Alumni

Find out how to keep in touch once you leave the University, and how you can support our cutting edge research and community initiatives.

Keep in touch

If you are a former student or staff member we would like to keep in touch once you leave the University of Auckland.

Please email us at manager-optometry@auckland.ac.nz with the following details so we can add you to our monthly e-newsletter distribution list and keep you updated with news and events:

  • Name (include any other names you may have used at the University)
  • Email address
  • Practice
  • Dates when you were associated with the school
  • CPD topics of interest

You can find past news stories at sovs-newsletter.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/.

Support our research

Our staff conduct world-leading research spanning a range of issues - find out more at www.visionresearch.auckland.ac.nz. There is a particular focus currently on four high priority issues:

  • School screening – enabling early detection of correctable issues
  • Myopia research – by 2050, 50% of the population will be myopic and this is now one of the leading causes of blindness in the developed world
  • Vision and neurological conditions – eg using children’s eye movement to diagnose autism spectrum disorder, imaging nerves within the eye to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease
  • Macular degeneration – 40% of people aged 50+ will develop age-related macular degeneration; early detection is critical as treatment can slow the disease but cannot restore sight

If you would like to donate to support the cutting-edge research taking place and the community programmes' initiatives based on the research, see www.giving.auckland.ac.nz/eye.