News and company updates
Feature Article in Insight Magazine
Dr Jack Phu’s recent paper comparing SITA faster against SITA standard has been featured in Insight this week. His research showed that SITA faster is just as accurate as SITA standard at detecting glaucoma, but testing times are approximately 50% faster making the new paradigm a real time-saver for optometrists in practice.
CFEH team attend UNSW Research Showcase “Bioengineering for a Healthy Future”
In late September 2019 the CFEH team attended the UNSW Research Showcase “Bioengineering for a Healthy Future”.
Research posters by Vincent Khou
In September 2019, CFEH PhD candidate, Vincent Khou, presented posters at two conferences.
We are now on Oculo!
CFEH is now on Oculo
Clinical evaluation of SITA-Faster compared to SITA-Standard in normal subjects, glaucoma suspects and glaucoma patients
CFEH Lead clinician (glaucoma) Dr Jack Phu’s latest paper has been accepted for publication by the very prestigious American Journal of Ophthalmology and is now available online.
NHMRC Research Grant
CFEH Senior Research Associate, Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith has been awarded an NHMRC grant for her research into inner retinal remodelling in AMD, and translation of this knowledge to improve the clinical assessment of AMD. Lisa’s goal is to identify further prognostic biomarkers for AMD, leading to better risk assessment and more tailored management of this condition.
Modelling changes in corneal parameters with age: implications for corneal disease detection
Janelle Tong is the lead author of a paper accepted for publication (and now available online) in the prestigious American Journal of Ophthalmology looking at changes in corneal thickness and curvature due to normal ageing.
Vascular Changes in Intermediate AMD
CFEH PhD student Matt Trinh is the lead author on a paper published last week in the ARVO journal Translational Vision Science and Technology. Matt’s research uses OCT angiography (OCTA) to look at retinal vascular changes in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study he has shown that both the quantity and morphology of inner retinal vasculature is affected in intermediate AMD which may be associated with inner retinal structural changes. These findings support earlier work suggesting that the inner retinal blood supply may have a role in the pathogenesis of AMD.
‘Contrast sensitivity isocontours of the central visual field’
CFEH Optometrist and PhD candidate Agnes Choi is the lead author on the most recent CFEH research paper released this week.
What’s it like to be a woman in science?
During National Science Week @UNSW CFEH/SOVS researcher Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith was a part of the UNSW Women in Science panel.
