Assoc. Prof. Amanda French graduated as an orthoptist from the University of Sydney with first class honours and the university medal in 2007 and completed her PhD in 2013. From 2008 to 2014, she was an academic at the University of Sydney and part-time clinical orthoptist. She has been an academic in the Discipline of Orthoptics at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) since its establishment in 2014 and in 2018 was promoted to senior lecturer. Amanda’s research is in ophthalmic epidemiology and healthcare services, with a specific interest in paediatrics and neuro-ophthalmology. She has a number of publications in international journals and has presented at many national and international conferences. She has been the recipient of various awards including, the Emmie Russell Prize (2008, 2009, 2011). Amanda has been an active member of Orthoptics Australia (OA), as NSW Secretary (2013-2014), NSW Councillor (2014-2020) and NSW Chair (2018-2020). She became a member of the OA Federal Council in 2018 and has been on the OA Conference Scientific Committee in 2015, 2019 and 2020.