Current IRB-Approved Research Studies

Elise Ciner, OD
Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • “A Comparison of the Farnsworth Flashlight to Other Tests of Color Vision in Patients with Known Color Vision Deficiency"

Stanley Hatch, OD, MPH, FAAO
Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

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  • Amblyopia treatment

  • Binocular vision and myopia 

Erin Jenewein, OD
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG): Intermittent Exotropia 7 Study - Randomized Trial of Full-Time Occlusion Therapy for Intermittent Exotropia in Children

  • Amblyopia Treatment Study 22 - A Randomized Trial to Evaluate Sequential vs Simultaneous Spectacles plus Patching

  • A Pilot Randomized Trial Evaluating Short-Term Effectiveness of Vision Therapy in Children with Intermittent Exotropia (VT-IXT Study)

  • Objective Evaluation of Intermittent Exotropia (IXT) Control Using the Binocular Eye Alignment Monitor (BEAM) 

Nicholas Karbach, OD
Instructor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • “A Comparison of the Farnsworth Flashlight to Other Tests of Color Vision in Patients with Known Color Vision Deficiency"

George Lindley, PhD, AuD
Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology, Residential Program

  • Test-Retest Reliability of a Clinical Measurement for Between Channel Auditory Gap Detection

Andrew Meagher, OD, FAAO
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • Investigation of Diurnal IOP Fluctuation in Normotensive Glaucoma Patients with Self Home Tonometer

Siva Meiyeppen, OD, FAAO
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • Oculomotor Assessment Tool (OMAT) and Vision Quality of Life with Time Survey (VisQual-T)

Bre Myers, AuD
Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

  • Vestibular Evoked Potentials in Adults with a History of Noise Exposure
  • Posture stability and vision in children

Jenny Myung-Shin, OD
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • The Investigation of the Accuracy of Measuring Near Point of Convergence

Jonette B. Owen, AuD
Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

  • Effects of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) on hearing sensitivity with a focus on the ultra-high frequencies (9K-16K Hz).

Jean-Marie Pagani, OD, FAAO
Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • RetinaScope: Development of an application for the study of retinal disease

Fabiana Perla, EdD, COMS, CLVR
Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation

  • Education and Rehabilitation Services for Individuals with Visual Impairments in the Correctional System: An Exploratory Study

Igor Peshenko
Assistant Professor, Salus University

  • Study of surface-exposed residues in retinal degeneration 3 (RD3) protein in regulation of retinal guanylyl cyclase GUCY2D

Martin Pienkowski, PhD
Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

  • Speech-in-noise problems despite normal tone audiometry: searching for a clinical diagnostic of cochlear synaptopathy
  • Speech Intelligibility in loud background noise and low-cost musician earplugs

Mitchell Scheiman, OD, PhD, FAAO
Dean of Research
Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • Objective Assessment of Oculomotor Plasticity after Treatment of Symptomatic, Post-Concussion related CI
  • Development of a Binocular Eye Alignment Monitor for Intermittent Exotropia (BEAM)

Brandy Scombordi-Raghu OD
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

  • “A Comparison of the Farnsworth Flashlight to Other Tests of Color Vision in Patients with Known Color Vision Deficiency"

Lauren Sponseller, PhD, OTD, MSOTR/L, MEd
Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation

  • Occupational Therapy and Breastfeeding: Defining the role of occupational therapy practitioners within the scope of practice

Carolina Yanez, PhD student
Graduate Program in Biomedicine

  • Using a Smartphone to Assist in Reading Prescription Medication for Persons with Age-Related Macular Degeneration