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College of Optometry

Graduate Faculty and Their Research:

Harold E. Bedell. Professor. Ph.D., Florida. Normal and abnormal space perception, control of eye movements, peripheral vision, clinical applications of visual psychophysics, nystagmus.

Jan P. G. Bergmanson. Professor. Ph.D., City University (London); O.D., Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Anatomy and pathology of cornea, corneal response to contact lenses, ultrastructural analysis of laser effects on ocular tissue.

Yuzo M. Chino. Professor. Ph.D., Syracuse, 1973. Neural plasticity; effects of abnormal visual experience on retinogeniculostriate pathways.

Karen D. Fern. Associate Professor. O.D., Pacific University. Vision development, assessing visual functions in preschool children, preschool vision screening.

Merton C. Flom. Professor. M. Optom., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Binocular vision, space perception, acuity, strabismus, amblyopia.

Donald Fox. Professor. Ph.D., Cincinnati. Retinal cellular and molecular biology; effects of lead and drugs on cellular biochemistry, physiology, and morphology of developing and mature retina.

Laura Frishman. Professor. M.S., Ph.D., Pittsburgh. Retinal physiology, retinal origins and cellular mechanisms of the electroretinogram (ERG).

Bai-Chuan Jiang. Research Associate Professor., Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences. Oculomotor control system, myopia, spatial vision, optics.

Ronald S. Harwerth. Professor. O.D., Houston; Ph.D., Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Psychophysics of vision, animal psychophysics, binocular vision in monkey and man.

Norman Leach. Adjunct Associate Professor. O.D., M.S., University of Houston. Director of the Cornea and Contact Lens Service. Primary care and contact lenses.

Dennis M. Levi. Professor. O.D., Ph.D., Houston. Spatial vision, amblyopia and binocular anomalies.

Ruth E. Manny. Associate Professor. O.D., Ph.D., Houston. Development of normal and abnormal vision in human infants; preschool vision screening.

Stephen E. Morse. Associate Professor. O.D., Illinois College of Optometry; M.P.H., University of Texas School of Public Health, Ph.D., University of Houston. Binocular vision oculomotor system, refractive error development, vision issues in public health, virtual reality in HMDs.

Anastas F. Pass. Associate Professor. O.D., Illinois College of Optometry; M.S., Houston. Spatial and spatio-temporal characteristics of the diseased eye, clinical visual psychophysics, and aging.

Paul L. Pease. Associate Professor. O.D., Pennsylvania College of Optometry; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Normal color vision and color vision deficiencies, color vision testing, chromatic aberration, human factors in lighting.

Marcus Piccolo. Associate Professor. O.D., Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Ocular disease; ocular pharmacology; contact lenses and primary care.

Gary L. Savage. Associate Professor. O.D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Vision at low light levels, effects of aging on the eye/visual performance.

David M. Sherry. Assistant Professor.. Ph.D., University of Florida. Synapse formation and regeneration by retinal neurons; neuroanatomy of retinal neurotransmitter circuitry.

Earl L. Smith III. Greeman-Petty Professor. O.D., Ph.D., Houston. Amblyopia, binocular vision, psychophysical and neurophysiological effects of abnormal visual experience.

Gregory L. Stephens. Associate Professor. O.D.; Ph.D., Ohio State University. Ophthalmic optics; ophthalmic materials testing; binocular vision.

Scott B. Stevenson. Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Brown University. Vergence eye movements and binocular coordination, stereoscopic depth perception, modeling of binocular image matching processes.

Bruce Wick. Associate Professor. O.D., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Houston. Binocular vision, interactions between accommodation and vergence, strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus.