Contacts

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

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

Applied Studies

• Contact lens
• Dry eye
• 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)
• Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)

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

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

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)

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

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments:

Chemical Engineering

Biology

Chemistry

Physics and Astronomy

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

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

Applied Studies

• Contact lens
• Dry eye
• Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
• Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)

Societal Impact

• Tele-optometry / imaging / AI

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

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

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)

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)
   

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)

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences:

• Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
• Tear film and ocular surface

Applied Studies:

• Contact lens
• 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)

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:

Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE)

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences:

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

Applied Studies:

• Contact lens
• Dry eye
• Myopia
• Presbyopia
• Pediatric vision
• Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
• Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)

Societal Impact:

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

Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments

Faculty of Health

WEI VSC Pillars

Applied Studies

• Low vision
• Vision enhancement and rehabilitation
• Artificial intelligence for disease detection
• Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)
• Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
• Knowledge translation, data science
• AI for clinical workflow, operations, patient engagement

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

WEI VSC Pillars:

Fundamental Sciences

• Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
• Tear film and ocular surface
• Biomaterials research
• Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
• Visual development
• Myopia management

Applied Studies

• Contact lens
• Dry eye
• Myopia
• Presbyopia
• Pediatric vision
• Knowledge translation, data science
• Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)

Societal Impact

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