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POPH.1764 SYS013 Focused on the future, building on our history 1800 225 307 DV051(0809)_OrthopticJournal-ad.indd 1 4/8/09 4:27:48 PM Melbourne eyes on the world's most liveable city Orthoptics Australia 69th Annual Scientific Conference 25-28 November 2012 Also RANZCO congress venue with reciprocal registration entitlement Convenors Tony Wu & Irene Lim Abstracts close 10th Sept 2012 2011 Volume 43 (1) The official journal of Orthoptics Australia ISSN 0814-0936 Editor in Chief Konstandina Koklanis BOrth(Hons) PhD Associate Editor Linda Santamaria DipAppSc(Orth) MAppSc Editorial Board Neryla Jolly DOBA(T) MA Linda Malesic BOrth(Hons) PhD Kyle Arnoldi CO COMT (Buffalo NY) Karen McMain BA, OC(C) COMT (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Carolyn Calcutt DBO(D) (London, England) Jean Pollock DipAppSc(Orth) GradDip(Neuroscience) MSc Jill Carlton MMedSc(Orth) BMedSc(Orth) Gill Roper-Hall DBOT CO COMT Nathan Clunas BAppSc(Orth)Hons PhD Kathryn Rose DOBA DipAppSc(Orth) GradDip(Neuroscience) PhD Elaine Cornell DOBA DipAppSc MA PhD Sue Silveira DipAppSc(Orth) MHlthScEd Catherine Devereux DipAppSc(Orth) MAppSc Kathryn Thompson DipAppSc(Orth) GradCertHlthScEd MAppSc(Orth) Kerry Fitzmaurice HTDS DipAppSc(Orth) PhD Suzane Vassallo BOrth(Hons) PhD Mara Giribaldi BAppSc(Orth) Meri Vukicevic BOrth PGDipHlthResMeth PhD Julie Green DipAppSc(Orth) PhD Liane Wilcox DOBA MAppSc The Australian Orthoptic Journal is peer-reviewed and the official biannual scientific journal of Orthoptics Australia. The Australian Orthoptic Journal features original scientific research papers, reviews and perspectives, case studies, invited editorials, letters and book reviews. The Australian Orthoptic Journal covers key areas of orthoptic clinical practice – strabismus, amblyopia, ocular motility and binocular vision anomalies; low vision and rehabilitation; paediatric ophthalmology; neuro-ophthalmology including nystagmus; ophthalmic technology and biometry; and public health agenda. Published by Orthoptics Australia (Publication date: December 2011). Editors’ details: Konstandina Koklanis, [email protected]; Zoran Georgievski, [email protected]; Department of Clinical Vision Sciences, La Trobe University. Fax: +61 3 9479 3692. Email: [email protected]. Design & layout: Campus Graphics, La Trobe University. Printer: Printing Edge Melbourne Pty Ltd. Publisher: Orthoptics Australia (PO Box 1104, Greythorn, VIC 3104 Australia). All rights reserved. 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