Lisa Keay

About Professor Lisa Keay

Honorary Professorial Fellow

  • Head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney
  • PhD,
  • MPH,
  • B (Optom)

Professor Lisa Keay is Head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health. She has developed links with government, community organisations and other stakeholders to identify key, policy-relevant research questions and to answer them with high quality research.  Her research tackles the two major causes of injury to older people: falls and road traffic injuries.

She is an injury epidemiologist with a PhD in ophthalmic epidemiology and Masters of Public Health University of NSW Wales and a post-doctoral research fellowship from Johns Hopkins University.

Impacts of the 2008 NSW older driver licensing reform on licensing status and crash rates

Journal of Transport & Health Date published:

“Aged care is more than wiping bums and giving medication” - a qualitative study of the sensory support care needs of older Australians with hearing and/or vision impairment

Disability and Rehabilitation Date published:

Development of a text message intervention designed to promote safe contact lens wear

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Date published:

Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the SENSE-Cog Sensory Support Intervention Field Trial to Improve Quality of Life for Older People Receiving Home Care in Australia

Health Expectations Date published:

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