Our researchers are available to speak on a variety of special topics. Most recently, our lectures have included the following subjects:
Biocompatibility and deposition
- Lens solutions and the tear film/ocular surface
- Corneal sensitivity and sensation
- Impact of tear film components on in vitro lipid uptake to contact lens materials
- Lipid deposition on silicone hydrogel lenses
Comfort and dryness symptoms
- Comfortable contact lenses – a realistic dream?
- Dry eye disease vs. contact lens dry eye
- Nutrition and dry eye
Emerging trends and technologies
- Myopia: A world-wide epidemic
- Myopia control in a pediatric population
- New animal research in myopia
Lens and solution updates
- Disinfecting solutions
- Future of contact lenses and care products
- Specialty contact lenses
- Novel contact lens materials for drug delivery
- In vitro dehydration rates of lens materials
- Soft contact lens wettability and comfort
Needs of specific populations
- Contact lenses for the emerging presbyope
- Keratoconus fitting
- Kids and contact lenses
- Multifocal contact lens wear
- Presbyopic contact lens fitting
- Impact of compliance: safety and lens performance
Physiological effects of contact lens wear
- Conjunctival response to soft contact lens wear
- Corneal staining and contact lens wear
- Critical oxygen transmissibility
- Infiltrates and contact lens wear
- Meibomian gland dysfunction
- Physiological benefits of silicone hydrogel lenses
- Red eyes and contact lenses
Technology and techniques
- Corneal imaging techniques
- Extraction of mucin from hydrogel contact lenses
- Ocular surface sampling techniques
- Ocular tear film assessment