User:Prof Lawrence Sithole

Prof Lawrence Sithole is an eye health care professional with special interest in eye health promotion. Currently, he is a professor at the University of Limpopo's Optometry Department. This follows a stint at Tshwane University of Technology where he worked as a Deputy Director in the Research Directorate. Other previous engagements include his incumbency at the University of South Africa where he was in charge of Research Capacity Development initiatives and the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he worked as a lecturer between 2007 and 2008 in the Department of Optometry.

Prof Sithole is a well grounded research scientist who has published extensively in the areas of Optometry and Public Health. His work has been published in various local and international journals including but not limited to the Journal of Medical and Family Practice, African Vision and Eye Health as well as Clinical and Experimental Optometry. He is also engaged from time to time by various local and international journals for his expertise in the public health domain.

Prof Sithole has delivered his research findings locally and internationally where he engaged with experts from across the globe. Some of the countries where his research work has presented include Scotland, Germany, Sweden,and England among others.

Some of his published work include: 1. Oculo-visual symptoms among welders 2. The use of streptozorocin in the induction of diabetes in rats and subsequent ocular tissue changes 3. Ethical issues in optometric practice 4. Ocular health promotion in South Africa 5. Correlational between intraocular pressure and high blood pressure 6. Malarial retinopathy and exposure 7. Snake venom injection in the eye 8. Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in children 9. Eye protection practices among welders 10. Ecological perspectives in the application of health promotion principles 11. National Health Insurance and eye care services 12. State of eye health promotion in the South African Healthcare System 13. Blunt force eye trauma and ultrasonography 14. Sports injuries and the eye 15. Normal tension glaucoma in patients with normal ocular parameters 16. Perceptions of eye health managers on eye health promotion

Prof Sithole continues to supervise Postgraduate Students from various disciplines including physiothepists, general practirioners, nurses, and optometrists among others. He is currently involved in various research projects in areas such as the use of indeginous medicine in the treatment of eye diseases as well as research in women's health and associated eye diseases.