Lecturer in optometry

Email: Michael.Moore@TUDublin.ie

Tel: (01) 220 5757

 

Current Roles:

Lecturer BSc Optometry & BSc Ophthalmic Dispensing

Researcher, Centre for Eye Research Ireland

Board Member, Optical Registration Board, CORU

 

Short Biography:

Michael first qualified with a BSc Optometry from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2008. Since that time, he has worked in a variety of practice types from small independent practices to large multiple practices and ophthalmology clinics. He took up a part time lecturing post in DIT in 2014 becoming a full-time lecturer in 2018.

Michael was awarded a PhD for his thesis “Big Data: Potential as an Ocular Epidemiology and Public Health Tool”. This work primarily involved the use of alternative data sources as ocular epidemiological tools and was supervised by Prof James Loughman (TU Dublin) and Prof Ian Flitcroft (Temple Street, Children’s University Hospital). He has a particular research interest in complex contact lenses, refractive error, myopia and public health.

In 2021, Michael was elected to the Optical Registration Board of CORU, the state’s regulator of health and social care professionals. Prior to this he had served as the optical registrant member of the preliminary proceedings committee as part of CORU’s fitness to practice procedure.

 

Modules Currently Teaching:

Introduction to Diseases of the Eye & Ocular Pharmacology

Contact Lens Practice 1

Diseases of the Eye

Professional Studies 1

Professional Studies 2

Topics in Modern Optometry: Refractive Surgery

Contact Lens Practice 3

 

Clinic Supervision:

Primary Eyecare

Investigative Clinical Techniques

Contact Lenses

 

Memberships and Registrations:

Fellow Association of Optometrists Ireland.

Optical Registration Board, CORU, Ireland.

 

Qualifications:

BSc Optom (Hons), Dublin Institute of Technology (2008)

MSc Cataract and Refractive Surgery, University of Ulster (2012)

PgDip Third Level Learning and Teaching, Dublin Institute of Technology (2017)

PgCert Therapeutic Prescribing for Optometrists, Cardiff University (2020)

PhD “Big Data: Potential as an Ocular Epidemiology and Public Health Tool”, Technological University Dublin (2021)

 

Publications:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Moore-50

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NfRZ3I8AAAAJ&hl=en

 

Special Areas of Interest:

Myopia and myopia management

Complex contact lens fitting

Ocular therapeutics & advanced optometric practice

Big Data & artificial intelligence in eyecare

Public Health