A Blueprint For Better Eye Health | Danuta Sampson | TEDxUWA

289 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide, a number which is projected to increase. Many visually impaired children and adults feel lonely and isolated, and there is much about eye disease that we don’t fully understand, often without the right tools to observe it. What is to be done? In this talk, Danuta suggests how the visually impaired, schools, doctors, scientists, decision-makers and society in general can work together to achieve better eye health.​ Dr Danuta Sampson is a Research Associate at the Lions Eye Institute and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, with expertise in optics, optical microscopy, and image processing. She acquired this expertise during her PhD at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, in the Optical Biomedical Imaging Group. Her research focuses on developing hardware and software methodologies for visualization, assessment and correlation of subtle changes in the structure and function of the human retina.
Beyond research, she has been involved in many outreach programs aimed at raising general public interest in optics and science. Recently, she has been selected an ambassador of The Optical Society (OSA); OSA is the world-leading professional society in optics and photonics. This lifetime distinction recognizes OSA young professionals for their continuing efforts to serve the wider optics and photonics community.

Dr Danuta Sampson is a Research Associate at the Lions Eye Institute and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, with expertise in optics, optical microscopy, and image processing. She acquired this expertise during her PhD at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, in the Optical Biomedical Imaging Group. Her research focuses on developing hardware and software methodologies for visualization, assessment and correlation of subtle changes in the structure and function of the human retina.
Beyond research, she has been involved in many outreach programs aimed at raising general public interest in optics and science. Recently, she has been selected an ambassador of The Optical Society (OSA); OSA is the world-leading professional society in optics and photonics. This lifetime distinction recognizes OSA young professionals for their continuing efforts to serve the wider optics and photonics community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx