Dr Lesley Doyle

Overview

Lesley graduated from Ulster University in 2010 with first class honours in Optometry. She undertook her pre-registration year in primary practice and in the hospital eye service. She obtained a PhD in Optometry and Vision Science from Ulster University in 2015, holds Professional Certificates in Medical Retina, Glaucoma and Low Vision, is a member of the College of Optometrists and was recipient of the College of Optometrists Philip Cole prize for excellence in practice based research.

Lesley is currently lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science teaching on several undergraduate and postgraduate modules including Paediatric Optometry and the Professional Certificate in Paediatric Eye Care. She regularly assesses patients within a paediatric/special needs visual assessment clinic based in the Ulster University Optometry Clinic. She is also study coordinator for the Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network Vision Team based within the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust.

Lesley has a special interest in paediatric vision, visual development, and myopia development and management. She coordinated the Northern Ireland Childhood Errors of Refraction (NICER) Study, the largest prospective study of eyes and vision in childhood in the UK and Ireland, funded by the College of Optometrists, from which the Predicting Myopia Onset and Progression (PreMO) risk indicator was developed.