The Centre for Contact Lens Research (CCLR) is continuously looking for suitably qualified candidates to conduct contact lens research at both PhD and MSc levels. The CCLR studies a wide variety of topics related to the eye, the ocular response to contact lens wear, contact lens materials and contact lens care products. The CCLR has laboratory facilities for studying ocular physiology, visual performance and psychophysical phenomena associated with contact lens use as well as contact lens wettability and deposition. Collaboration with faculty within the School of Optometry and other University of Waterloo departments such as Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Systems Design Engineering and Physics provides students with the opportunity to work with several other disciplines. Current research areas include: - Extended wear of contact lenses
- Presbyopic contact lens options
- Tear film, corneal and epithelial thickness
- Imaging and digitizing ocular features
- Corneal and conjunctival sensitivity
- Symptomology of contact lens wear
- Contact lens wettability and deposition
Of particular appeal are those candidates who have an interest in the areas of image analysis, biochemistry, biomedical engineering and optics. A degree in optometry or ophthalmology would be advantageous for such applicants, but is not essential.
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