Qualifications

MCOptom
FHEA

Personal Profile / Teaching Experience

I attained my degree in Optometry and Vision Sciences in 2002 from City University, London. Following years in hospital and private practice, I returned to City University to undertake research and am currently in the final stages of my PhD. From January 2007 - May 2010, I was a visiting clinical supervisor and assessor for the undergraduate second year clinical skills module and third year paediatric clinic. I am also currently a visiting lecturer on the MSc Diabetic module, City University.

Research Interests

• Acquired visual function and colour vision loss in subjects with ocular and systemic conditions (ARMD, Diabetes, MS and Glaucoma)
• Congenital colour vision deficiency and assessment
• Establishing new colour vision, occupational standards
• Employing colour vision as a diagnostic clinical tool

Consultancy and other Professional Activity

• Reviewer for Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Journal

Publications

M Rodriguez-Carmona, M O'Neill-Biba, JL Barbur (2011). Assessing the severity of colour vision loss. (In press)

M O'Neill-Biba, S. Sivaprasad, M Rodriguez-Carmona, JE Wolf and JL Barbur (2010). Loss of chromatic sensitivity in AMD and diabetes: a comparative study. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 30: 705-716