Dr Carol Lakkis

Historical Significance: Dr Lakkis BScOptom, PhD, PGCertOcTher, FAAO, FVCO completed her optometry degree at the University of Melbourne in 1991 and worked as a Research Fellow with Dr Noel Brennan in the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences at the University of Melbourne for several years on clinical and contact lens projects. She completed her PhD degree at the University of Melbourne in 1999. She worked also as Assistant Clinical Professor and Research Scientist in the School of Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley with Professor Suzanne Fleiszig. She was appointed to the position of Director of Research of Clinical Vision Research Australia in 2002, a Division of the Australian College of Optometry, She resigned this posiiton in 2010 to take up a managment posiiton in industrial research and development.