Trefford Simpson

Trefford Simpson
Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor
Location: OPT 371
Phone: 519-888-4567 x45015

Biography

Trefford Simpson did his optometric training in Johannesburg, South Africa, graduate training at the University of Houston and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto. He has been at the University of Waterloo since 1994 and is currently a professor emeritus at the School of Optometry and Vision Science.

Research Interests

  • Soft Metrology, psychophysical measurement of ocular surface pain and thermal sensing, scaling symptoms and visual function, ocular surface imaging (particularly OCT), ocular surface structure and function, binocular vision
  • Clinical Imaging
  • Vision Rehabilitation
  • Ocular Biology
  • Vision Services

Education

  • Dip Optom (Wits Technikon), MSc (Houston), PhD (Houston)

Service

  • Graduate Officer (July 2009 - )
  • Approved Ph.D. supervisor
  • Registered optometrist (Ontario)
  • Supervising clinician
  • Clinical interests: Binocular Vision, Electro-diagnostic Service

Teaching*

  • OPTOM 109 - Visual Perception 1: Perception of Light
    • Taught in 2021
  • OPTOM 152 - Clinical Techniques 1
    • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
  • OPTOM 243 - Neurophysiology of Vision
    • Taught in 2020, 2021
  • OPTOM 252 - Clinical Techniques 2
    • Taught in 2023
  • OPTOM 360 - Professional Ethics and Optometric Communication
    • Taught in 2023, 2024
  • OPTOM 650 - Research Methodology for Vision Science
    • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2023
  • OPTOM 651 - Data Analysis in Vision Science
    • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2024
  • OPTOM 661 - Practical Advanced Data Analysis
    • Taught in 2019

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications