Timothy R. Fricke

Tim Fricke is a public health optometrist, researcher and international development practitioner. He has held clinical, teaching, research and management roles in private, public, community health, hospital and refugee camp settings, including Clinic Director at the Australian College of Optometry, principal at MinneMerri Consultants, Executive Director at the Brien Holden Foundation, and honorary senior fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has extensive paediatric clinical experience, supervised post-graduate research in paediatric eye care and health economics, taught undergraduate and post-graduate eye care courses, provided continuing professional development across Australia and internationally, researched vision development, epidemiology, quality of life and access to eye care, co-authored 2 book chapters and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. He has assisted the development of local systems and skills for providing primary and specialised eye care in Australia, Tanzania, Burundi, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, PNG and Timor Leste. He is currently completing a PhD at UNSW, teaching at University of Melbourne and Flinders University, and consulting to the Brien Holden Vision Institute and Brien Holden Foundation.