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Dr Kiranjit Bains

BSc PhD MCOptom AFHEA

Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Optometry and Vision Sciences

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Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Honours and Awards

2020: Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund Award

2016: Naylor Prize Winner: Undergraduate Project Work: Clinical Review

2013: International Student Scholarship: Cardiff University
2008: Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship: University of Waterloo
2008: Sikh Youth Educational Foundation Award

 

Professional Memberships

2020-Present: The Higher Educational Academy (Associate Fellow)

Academic Overview

2021-Present: Clinical Examiner: Eye Health Examination Wales (EHEW), Cardiff, UK

2020-2022: Postgraduate Clinical Supervisor: Clinical MSc., Welsh Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre (WOPEC), Cardiff, UK

2020-2022: Undergraduate Clinical Supervisor: OP3202: Low Vision and Contact Lenses, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University

2017-2022: Clinical Demonstrator: OP2201: Clinical Studies and Dispensing, OP2201: Contact Lenses, OP1201: Basic Clinical Techniques, OP0205: Pre-Screening, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University

Educational and Professional Qualifications

2022: Ph.D. Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, UK

2016: BSc. Optometry, Cardiff University, UK
2012: BSc. Honours Biomedical Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada

 

External Committees/Memberships

 

2013-Present: The General Optical Council

2013-Present: Member of the Association of Optometrists

2013-Present: Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom)

 

Publication

2023

2022

2021

2019

Erthyglau

Gosodiad

Research

Research Overview

 

Research Collaborators

Professor Ryuhei Hayashi, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Professor Kohji Nishida, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Professor Julie Daniels, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London: Co-author of review Article about tissue engineering of the corneal epithelium for the treatment of ocular surface disease

 

 

Teaching

2020-2022: Postgraduate Clinical Supervisor: Clinical MSc., Welsh Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre (WOPEC), Cardiff, UK

2020-2022: Undergraduate Clinical Supervisor: OP3202: Low Vision and Contact Lenses, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University

2017-2022: Clinical Demonstrator: OP2201: Clinical Studies and Dispensing, OP2201: Contact Lenses, OP1201: Basic Clinical Techniques, OP0205: Pre-Screening, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University

Biography

Honours and awards

2020: Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund Award

2016: Naylor Prize Winner: Undergraduate Project Work: Clinical Review

2013: International Student Scholarship: Cardiff University
2008: Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship: University of Waterloo
2008: Sikh Youth Educational Foundation Award

 

Professional memberships

2020-Present: The Higher Educational Academy (Associate Fellow)

2013- Present: Registered with the General Optical Council (Reg. No: 01-30413)
2013-Present: Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom)
2017-Present: Association of Optometrists

Academic positions

2021-Present: Clinical Examiner: Eye Health Examination Wales (EHEW), Cardiff, UK

- Wales Eye Care Service (WECS) Accreditation and Refraction Course for Ophthalmologists

Speaking engagements

Cardiff University School of Dentistry: MSc Module (2019 & 2020)

- Invited by the Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair to present a lecture entitled "Tissue Engineering and the Eye."

 

Speaking of Science Conference (2019)

- Presented a talk entitled "Corneal Keratocyte-Matrix Interactions May Promote Stem Cell Phenotype in the Developing Eye."

Committees and reviewing

The Ocular Surface - Reviewer (2023-Present)

Archives of Experimental Ophthalmology Journal - Reviewer (2021-Present)

Learning and Teaching Committee, Cardiff University School of Optometry and Vision Sciences - Postgraduate Representative (2019-2022)

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Stem cells
  • Biophysics
  • Tissue engineering
  • Electron microscopy

External profiles