Optometry has many career pathways and although most follow the traditional clinical route, this is by no means the only way to make a meaningful impact on the health of patients or the prevalence of preventable blindness more broadly.
One look at Professor Shahina Pardhan’s career is more than enough to confirm this. She has taken on numerous roles – from PhD student all the way to founding director of Anglia Ruskin University’s Vision and Eye Research Institute – has broken new ground and glass ceilings, and ultimately benefitted over 150,000 people globally. But what exactly can pursuing a career outside the examination room look like?
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