Opening Address

Welcome from the WA Aboriginal Eye Health Advisory Group

Keynote Speaker
Lose (Rose) Fonua

To review the presentation slides from the keynote please click here.

Improving access to eye services for Aboriginal people living on or visiting Whadjuk Noongar Boodja

Presented by Daniel Hunt, Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service

Addressing ocular trauma in WA's First Nations Population through improved understanding of epidemiology and culturally appropriate health promotion

Presented by Qiang Li, Lions Outback Vision

Update on AI in eye images for systemic health; collaboration with Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service

Presented by Jocelyn Drinkwater, Lions Outback Vision

The Challenge: Screening through to specialist care in the Pilbara; harnessing AI and digital innovation

Presented by Angus Turner, Lions Outback Vision

Think Tank

Hosted by the WA Aboriginal Eye Health Advisory Group

Environmental health - trachoma prevention

Presented by Matthew Lester, WA Department of Health, Environmental Health Directorate

Culturally safe, self-management diabetes education in Aboriginal communities

Presented by Kathryn Huet and Diane Ledger, Diabetes WA

Provision of visiting optometrists scheme (VOS) services in regional WA - a collaborative approach

Presented by Helen Wright, Rajneil Prasad and Byron Klein, Lions Outback Vision

Cultural safety and workforce development - Permanent optometry services in an ACCHS

Presented by Eric Dalgety and Margaret Peel, Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service

Increasing access to eye health service in rural and remote WA

Presented by Angus Turner, Lions Outback Vision

Cultural Safety Discussion

Presented by Jessica Curnuck, Eye Health Coordinator, Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia

Update on WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health data

Presented by Mitchell Anjou, Indigenous Eye Health Unit, The University of Melbourne