Cardiff senior lecturer Joy Woodhouse awarded OBE

Optometrist Joy Margaret Woodhouse has been awarded with an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

Woodhouse, senior lecturer from Cardiff University’s School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, has focused on the visual development in children with Down’s syndrome and the eye care needs of children and adults with disabilities, designing visual tests including The Cardiff Acuity Test, Cardiff Contrast Test and Cardiff Near Test.

She said: ‘This award is, of course, a huge honour, and the response to it has been breath-taking. I am hoping that the award will now raise awareness of the importance of eye care among people with disabilities.