Eye Mobility and Rehabilitation
Improving vision by understanding how patients look at the world
Research Focus
How we look at the world shapes what we see. From magnifiers to augmented reality to eye movements, these labs aim to understand how the processes controlling what image lands on the retina from moment to moment impacts our long-term ability to see.
Key Research Areas:
- Ocular muscles and biomechanics
- Amblyopia
- Low vision
Faculty
Ava Bittner
Professor
Low Vision Rehabilitation
Dr. Bittner's research focuses on improving quality of life and visual ability for individuals with low vision through innovative rehabilitation strategies with visual aids and devices. She designs and leads the conduct of clinical trials involving assistive technologies and patient-centered approaches to advance low vision care.
Joseph Demer
Professor
Ocular Motility
The Demer lab studies the neural and structural basis of eye movements, with application to the diagnosis and treatment of strabismus, and the role of eye movements in glaucoma and myopia. His work involves magnetic resonance and optical imaging, tissue biomechanics, and computational simulation.