Dr Katrina Schmid is Associate Professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology. She is an experienced researcher, clinical optometrist, and educator, with extensive expertise in myopia. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; an internationally recognised indicator of experience and expertise in learning and teaching in higher education. Her teaching expertise includes ocular anatomy and ocular pharmacology. Her research interests include animal models of myopia and the role of near work in myopia including accommodation, binocular vision, peripheral refraction and changes in biometry.