The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Stephanie's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Stephanie
Associate Professor of Optometry
Programme Lead for MSc Advanced Clinical Practice in Ophthalmology
Stephanie joined the University as a Lecturer in Optometry in 2013. She holds a first class honours degree in Optometry and completed her training at a large independent practice in Birmingham, where she continued to work after qualification. In 2009 she returned to an academic setting to complete her PhD entitled ‘Ocular and Systemic Vascular Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative disease’.
During her time at the University, Stephanie has become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has a special interest in teaching physiology and ocular pathology and her active research areas of interest include vascular health, ageing and the mechanisms of ocular disease. She has a number of national and international peer-reviewed journal publications, having presented her research internationally in the USA and Europe.
Stephanie is currently Programme Lead for Postgraduate Optometry (MSc Advanced Clinical Practice in Ophthalmology), having previously held the role of Academic Lead (Interim) and Programme Lead for the BSc (Hons) Optometry programme.
Research interests:
Aging and Vascular health
Ocular and systemic vascular function
Neurodegenerative disease
Mechanisms of Ocular disease: glaucoma, diabetes, age-related macular degeneration
Supervised Research Degrees
Completed PhD supervision
Leanne Smewing Director of Studies 2016-2019
Current PhD supervision
Joao Lourenco Director of Studies Sept 2017
Teaching
Module Lead:
ACO701 Glaucoma (Prof Cert Glauc)
ADV780 Education in Clinical Practice
SOHP704 Research in Clinical Practice
Module Teacher:
ACO703 Acute and Emergency Eye Care
Contact Stephanie
InterCity Place, Plymouth Railway Station, North Road East,, Derriford, PL4 6AB
+44 1752 587549
stephanie.mroczkowska@plymouth.ac.uk
