Our Waterloo Optometry Clinic has moved to the nearby location of 419 Phillip St., Unit C, as of October 21, 2024. This location will be open until late 2026 while the Waterloo Eye Institute is under construction. Our downtown Kitchener location (Health Sciences Optometry Clinic) remains open with no change to service.
Funding for the InnoHK Centre for Eye and Vision Research, which aims to bring eye and vision research to market through Waterloo-Hong Kong partnership, has been extended to 2030.
From differential visual acuity to amblyopia and reading, Doctor of Optometry and grad student Supriya Aryal is researching it all.
New eye test based on age-appropriate tasks can lead to earlier detection and treatment of vision problems in children as young as 18 months.
Dr. Debbie Jones wins the Garland W. Clay Award for the most important paper published in Optometry and Vision Science in the last five years
Dr. Chau-Minh Phan takes on a new role as assistant scientific director at the InnoHK Centre for Eye and Vision Research.
Dr. Denise Hileeto, who is taking early retirement, has helped create building blocks of knowledge about eye tissue, imaging and disease.
Dr. Jennifer Hunter develops advanced fluorescence imaging techniques to examine individual cell layers, which could lead to earlier retinal disease detection.
After his first year in the OD program, Vicky Shah chose to spend his summer contributing to impactful vision science research at the University of Waterloo, applying his biology background in two labs focused on dry eye disease and binocular vision.
The Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund is funding 10 University of Waterloo research projects to advance optometry and vision science.
Daniel Kessie, a Vision Science student, is using ocular imaging technology to advance clinical optometry, aspiring for future impact in Africa.