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Email

rsymons@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-8104-881X

Dr Robert Symons

Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences

84 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Advancing Optometrist Confidence and Scope in Diabetes Eye Care Through Evidence-Based Education and Protocols
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Adherence to the recommended diabetic retinopathy screening guidelines in pregnant women with pregestational diabetes: a cross-sectional survey study
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099917
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The relationship between ON–OFF function and OCT structural and angiographic parameters in early diabetic retinal disease
    DOI: 10.1111/opo.13394
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Progression of diabetic retinopathy in women with pregestational diabetes during pregnancy and postpartum
    DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14410
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Validation of an automated method for studying retinal capillary blood flow
    DOI: 10.1364/BOE.504074
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Flow Heterogeneity and Factors Contributing to the Variability in Retinal Capillary Blood Flow
    DOI: 10.1167/iovs.64.10.15
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Contrast Increment and Decrement Processing in Individuals With and Without Diabetes
    DOI: 10.1167/iovs.64.4.26
Robert Symons

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2005
Fellow of the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology (FRANZCO)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Mapping the human parafoveal vascular network to understand flow variability in capillaries
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292962
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Cryotherapy versus Laser Does Not Influence Anatomic Success after Vitrectomy for Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair: Registry Analysis of 2413 Patients
    DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.05.025
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in women with pregestational diabetes during pregnancy and the postpartum
    DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14111
  • 2022

    Journal article

    A comparison of macular ganglion cell and retinal nerve fibre layer optical coherence tomographic parameters as predictors of visual outcomes of surgery for pituitary tumours
    DOI: 10.1007/s11102-022-01228-w

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2013

    Research Contracts

    In Vivo Photoreceptor and Retinal Capillary Flow Imaging to Study Neurovascular Coupling in Human Diabetes, Thalassemia, Optic Neuritis, Benign Intracranial Hypertension and Progressive Retinal Dystrophies.

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