Contacts

Lab:

Britt Lab

WEI VSC Pllars:

Fundamental Sciences

• Eye movements and active vision
• Computational Vision/Neuroscience

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

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)

Lab:

Human Optimization Modelling Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

• Eye movements and active vision

Applied Studies

• Augmented and virtual reality

Societal Impact

• Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

• Eye movements and active vision
• Binocular vision
• Visual development

Applied Studies

• Pediatric vision
• Amblyopia
• 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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Biology

Chemistry

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Systems Design Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Lab:

Waterloo Microfluidics Laboratory

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

• Tear film and ocular surface
• Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
• Eye movements and active vision
• Aging

Applied Studies

• Dry eye

Societal Impact

• Education / knowledge mobilisation (e.g. public, optometric, interprofessional)

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

• Eye movements and active vision

Applied Studies

• Augmented and virtual reality

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)

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)

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