People

Dr John Phillips (Principal Investigator)
MCOptom, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Optometry and Vision Science

Phone: +64 9 923 6073
Email: j.phillips@auckland.ac.nz

Research interests: Human myopia; animal models of myopia and emmetropisation; refractive development of vertebrate and invertebrate (cephalopod) eyes; the sclera in myopia; methods for inhibiting the progression of myopia in children.

Dr Simon Backhouse
BOptom (Hons), PhD
Research Fellow, Department of Optometry and Vision Science

Phone: +64 9 923 1960
Email: s.backhouse@auckland.ac.nz

Research interests: Human myopia; animal models of myopia and emmetropisation; light and refractive development; circadian rhythms and refractive development; the sclera in myopia.

Dr Nicola Anstice
BOptom (Hons), PhD
Lecturer, Department of Optometry and Vision Science

Phone: +64 9 923 2956
Email: n.anstice@auckland.ac.nz

Andrew Collins
BOptom, MSc (Hons)
Senior Tutor, PhD Candidate, Department of Optometry and Vision Science

Phone: +64 9 923 6484
Email: a.collins@auckland.ac.nz

Research interests: Human myopia; animal models of myopia and emmetropisation; light and refractive development; human visual function and adaptation.

Philip Turnbull (Director, Myopia Control Clinic)
BOptom (Hons)
PhD candidate, Department of Optometry and Vision Science

Phone +64 9 923 1352
Email: p.turnbull@auckland.ac.nz

Research interests: translational myopia treatments, evolutionary biology, emmetropisation, myopia progression, cephalopod vision.

Martin Loertscher
Dipl. Augenoptiker, MSc
PhD Candidate

Phone +64 9 923 1352
Email: m.loertscher@auckland.ac.nz

Research interests: Orthokeratology and myopia progression