Tim Fricke

Tim Fricke is an optometrist, researcher and international development practitioner, and is currently Director Research and Education at the Australian College of Optometry and National Vision Research Institute. He has held clinical, teaching, research, management and leadership roles in private, public, community health, hospital and refugee camp settings, including Director of the Brien Holden Foundation. His research has covered paediatric eye care, epidemiology, quality of life, access to eye care, and health economics. He is an honorary senior fellow at the University of Melbourne, and is completing a PhD in ophthalmic epidemiology at UNSW Sydney.