he still holds an honorary appointment at Moorfields. A former President of the British College of Optometry, he is currently Chairman of the Academic Committee. Since 1977 he has been a member of the General Optical Council, and is currently Chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee and the Overseas Qualifications Working Party. He is also a member of the Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials (Medicines Control Agency) which, amongst other matters, deals with the licensing of eye drugs and contact lens products. His extensive publications in the contact lens field have dealt mainly with therapeutic lenses, post-keratoplasty fitting, and keratoconus. In 1980 he was awarded his PhD for his thesis, Keratoconus: The Disease and its Progression.
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