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UH College of Optometry Graduate Program in Physiological Optics and Vision Science
Graduate Programs
Glaucoma
PhD Program
Laura Frishman, Professor, PhD, University of
Pittsburgh. Retinal physiology; noninvasive objective
assessment of visual function, analysis and modeling
of components of the electroretinogram (ERG),
clinical ERG, early detection of glaucoma.
Designed to prepare students for careers as vision science researchers and
educators. Special attention is given to a fundamental background in vision science in
addition to the student's specialty area. Requires a minimum of 60 semester hours,
computer programming, and/or technical skill, a qualifying examination, original
research, a written dissertation and defense of the dissertation.
MS Program
Provides a broad background in vision science and supervised research training in an
area of specialization. Requires a minimum of 30 semester hours, including a
research project, a written thesis, and defense of the thesis.
Combined Residency/Graduate Program
For ODs who are interested in combining the MS or PhD degree with advanced
clinical training. Residencies are available in the areas of cornea and contact lens,
pediatrics, rehabilitative/low vision, family practice, primary care, and ocular disease.
Separate applications must be submitted to the graduate and residency programs.
Applicants must have an OD and be Texas Board eligible.
Combined OD/MS Program
For OD students who are interested in both clinical practice and basic, clinical or
translational research. The College provides tuition fellowships for the graduate
program courses. Prior participation in research, generally in the OD student summer
research program during the summer between first and second year. Separate
application submitted to the graduate program in the Fall of the 2nd year of the OD
program Accelerated entry to PhD program is possible.
Ocular Surface/Contact Lenses
Ronald Harwerth, Professor, OD, University of
Houston; PhD, University of Texas Graduate School
of Biomedical Sciences. Structure/function relations
in glaucoma, animal and human psychophysics, studies of sensory effects of early
abnormal visual experience.
Lisa Ostrin, Assistant Professor, OD, PhD, University of
Houston. Structural and functional changes in myopia,
role of color and light in eye growth, retinal physiology and
imaging, glaucoma.
Nimesh Patel, Assistant Professor, OD, Southern College of
Optometry; PhD, University of Houston. Optical Coherence
Tomography imaging in glaucoma. Neural and non-neural
of structural measures with glaucoma progression.
Jason Porter, Associate Professor, PhD,
University of Rochester. High-resolution
retinal and optic nerve head imaging
with adaptive optics; scanning laser
ophthalmoscopy, mechanisms of retinal
disease, optics of the eye; ophthalmic
optics, vision correction strategies and
optic nerve.
Vijay Krishna Raghunathan, Assistant Professor of Optometry and Vision Science.
Ph.D. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Mechanobiology
of normal and diseased ocular tissues,novel strategies for tissue engineering/
regenerative medicine of ocular tissues.
Earl Smith III, Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Myopia, amblyopia,
binocular vision, effects of visual experience on visual system development, primates
model of glaucoma.
Amblyopia/Binocular Anomalies
Financial Assistance Available for Graduate Students:
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Teaching/Research Assistantships
starting at $23,376/year; amount of
support depends on prior degrees and
experience
Half-time clinical appointments to
qualified optometrists starting at
$38,000/year
Tuition support for full-time graduate
students, tuition support for graduate
courses for OD/MS students
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Health insurance assistance by university
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Pre- and post-doctoral traineeships on
National Eye Institute training grant
available
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Annual salary of $38,000 for combined
Graduate Program/Residency students
Other fellowships available from federal
grants and national organizations
Research Specialities
Glaucoma
Amblyopia/Binocular Anomalies
Ocular Surface/Contact Lenses
Retinal & Cortical Function and Structure
Molecular & Cellular Biology of Vision
Perception & Psychophysics & Low Vision
Oculomotor Control
David
Berntsen,
Associate Professor,
OD, University of
Houston; PhD, Ohio
State
University.
Myopia development and progression,
central and peripheral aberrations of
the eye and refractive-error corrections,
contact lenses in adults and children.
Alan R. Burns, Professor, PhD, University of
British Columbia. Morphometric and molecular
analysis of leukocyte behavior within the injured
cornea, characterization of integrin-dependent
adhesive interactions between leukocytes and
corneal keratocytes.
Vivien J Coulson-Thomas, Assistant Professor
of Optometry and Physiological Optics. Ph.D.
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Study
of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans in the
injury and nerve regeneration.
Judith Perrigin, Professor, OD, University of Houston. Contact lenses, medical
laboratory analysis, ocular microbiology, epidemiology of refractive errors.
Earl Smith III, Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Myopia, amblyopia,
binocular vision, effects of visual experience on visual system development, primate
model of glaucoma.
Janice Wensveen, Clinical Professor, OD, University of Waterloo; PhD, University of
Houston. Stereopsis in normal and abnormal binocular vision, clinical accommodative/vergence anomalies, risk factors for myopia.
injury and nerve regeneration.
Deborah Otteson, Associate Professor, PhD, University
of Michigan. Genetic, cellular and molecular perspectives
on morphogenesis, neurogenesis and regeneration of
the retina in vertebrates, molecular regulation of cellRachel R. Redfern, Assistant Professor, OD, PhD,
University of Houston. Dry eye, experimental dry eye
infection, and autoimmunity.
infection, and autoimmunity.
Yuzo Chino, Professor, PhD, Syracuse University.
Neural plasticity; binocular vision, amblyopia,
development.
Nimesh Patel, Assistant Professor,
OD, Southern College of Optometry;
PhD, University of Houston. Optical
Coherence Tomography imaging in
glaucoma. Neural and non-neural
contributions to the retinal nerve
structural measures with glaucoma
progression.
Oculomotor Control
Heather Anderson, Associate Professor, OD,
PhD, University of Houston. Accommodative
and visual function in children and individuals
with Down syndrome.
John Robson, Senior Research
Professor, PhD, University of Cambridge. Retinal electrophysiology;
visual neurophysiology, light adaptation, contrast sensitivity.
Earl Smith III, Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Myopia, amblyopia,
binocular vision, effects of visual experience on visual system development,
primate model of glaucoma.
Vallabh Das, Professor, PhD, Case Western
Reserve University. Oculomotor control in
strabismus, development of normal and abnormal eye movements, binocular
vision, normal and abnormal neural control of oculomotor circuits in the brain.
Scott Stevenson, Associate Professor, PhD, Brown University. Vergence eye
movements and binocular coordination, stereoscopic depth perception, modeling
of binocular image matching processes.
Heather Anderson, Associate Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston.
Accommodative and visual function in children and individuals with Down syndrome.
Ray Applegate, Professor, OD, Indiana
University; PhD, U.C. Berkeley. Visual optics,
optical characteristics of normal and diseased
eyes, cataracts, refractive surgery.
David Berntsen, Associate Professor,
OD, University of Houston; PhD, Ohio
State University. Myopia development and
progression, central and peripheral aberrations
of the eye and refractive-error corrections,
contact lenses in adults and children.
Ruth Manny, Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Development of normal
and abnormal vision in human infants, preschool vision screening, myopia &
refractive development.
Jason Marsack, Assistant Professor,
PhD, University of Houston, College of
Optometry. Optical aber¬rations of the
eye, custom and pseudo-custom correction
of optical aberration in the highly aberrated
eye, visual performance, image quality
metrics predic¬tive of visual performance.
Han Cheng, Clinical Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Noninvasive
functional and structural evaluation of the visual pathways under normal and
pathological conditions.
Lisa Ostrin, Assistant Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Structural and
functional changes in myopia, role of color and light in eye growth, retinal physiology
and imaging, glaucoma.
Rachel R. Redfern, Assistant Professor,
OD, PhD, University of Houston. Dry eye,
experimental dry eye mouse models,
Visual Optics
Retinal & Cortical Function and Structure
Laura Frishman, Professor, MS, PhD, University of
Pittsburgh. Retinal physiology; noninvasive objective
assessment of visual function, analysis and modeling
of components of the electroretinogram (ERG),
clinical ERG, early detection of glaucoma.
Vijay
Krishna
Raghunathan,
Assistant Professor of Optometry
and
Vision
Science.
Ph.D.
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,
United Kingdom. Mechanobiology
of normal and diseased ocular
tissues,novel strategies for tissue
engineering/regenerative medicine
of ocular tissues.
Vallabh Das, Professor, PhD, Case Western Reserve
University. Eye movement control in strabismus, development of normal and abnormal eye movements,
binocular vision, normal and abnormal neural control of
oculomotor circuits in the brain.
Ronald Harwerth, Professor, OD, University of
Houston; PhD, University of Texas. Structure/
function relations in glaucoma, animal and human
psychophysics, studies of sensory effects of early
abnormal visual experience.
Vivien J Coulson-Thomas, Assistant Professor
of Optometry and Physiological Optics. Ph.D.
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Study
of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans in the
Jan Bergmanson, Professor, PhD, City University (London);
OD, Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Anatomy and
pathology of cornea, corneal response to contact lenses,
corneal wound healing and laser effects on ocular tissues.
Yuzo Chino, Professor, PhD, Syracuse University. Neural plasticity, binocular vision,
amblyopia, development.
Karen Fern,
University. Vision development, assessing visual
functions in preschool children, preschool vision
screening.
Molecular & Cellular Biology of Vision
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Optometry Graduate Program in Physiological Optics and Vision
Science, visit our website at www.opt.uh.edu/academics/graduate
Lisa Ostrin, Assistant Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Structural
and functional changes in myopia, role of color and light in eye growth, retinal
physiology and imaging, glaucoma.
Jason Porter, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Rochester. High-resolution
retinal and optic nerve head imaging with adaptive optics; scanning laser
ophthalmoscopy, mechanisms of retinal disease, optics of the eye; ophthalmic
optics, vision correction strategies and optic nerve.
Earl Smith III, Professor, OD, PhD, University of Houston. Myopia, emmetropization,
effects of visual experience on refractive development, primate model of glaucoma.
Perception & Psychophysics & Low Vision
Ronald Harwerth, Professor, OD,
University of Houston; PhD, University
of Texas. Structure/function relations
in glaucoma, animal and human psychophysics, studies of sensory effects
of early abnormal visual experience.
John Robson, Senior Research
Professor,
PhD,
University
of
Cambridge. Retinal electrophysiology,
visual
neurophysiology,
light
adaptation, contrast sensitivity.
Scott Stevenson, Associate Professor,
PhD, Brown University. Vergence eye
movements and binocular coordination,
stereoscopic depth perception, modeling
of binocular image matching processes.