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Associate Professor
Katie Edwards
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences,
Optometry and Vision Science
Biography
Dr Katie Edwards is a lecturer and researcher with specific expertise in epidemiological and clinical investigations of the anterior eye. Dr Edwards graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Optometry in 1999. She then worked in private optometry practice and as a research optometrist at the Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology, University of New South Wales (UNSW). She completed her PhD at UNSW in 2008 under the supervision of Prof Fiona Stapleton. In 2008, she joined the Anterior Eye Laboratory at QUT under the direction of Professor Nathan Efron as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working on translational research into ophthalmic markers of diabetic neuropathy in the LANDMark Study (Longitudinal Assessment of Neuropathy in Diabetes using novel ophthalmic Markers). In 2013, Dr Edwards was awarded a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to further explore the natural history of changes to corneal nerves in diabetic neuropathy and in health. In 2017, Dr Edwards was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Optometry and Vision Science, and she took over leadership of the Anterior Eye Lab. Her teaching areas include anatomy, physiology and diseases of the anterior eye. Her current research interests include cellular level imaging of the anterior eye, investigating the anterior eye as a marker of systemic disease, and understanding the neurobiology of ocular surface symptoms. She also currently serves as Associate Editor for the journal Clinical and Experimental Optometry.Research Highlights
Anterior Eye and Ocular Surface Laboratory
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences,
Optometry and Vision Science
Research field
Ophthalmology and optometry
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - Optometry (University of New South Wales)
Publications
- Edwards, K., Pritchard, N., Dehghani, C., Vagenas, D., Russell, A., Malik, R. & Efron, N. (2017). Corneal confocal microscopy best identifies the development and progression of neuropathy in patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 31(8), 1325–1327. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/106715
- Edwards, K., Pritchard, N., Poole, C., Dehghani, C., Al Rashah, K., Russell, A., Malik, R. & Efron, N. (2016). Development of a novel technique to measure corneal nerve migration rate. Cornea, 35(5), 700–705. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/222166
- Pritchard, N., Edwards, K., Russell, A., Perkins, B., Malik, R. & Efron, N. (2015). Corneal confocal microscopy predicts 4-year incident peripheral neuropathy in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 38(4), 671–675. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91218
- Edwards, K., Pritchard, N., Vagenas, D., Russell, A., Malik, R. & Efron, N. (2012). Utility of corneal confocal microscopy for assessing mild diabetic neuropathy: baseline findings of the LANDMark study. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 95(3), 348–354. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54178
- Edwards, K., Pritchard, N., Gosschalk, K., Sampson, G., Russell, A., Malik, R. & Efron, N. (2012). Wide-field assessment of the human corneal subbasal nerve plexus in diabetic neuropathy using a novel mapping technique. Cornea, 31(9), 1078–1082. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54150
- Stapleton, F., Edwards, K., Keay, L., Naduvilath, T., Dart, J., Brian, G. & Holden, B. (2012). Risk factors for moderate and severe microbial keratitis in daily wear contact lens users. Ophthalmology, 119(8), 1516–1521. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57831
- Edwards, K., Keay, L., Naduvilath, T., Snibson, G., Taylor, H. & Stapleton, F. (2009). Characteristics of and risk factors for contact lens- related microbial keratitis in a tertiary referral hospital. Eye, 23(1), 153–160. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/20556
QUT ePrints
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- Association of ultraviolet spectrum disorders in the skin and the ocular structures
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Katrina Schmid, Associate Professor Daniel Broszczak - Characterising the morphodynamics of in vivo corneal immune cells
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Luisa Holguin Colorado, Professor Matthew Simpson - Corneal micro-neuromas and axonal swelling in diabetic neuropathy; relationship to symptoms of pain
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Samantha Dando, Dr Luisa Holguin Colorado - Driving Performance and Difficulties Associated with Diabetic Complications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Alex Black, Professor Joanne Wood - Modelling and characterisation of corneal subbasal immune cell dynamics: establishing a normative database and topographical comparisons
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Luisa Holguin Colorado, Associate Professor Andrew Carkeet - The ocular surface in chronic pain: an investigation of whiplash-associated disorder
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Luisa Holguin Colorado - The relationship between corneal nerves and immune cell morphology and dynamics in health and neural disease
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Luisa Holguin Colorado, Dr Samantha Dando
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Investigating inflammatory biomarkers for prediction of Diabetes Mellitus related complications (2026)
- Characterisation of In Vivo Corneal Dendritic Cells (2025)
- Effect of Chemotherapy on the Ocular Surface and Its Relationship to Peripheral Neuropathy (2022)
- The Corneal Epithelium In Health And Disease (2022)
- Imaging of the Ocular Surface with Relevance to Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (2021)
- Characterising Corneal Nerve Migration Rates in Healthy and Diabetic Individuals with and without Neuropathy (2018)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.