Dr Senuri Karunaratne is a therapeutically endorsed, AHPRA registered practicing optometrist and clinical research optometrist. She graduated in 2017 from the University of Melbourne following the completion of the Doctor of Optometry program. After working as a primary care optometrist in regional New South Wales, Senuri transitioned into a research role, working as a clinical research optometrist at the Brien Holden Vision Institute. Here, she was involved in the development of myopia control devices and in conducting clinical trials.

Currently, Dr Karunaratne is a clinical research optometrist in the Downie Laboratory: Anterior Eye, Clinical Trials and Research Translation Unit, where she is involved as a sub-investigator on multiple ophthalmic clinical trials focusing on the treatment of ocular surface disease. She is also involved in investigator-initiated projects, with a particular interest in corneal imaging and analysis of corneal immune cell using in vivo confocal microscopy, and our team’s newly developed Fun-IVCM technique. Senuri has also contributed to a systematic review investigating clinical guidelines for the management of glaucoma suspects.