Associate Professor Vanessa Moodley.
A University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) academic has been appointed to a key international leadership position that will help shape the future of optometry education worldwide.
Associate Professor Vanessa Moodley has been appointed Chairperson of the Education Committee of the World Council for Optometry (WCO), where she will serve a two-year term guiding the organisation's global education agenda.
The WCO is an international non-profit organisation representing optometrists, industry professionals and optometric organisations, with a mission to advance eye health and vision care through education and advocacy.
Moodley's appointment recognises decades of work in optometry education, curriculum development, professional regulation and leadership in South Africa and internationally.
