Professor Shahina Pardhan is the founding Director of the Vision and Eye Research Institute (VERI), based in the School of Medicine. She was appointed as the first female Professor of Optometry in the UK (2001).
Under Professor Pardhan’s strategic leadership, supporting a multinational and multidisciplinary team of researchers in clinical and public health research, VERI has received World Leading status through its publications and impact.
VERI's work has benefitted patients and policy makers and attracted collaborations from the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. VERI researchers also lead and collaborate on various projects for the Global Burden of Diseases.
Professor Pardhan is a recipient of the First Ismaili Award for Excellence - Postgraduate category; Asian Women of Achievement Award - Professions category; Asian Jewel Award - Health Care and Education category; Vice Chancellor’s award for Outstanding Scholar; Dean’s Award for Research; and Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research Impact. She was also named on The Ophthalmologist Power List as Champion of Change.
Honorary Visiting Fellow
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School: School of Medicine
Campus: Chelmsford campus
Professor
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering
School: Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science
Campus: Cambridge campus
Research Optometrist
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School: School of Medicine
Campus: Cambridge campus
Senior Lecturer in Audiology
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering
School: Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Health and social care
Professor of Ophthalmology
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School: School of Medicine
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Vision and eye research
Professor of Neuropsychology
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering
School: Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Mind and Behaviour
Honorary Visiting Fellow
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School: School of Medicine
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Ophthalmology, Vision and eye research
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute
Faculty: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School: School of Medicine
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Vision and eye research, Public health
Professor in Biomedical Science
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute, Medical Technology Research Centre
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering
School: Life Sciences
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Cell and Molecular Biology, Health and wellbeing, Vision and eye research
Deputy Head of School
Research institution affiliation: Vision and Eye Research Institute, Medical Technology Research Centre
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Engineering
School: Computing and Information Science
Campus: Cambridge campus
Expertise: Vision and eye research, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence