Dr Fiona Rowe

Dr. Fiona Rowe qualified as an Orthoptist in 1990 and has maintained combined clinical and academic research activity since then. She currently is a senior lecturer in Orthoptics at the University of Liverpool and Research Lead for the British and Irish Orthoptic Society. She is co-editor-in-chief for the journal Strabismus, chair of the regional AHP research network and a mentor for the National Institute of Health Research health services research scheme.

Her particular research interests include acquired brain injury, visual field evaluation and control of ocular alignment. Most recent research projects include chief investigator for a national multi-centre prospective trial on the visual consequences of stroke (VIS) and chief investigator for the VISION trial (funded by the Stroke Association). Other projects include evaluating the impact of knowledge of visual impairment to the treatment choices made by therapists in the care of stroke patients, comparison of therapy options for hemianopic visual field loss, evaluation of ward based visual impairment assessment and the comparison of static and kinetic perimetry strategies.

Dr. Rowe is the author of two textbooks: ‘Clinical Orthoptics’ and ‘Visual fields via the visual pathway’, co-author on four book chapters, and has presented and published her research extensively. Further research details can be found on:http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~rowef/index.htm