Updated on: 23 February 2022

Roles in: Eyes and Vision Group

1. In the past 36 months have you accepted the following from a commercial organisation with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?

a) Support for attending meetings, including sabbaticals and study tours (this covers travel, accommodation and/or hospitality)?
No

b) Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speaker bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events?
No

c) Fees for organising education?
No

d) Grants and contracts?
No

e) Funds for a member of staff?
No

f) Fees for consulting?
No

g) Royalty or licences payments?
No

h) Payment for expert testimony?
No

i) Payment for a fellowship?
No

j) Payment for participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board, Advisory Board, or Guideline Panel?
No

k) Payment for a leadership or other fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group?
No

2. In the past 36 months have you, your spouse/partner or an immediate family member been employed by or do you or they own a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

3. Do you own stocks or shares in a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

4. Do you hold any patents (planned, issued or pending) for products relevant to the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

5. Do you have any other competing interests (financial or non-financial)?
Yes - I am a Director of a registered charity in Australia, Cataract Kids Australia. This is an unpaid role. Cataract Kids Australia has a memorandum of understanding with the professional organisation Orthoptics Australia and under this agreement Cataract Kids receives a small discount in the registration fee to participate in the annual Orthoptics Australia conference. In October 2018, as director of Cataract Kids Australia I was funded by a NZ charity 'Parents of Vision Impaired New Zealand' (PVINZ) to give a keynote address at their annual conference in Wellington NZ. PVINZ paid for my flights, hotel accommodation and conference registration. I am employed full time by the University of Melbourne as a Senior Lecturer at Melbourne Law School. I do not receive any commercial or quasi-commercial funding in connection with my role.