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Brien Holden Vision Institute (NSW)

Level 4 North Wing
Rupert Myers Building
Gate 14 Barker Street UNSW
Sydney NSW 2052
02 9385 7516
info@brienholdenvision.org
www.brienholdenvision.org

CEO: Professor Brien Holden
Chief Scientific Officer: Professor Mark Wilcox
Head of Clinical Research: Dr Percy Lazon de la Jara
Head of Technology: Professor Arthur Ho
Chief Operating Officer: Ms Yvette Waddell

Principal Affiliations:
University of New South Wales
Vision CRC
International Centre for Eyecare Education
Optometry Giving Sight
Optometric Vision Research Foundation
Centre for Eye Research Australia
University of Houston College of Optometry, USA
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA
LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
CSIRO, Australia
International Clinical Research Center, Zhongshan Opthalmic Institute, Guangzhou, China

Principal Areas of Research
Clinical Science
Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry
Vision Science and Vision Correction
Contact Lenses and Spectacles
Myopia
Refractive Surgery
Epidemiology of Blindness Prevention

Major Current Research:
Development of Contact Lenses
Vision correction modalities for children with special reference to myopia
Development of Vision Correction Technology for Presbyopia and Hyperopia
Contact Lenses and Contact Lens Solutions
Use of Tear Proteins to Diagnose Disease
Design and Testing of Novel Antimicrobial Biomaterials and Contact Lenses
Microbial Keratitis Epidemiology
Dry Eye Therapeutics and Corneal Wound Healing
Analysis of Tear Film Lipids, Proteins and Mucins
Characterisation of Bacterial Types that Cause Microbial Keratitis and Identification of Immunological Consequences
Diagnostic Microbiology
Development of Novel Optometric/Opthalmic Equipment