Measurement Techniques in Vision Laboratory
Department of Optometry and Visual Science, City University London
People
David Crabb
Professor of Statistics and Vison Research, City University London
"....Our laboratory is composed of a mixture of ophthalmologists, optometrists, computer scientists, statisticians and mathematicians: a unique blend of the necessary expertise required for research in measurement techniques in vision with special interest in glaucoma...."
Email: d.crabb@city.ac.uk
David Garway-Heath
Professor and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Ted is International Glaucoma Association Professor of Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Theme Lead at the Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London. He is also Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital and is a Senior NIHR Investigator.
Email: David.Garway-Heath@Moorfields.nhs.uk
Haogang Zhu
NIHR Post doctoral Research Fellow
Haogang was awarded his PhD at City in 2011. The focus of his research is on quantifying structural and functional measurements in glaucoma, with special interest in optical coherence tomography. He was awarded a prestigious NIHR Fellowship in 2011 for a 3-year project examining complex data management, knowledge extraction and computerised clinical decision support for chronic disease management.
Email: haogangzhu@gmail.com
Richard Russell
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Richard has a PhD in Statistics and an MSc in Bioinformatics from Imperial College in London. He is working on a NHS NIHR funded project investigating the frequency of testing when monitoring patients newly diagnosed with glaucoma (See here). Richard also has expertise in image analysis and statistical analysis of nuclear architecture.
Email: richard.anthony.russell@gmail.com
Nicholas Smith
Research Assistant and PhD Student
Nick has two postgraduate degrees in computing from the University of Lancaster. His PhD focuses on eye movements in patients with glaucoma. His Research Assistant position is currently funded by an award from the International Glaucoma Association and the City University Research Prize.
Email: ndsmith3@gmail.com
Iván Marín Franch
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Ivan has a PhD from the University of Manchester. His US NIH-funded research fellowship is a joint one between City and Indiana University School of Optometry. The project is entitled Application of Psychophysical Models to Visual Disorders and aims at laying the foundation for novel tests for assessment of visual losses produced by glaucoma.
Email: ivan.marin.1@city.ac.uk
Robyn Burton
FT PhD Student
Robyn has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Birmingham. Her work centres on a research programme examining visual disability in glaucoma, investigating how the condition affects everyday function.
Email: r.x.burton@gmail.com
Fiona Glen
FT PhD Student
Fiona has an MA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen. Her work centres on a research programme examining visual disability in glaucoma, investigating how the condition affects everyday function.
Email: f.c.glen@gmail.com
Luke Saunders
FT PhD Student
Luke has an MSc in Biometry from the University of Reading. His work centres on the relationship between patient's everyday function and the measurement that are taken in the clinic. He is working with data from the United Kingdom Glaucoma Treatment Study (UKGTS).
Email: luke.saunders.1@city.ac.uk

Vera Mönter
FT PhD Student
Vera has an MSc in Neural and Behavioural Sciences from the International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen. Her research centres on the analysis of eye movements for detecting visual and neurological disorders, along with an investigation on visual field testing in the far periphery.
Email: vera.moenter.1@city.ac.uk

Previous PhD students and Previous Lab members
  • Dr Ciara Bergin Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.
                 Improving measurements in perimetry in glaucoma
  • Dr Haogang Zhu Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Optometry and Visual Science, City University London.
                 Knowledge mining in the clinical assessment of glaucoma. PhD Thesis: City University London, UK. 2011. pdf of the entire thesis
  • Dr Neil O'Leary Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Halifax, Canada.
                 Optic nerve head image analysis for glaucoma progression detection. PhD Thesis: City University London, UK. 2011. pdf of the entire thesis
  • Dr Andrew Patterson Research Scientist, Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge.
                 Analysis of retinal images in glaucoma. PhD Thesis: The Nottingham Trent University, UK. 2006. pdf of the entire thesis
  • Dr Stuart Gardiner Assistant Scientist, Devers Eye Institute, Portland USA.
                 Statistical methods for the analysis of visual field data in glaucoma. PhD Thesis: The Nottingham Trent University, UK. 2003. pdf of the entire thesis
  • Vicki Owen Medical Statistician, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham.

    Associated laboratory members and collaborators
  • Aachal Kotecha Senior Resarch Associate, Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London.
  • David Edgar Professor of Clinical Optometry, City University London.
  • Steve Gruppetta Lecturer and RCUK Academic Research Fellow in Optics, City University London.
  • Gay Verdon-Roe Senior Glaucoma Research Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
  • Ananth Viswanathan Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Visting Professor, City University London.
  • Paul Artes Associate Prof & Foundation Scholar in Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Canada.
  • Gary Rubin Helen Keller Professor of Visual Rehabilitation, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL London.
  • Stephen Vernon Consultant Ophthalmologist, Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham.
  • Jennifer Burr Senior Resarch Fellow, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen.
  • Roger Anderson Professor of Vision Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster.
  • Fred Fitzke Professor of Visual Optics and Psychophysics, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL London.

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