http://www.islrr.org/ 2012-03-17T11:30:17-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/ http://www.islrr.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-02-01T10:47:07-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/10th_international_conference_on_low-vision 10th International Conference on Low-Vision Array The theme of this year’s conference is Vision Rehabilitation – Towards Better Living with a focus on: * New developments in Research & Rehabilitation. * Rehabilitation & New Advances. * Multidisciplinary Intervention. * Epidemiology in developing countries. text/html 2010-03-23T07:58:07-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/17-21_october_2004 Download: Toward a Reduction In The Global Impact of Low Vision – the report of the Oslo Workshop on Low Vision. On Low Vision was sponsored by Lighthouse International through its Mrs. Cecilia Schupf and Paul J. Schupf Invitational Symposium Series and by The International Society for Low- vision Research and Rehabilitation with additional support from the Stockholm Institute of Education and Oslo University. text/html 2010-03-30T09:32:06-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/9th_international_conference_on_low_vision_7-10_july_2008 The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, organized under the auspices of ISLRR, was recently held from July 7 to 10, 2008, in Montreal, Canada. The Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille ( Rehabilitation Centre specialized in visual impairment) and the Ecole d’optometrie of the Universite de Montreal oversaw the organization of this conference in partnership with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. With over 1,400 delegates in attendance, the conference was a huge success! Congratu… text/html 2012-03-16T07:13:55-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/about People from a variety of disciplines work in the field of research and development for rehabilitation of people with vision impairment. This includes ophthalmologists, optometrists, orthoptists, physicists, psychologists, therapists, physicians, and clinical healthcare professionals, among others. text/html 2010-05-27T23:23:43-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/admin * Change navigation text/html 2010-05-25T09:01:53-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/barbie_ejukonemu Dr Barbie O.M. Ejukonemu Bsc, OD, FNCO, FNOA,FIBEN (Clinician, Trainer, Researcher & Administrator) [Photograph of Dr Barbie O.M. Ejukonemu] * National Focal Person for Low Vision / Chairman, Low Vision Committee, National Eye Care Programme(NECP), Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria. * Faculty Secretary, faculty of Low Vision/Rehab. Optomerty, Nigerian College of Optometrists. * Guest Lecturer, Community Eye Health Course, West African College of Ophthalmology. * Low Vision … text/html 2012-03-16T07:18:50-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/bart_melis_dankers Bart J.M. Melis Dankers, PhD Bart J.M. Melis was born in 1968 in the Netherlands. He studied theoretical physics in Nijmegen and graduated in 1990 with a specialization in Medicine and Biophysics. He finished his PhD-study on the topic of Plasticity and Kinematic Constraints in 3D Eye-Head Control in 1996. Since then he has worked as Clinical Physicist for Royal Dutch Visio, Centre of Expertise for Blind and Partially Sighted People. In this position, he specializes in the rehabilitation of … text/html 2012-01-22T04:33:00-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/contact For Information Contact Mary Lou Jackson, M.D. Executive Secretary, ISLRR Director, Vision Rehabilitation Center Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 243 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114 USA Tel: 617-573-4177 Fax: 617-573-4178 email: <inquiries@islrr.org> text/html 2010-07-21T08:05:56-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/dato_s.kulasegaran Dato’ Kulasegaran Sabaratnam [Photograph of Dato'S. Kulasegaran Sabaratnam] Professional Status * Barrister-At-Law (Middle Temple, England) * Advocate & Solicitor, Malaysia * In legal practice since 1963 Participation in Social and Welfare Activities text/html 2012-02-01T11:15:37-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/events March 31 - April 3, 2014 Melbourne, Australia Past Events text/html 2012-02-01T10:55:15-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/first_european_congress_on_visual_impairment III ASPREH ‘Rehabilitation and Attention of People with Visual Impairment’ [http://www.eurovisionrehab.com/] The main aim of this conference which is being held in Valladolid, Spain, is to encourage the visual impairment scientific community to share its knowledge and main research interests paying particular attention to visual impairment prevention and rehabilitation. text/html 2010-07-21T07:37:20-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/francois_vital-durand François Vital-Durand, PhD [Photograph of François Vital-Durand,PhD] François Vital-Durand, PhD is an Inserm researcher who developed infant vision clinics in France after a period of study of physiological development of the visual cortex in baby monkeys. He is also involved in promoting rehabilitation techniques and instruments for ageing patients with low vision. text/html 2010-03-23T07:54:58-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/from_eye_to_mind_international_symposium_on_neuro-ophthalmology_and_low_vision_25_october_2008 The From Eye To Mind International Symposium on Neuro-ophthalmology and low Vision was held on October 25, 2008 in Tubingen, Germany. This special symposium aimed to build a bridge between the disciplines of neuro-ophthalmology and low vision research. text/html 2010-07-21T07:48:01-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/gary_rubin Gary S. Rubin, PhD [Photograph of Gary S. Rubin, PhD] Gary Rubin received his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1983. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in low vision in 1985, and then joined the faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as Director of Low Vision Research. In 1999, Gary moved to London, where he was appointed the Helen Keller Professor of Visual Rehabilitation at the Institute of Ophthalmology. In t… text/html 2010-07-21T07:53:00-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/george_timberlake Professor George T. Timberlake [Photograph of Prof Geroge T. Timberlake] George T. Timberlake attended Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, receiving the BS degree from Maryland in Psychology/Physics-Mathematics in 1967. He received an MA in Psychology from Northeastern University in 1972 for studies of visually evoked cortical potentials and the PhD in Psychology in 1976 for research on primate fixational eye movements. Dr Timberlake was Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscien… text/html 2010-05-25T09:04:32-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/george_woo Professor George Woo OD MSc PhD LOSc FAAO FVCO Chair Professor of Optometry Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences The Hong Kong Polytechnic University [Photograph of Prof George Woo] Professor George Woo received his Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in physiological optics from Indiana University in the U.S. He is a Fellow and a Diplomate in Low Vision of the American Academy of Optometry. text/html 2010-05-25T08:57:28-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/ger_van_rens Prof Dr Ger van Rens [Photograph of Prof Dr Ger van Rens] Ger van Rens received his medical training from the Catholic University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1979 and his training in ophthalmology from the Royal Eye Hospital Utrecht. He received his PhD from the Nijmegen University in 1988. He joined the Department of Ophthalmology of the Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond, in 1985 and was appointed as the first Dutch professor of ophthalmology in low vision research at the Free University Medical … text/html 2012-02-01T09:50:26-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/home Dear Colleagues It is now almost a year since the excellent ISLRR meeting that was held in Malaysia. The local hosts did a fantastic job of both educating and entertaining us. We now are looking forward to the 2014 meeting in Melbourne, Australia. Please mark your calendar for the dates: March 31 - April 3rd, 2014. text/html 2010-05-25T09:05:46-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/jan_lovie-kitchin Professor Jan E Lovie-Kitchin MSc(Optom) LOSc Melb, Grad Dip Rehab Lat, PhD QUT [Photograph of Prof Jan E Lovie-Kitchin] Jan Lovie-Kitchin graduated as an optometrist from the Department of Optometry at the University of Melbourne in 1973. She undertook one year of clinical practice and returned to complete post-graduate research towards her Masters degree in 1976. After 4 years as a Clinical Optometrist at the Victorian College of Optometry, she moved to Queensland to take up a Lecturer posi… text/html 2010-07-21T08:33:18-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/journal Visual Impairment Research has ceased publication. The final issue was Vol. 10, Issue 2&3 (2008). For reprints and information about back issues please visit the Informa Healthcare website. Array text/html 2012-02-01T10:32:03-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/kl_vision_2011_20-24_february_2011 10th International Conference on Low-Vision Array The theme of this year’s conference is Vision Rehabilitation – Towards Better Living with a focus on: * New developments in Research & Rehabilitation. * Rehabilitation & New Advances. * Multidisciplinary Intervention. * Epidemiology in developing countries. text/html 2010-07-21T08:35:29-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/links Low Vision: The Reference is a searchable bibliographic database of low vision literature with about 10,000 references and citations. An indispensable resource for researchers in low vision. Low Vision: The Reference is edited by Gregory Goodrich, Ph. D., F.A.A.O and Aries Arditi, Ph.D., F.A.A.O., it is accessible through the ISLRR members portal. text/html 2010-07-21T07:56:23-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/mario_broggini Mario Broggini [Photograph of Mario Broggini] Mario Broggini is the Ophthalmologist Director Manager of the Low Vision Centre in the Ophthalmology Department of Circolo Hospital Insubria University Varese Italy. In 1989 he founded the first Low Vision Centre in Italy. text/html 2010-07-21T07:57:51-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/mary_lou_jackson Dr Mary Lou Jackson [Photograph of Dr. Mary Lou Jackson] Dr Mary Lou Jackson is an ophthalmologist and Director of the Vision Rehabilitation Center at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology. She is also the Chair of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Vision Rehabilitation Committee. The AAO Committee has authored the current AAO Guidelines for Vision Rehabilitation for Adults which outlines a Comprehensive Model of Vision Rehabilitation that addre… text/html 2012-02-02T06:13:14-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/membership Dues are $100 and the term of the membership is 3 years. Student membership is $15 for 3 years. We encourage you to support our organization and by doing so, support excellence in vision rehabilitation clinical care and research. As a paid up member you will receive a reduced fee to attend the next tri-annual meeting in Australia. We hope to have bi-monthly email information and announcements.. text/html 2010-05-25T09:03:52-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/muffariq_shah Mufarriq Shah [Photograph of Mufarriq Shah] Mufarriq Shah gained his BSc in optometry and vision sciences and his MSc in Physics from the University of Peshawar in Pakistan. He gained his Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Optometry from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has gained several awards including, in 1998, a Gold medal Award at Alshifa Trust Eye Hospital, Pakistan and in December 2005 a Fellowship American Academy of Optometry (FAAO), USA. Mufarriq’s research interes… text/html 2009-07-20T04:39:42-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/newpage fop[sdif sdpo[f dif[po text/html 2010-05-14T05:00:48-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/newsletter Members of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation are encouraged to send newsworthy items and short communications for inclusion in the ISLRR newsletter, Low Vision News, to <inquiries@islrr.org> [April 2010] [February 2009] text/html 2012-02-01T11:05:10-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/past_events 10th International Conference on Low-Vision First European Congress on Visual Impairment From Eye To mind International Symposium on Neuro-ophthalmology and Low Vision, 25 October 2008 9th International Conference on Low Vision, 7-10 July 2008 17-21 October 2004 text/html 2010-05-25T09:02:23-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/per_fosse Per Fosse, dr.philos, Trondheim, Norway [Photograph of Per Fosse, dr.philos] I have a bachelor and cand.polit degree within Special Needs Education (1977, 1992) and the dr.philos degree in Low Vision (2005) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. I am currently working at Tambartun National Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired, and am also coordinating and teaching in the Master Degree program in Vision Rehabilitation at NTNU. My main clinical work an… text/html 2010-05-25T09:03:25-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/rokiah_omar Dr Rokiah Omar [Photograph of Dr Rokiah Omar] I received my Bachelor of Optometry (Hons) Degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in1990 and my PhD.in Low Vision from the University of New South Wales in 2002. I have been a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry since 2002 and am currently also an exco member for the Association of Malaysian Optometrists. I am a Senior Lecturer at the Optometry Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. My previous … text/html 2009-07-16T07:57:36-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/start Stuff! Here is a link ISLRR [a diofjdsf] Subhead fsjd [Download PDF version] text/html 2010-03-23T08:25:46-06:00 http://www.islrr.org/vision_2002_22-25_july_2002 Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the University Faculty of Medicine in Gotenborg organized this important global conference on low vision under the auspices of ISLRR. The conference focused on the latest advances in research and practice within all areas of low vision, including basic science, technology, medicine, rehabilitation and education pertaining to visual impairment. Experienced scientists and field practitioners from all over the world presented their results encouraging further re…