Dry Eye Disease Diagnosis & Management

Professor Isabelle Jalbert is a university leader, academic and clinician-researcher (optometrist and public health practitioner) who initially trained in Canada and later became a registered therapeutically accredited optometrist and professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW Sydney.

There, she heads a program of research and education focused on improving the delivery of evidence-based eyecare in Australia and teaches therapeutic management of anterior eye diseases. Professor Jalbert has attracted over $3 million dollars in research and scholarly funding, has received many awards in recognition of her achievements including an Australian Awards for University Teaching 2021 Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.

Professor Isabelle Jalbert has to date authored 13 book chapters, 100 refereed papers and supervised 18 PhD students. She is an Editorial Board member on several leading scientific journals.

More information about Professor Isabelle Jalbert be found here.

Gina Chapman-Davies (BOptom (Hons), MComm, GradCert OcTher) is a lecturer responsible for clinical supervision of students at UNSW School of Optometry & Vision Science's optometry clinic. She has an ardent interest in the therapeutic management of dry eye and is particularly experienced in novel treatments including InMode Envision radio frequency, Intense Pulsed Light therapy and Rexon-Eye molecular resonance electrotherap

Following her graduation in optometry from UNSW Sydney, Gina worked in private practice before returning to UNSW to complete a Master of Commerce. She was employed as a marketing manager for Hydron contact lenses prior to becoming the consultant for UNSW Sydney in the award-winning fundraising campaign for the new Rupert Myers building in the mid-1990s that has since been home to the UNSW School of Optometry & Vision Science. Subsequent to a further term in private practice, Gina accepted a position at the School of Optometry & Vision Science in 2017.