Dr Stephanie Kearney

Stephanie Kearney, Dr

Academic Qualifications

  • 2013 - 2016 PhD in Vision Sciences. Thesis title: ‘The association between environmental factors and refractive error’. Ulster University
  • 2017-2018 Independent Prescribing diploma. Glasgow Caledonian University
  • 2009-2012 BSc Hons First Class in Optometry. Ulster University

Employment overview

  • Current Post: Glasgow Caledonian University
  • 2025-present Senior lecturer
  • 2019-2025 Lecturer
  • 2017-2022: Research assistant: CHAMP UK study (Childhood Atropine for Myopia Progression in the United Kingdom)

Research

PhD Supervision:

  • 2022: PhD student: Principal Supervisor. Commenced in September 2022: “An Exploration of the Financial and Societal Costs of Myopia in the UK”
  • 2024: PhD student: Second Supervisor. Commenced in May 2024: “Comparisons of choroidal function, ocular shape and high order aberrations in myopia, emmetropia, hyperopia and amblyopia”.

Grant awards

  • 2023 Visual Research Trust: Small grant award £10,000
  • 2023 Carnegie Trust: Research Incentive Grant £15,000

Recent Publications

2025

2025

Kearney S, Leech E, Engelmann J, Strang N and Day M. The feasibility and tolerability of bright light therapy in childhood myopia: A pilot study OCL (in press)

Kearney S and Day M. The impact of University based learning on practice and barriers to the provision of myopia management in the UK. Clin Exp Opt 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/08164622.2025.2543014

2025

Dow E, Kearney S and Day M Absolute Risks and Decision Tools for

Communicating the Risks of Myopia-Related Diseases.2025 IOVS 1;66(4):82.

 doi: 10.1167/iovs.66.4.82.

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