DrNgozi Chidi-Egboka

Research Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    UNSW Sydney Medicine and Health Faculty The Brian Kirby Prize In recognition of Research Excellence in Optometry and top performance in
    1 Jan 2023
  • RECOGNITION
    In recognition of Research Excellence in Optometry and top performance that year
    1 Jan 2022
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Student travel award, International Society for Contact Lens Research Paper presentation titled 'Blinking: a rapid, responsive and repeatable biomarker of ocular surface homeostasis during contact lens wear?'
    1 Jan 2022
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    UNSW Sydney Dean's Excellent Thesis Award For Outstanding PhD thesis ranked by two independent international examiners as within the top 10% of thesis ever examined
    1 Jan 2022
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    UNSW Sydney HDR Completion Scholarship Supported by Commonwealth's contribution under Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
    1 Jan 2022
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    AAO Foundation's Clinical Investigator Certification Program Scholarship
    1 Jan 2021
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Faculty of Medicine and Health - Support Scholarship, UNSW Sydney
    1 Jan 2021
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Student travel grant, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation Paper presentation titled 'One hour of smartphone use induces ocular discomfort and reduces blinking in children'
    1 Jan 2021
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    UNSW Sydney Postgraduate Research Student Support Award Paper presentation titled 'Dry eye symptoms in children: Can we reliably measure them?'
    1 Jan 2020
  • GRANTS (OTHER)
    Dorothy Carlborg Research Grant, Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia Paper presentation titled “The perfect storm? Smartphone use and contact lenses in children�
    1 Jan 2019
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Student travel award, International Society for Contact Lens Research Paper presentation titled 'Contact lens discomfort in children: Is this a looming epidemic and will we be able to measure it?'
    1 Jan 2019
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Postgraduate Research Tuition Fee Scholarship Stipend, UNSW Sydney, Australia Paper presentation titled 'The ocular surface and blinking in children'
    1 Jan 2018
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Student travel award, Scientific and Educators Meeting in Optometry, Australia Paper presentation titled 'The ocular surface in children: a review of current knowledge and meta-analysis of tear film stability and tear secretion in children'
    1 Jan 2018
  • MEMBERSHIP
    American Academy of Optometry
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    Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
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    Australia Biotechnology
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    Cochrane Collaboration, United Kingdom
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    Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia
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    Faculty of Cornea and Contact Lenses, Nigerian College of Optometrists