The prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) has increased significantly due to prolonged screen time and Mana Monfared, a current PhD in Vision Science student, is dedicated to studying the disease and its effects on eye health.
Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize
Amy Chow
Vivian Chan
Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award
Alan Yee
Susmita Bose
The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics
Taylor Brin
Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship
Heinz Otchere
H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies
Melanie Mungalsingh
University of Waterloo Science Senate Graduate Scholarship
Kirsten Carter
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
Angela Zhang
Best Paper Award at MICCAI OMIA Workshop
Amitojdeep Singh co-authors: Sourya Sengupta, Abdul Rasheed Mohammed, Ibrahim Faruq, Varadhu Jayakumar and Vasudevan Lakshminararayan
Sigma XI Award
Heinz Otchere
VPRI Graduate Student Award
Asiya Jabeen
Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
Melanie Mungalsingh
Spring 2020
Amir Moezzi (PhD)
Asiya Jabeen (MSc)
Lori Pollit (MSc)
Mohana Kuppuswamy Parthasarathy (PhD)
Parisa Mirzapour (MSc)
Yutong Jin (MSc)
Fall 2020
Amritha Stalin (PhD)
Sourya Sengupta (MSc)
Topic: Motion Processing in Reverse Phi
Supervisors: Dr. Vengu Lakshminarayanan
Date of defense: Thursday November 7, 2019.
Topic: Characterization of mammalian and fish lens epithelial cell lines
Supervisors: Dr. Vivian Choh & Dr. Jake Sivak
Date of defense: Wednesday August 7, 2019
Topic: Aspects of corneal fluorescein staining
Supervisor: Dr. Lyndon Jones
Date of defense: Thurs, April 18th, 2019
We would like to thank Dr. Melvyn Goodale for presenting his fascinating lecture as our first 2018-2019 VSRSS speaker, entitled "How big is that box? Differences in Size Constancy for Perception and Action”.
Topic: Automated segmentation of retinal optical coherence tomography images
Supervisor: Dr. Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan & Dr. John Zelek
Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM
The GIVS council would like to express our gratitude toward everyone who donated to our fundraiser to purchase a new shed to house our BBQ grill, after a thunderstorm unexpectedly destroyed our old one. Thanks to you, we were able to raise $252.50!