Kate Gifford, Ph.D., BAppSc(Optom)Hons, is a clinician-scientist and peer educator in private practice in Brisbane, Australia. She is the chair of the Clinical Management Guidelines committee of the International Myopia Institute and lead author on its report. She is a co-founder of Myopia Profile and is a consultant or advisor to or has received funding or honoraria for education, research, travel, lecturing, or authorship from a number of Ophthalmology companies.