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Michael Barnett-Cowan

Full Professor, Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Michael Barnett Cowan smiling at camera

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Biology

School of Psychology

Systems Design Engineering

Lab:

Multisensory Brain and Cognition Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Aging
  • Plasticity
  • Computational Vision/Neuroscience
  • Spatial vision

Applied Studies

  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
  • Augmented and virtual reality
Link to profile: Michael Barnett-Cowan

Robert Burns

Clinical Instructor, Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Robert Burns headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Games Institute

Extended Reality Community of Practice

Engineering Capstone Project Advisor

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences:

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Plasticity

Applied Studies:

  • Knowledge translation, data science
  • Vision enhancement and rehabilitation

Societal Impact:

  • Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)
  • Quality of life (e.g. clinical care, service provision)
Link to profile: Robert Burns

Melanie Campbell

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Faculty, Physics and Astronomy
Melanie Campbell headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

School of Optometry and Vision Science

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Aging
  • Computational Vision/Neuroscience
  • Retinal protein deposits in neurodegenerative diseases

Applied Studies

  • Artificial intelligence for disease detection
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
  • Machine vision
  • Imaging of retinal protein deposits as biomarkers of brain diseases of aging

Societal Impact

  • Equitable access to care (e.g. government policy, public health systems)
  • Tele-optometry / imaging / AI
Link to profile: Melanie Campbell

Vivian Choh

Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Vivian Choh headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Biology

Lab:

Ocular Biology Physiology Laboratory

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)

Applied Studies

  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
  • Myopia
Link to profile: Vivian Choh

Kristine Dalton

Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Kristin Dalton smiling at camera

Lab:

Vision and Motor Performance Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Spatial vision
  • Visual-motor integration
  • Visual guided actions
  • Biomechanics and movement in response to visual information

Applied Studies

  • Vision enhancement and rehabilitation
  • Augmented and virtual reality
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
  • Subjective clinical vision test development (e.g. pediatric vision, at-home test, dynamic acuity tests)
  • Low vision

Societal Impact

  • Quality of life (e.g. clinical care, service provision)
  • Equitable access to care (e.g. government policy, public health systems)
Link to profile: Kristine Dalton

James Danckert

Full Professor, School of Psychology
James Danckert headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)

Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences:

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Spatial vision

Applied Studies:

  • Mental model updating
Link to profile: James Danckert
Link to personal webpage: James Danckert

Robin Duncan

Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Robin Duncan headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Biology

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Genetics
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Drug development
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Aging
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Bioactive lipids
  • Cannabinoids

Applied Studies

  • Collaborations on genetics with vision researchers
Link to profile: Robin Duncan

Parsin Haji Reza

Associate Professor, Systems Design Engineering
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Lab:

PhotoMedicine Labs

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)
  • Stem cells
  • Drug delivery
  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology

Societal Impact

  • Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)
  • Quality of life (e.g. clinical care, service provision)
  • Tele-optometry / imaging / AI
  • Equitable access to care (e.g. government policy, public health systems)
Link to profile: Parsin Haji Reza

Jennifer Hunter

Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
jennifer hunter smiling at camera

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Physics and Astronomy

Lab:

Advanced Ophthalmoscopy at Waterloo Labs

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Aging

Applied Studies

  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
Link to profile: Jennifer Hunter

Roxane Itier

Full Professor, School of Psychology
Roxane Itier headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience

Lab:

Face Processing & Social Cognition Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Computational Vision/Neuroscience
  • Visual development

Applied Studies

  • Artificial intelligence for disease detection

Societal Impact

  • Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)
Link to profile: Roxane Itier

Krista Kelly

Assistant Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Krista Kelly smiling for the camera

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

School of Psychology

Lab:

Vision and Neurodevelopment Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Visual development
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Plasticity
  • Applied Studies

Pediatric vision

  • Pediatric vision
  • Amblyopia
Link to profile: Krista Kelly

Tammy Labreche

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Tammy Labreche smiling at camera

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

School of Pharmacy

WEI VSC Pillars

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Aging

Applied Studies

  • Low vision
  • Vision enhancement and rehabilitation
  • Human clinical trials, e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction
  • Augmented and virtual reality

Societal Impact

  • Education / knowledge mobilisation, e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional
  • Quality of life, e.g. clinical care, service provision
  • Equitable access to care, e.g. government policy, public health systems
  • Tele-optometry / imaging / AI
Link to profile: Tammy Labreche

Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo

Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo headshot

Lab:

Visuomotor Development and Learning Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Aging
  • Visual development
  • Plasticity
  • Spatial vision

Applied Studies

  • Pediatric vision
  • Amblyopia

Societal Impact

  • Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)
Link to profile: Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo

Nicole Noel

Assistant Professor, Optometry and Vision Science
Location: OPT261
Link to profile: Nicole Noel

Austin Roorda

Full Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Austin Roorda leaning forarms on lab table facing camera

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments

Physics and Astronomy

Lab

Roorda Lab

WEI VSC Pillars

Fundamental Sciences

  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc.)
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Plasticity
  • Colour vision
  • Spatial vision

Applied Studies

  • Myopia
  • Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)
  • Augmented and virtual reality
  • Presbyopia
  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
Link to profile: Austin Roorda

Trefford Simpson

Professor Emeritus, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Trefford Simpson headshot

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Tear film and ocular surface
  • Aging
  • Soft metrology

Applied Studies

  • Ocular surface nociception

Societal Impact

  • Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)
Link to profile: Trefford Simpson

Richard Staines

Full Professor, Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Richard Staines headshot

Lab:

Sensorimotor Integration and Neuroadaptive Plasticity Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Plasticity
Link to profile: Richard Staines

Ben Thompson

Full Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Ben Thompson, arms crossed looking at camera

Lab:

Human Visual Neuroscience Laboratory

WEI-VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Aging
  • Visual development
  • Plasticity
  • Computational Vision/Neuroscience
  • Spatial vision
  • Colour vision

Applied Studies:

  • Presbyopia
  • Pediatric vision
  • Vision enhancement and rehabilitation
  • Amblyopia
  • Augmented and virtual reality
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
Link to profile: Ben Thompson

James Tung

Associate Professor, Systems Design Engineering
James Tung headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Network for Aging Research (NAR)

Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB)

RoboHub

BME Graduate Program

Lab:

Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Aging
  • Binocular vision
  • Visual development
  • Plasticity
  • Spatial vision
  • Colour vision
  • EEG

Applied Studies

  • Machine vision
  • Augmented and virtual reality
Link to profile: James Tung