Dalhousie Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research

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The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is please to announce the 2018 Mathers Trainee Scholarship recipients: https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/ophthalmology/news-events.html

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The 2017 Dalhousie University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Annual Research Report is now available online.

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The full program for the Dalhousie University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 29th Annual Research Day is now available online.https://cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/faculty/medicine/departments/department-sites/opthamology/research/RD2018FullProgram.pdf

Check out this CTV News clip featuring Dr. Mishari Dharab and Kailee Algee from the IWK Eye Care Clinic discussing when to take your child to their first eye exam.

When to take your child to their first eye exam Children generally have their first eye exam between three and five years old, but if your child is born premature, they to have their eyes examined much earlier than that.

Heidelberg Engineering Pledges Five More Years of Support To DMRF in Support of Glaucoma Research

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On November 2, 2017 faculty and trainees attended the 3rd Annual Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Club that took place in the Tupper Medical Building Commons. The evening featured short presentations by some of our residents and fellows regarding their research projects that generated lots of discussion and new ideas surrounding the ongoing research in our department.

Corey Smith, Sonia Manuchian and Tareq Yousef are the recipients of the 2017 Dr. R. Evatt and Rita Mathers Trainee Scholarships.

Corey Smith is the recipient of the Research Fellowship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. The research carried out by Corey and his supervisor Dr. Balwantray Chauhan will investigate a new diagnostic technique that involves imaging perfusion of blood in a specific regions of the retina. He will determine the amount of short and long-term variability to understand if this technique is reproducible and reliable. If this work is successful, he will test the new imaging method for glaucoma patients with the aim of providing eye doctors with more information for diagnosing and treating glaucoma and other eye diseases.

Sonia Manuchian was awarded the Master of Clinical Vision Science Scholarship for her research with supervisor Dr. Johane Robitaille. Sonia will study which treatment: laser ablation or anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) therapy produces better binocularity (ability to fuse images from both eyes) in children born with an eye disease called retinopathy of prematurity.

The Master of Vision Science scholarship was awarded to Tareq Yousef, who under the supervision of Dr. William Baldridge, is investigating the possible novel connections that intrinsically photosensitive melanopsin retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) make within the retina, and the changes they impose on retinal signaling mediated by the important chemical messenger, dopamine.

The 2016 Dalhousie University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Report is now available.https://medicine.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/faculty/medicine/departments/department-sites/opthamology/research/2016_Annual_Research_Report.pdf

Happy Administrative Professionals Day to all of the fantastic support personnel who help make research possible in our department. Thank you for all of your hard work!

The Dalhousie University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has been featured in NSHA Research's latest issue of Research Focus. You can read more about the exciting research that is happening in our department here:http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/system/files/sites/391/documents/ophthalmology.pdf