The Waterloo Eye Institute Vision Science Consortium (WEI VSC) brings together researchers from across the University of Waterloo whose work touches every aspect of vision. From the biology of the eye and brain to the technologies and policies that shape how people see and experience the world.
Our members work across three broad pillars:
- Fundamental Sciences, explores the biological, physiological, and mechanistic basis of vision
- Applied Studies, translates that knowledge into clinical tools, technologies, and interventions
- Societal Impact, examines how vision research reaches and benefits the wider community
All Members
Browse the complete database of all WEI VSC members or explore by category below to find researchers working in a specific area of vision science:
Fundamental Sciences
- Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc)
- Anterior segment (e.g. cornea, lens, pupil, trabecular meshwork)
- Genetics
- Stem cells
- Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
- Tear film and ocular surface
- Drug development
- Drug delivery
- Biomaterials research
- Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
- Disease detection (e.g. new devices, diagnostics)
- Eye movements and active vision
- Binocular vision
- Aging
- Visual development
- Plasticity
- Computational Vision/Neuroscience
- Colour vision
- Spatial vision
Applied Studies
- Contact lens
- Dry eye
- Myopia
- Presbyopia
- Low vision
- Pediatric vision
- Vision enhancement and rehabilitation
- Amblyopia
- Artificial intelligence for disease detection
- 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)
- Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
- Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)
- Machine vision
- Augmented and virtual reality
- Knowledge translation, data science