She is Past-President of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research, member of the Advisory Board at the International Council of Ophthalmology, editor of Frontiers in Neuro-Ophthalmology, and section editor for Current Neurology and Neuroscience Report. She serves on the Board of EVER, Acta Ophtalmologica, Scientific Report and the Neuro-Ophthalmic Virtual Education Library (NOVEL). Professor Kawasaki's research is focused in the domain of the pupil as a biomarker of retinal light sensitivity in health and disease. She has recently completed a collaborative project to study the effects of light deprivation for the European Space Agency. She will host the International Pupil Colloquium in Switzerland in September 2017.