Associate Professor Mitchell Anjou AM is an accomplished optometrist and public health practitioner at the University of Melbourne, where he holds the position of Head of the Minum Barreng Indigenous Eye Health Unit (MB:IEHU) within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. He earned his BScOptom and MScOptom degrees from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Optometry (FACO). Anjou has over two decades of experience at the Australian College of Optometry, serving as Clinic Director and Senior Fellow in the University of Melbourne's Optometry Department until 2010. He contributed more than ten years to the Optometrist Registration Board of Victoria and currently sits on the Registration and Notifications Committee of the Optometry Board of Australia. As a founding member of the Public Health Optometry Group and former Director of the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand, he has shaped professional standards in optometry and public health.

Anjou's research centers on enhancing eye care access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, addressing barriers such as refractive error correction, diabetic retinopathy treatment models, cataract surgery equity, and trachoma elimination. Key publications include 'The Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision' (2012), 'Correcting Indigenous Australians’ refractive error and presbyopia' (2013), 'Local co-ordination and case management can enhance Indigenous eye care' (2013), 'Inherited retinal diseases in global Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review' (2025), and 'Kaupapa Māori approaches to creating a Māori health curriculum standard for optometry education' (2026). His work through MB:IEHU, established in 2008, has driven evidence-based policy frameworks, systems reform, and annual implementation reports on the Roadmap, contributing to closing the vision gap. Anjou received the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2013 for service to optometry and public health, and the 2025 Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences Alumnus Award. With 265 citations, his contributions influence Indigenous health policy and culturally safe optometry practices.

Professional Email: manjou@unimelb.edu.au