Cardiff University, United Kingdom

The research will be hosted in the School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University. In REF2022, for UoA3 (Professions Allied to Medicine), the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences achieved the maximum possible score for its Research Environment. It was ranked 1st (out of 90) for its research output GPA of 3.52 and 4th (out of 90) for research power. The School is situated in a purpose-designed £22m building that opened in 2007, adjacent to newly constructed facilities for research in the biological sciences, cancer, stem cells, infection and immunity and neuroscience (e.g. Cardiff University Brain Imaging Centre).

DR. Louise terry

Prof. Jeremy A. Guggenheim

  • main supervisor of the doctoral candidates DC13 and DC14

  • trained optometrist who carries out clinical and basic science research at the School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.

  • his research focuses on the genetic and lifestyle risk factors for myopia

  • co-supervisor

  • optometrist who carries out clinical and basic science research at the School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.

  • her research focuses on the role of the choroid in myopia development and the evaluation of interventions for myopia.