Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2023 BCOR Photography Contest and congratulations to our finalists! 1st Place: “Billions and Billions” by Ryan Webster Viewer’s Choice: “Dream Series: Nevada Landscape” by Craig D. Barton
Lab News
CORL myopia control publication included in the Optometry & Vision Science online re-collection
CORL is honored to be included in the Optometry & Vision Science online re-collection of recent key myopia-related publications. KZadnik Editorial OVS Feb24 https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/collectiondetails.aspx?TopicalCollectionId=16
Grace Walther – 2023 International Myopia Institute Best Poster Awardee
Congratulations to Grace Walther for being chosen as the 2023 International Myopia Institute Best Poster awardee for her AAO 2023 paper “Optical effects of decentering myopia control contact lenses”!
2023 BCOR Photography Contest “Vision: More than Meets the Eye” Results
Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2023 BCOR Photography Contest and congratulations to our finalists! Vision: More than Meets the Eye 1st Place: “Wolf in cute clothing: this innocent looking “tree frog” is actually a poison dart frog!” by Dr. Nitya Murthy 2nd Place: “Eyes” by Yasser Alaa Mobarak Honorable Mention: “Street Light… Read more »
CORL Collaboration with the University of Houston
Dr. Pete Kollbaum and Martin Rickert had a fun collaboration with some colleagues from the University of Houston. A retrospective analysis of real-world clinical data found no difference in the annualised axial length (AL) growth between peripheral defocus contact lenses and orthokeratology. Further, the AL progression from this clinical setting was consistent with those reported… Read more »
Optical Characterisation of Two Novel Myopia Control Spectacle Lenses
Our article about Essilor Stellest and Hoya Visioncare MiYOSMART spectacle lenses for myopia control has been published in OPO: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/opo.13098 Key points: – Distance image quality in the two myopia control spectacle lenses was reduced by the combined effects of defocus blur from the lenslets and diffraction blur from the fragmented distance optic. – When… Read more »
Dr. Pete Kollbaum and Dr. Nitya Murthy Awarded Research Grant from the International Society for Contact Lens Research
Congratulations to Dr. Pete Kollbaum and Dr. Nitya Murthy for being awarded a research grant from the International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR)! When asked about their project, the investigators held their protocol pretty close to the chest, but we could surmise that they are looking at the optics of myopia control lenses. Stay… Read more »
2022 Photography Contest “Eye to Eye” Results
Congratulations to Supriya Biswas on their first place entry “Mother’s Love.” Runner-up: Echo Tomlinson “Judgement” Honorable Mentions: Melissa Robertson “Windows to the Soul” Grace Williams “Roommates”
Congratulations Dr. Kollbaum and Dr. Situ!
Congratulations to Dr. Kollbaum on his promotion to Professor and Dr. Situ on her promotion to Associate Scientist! We are so proud of our team and all of their accomplishments!
Participants Needed for Contact Lens Study; Ages 8-12
Research Participants Needed Ages 8-12 Contact Lens Study at the Clinical Optics Research Lab, IU School of Optometry Participants will look at letters far away and up close with different contact lenses. $40/hr compensation; up to 3 visits, up to 2 hours each Email corl@indiana.edu for more information Clinical Optics Research Lab Indiana University –… Read more »