The EYE MAC Project is an innovative community endeavour that allows volunteer vision screeners to be trained and sent into schools to perform vision screening on children.
McPERG hopes to be able to one day develop the Google Glass software to the point where blind children will be able to enjoy a world to explore without being burdened by their walking sticks.
This clinically applicable study aims to provide physicians with data for the most common organisms causing ocular infections based on patient demographics.
The PATCH-Q study aims to review factors of patching compliance to allow evidence-based recommendations to ultimately make it easier for the child to patch.
In an expansion of the Google Glass project, researchers at McPERG will be collaborating with fifth year engineering students to develop a device to assist the visually impaired.
The EYEE-Q study aims to develop and validate a questionnaire assessing parental knowledge on childhood eye health and conditions, to identify current gaps in public knowledge.
This study aims to provide the most accurate answers to date by carrying out an exhaustive systematic review of all relevant published research in this field.
SCREEN-ROP is the first national study of its kind and aims to set the first, evidence-based Canadian guidelines for screening newborns for ROP.
We need your help!
Donate to keep the eye van on the road. The Eye Van has visited 134 schools in the Hamilton District in 2019-2020, providing vision screening to over 5,000 SK children. For more information visit the EYE MAC page.
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