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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

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

Amir Moezzi

Lead clinical scientist, Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE), School of Optometry and Vision Science
Amir Moezzi headshot

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE)

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences:

  • Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)
  • Tear film and ocular surface
  • Stem cells
  • Spatial vision
  • Computational Vision/Neuroscience
  • Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)

Applied Studies:

  • Dry eye
  • Contact lens
  • Myopia
  • Presbyopia
  • Subjective clinical vision test development (e.g. pediatric vision, at-home test, dynamic acuity tests)
  • Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)
  • Amblyopia
  • Artificial intelligence for disease detection
  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)

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: Amir Moezzi

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

Dmitry Pushin

Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Dmitry Pushin headshot

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

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

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

Xiaoye Michael Wang

Asssitant Professor, Optometry and Vision Science
Location: OPT369
Link to profile: Xiaoye Michael Wang
Link to personal webpage: personal website