Dr Manbir Nagra

Manbir is an optometrist, educator, and researcher working mainly in the fields of myopia, contact lenses, and health technologies.

Background

Manbir began teaching optometry in 2006 while undertaking her PhD in the field of myopia, following which she spent several years engaged in refractive error research. These experiences included working on the MiSight clinical trial; as a visiting postdoctoral scholar to UC Berkeley; and as an Erasmus+ visitor to The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid.

Manbir has worked as a Lecturer and Reader in Optometry and Vision Science. In 2018, her teaching led to her being shortlisted as a finalist for the Association of Optometrists award for lecturing.

Manbir is also an experienced practitioner, with experience of working in both the primary and secondary care settings. In addition to research and involvement with teaching, Manbir continues to provide consultancy within the optical sector.

Research interests

• Refractive error, myopia
• Contact lenses
• Health technology

Qualifications

• PhD
• MA Academic Practice
• BSc (Hons) Optometry

Selected recent publications

Nagra, M., Rodriguez-Carmona, M., Blane, S., Huntjens, B., 2020. Repeatability and inter-model variability of light detection using a commercially available light sensor, Journal of Medical Systems (in press).

Nagra, M., Allen, P., Norgett, N., Beukes, E., Bowen, M., Vianya-Estopa, M., 2020. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on working practices of UK primary care optometrists, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, (in press).

Nagra, M., Konstantopoulos, A. and Pardhan, S., 2020. Smartphone ophthalmoscopy: a potential way forward for non-ophthalmology medics in the COVID-19 era, BMJ Innovations, pp. bmjinnov-2020.

Nagra, M., Akhtar, A., Huntjens, B. and Campbell, P., 2020. Open versus closed view autorefraction in young adults, Journal of Optometry (in press, online 11 August 2020).

Nagra, M., Vianya-Estopa, M. and Wolffsohn, J.S., 2020. Could telehealth help eye care practitioners adapt contact lens services during the COVID-19 pandemic? Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43(3), pp. 204-207.

McDonnell, C., Murphy, O., Cochrane, A., Martin, E., Wolffsohn, J., Maldonado-Codina, C., Vianya-Estopa, M., Gibson, E., Dunning, D., Oehring, D. and Nagra, M., 2020. Lissamine Green - where have we been and where are we now? Optometry in Practice, 21(2), pp. C-75784.

Vianya-Estopa, M., Nagra, M., Cochrane, A., Retallic, N., Dunning, D., Terry, L., Lloyd, A., Wolffsohn, J.S., Alderson, A., Mouat, G. and McDonnell, C., 2020. Optimising subjective anterior eye grading precision, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43(5), pp. 489-492.

Nagra, M., Dashrathi, R., Senthan, E., Jahan, T. and Campbell, P., 2020. Characterisation of internal, refractive, and corneal astigmatism in a UK university student population, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43(4), pp. 333-337.

Nagra, M., Patel, M. and Barbur, J., 2020. Changes in forward light scatter parameters as a function of refractive error in young adults, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 258, pp. 925-930.

Nagra, M. and Huntjens, B., 2020. Smartphone ophthalmoscopy: patient and student practitioner perceptions, Journal of Medical Systems, 44(1), p.10.

Wolffsohn, J. S., Dhirajlal, H., Vianya-Estopa, M., Nagra, M., Madden, L., Sweeney, L. E., Goodyear, A. S., Kerr, L. V., Terry, L., Sheikh, S. and Murphy, O., 2020. Fast versus gradual adaptation of soft daily disposable contact lenses in neophyte wearers, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43(3), pp. 268-273.

Huntjens, B., Basi, M. and Nagra, M., 2020. Evaluating a new objective grading software for conjunctival hyperaemia, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43(2), pp. 137-143.

Nagra, M., Gilmartin, B., Logan, N. S. and Anderson, S. J., 2018. The effects of severe myopia on the properties of sampling units in peripheral retina, Optometry and Vision Science, 95(4), pp. 399-404.

Nagra, M., Gilmartin, B., Thai, N. J. and Logan, N. S., 2017. Determination of retinal surface area, Journal of Anatomy, 231(3), pp. 319-324.

Nagra, M., Gilmartin, B. and Logan, N. S., 2014. Estimation of ocular volume from axial length, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98(12), pp. 1697-1701.

Buckhurst, H., Gilmartin, B., Cubbidge, R. P., Nagra, M. and Logan, N S., 2013. Ocular biometric correlates of ciliary muscle thickness in human myopia, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 33(3), pp. 294-304.

Gilmartin, B., Nagra, M. and Logan, N. S., 2013. Shape of the posterior vitreous chamber in human emmetropia and myopia, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 54(12), pp. 7240-7251.