The target population in the initial stage of this project was children. The research activities of the Centre for Eye Research encompass the applied, clinical and theoretical aspects of the visual and ophthalmic sciences. The emphasis is on research into the functional and performance aspects of human vision. The Centre also undertakes research for the ophthalmic and pharmaceutical industries towards the development of ophthalmic appliances and materials. Eye on Women, Gale Watson, Low Vision Researcher Gale Watson, low vision researcher at the Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Center in Decatur, wants to know what devices and services can give people with low vision the best possible visual abilities.
Services are the training the device-owner receives about how to use the device.
The goal of the Retinal Implant Project is to develop a microelectronic prosthesis to restore some vision to patients with retinal disease, specifically macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The project began in 1988 as a collaboration between the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.