Mitchell Anjou

Mitchell Anjou is an optometrist and public health practitioner who works as an Academic Specialist and Senior Research Fellow in Indigenous Eye Health at The University of Melbourne. He leads advocacy and implementation initiatives to Close the Gap for Vision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Mitchell directed public eye care services in Victoria for over two decades as Clinic Director at the Australian College of Optometry and a Senior Fellow in the Optometry Department of the University of Melbourne. In 2013 he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to optometry and public health and currently contributes through the Australian College of Optometry, the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand, Vision 2020 Australia, Optometry Australia and jurisdictional and regional eye care groups across Australia.