Dr Sonia Toor

FHEA, PhD, MSc, BMedSci

School of Allied Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery

Lecturer in Orthoptics

sonia.toor@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9064
E100f, 362 Mushroom Lane

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Dr Sonia Toor
School of Allied Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery
E100f
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
Profile

I graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BMedSci (Orthoptics) in 2008 and went on to complete my MSc in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science at the University of Manchester alongside working at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.  Following this I spent 4 years at the University of Reading working as a research assistant and completing a PhD with Dr Anna Horwood and Professor Patricia Riddell.  I then worked as an orthoptist and a research orthoptist at Moorfields Eye Hospital before re-joining the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer in Orthoptics in 2014.

Research interests

My PhD set out to investigate the existence of asymmetrical accommodation in anisometropia.  My other research interests include:

  • Changes in accommodation and convergence across the lifespan
  • Convergence and accommodation orthoptic exercises
Publications

Journal articles

  • Proudlock FA, Hisaund M, Maconachie G, Papageorgiou E, Manouchehrinia A, Dahlmann-Noor A, Khandelwal P, Self J, Beisse C, Gottlob I , Mellors A et al (2024) . The Lancet, 403(10438), 1766-1778.
  • Haque S, Toor S & Buckley D (2024) . British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 20, 85-93.
  • Shaw B, Codina C & Toor S (2021) . British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 17(1), 20-26.
  • Toor S, Horwood A & Riddell P (2019) . Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 23(4), 203 e.1-203 e.5.
  • Lijka B, Toor S & Arblaster G (2019) . British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 15(1), 8-14.
  • Toor S, Horwood AM & Riddell PM (2018) . British Journal of Ophthalmology, 102(6), 772-778.
  • Toor S, Horwood AM & Riddell PM (2014) Asymmetrical accommodation in anisometropic amblyopia. Advances in Strabismus: Proceedings of the Twelfth Meeting of the International Strabismological Association in Kyoto, JAPAN, 191-196.
  • Horwood AM, Toor SS & Riddell PM (2014) . Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 18(2), 162-168.
  • Horwood AM, Toor S & Riddell PM (2014) . British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98(5), 679-683.
  • Horwood A & Toor S (2014) . Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 34(2), 250-262.
  • Horwood AM, Toor SS & Riddell PM (2013) . Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 17(1), e5-e5.
  • Wang Y, Toor SS, Gautam R & Henson DB (2011) . Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 52(7), 4546-4546.
  • Toor SS, Horwood AM & Riddell PM () . British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 9(0), 9-9.

Conference proceedings

  • Horwood AM, Toor S & Riddell PM (2014) Who’s driving? Convergence and accommodation – fixed ratios, flexible linkages or separate systems. Advances in Strabismus
  • Horwood AM, Toor S & Riddell PM (2014) Convergence and accommodation development relate to corrected age in premature infants. Advances in Strabismus
  • Toor S, Horwood AM & Riddell PM (2012) Convergence accommodation trumps accommodative convergence. 35th European Strabismological Association Conference

Theses

  • Toor S Accommodation in anisometropia.

Preprints

  • Proudlock FA, Hisaund M, Maconachie G, Papageorgiou E, Manouchehrinia A, Dahlmann-Noor A, Khandelwal P, Self J, Biesse C & Gottlob I (2023) , Elsevier BV.
Teaching interests
  • Involved in the teaching of a range of topics to undergraduate orthoptics students but my main interests are in accommodation and convergence
  • Supervision of undergraduate research projects
  • Clinical placement co-ordinator
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society
  • Registered with the Health Professions Council
  • Honorary clinical contract with Royal Hallamshire Teaching Hospitals Foundation
  • Presentations at national and international conferences
  • Recognised as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) via University of Sheffield Certificate in Learning and Teaching (2017)