POSTDOCTORAL POSITION, SUNY STATE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY
GLAUCOMA INSTITUTE
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral fellowship to
collaborate with Bill Swanson on NEI-funded studies of eccentric
visual function in normal and diseased eyes. Ongoing research
projects include measurement and modeling of peripheral color vision
and flicker sensitivity. The goals of the research are: to develop
new stimuli to improve sensitivity to progressive ganglion cell
damage, to evaluate the clinical potential of these new stimuli by
measuring test-retest variability and spatial summation in
glaucomatous defects, and to model sensitivity to these new stimuli
in terms of cortical summation of ganglion cell responses. There are
three testing rooms, one on the basic research floor and two on the
Ocular Disease clinic floor. The clinicians are extremely supportive
of this research, and there is excellent access to patients. Testing
equipment includes a VSG 2/5 system, several dedicated computerized
testing stations, an eyetracker, and specialized optical systems
(xenon-arc-based, tungsten-halogen-based, and LED-based). The
laboratory staff includes a patient coordinator, a computer
programmer, and several graduate students. Collaborating scientists
include Barry Lee (single-unit primate electrophysiology), Qasim
Zaidi (psychophysics), Vivienne Greenstein (clinical psychophysics
and electrophysiology), Phil Kruger (accommodation), Harry Wyatt
(pupillary responses), and Sei-ichi Tsujimura (psychophysics).
Opportunities also exist to develop collaborations with other
scientists and clinicians in the diverse academic centers throughout
Manhattan.
Candidates should have a background in visual psychophysics and an
interest in applying the methods and models of basic visual research
to the study of ocular disease.
The State University of New York College of Optometry provides a
congenial research atmosphere, an excellent library, and interaction
with colleagues in many areas of vision science. The central
Manhattan location facilitates intellectual, cultural and other
activities. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with
experience.
Candidates should email their CV's to bswanson@sunyopt.edu. A formal
application including CV, reprints and preprints, and letters from
two references should be mailed to the address below.
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William H. Swanson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Clinical Sciences
SUNY College of Optometry, room 614
33 West 42nd Street
New York NY 10036-8003
phone: 212.780.5208
fax: 212.780.5137
email: bswanson@sunyopt.edu
http://www.sunyopt.edu/research/bswanson/swanson.html
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