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Neema Ghorbani Mojarrad

Assistant Professor

Area
School of Optometry & Vision Science
Faculty of Life Sciences
Language
Iranian Persian
E-mail
N.GhorbaniMojarrad@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274232179
Neema Ghorbani Mojarrad
24 publications
2 awards

Biography

Neema is an optometrist and Associate Professor at the University of Bradford, joining in 2019.

He is an editorial board member for the College of Optometrists Acuity magazine and an associate editor of BMJ Open Ophthalmology. He is the Vice Chair of the British and Irish University and College Contact Lens Educators (BUCCLE), which promotes collaboration and dissemination of evidence-based contact lens knowledge, and holds fellowships for the BCLA IACLE and FHEA.

His research interests include myopia development and management, contact lenses and applied myopia genetics, and has won awards such as the 2015 Newly Qualified Optometrist of the Year award, 2021 Association of German Contact Lens Specialists and Optometrists (VDCO) Peter Abel research prize and the College of Optometrists George Giles prize. Prospective Students who are interested in conducting research or undertaking postgraduate study related to myopia, or refractive error are encouraged to get in contact.  




Research

  • Myopia  
  • Genetic Prediction 
  • Myopia Prediction 
  • Myopia Control/Management 
  • Qualitative Research in Optometry
  • Contact Lenses
  • Anterior Eye 
  • Ocular Epidemiology 

Teaching

  • Optometry
  • Contact Lenses 
  • Myopia
  • Ocular Development 
  • Professional Conduct 
  • Glaucoma 
  • Low Vision
  • Ocular Genetics
  • Genetic Prediction

Modules

  • Contact Lens Practice - OPT5011-B

Professional activities

  • Peter Abel Prize (1 September 2021)
  • Newly Qualified Optometrist of the Year (1 September 2015)

  • British and Irish University and College Contact Lens Educators,
  • UK Myopia Consortium,
  • Myopia Focus Advisory Committee,

  • School/Sport Vision Ltd - Diploma in School Vision
  • Cardiff University - Doctor of Philosophy
  • College of Optometrists - Professional Certificate in Low Vision
  • College of Optometrists - Professional Certificate in Glaucoma
  • University of Manchester - BSc (Hons) Optometry
  • British Contact Lens Association - Certificate in Myopia Management

  • Cardiff University - Clinical/Postgraduate Supervisor (19 September 2016)
  • Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre - Clinic Tutor (1 July 2016)
  • Self Employed - Locum Optometrist (1 April 2016)
  • Jane Smellie Opticians - Optometrist (15 September 2014)
  • Broadhurst Optometrists - Pre-Registration Optometrist (1 July 2013)

  • BMJ Open Ophthalmology - EDITOR
  • Acuity - EDITOR

  • Association of Optometrists, Member
  • International Association of Contact Lens Educators, Member
  • Higher Education Academy, Fellow
  • British and Irish University and College Contact Lens Educators, Member; Research Committee
  • General Optical Council, Registrant; 01-28219
  • British Contact Lens Association, Fellow
  • College of Optometrists, Member

Publications

  • Eyecare practitioner attitudes to myopia and myopia management within the UK

    Coverdale S; Rountree L; Webber K; Cufflin M; Parkinson A; Ghorbani-Mojarrad N (2023) British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science. 43

  • Does screen curvature matter for digital eye strain?

    Neema Ghorbani Mojarrad, Lindsay Rountree, Matthew Cufflin, Louise Jolly, Matthew Thomas (2021) British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science. 1

  • Fast Versus Gradual Adaptation in Soft Monthly Contact Lenses

    Ghorbani Mojarrad N, Wolffsohn J, Huntjens B et al. (2021) British Contact Lens Association .

  • Improving the genetic prediction of myopia and refractive error

    Ghorbani Mojarrad N, Williams C, Guggenheim J A (2019) Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. 1

  • Accuracy of genetic prediction of myopia in individuals of non-European ancestry

    Ghorbani Mojarrad N, Williams C, Guggenheim J A (2019) International Myopia Conference. 1

  • How can we boost the detection of myopia associated genes

    Ghorbani Mojarrad N, Williams C, Guggenheim J A (2018) British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science . 1

  • The genetic prediction of myopia

    Ghorbani Mojarrad N, Williams C, Guggenheim J A (2017) Speaking of Science . 1

  • The use of predictive modelling for myopia in identifying candidate genes

    Ghorbani Mojarrad N, Williams C, Guggenheim J A (2017) International Myopia Conference. 1