Dr Byki Huntjens

Lecturer

Byki Huntjens  

(020) 7040 8333
Byki.Huntjens.1@city.ac.uk

 

 

Academic and professional qualifications / memberships

2009 MA in Academic Practice
2005 Member of the College of Optometrists
2007 PhD, University of Manchester
2003 MSc Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Manchester
2001 BSc (Hons) Optometry, Hogeschool van Utrecht, the Netherlands

Brief outline of career history

2009- Lecturer, City University
2007- Locum Optometrist, London
2007-2009 Visiting Clinician, City University
2004-2007 Visiting Clinician, Manchester University
2003-2007 Locum Optometrist, Manchester
2003-2004 Research Assistant, Manchester University
2001-2002 Optometrist, the Netherlands

Administrative responsibilities

  • Module co-ordinator BSc 1st year Clinical Skills
  • Module co-ordinator MSc Optometric management of diabetic eye disease
  • Clinical Skills second year
  • Contact Lenses second year
  • Refraction Clinic third year

Professional activities outside the University

  • Locum Optometrist
  • Visiting lecturer at Innovative Optical Training Ltd

Research interests

  • Diabetes Mellitus and ocular changes with hyperglycemia
  • Impact of dietary supplements on Age-related Macular Degeneration
  • Changes in choroidal blood flow with accommodation

Details of 3 recent publications

  • Huntjens B, Malik R, O’Donnell C (2009). Fluctuations in refractive error and the anterior ocular structures in response to acute changes in blood glucose concentration in diabetic and healthy human subjects. (Submitted to OVS)
  • Huntjens B, Radhakrishnan H, Workman H, Hosking SL, O’Donnell C (2007). Diurnal Fluctuations in Higher-Order Aberrations in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Fort Lauderdale (USA), 6-10 May
  • Huntjens B, O’Donnell C (2006). Refractive error changes in Diabetes Mellitus. Optometry in Practice. 7(3): 103-14.