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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

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

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

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

Shamroze Khan

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
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WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Vision rehabilitation
  • Genetics
  • Aging
  • Plasticity

Applied Studies

  • Low vision
  • Vision enhancement and rehabilitation
  • Subjective clinical vision test development (e.g. pediatric vision, at-home test, dynamic acuity tests)
  • Knowledge translation, data science
  • Augmented and virtual reality

Societal Impact

  • Education / knowledge mobilization (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: Shamrozé (Zay) Khan

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

Jennifer Li

Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
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WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)
  • Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
  • Tear film and ocular surface
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Aging

Applied Studies

  • Dry eye
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)

Societal Impact

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

Plinio Morita

Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences
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Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Systems Design Engineering

Lab:

Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab)

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Aging
  • Computational Vision/Neuroscience
  • AI applications in health

Applied Studies

  • Artificial intelligence for disease detection
  • Machine vision
  • Augmented and virtual reality
  • Knowledge translation, data science

Societal Impact

  • 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: Plinio Morita

William Ngo

Assistant Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
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Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Biology

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
  • Genetics
  • Tear film and ocular surface
  • Drug development
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Aging

Applied Studies

  • Dry eye
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)

Societal Impact

  • Quality of life (e.g. clinical care, service provision)
Link to profile: William Ngo

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

Tejal Patel

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
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Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Schlegel-UW Research Institute of Aging

Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation

Lab:

Patel Research Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Aging
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Medications management
  • Colour vision

Applied Studies

  • Low vision
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
  • Medications management and technology

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)
     
Link to profile: Tejal Patel

Dmitry Pushin

Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
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WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
  • Aging
  • Colour vision
  • Spatial vision

Applied Studies

  • Myopia
  • Low vision

Societal Impact

  • Quality of life (e.g. clinical care, service provision)
Link to profile: Dmitry Pushin

Carolyn Ren

Full Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Carolyn Ren looking at camera

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)
Link to profile: Carolyn Ren

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

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

Evelyn Yim

Full Professor, Chemical Engineering
Evelyn Yim headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology

Chemical Engineering, Adjunct Member

McMaster University

Lab:

Regenerative Nanomedicine Lab

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
  • Biomaterials research
  • Drug delivery
  • Stem cells
  • Aging
  • Disease model

Applied Studies

  • Contact lens
  • Dry eye
  • Tissue engineering

Societal Impact

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