PhD; BSc (Hons) MCOptom, Grad Cert OcTher

Dr Ursula White completed her optometry training at Cardiff University in Wales.  She has worked in a variety of settings across the UK, New Zealand and Australia, including private practice, refractive surgery, hospital optometry, academic teaching, and clinical research.  As a senior clinical tutor at Auckland university, she re-stablishing a student-led low vision clinic and developed  a collaborative scheme with the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind to improve access to CCTV’s for people who were blind/vision impaired.  After moving to Brisbane in 2009 she completed the OCANZ examinations and began working at the Paediatric Low Vision Clinic, based within the Department of Education, Statewide Vision Impairment Services, a position she held for almost ten years.   During this time, she also completed a PhD investigating falls and concerns about falling in older people with macular degeneration.  She works as a clinical supervisor in the Vision Rehabilitation Clinic at QUT and is currently establishing Special Eyes Vision Services: a specialised Optometry practice for children and adults with complex needs, including people who are non-speaking/minimally verbal, intellectually disabled, and/or vision impaired.  She has a keen interest in developing equitable access to eye health for everyone, regardless of their abilities/disabilities, and in developing support for people affected by cerebral visual impairment.