Manbir Nagra

Dr. Manbir Nagra is an Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow at the Vision and Eye Research Institute under the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care at the University of Cambridge. With expertise in myopia, contact lenses, and health technologies, she combines clinical practice with academic research and consultancy in the optical sector.

• PhD in Myopia Research
• MA Academic Practice
• BSc (Hons) Optometry

Her research spans refractive error, myopia progression, contact lens applications, and digital health innovations, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent publications focus on telehealth adaptation, anterior eye grading software, and smartphone ophthalmoscopy. She was shortlisted for the Association of Optometrists lecturing award (2018).

• Collaborator in MiSight clinical trial
• Visiting postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley
• Erasmus+ visitor to Spanish National Research Council