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Professor Lisa Keay is the Head of the School of Optometry & Vision Science, �����Ʊ Sydney and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health, �����Ʊ Sydney.�� She is a public health researcher, with expertise in epidemiology, health promotion and injury prevention.�� She trained as an Optometrist, has a PhD and MPH from �����Ʊ Sydney and completed a research fellowship at the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University.�� She leads a successful program of public health research in vision and eye health spanning healthy ageing, injury prevention, health systems research and implementation science. ��She devotes considerable efforts to translation of her research on safe mobility for older people into policy and practice.�� Recommendations arising from her fall prevention research include timely bilateral cataract surgery, best practice refractive management and evidence-based exercise programs to reduce risk of falls for older people with vision impairment, who are excluded from community programs.�� She was a commissioner for the 2020 Lancet Commission of Global Eye Health, on the topics of associations between vision impairment and road traffic injury and falls.�� She is an investigator on the second national Australian eye and ear health survey which will conclude in 2024.

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Research Groups

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• Ageing and road safety
• Cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery
• Cost-effectiveness of low vision services
• Epidemiology of eye injuries
• Falls risk and low vision
• Innovative models of eyecare delivery
• Mental health and low vision
• Quality of eye care, evidence-based practice, health systems research
• School vision screening