Fiona Jane Stapleton

Scientia Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney. Professor Fiona Stapleton was awarded her PhD from City University and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London for her research on the pathogenesis and epidemiology of contact lens-related disease and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at University College London. Fiona is a clinical scientist with expertise in epidemiology, basic and clinical research in the fields of corneal infection, dry eye and contact lens related disease. She holds numerous memberships and executive affiliations with scientific organisations, is a regular reviewer for a range of journals, belongs to the international editorial board of three journals, has over 300 peer-reviewed publications, has contributed 20 chapters to textbooks and published one book. She is currently President of the International Society for Contact Lens Research and is Academic Lead of the Sage Athena Swan initiative at UNSW. She was awarded Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science and Technology in 2018 Contact lenses, ocular surface, dry eye, ocular microbiology, corneal infection. Optometry and Ophthalmology, Clinical Microbiology