Vision Science Graduate Conference
Lauren Hoare presenting at VSGC 2024. Lauren was one of two Daytech Award first prize winners for giving the best seminar at the conference.
We are excited to announce that our annual Vision Science Graduate Student Conference will be held on Monday, April 28th and Tuesday, April 29th, this year!
If you have any questions, please contact us at: vsgraduatecoordinator@uwaterloo.ca
Our last research seminar of the series (The Larkworthy Lecture) is planned to wrap up the day's events and will be followed by a reception.
Larkworthy Lecture - Effects of chronic and transient alterations of intraocular pressure in experimental glaucoma on retinal structure and function
- Presented by Laura J Frishman, PhD, FARVO, FAAO, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Vision Science, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies & Research, College of Optometry, University of Houston
- Location: Optometry room 1129
We strongly encourage faculty and staff to attend as much of this conference as your schedule will allow. You will be updated on research within the School and it is an opportunity to support our graduate students by attending the graduate awards presentation.
Note: All graduate students are expected to attend this two-day event.
Schedule
| Monday, April 28th | Presenter | Abstract Title |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Morning Session Introduction and Housekeeping | |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Hitesh Sharma | Can tear film stability be measured by ocular thermography? A literature review to establish basis for a pilot study. |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Cassandra Huynh | Quantifying inhibitor activity of luteolin and rutin against tumour necrosis factor α and interleukin 17A |
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9:50-10:10 |
Nutan Rauniyar |
The role of tele-optometry for comprehensive eye care |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Coffee break | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Shilpa Gorla | Insulin attenuates the stiffening effect of zinc on avian crystalline lenses |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Iman Salehi | Radially varying polarization entoptic phenomena and their applications in vision science |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Nijani Nagaarudkumaran | Exploring the tole of autophagy on inflammatory signaling pathways in the corneal epithelium |
| 11:40 - 11:45 | Housekeeping and Day 1 Wrap Up | |
| Tuesday, April 29th | Presenter | Abstract Title |
| 8:40 - 8:50 | Morning Session Introduction and Housekeeping | |
| 8:50 - 9:15 | Natasha Bhanot | Cloudy with a chance of clarity: a multi-step approach to addressing scleral lens midday fogging |
| 9:15 - 9:35 | Linda Linh Nguyen | Early nutrition is associated with global motion perception and V5 function in 7-year-old children born very preterm |
| 9:35 - 10:00 | Ivana Latalisa | A rare case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus in a healthy young adult: insights for clinicians in the vaccination era |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 10:55 | Joanne Jin | What makes an ideal candidate for vision therapy? |
| 10:55 -11:15 | Lauren Hoare | Impaired walking in children with amblyopia and strabismus |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | Anne Marie Yeboah | Concussion and vision therapy |
| 11:35 - 11:40 | Morning Session Wrap Up and Housekeeping | |
| 11:40 - 12:20 | GRAD Student Awards | |
| 12:20 - 1:25 | Lunch - Student Commons | |
| 1:25 - 1:35 | Afternoon Session Introduction and Housekeeping | |
| 1:35 - 1:55 | Sahar Khakneshin | Bioptic telescopic spectacles and driving rehabilitation for people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD): A pilot project |
| 1:55 - 2:15 | Simran Pattar | Imaging neurovascular coupling in the healthy and glaucomatous rodent retina |
| 2:15 - 2:35 | Allison Lynch | Enhancing pilot vision standards for aviation: A study on visual degradation effects and stress responses in flight simulation |
| 2:35 - 3:05 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:05 - 3:25 | Heather Hudecki |
Perception of precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights by an individual with red-green color vision deficiency: a simulator and real-world comparison |
| 3:25 - 3:45 | Ashita Bidarkar | Retinal responses following exposure to moderate and strong coloured lights in myopes and non-myopes |
| 3:45 - 4:05 | Daniel Kessie | Imaging of the healthy and pathological limbus [Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD)] with UHR-OCT |
| 4:05 - 4:15 | Conference Wrap Up and Thank You's | |
| 4:30 - 5:30 | Dr. Laura Frishman |
Larkworthy Memorial Lecture: Effects of chronic and transient alterations of intraocular pressure in experimental glaucoma on retinal structure and function |
| 5:30 - 6:30 | Reception - Student Commons | |