Tim Fricke is an optometrist, researcher and international development practitioner. He has held clinical, teaching, research and management roles in private, public, community health, hospital and refugee camp settings, including Director of Specialty & Community Services at the Australian College of Optometry and Research Manager at the International Centre for Eyecare Education.
He has extensive paediatric clinical experience, supervised post-graduate research in paediatric eye care and health economics, taught undergraduate and post-graduate eye care courses, provided CPD across Australia and internationally, and researched vision development, epidemiology, quality of life and access to eye care. He has assisted the development of local systems and skills for providing primary and specialised eye care in Australia, Tanzania, Burundi, Vietnam, China, PNG and Timor Leste. He is currently principal at MinneMerri Consultants, and Acting Executive Director of Public Health at the Brien Holden Vision Institute.
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Global prevalence of visual impairment associated with myopic macular degeneration and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050: systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling
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Honorary
Optometry And Vision Sciences
Casual
Optometry And Vision Sciences
Education
International Development
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Ocular Therapeutics
University of Melbourne
Science
University of Melbourne
Optom
University of Melbourne