Dr Sonia Toor
FHEA, PhD, MSc, BMedSci
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Lecturer in Orthoptics
+44 114 215 9064
Full contact details
School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
E100f
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
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S10 2RX
- Profile
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I graduated from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ with a BMedSci (Orthoptics) in 2008 and went on to complete my MSc in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science at the University of Manchester alongside working at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Following this I spent 4 years at the University of Reading working as a research assistant and completing a PhD with Dr Anna Horwood and Professor Patricia Riddell. I then worked as an orthoptist and a research orthoptist at Moorfields Eye Hospital before re-joining the University of ºù«Ӱҵ as a Lecturer in Orthoptics in 2014.
- Research interests
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My PhD set out to investigate the existence of asymmetrical accommodation in anisometropia. My other research interests include:
- Changes in accommodation and convergence across the lifespan
- Convergence and accommodation orthoptic exercises
- Publications
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Journal articles
Conference proceedings papers
Theses / Dissertations
- Teaching interests
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- Involved in the teaching of a range of topics to undergraduate orthoptics students but my main interests are in accommodation and convergence
- Supervision of undergraduate research projects
- Clinical placement co-ordinator
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society
- Registered with the Health Professions Council
- Honorary clinical contract with Royal Hallamshire Teaching Hospitals Foundation
- Presentations at national and international conferences
- Recognised as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) via University of ºù«Ӱҵ Certificate in Learning and Teaching (2017)