Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Marianne is a clinical eyecare researcher and orthoptist. Marianne is the Prof. Henry Brodaty Mid-Career Fellow at the National Centre for Healthy Ageing, a collaboration between Monash University and Peninsula Health. Marianne's pioneering research in dementia-friendly eyecare has been funded by the UK Royal Society of Medicine, Fight for Sight (the UK's leading sight loss research charity) and the Dementia Australia Research Foundation. Her interdisciplinary research has been guided at each stage by people living with dementia and carers.
Marianne's current project aims to design a dementia eyecare pathway for residential aged care, building on previous work in the community exploring eye test experiences for people with dementia and families. Because of Marianne's work, people can seek dementia-friendly eyecare at over 300 optometry practices across Australia and access information about dementia-friendly eye tests through Dementia Australia. Marianne led a team to create a comprehensive training course for optometrists about dementia-friendly eyecare, and has delivered professional development training for optometrists in Australia and the UK.
Research interests
Dementia-friendly eyecare, dementia rehabilitation, visual processing in amblyopia and other neurodevelopmental conditions
Community service
Public talks about eye health and dementia:
Woodlands Park Retirement Village
Seaford Probus Club
Cire Dementia Cafe
Pint of Science Festival
Professional development talks about neurodegenerative diseases and eye health
Specsavers Clinical Conference
Optometry Australia - Optometry Virtually Connected
Optical Dispensers Australia
Dementia Australia Combined Communities of Practice
NHS Scotland Optometry (NES)
Clinical activities
Clinical Educator - La Trobe Eye Clinic
Consulting
National Eye Care
Optometry Australia
Education/Academic qualification
Vision Science, PhD, Distorted vision in children with amblyopia ('lazy eye'), Glasgow Caledonian University
Award Date: 2 Jul 2015
MRes Health Sciences
BSc Hons Orthoptics First Class
External positions
Honorary, Australian College of Optometry
Honorary, La Trobe University
Honorary, University of Melbourne
Research area keywords
- dementia
- amblyopia
- binocular vision
- visual function
- health services research
Projects
- 2 Active
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DEF-EYE: Designing a dementia-friendly eyecare pathway to help people with dementia "see well, to live well" in residential aged care
Coleman, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
30/06/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Exploring the benefit of multidisciplinary primary care
Pond, C. D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Coleman, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Carey, M. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goodwin, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Coda, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Horton, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fernandez, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Triandafilidis, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bell, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Laver, K. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Williams, A. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rhee, J. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Coleman , M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Oldmeadow, C. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bill, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
18/11/24 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
Press/Media
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ABC News radio interview - $3.7 million in research funding for gene therapy project to boost the brain’s defenses against Alzheimer’s disease as well as improve the quality of eyecare for people living with dementia in residential aged care.
24/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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Gene therapy project shares in $3.7 million research funding
24/02/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Social Media Article