Rebecca wins second place in the 3-minute thesis competition organized by City, University of London, UK

Rebecca Sumalini, a PhD student at the LVPEI-City University, won second place in the 3-minute thesis competition organized by the City, University of London, UK, for its graduate students. She won this prize for presenting her PhD work to a broad scientific community in just 3 minutes. Her PhD work focuses on investigating the validity of clinical tools used to measure visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in children with cerebral visual impairment. Rebecca is mentored by Dr PremNandhini Satgunam from LVPEI; Dr Ahalya Subramanian and Dr Miriam Conway from City, University of London, UK and Dr Lokesh Lingappa from Rainbow Children’s Hospitals, Hyderabad.