Program Overview

Clinical Vision Science Program

The Clinical Vision Science program is part of the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University.

Program Overview

The program recognizes the importance of research to the profession and includes training in research methods for all students. Clinical Vision Science students who opt to pursue the M.Sc. program stream will have the benefit of interactions with, and training from, experienced faculty members.

Research

Research is an essential tool in the processes of:

• Evaluating the effectiveness of current treatment regimens
• Developing new treatment regimens
• Generating new knowledge on both normal and pathological functioning of the vision system

Interdisciplinary Model

The Program is strongly in favour of the interdisciplinary model of modern research and is very cognizant of the important, central role vision plays in linking several areas of research endeavor - from basic science to clinical investigation, from cell biology, genetics, amblyopia, ocular motility, and electrophysiology to behaviour and psychology - with many possibilities in between.

Research Collaborations

Some colleagues involved in the supervision of M.Sc. thesis students (past and present) include:

• Dr. David Westwood | Dalhousie University School of Health and Human Performance
• Drs. Paul Artes & Lesya Shuba | Dalhousie University Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
• Drs. Kevin Duffy, Patricia McMullen & Donald Mitchell | Dalhousie University Department of Psychology
• Dr. William Baldridge | Dalhousie University Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
• Dr. Charles Maxner | Dalhousie University Department of Neurology
• Dr. Mary Lou McGreggor | Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
• Dr. David Hunter | Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Ophthalmology
• Dr. Arif Khan | King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital Riyadh, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology
• Dr. Ahmed Alsaleh | King Saud University Riyadh, Department of Ophthalmology

Pediatric Vision Science Research Group (PVSRG)

A collaboration of clinician and basic science researchers dedicated to investigating topics in clinical vision science of relevance to the pediatric population. This collaboration extends the resources and access to expertise of CVS students, including potential supervisors.