Associate Professor Penny Allen

Lead Researcher, Bionic Eye Project, Centre for Eye Research Australia; Honorary, Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Under the Microscope

A vision for the future

Associate Professor Penny Allen led the surgical team that implanted Australia’s first bionic eye, but the vitreoretinal surgeon says the future holds more exciting possibilities

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