Students will work with one or more faculty supervisors in their chosen area(s).
In addition to this page, several of the faculty and research groups have their own websites: Research and lab groups.
Research in health and bioinformatics, medical education and service delivery, standards of care, service quality and delivery, distance education and innovative continuing education programs, professional communication, epidemiology and clinical research.
The advancement of understanding of the normal and abnormal development, structure and function of the ocular and visual sensory and effector/motor nervous components and the impact of neural senescence.
The advancement of understanding of the eye and adnexa structure, physiology, disease and toxicology using micro and macroscopic imaging and molecular & biological system techniques.
Basic and applied research in the areas of fundamental optics, visual correction, contact lenses and material science, ophthalmic and vision standards (including visual ergonomics), imaging, instrument development, assistive devices and soft metrology.
Please feel free to contact faculty directly for more information about their research, or the equipment available in their lab. Note that faculty do not accept a student until a formal application has been made.
Statistical methods for clinical interpretation of psychophysical data, visual fields, continuing optometric education.
¶ Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan, MSc (Madras), PhD (Berkeley), FOSA, FSPIE, F.Inst.P. FAAAS, FOSI, FAAO, C.Phys.
Corneal sensitivity related especially to contact lens wear, binocular visual function, especially inhibitory binocular interactions. The psychophysics of parallel visual processing. Psychophysical and electrophysiological clinical visual tests.