Dr Melinda Toomey, an optometrist and health services researcher, is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR), University of Queensland. Currently, she is working on a MRFF-funded project to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and hearing and/or vision impairment. Melinda's research focus is on the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based, patient-centred tools and programs using an implementation science approach across a range of healthcare settings.
Melinda completed her PhD at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW, Sydney, where she was awarded a Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis. In her PhD thesis entitled, racetrack: Improving the Appropriateness of Australian Glaucoma Eyecare Delivery (ImAAGED), Melinda investigated barriers and enablers to care delivery and then developed a program to improve the quality of glaucoma care delivery.
Journal Article: Building and maintaining interprofessional collaborative practice in eyecare: learnings from the Queensland Paediatric Optometry Alignment Program
Webber, Ann L., Toomey, Melinda, Keay, Lisa, Dai, Shuan, Gole, Glen A., Newcomb, Dana and McKinlay, Lynne (2024). Building and maintaining interprofessional collaborative practice in eyecare: learnings from the Queensland Paediatric Optometry Alignment Program. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 44 (1), 52-70. doi: 10.1111/opo.13246
Journal Article: Developing realistic benchmarks for glaucoma care delivery
Toomey, Melinda, Gyawali, Rajendra, Ho, Kam Chun, Stapleton, Fiona, Keay, Lisa and Jalbert, Isabelle (2023). Developing realistic benchmarks for glaucoma care delivery. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 107 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2023.2275748
Journal Article: Clinical indicators for diabetic eyecare delivered by optometrists in Australia: a Delphi study
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Ho, Kam Chun, Keay, Lisa, Pye, David C, Katalinic, Paula, Liew, Gerald, Hsing, Yan Inez, Ramke, Jacqueline, Gentle, Alex, Webber, Ann L, Schmid, Katrina L, Bentley, Sharon, Hibbert, Peter, Wiles, Louise and Jalbert, Isabelle (2023). Clinical indicators for diabetic eyecare delivered by optometrists in Australia: a Delphi study. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 2253792, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2023.2253792
Webber, Ann L., Toomey, Melinda, Keay, Lisa, Dai, Shuan, Gole, Glen A., Newcomb, Dana and McKinlay, Lynne (2024). Building and maintaining interprofessional collaborative practice in eyecare: learnings from the Queensland Paediatric Optometry Alignment Program. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 44 (1), 52-70. doi: 10.1111/opo.13246
Developing realistic benchmarks for glaucoma care delivery
Toomey, Melinda, Gyawali, Rajendra, Ho, Kam Chun, Stapleton, Fiona, Keay, Lisa and Jalbert, Isabelle (2023). Developing realistic benchmarks for glaucoma care delivery. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 107 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2023.2275748
Clinical indicators for diabetic eyecare delivered by optometrists in Australia: a Delphi study
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Ho, Kam Chun, Keay, Lisa, Pye, David C, Katalinic, Paula, Liew, Gerald, Hsing, Yan Inez, Ramke, Jacqueline, Gentle, Alex, Webber, Ann L, Schmid, Katrina L, Bentley, Sharon, Hibbert, Peter, Wiles, Louise and Jalbert, Isabelle (2023). Clinical indicators for diabetic eyecare delivered by optometrists in Australia: a Delphi study. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 2253792, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2023.2253792
Enhancing the appropriateness of eyecare delivery: the iCaretrack approach
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Keay, Lisa and Jalbert, Isabelle (2023). Enhancing the appropriateness of eyecare delivery: the iCaretrack approach. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 106 (8), 825-835. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2023.2178286
Keay, Lisa, Ren, Kerrie, Nguyen, Helen, Vajdic, Claire, Odutola, Michael, Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Peters, Ruth, Ee, Nicole, Dillon, Lisa, Hackett, Maree, Ah Tong, Brandon, D'Esposito, Fabrizio, Faulmann, David, Burton, Matthew, Ramke, Jacqueline and Jalbert, Isabelle (2022). Risk factors common to leading eye health conditions and major non-communicable diseases: a rapid review and commentary. F1000Research, 11 1289, 1289. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.123815.1
Gyawali, Rajendra, Ho, Kam Chun, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Keay, Lisa, Hibbert, Peter, Wiles, Louise and Jalbert, Isabelle (2022). Level of appropriate primary diabetic eyecare delivered and achievable in optometry practices in Australia. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 106 (3), 276-282. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2022.2033107
The appropriateness of and barriers to glaucoma care delivery by Australian optometrists
Toomey, Melinda, Ho, Kam Chun, Gyawali, Rajendra, Stapleton, Fiona, Wiles, Louise, Hibbert, Peter, Keay, Lisa and Jalbert, Isabelle (2022). The appropriateness of and barriers to glaucoma care delivery by Australian optometrists. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 105 (6), 593-601. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.2004861
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Zangerl, Barbara, Dillon, Lisa, Ho, Kam Chun, Keay, Lisa, Alkhawajah, Sally Marwan M, Liew, Gerald and Jalbert, Isabelle (2021). Systematic review of diabetic eye disease practice guidelines: more applicability, transparency and development rigor are needed. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 140, 56-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.08.031
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Keay, Lisa, Chun Ho, Kam and Jalbert, Isabelle (2021). Multiple things going on at the same time: determinants of appropriate primary diabetic eyecare delivery. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 42 (1), 71-81. doi: 10.1111/opo.12912
Toomey, Melinda, Gyawali, Rajendra, Stapleton, Fiona, Ho, Kam Chun, Keay, Lisa and Jalbert, Isabelle (2021). Facilitators and barriers to the delivery of eye care by optometrists: a systematic review using the theoretical domains framework. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 41 (4), 782-797. doi: 10.1111/opo.12801
Knowledge translation for the everyday optometrist
Toomey, Melinda and Jalbert, Isabelle (2021). Knowledge translation for the everyday optometrist. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 104 (7), 744-755. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1898275
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Zangerl, Barbara, Dillon, Lisa, Keay, Lisa, Liew, Gerald and Jalbert, Isabelle (2021). Quality of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council’s clinical practice guidelines for the management of diabetic retinopathy. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 104 (8), 864-870. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1880862
Quality of 2019 American optometric association clinical practice guideline for diabetic eye care
Gyawali, Rajendra, Toomey, Melinda, Stapleton, Fiona, Dillon, Lisa, Zangerl, Barbara, Keay, Lisa and Jalbert, Isabelle (2020). Quality of 2019 American optometric association clinical practice guideline for diabetic eye care. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 41 (1), 165-170. doi: 10.1111/opo.12763