Dr Ahalya Subramanian
Academic and professional qualifications / memberships
| 2006 | Professional Qualifying Examination (non-EEA), College of Optometrists |
| 2004 | PhD University of Manchester |
| 1998 | BS Optometry, Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India |
Brief outline of career history
| 2010 - present | Senior Lecturer in Optometry, City University London |
| 2007 - 2011 | Programme Director, UG Optometry, City University London |
| 2006 - 2010 | Lecturer in Optometry, City University London |
| 2006 | Optometrist, Anglia Ruskin University Optometry Clinic |
| 2004 - 2005 | Research Fellow, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge |
| 2000 - 2003 | Research Assistant, UMIST, Manchester |
| 1998 - 2000 | Lecturer in Optometry, Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India |
Administrative responsibilities
- 01 Clinical Skills
- 02 Clinical Skills
- 02 Professional Skills Module Leader
- 02 Binocular Vision & Visual Neuroscience
- 03 Clinical Skills and Visual Impairment
- 03 Research Methods & Special Studies- Project/Dissertation Supervisor
- FDOD Visual Optics and Low Vision
- 03/FDOD Visual Impairment Clinics Organiser
- MSc Visual Impairment Module Leader
- MSc Anterior Segment Eye Disease Assistant Module Leader
Research interests
- Reading and Visual Impairment
- Quality of life in visual impairment
- Spatial localisation in visual impairment
- Colour vision and Diabetes
Selected publications
- Pardhan S, Gonzalez-Alvarez C & Subramanian A (2011)How does the presence and duration of central visual impairment affect reaching and grasping movements? Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 31(3):233-9.
- Chadha RK & Subramanian A (2011) The Effect of Visual Impairment on Quality of Life of Children aged 3-16. British Journal of Ophthalmology 95(5):642-5. Epub 2010 Sep
- Subramanian A &Pardhan S (2009). Repeatability of reading ability indices in subjects with impaired vision, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 50(8):3643-7.
- Subramanian A & Pardhan S (2006). The repeatability of MNREAD Acuity Charts and variability at different test distances. Opt. Vis Sci 83(8):572-576.
- Subramanian A & Dickinson C (2006). Spatial localization in visual impairment. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 47(1):78-85.