Senior Lecturer
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Dr Mallika is an Ophthalmologist with extensive clinical, teaching and research experience in both tertiary education and health sectors. Her doctoral degree involved development and validation of third generation PROMs for retinal diseases. Prior to her doctoral degree, she was employed at the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak as a Senior Lecturer as well as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Sarawak General Hospital. Throughout the 9 years in Malaysia, she achieved numerous academic and professional service excellence awards. She also embarked on various clinical and academic research projects. Between 2000 and 2004, she worked as a Consultant Ophthalmologist in India. Dr Mallika is a highly motivated researcher and a passionate educator, and her main research focus is on ocular diseases, PROMs, quality of life, Rasch analysis, Ocular imaging, artificial intelligence.
2018 PhD, Flinders University
2009 Diploma in Postgraduate Teaching & Learning, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
2000 Master of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Madras Medical College, India
1996 MBBS, Madras Medical College, India
Grants
2024 - Nthalmic Pty Ltd: Clinical trial: Prospective, multisite, cross-over pilot trial to assess the short-term efficacy of novel myopia management spectacle films and contact lenses ($22,000). R Chakraborty, M Prem Senthil
2023 - Dopavision GmbH – The effects of the time of day of blue light stimulation of the optic nerve head on choroidal thickness changes in children with myopia ($22,460). R Chakraborty, M Prem Senthil, Schilling T, Bahmani H, Reynolds C.
2022 - Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant - Role of OCTA as a biomarker in peripheral arterial disease (24,429). M Prem Senthil (Lead investigator), R Chakraborty, C Delaney
2021 - Cross-College Research Funding Award - Development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures for childhood glaucoma ($ 10,000) - M Prem Senthil (Lead Investigator), E Souzeau, L Knight, J Craig
2018 - Flinders University ECR Establishment Award - Classifying infective keratitis using an artificial neural network ($10,000) - M Prem Senthil (Lead Investigator), R Casson, O Siggs
Scholarships
2014 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) Award
2014 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
2017 The Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
Awards
2019 Flinders University, ECR Best Paper Award
2018 Flinders University, ECR Best Paper Award
2017 Flinders University, Research Higher Degree Student Publication Award
2016 Flinders University - Research Higher Degree Student Publication Award
2011 University Malaysia Sarawak - Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Service Academic Award
2010 Rotary Club of Kuching - Vocational Service Award for the contribution to the Rural Blindness Prevention Program
2008 Rotary Club of Kuching - Vocational Service Award for the contribution to the Rural Eye Health Campaign
Ophthalmology
Optometry
Basic Medical Sciences
International Associate of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologist (RANZCO)
Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Member of Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)
Member of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
Member of Asia Pacific Ocular Imaging Society (APOIS)
Member of Malaysian Medical Council (MMC)
Member of Tamil Nadu Medical Council
Reviewer - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, International Journal of Ophthalmology, Clinical Ophthalmology, Quality of Life Research, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Malaysian Journal of Family Physicians, Malaysian Medical Journal, PLOS One, BMC Ophthalmology
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6560-5594
Contibutions to Atlas of Ophthalmology (endorsed by International Council of Ophthalmology)