We had a research project on ocular biomechanics in collaboration with the School of Optometry. We studied the effects of intraocular pressure on the development of myopia in chicks. We have found that the intraocular pressure plays a major role in development of myopia and those eyes that are oblate in shape have a high risk of developing myopia. Currently there are no identifiable risk factors for the development of myopia. The results of our research could be used to identify young adults who are at high risk of developing myopia. We have also developed an experimentally validated computational model of chick eye that will be used to study the development of myopia in future.
