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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

Deborah Jones

Clinical Full Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Deborah Jones headshot

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

  • Visual development
  • Plasticity

Applied Studies

  • Myopia
  • 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)
  • Tele-optometry / imaging / AI
Link to profile: Deborah Jones

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

Shamroze Khan

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
Dr. Shamroze Khan headshot

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

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

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

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