Professor Vanessa R. Moodley (PhD-DIT Ireland, M.Optom (cum laude), B.Optom UKZN SA, CAS-NECO,USA), is an associate professor in the Discipline of Optometry, University of Kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa where she has lectured for many years in the areas of contact lenses, binocular vision (strabismus), public health and ethics. Prof Moodley has served her profession in various leadership roles. She served 2 X 5-year terms on the regulatory body as Chairperson of the Professional Board for Optometry and Dispensing Opticians in South Africa, African Council for Optometry as Secretary/Treasurer and Education Committee chairperson. In her role as a Councillor on the Health Professions Council of South Africa, she chaired the Business Practices Committee and was a member of the Standards Generation Body, leading the initiative that defined optometry competency standards. She currently serves on World Council for Optometry Education Committee. Her areas of research interest include Keratoconus (Cornea and Contact lenses) as well as Quality Standards and Social Accountability in Optometry Education. Prof Moodley was co-founder of the Keratoconus Foundation of South Africa and in partnership local hospitals facilitates corneal transplants and contact lenses to indigent keratoconus patients. She supervises many national and international post graduate students undertaking research in keratoconus, contact lenses and optometry education and has disseminated the work at various international conferences, and through scholarly publications. Her most recent professional recognition has been as recipient of the Centennial Award for Academic Excellence by the South African Optometric Association.