After graduating with a first-class B.Sc. degree, with honours, in Optometry (from UMIST, in 2004), Amit successfully completed the UK College of Optometrists' Professional Qualification Examinations (PQEs), followed by registration with the General Optical Council in 2005. 

Since qualifying as an Optometrist, Amit has worked in several clinical capacities, including within the field of refractive surgery.

In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. at The University of Manchester (Faculty of Life Sciences), investigating Optical Quality and Visual Performance in Patients with Keratoconus - supervised by Dr Clare O'Donnell, Dr Hema Radhakrishnan and Dr Cindy Tromans.

Following this, Amit completed Post-Doctoral Research at Aston University (School of Life & Health Sciences), working under Prof. James Wolffsohn, in collaboration with Visioncare Research Ltd. (Farnham, Surrey UK). During this period, Amit also co-edited the 'Monthly Research Updates' series (for Bausch & Lomb's 'Academy of Visioncare' website) in partnership with Prof. Wolffsohn. 

In 2012, he was awarded the UK College of Optometrists' George Giles Prize for outstanding postgraduate research. Amit was also awarded the Peter Abel Prize, by the Association of German Contact Lens Specialists and Optometrists (VDC/o), for excellence in contact lens optics research. He also received Fellowship from the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) by viva-voce examination.

In the Spring of 2015, Amit was awarded Fellowship from the European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) by viva-voce examination. In the Summer of 2015, Amit was awarded the Faculty of Life Sciences Teaching Excellence Award for 'Second Year Unit Coordinator of the Year' for the highest-ranking unit survey scores across the entire Faculty.

In 2017, Amit was presented with the prestigious Optometry 'Lecturer of the Year' award by the National Association of Optometrists (AOP). 

Over his career to date, Amit has previously held the following key Leadership positions within the Division:

• Divisional Post Graduate Research (PGR) Tutor: 2016-2019
• Optometric Examination B Clinic Lead: 2013-2018
• OPTO20200 Personal Professional Development B - Sole Unit Co-ordinator and Principal Assessor: 2018-2020

Since 2017, Amit has acted as a Teaching Peer-Reviewer for both Optometry and Pharmacy Staff, which involves evaluating and supporting fellow teaching colleagues across the Division.

In August 2021, Amit was awarded a prestigious 'individual' Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) by The University of Manchester's Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) for demonstrating sustained excellence in "Educational Leadership and Inclusive Learning". The Associate Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students and Director of the ITL, Prof. Judith Williams commented that Dr Jinabhai's individual submission was "a really exceptional submission, demonstrating the impact that an individual can have across a programme and beyond." And that Amit's "enthusiasm, love of learning and innovation came across throughout."  In addition to his 'individual' TEA, Amit was also part of 'the Optometry Team' that were awarded a 2021 'team' TEA by the ITL for demonstrating excellence in "Educational Leadership and Teaching in the Covid-19 Environment". Subsequently, Amit was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the University's ITL in 2021.

In December 2021, Dr Jinabhai received the prestigious 'Divisional Teacher of the Year Award' (2021) for the Division of Pharmacy (DPO). This coveted accolade is presented to an academic member of staff that has a proven track record of:

• Communicating complex ideas effectively,
• Motivating and stimulating their students to learn,
• Demonstrating a high degree of innovation and excellence in education.

Amit was awarded with Fellowship (FHEA) of the Higher Education Academy in 2015. More recently, in February 2022, Dr Jinabhai was recognised for his superb teaching portfolio by achieving Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) with Advance HE.

Amit currently works as a Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (School of Health Sciences: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry). 

Outside of our University, Amit is an independent Hearings Panel Member that forms Fitness to Practise Committees for hearings held by the General Optical Council. He is currently an External Examiner for the University of Bradford's various Optometry programmes, and the sole External Examiner for the UK College of Optometrists' Final Assessment OSCEs on their GOC-approved Scheme for Professional Registration. Dr Jinabhai has been an Independent Expert Assessor for the European Academy of Optometry and Optics' Fellowship programme since 2016.

Having completed the Degree Standards Project's External Examiner training programme (through Advance HE), Amit is currently listed as an accredited examiner in Advance HE's National Directory of External Examiners. Dr Jinabhai has also successfully completed the extensive Stellar HE national training programme which is accredited by The Diversity Practice.

Since 2021, Amit has actively contributed to the Institute of Learning's Educational Blog, Teach Explore Apply, as an invited author.  Since 2022, Dr Jinabhai has also been invited to author educational articles for the prestigious Times Higher Education website.

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My main areas of interest are:

• Ophthalmic Optics
• Measurement and potential correction of ocular monochromatic higher-order aberrations
• Objective assessments of optical quality and the measurement of visual performance
• Identification and classification of corneal ectasia

• M.Sc. OPTO70352 Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences: Clinical Science of Contemporary Contact Lenses Unit - Lecturer 
• B.Sc.: OPTO20292 Visual Optics - Unit Co-ordinator and Sole Lecturer
• B.Sc.: OPTO10151 Geometrical Optics - Unit Co-ordinator, Laboratory Leader and Sole Lecturer
• B.Sc.: OPTO10910 Mathematics for Optometry - Unit Co-ordinator and Principal Lecturer
• B.Sc.: OPTO10312 Physical Optics - Unit Co-ordinator and Principal Lecturer
• B.Sc.: OPTO10100 Personal and Professional Development A - Academic Advisor and Assessor
• B.Sc.: OPTO20200 Personal and Professional Development B - Academic Advisor and Assessor
• B.Sc.: OPTO31250 Evidence-Based Optometric Practice - Group Supervisor and Assessor
• All B.Sc. academic year groups: Academic Advisor