麻豆社madou
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Research news

Scientist using microscope in laboratory

We had another very successful and productive year for research at 麻豆社madou School of Optometry & Vision Science (SOVS).听

SOVS recruited Dr. Daisy鈥疭hu as a Scientia Senior Lecturer during 2023. Daisy is an alumnus (class of 2012), and her research explores the role of mitochondria and metabolism in retinal eye diseases including age-related macular degeneration and proliferative vitreoretinopathy.听

We also have new visiting fellows/scientists/clinicians and many of these have their profiles up on our website. We have also had continued success and engagement with industry, who are sponsoring research and clinical trials in the school for many groups. The Eye Research Group recently evaluated two novel treatments, which are currently under development, to address discomfort in contact lens wearers.听

Associate Professor Michele Madigan and PhD candidate Stanley Wu published important research with colleagues from 麻豆社madou Sydney, Save Sight Institute and Ophthalmology, The University of Sydney and others. The paper is entitled 鈥淭he multifunctional human ocular melanocortin system鈥 and was published in the journal 鈥淧rogress in Retinal and Eye Research鈥 (doi:). This is the top performing eye journal, and the paper is in the Top 1 percentile of papers in 2023. We had an additional 66 journal papers in the top 10 percentile in 2023.

Two of our high performing PhD candidates鈥 research projects were featured in the mainstream news: Suki Jaiswal was interviewed by CBS News on her research on bush fire smoke effect on the ocular surface; and Binod Rayamajhee鈥檚 research with UTS and NSW Dept of Environment that found 38% of NSW central coast lagoons harbour sight threatening acanthamoeba was featured on ABC radio.听听
Dr Daisy Shu
Ms Sukanya Jaiswal
Dr Stanley Wu
Mr Binod Rayamajhee

Grants

We performed particularly well in category 3 grants in 2023. These are grants that connect our academic researchers to industry. Just to mention a few of the grants awarded in 2023鈥.听

Dr Jackie Tan and Prof Willcox were awarded collaborative grants from international and national industries.听

Ms Rehana Khan, Mr Hari Peguda were awarded industry internships and Dr Partharsarathi Kalaiselvan was awarded an industry fellowship.听

Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith, Dr Angelica Ly and Dr Matt Trinh were awarded grants from the Future Vision Foundation.听

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Publications

We published a grand total of 252 papers for 2023 that went into the 麻豆社madou Research Output System. Below is a selection of papers that were published in 2023:

  1. Stapleton, F. (2023). The epidemiology of infectious keratitis.鈥疧cular Surface,鈥28, 351-363. doi:
  2. Chang, K. Y. J., Angell, B., Rogers, K., Jan, S., & Keay, L. (2023). Cost鈥揵enefit analysis of orientation and mobility programs for adults with vision disability: a contingent valuation study.鈥疍isability and Rehabilitation,鈥45(5), 857-865. doi:
  3. Kalaiselvan, P., Yasir, M., Vijay, A. K., Willcox, M. D. P., & Tummanapalli, S. (2023). Longevity of hand sanitisers on fingers.鈥疌linical and Experimental Optometry,鈥106(4), 436-442. doi:
  4. Chidi-Egboka, N. C., Jalbert, I., & Golebiowski, B. (2023). Smartphone gaming induces dry eye symptoms and reduces blinking in school-aged children.鈥疎ye (Basingstoke),鈥37(7), 1342-1349. doi:
  5. Carnt, N., Minassian, D. C., & Dart, J. K. G. (2023). Acanthamoeba Keratitis Risk Factors for Daily Wear Contact Lens Users: A Case鈥揅ontrol Study.鈥疧phthalmology,鈥130(1), 48-55. doi:
  6. Kandel, H., Pesudovs, K., Nguyen, V., Chen, J. Y., Poon, A., Mills, R., & Watson, S. L. (2023). Patient-Reported Outcomes in Keratoconus: A Save Sight Keratoconus Registry Study.鈥疌ornea,鈥42(5), 590-597. doi:10.1097/ICO.0000000000003119
  7. Kiyokawa, H., Nagai, T., Yamauchi, Y., & Kim, J. (2023). The perception of translucency from surface gloss.鈥疺ision Research,鈥205. doi:
  8. Tong, J., Phu, J., Alonso-Caneiro, D., Khuu, S. K., & Kalloniatis, M. (2023). High sampling resolution optical coherence tomography reveals potential concurrent reductions in ganglion cell-inner plexiform and inner nuclear layer thickness but not in outer retinal thickness in glaucoma.鈥疧phthalmic and Physiological Optics,鈥43(1), 46-63. doi:
  9. Ho, S., Ly, A., Ohno-Matsui, K., Kalloniatis, M., & Doig, G. S. (2023). Diagnostic accuracy of OCTA and OCT for myopic choroidal neovascularisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.鈥疎ye (Basingstoke),鈥37(1), 21-29. doi:
  10. Asiedu, K., Markoulli, M., Tummanapalli, S. S., Chiang, J. C. B., Alotaibi, S., Wang, L. L., . . . Krishnan, A. V. (2023). Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Corneal Neuroimmune Features in Type 2 Diabetes.鈥疛ournal of Clinical Medicine,鈥12(1). doi:
  11. McMonnies, C. W. (2023). Why are soft contact lens wear discontinuation rates still too high?.鈥疎xpert Review of Ophthalmology,鈥18(1), 11-18. doi:
  12. Mani, R., Asper, L., Arunachalam, V., & Khuu, S. (2023). The impact of traumatic brain injury on inhibitory control processes assessed using a delayed antisaccade task.鈥疦euroscience Letters. doi:
  13. Jia, T., Tilia, D., Papas, E., Stapleton, F., Zhen, Y., Conrad, F., & Tan, J. (2023). Comparison of vision performance of spectacles prescribed to 0.05D versus 0.25D steps. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Doi: 10.1080/08164622.2023.2202305

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Professor Mark Willcox

Director of Research