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Centre for Ocular Research & Education
BUILDING ON
30 YEARS
OF OCULAR RESEARCH
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    • Peer-reviewed
  • Research
    • Biochemistry

      Protein and lipid quantification, determining protein activity and oxidized lipids, inflammatory marker analyses.

    • Biomaterials

      Development and characterization of biomaterials for a wide variety of anterior ocular applications.

    • Contact Lens Materials and Solutions

      Connecting the dots between the day-to-day wearing experience, clinical signs and the characteristics of contemporary and future lens materials and solutions.

    • Corneal & Conjunctival Physiology

      Investigating the anterior eye’s response to a range of conditions, in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro.

    • Drug Delivery

      Developing novel lens materials capable of delivering topical ophthalmic drugs to the eye.

    • Refractive Error Correction & Control

      Myopia prevalence, correction and control.

    • Toxicology

      The cellular response to adverse conditions, including contact lens solutions and dry eye

    • Microbiology

      Bacterial binding and biofilm formation on contact lenses and other biomaterials.

    • Tear Film & Dry Eye

      Dry eye disease, tear film characterization and tissue assessment.

    • Visual Performance

      Contact lenses, spectacles and the use of objective vision assessments to predict subjective satisfaction.

    • CORE Innovation

      Novel technology, methods and models

  • Collaborators
    • UW School of Optometry & Vision Science
    • Canada-wide
    • International
  • COVID-19

CORE People

CORE is made up of vision scientists, clinicians, microbiologists, administrators, educators, molecular biologists, biotechnicians, data processing specialists and biochemists. For more details about our team, click on the following links:

Senior Administration Team

Research Team 

Data Team

Administrative Team

Graduate Students

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General Inquiries


Centre for Ocular Research & Education

School of Optometry & Vision Science

University of Waterloo

200 University Avenue West

Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1

 

P:  +1-519-888-4742

P: +1-519-888-4303

core@uwaterloo.ca

Participating in a Study


Interested in joining our team of research participants?

  • All ages welcome

  • $20/hr for your time commitment

  • No contact lens experience necessary!

Research Inquiries


Lyndon Jones | Director

 

Jill Woods | Head of Clinical Research

 

Alex Hui | Head of Biosciences

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