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Dr Tony Redmond

Dr Tony Redmond

Lecturer, Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research

Yr Ysgol Optometreg a Gwyddorau'r Golwg

Email
redmondt1@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44(0)29 2087 0564
Fax:
+44(0)29 2087 4859
Campuses
Room 3.01, Maindy Road, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Maindy Road

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Research Overview

I am interested in many branches of research relating to the eye, but my main interests lie in the measurement of vision. I am particularly interested in improving clinical vision tests (e.g. tests of the visual field and visual acuity, so that subtle changes in vision, at all stages of eye disease and in response to treatment, can be detected early and with a high level of confidence.

 

Teaching Overview

I am leader of the Physiology of Vision module, which is currently taught to both 1st and 2nd year students. In this module, I teach students (through lectures and practical classes) about how the structure of the retina and other parts of the visual system allow us to see and perceive different features in our visual world. Questions addressed in this module include a) How do we see colours? b) How do we adapt to see in a dark room after being out in the sun? c) What is the explanation behind different optical illusions?
I supervise final year students in their research projects and in the Cardiff University Eye Clinic, while they perform full sight tests on members of the public.
I am also periodically involved in delivering lectures, tutorials and examining for the Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre (WOPEC).

OP1207 (1st  year)

Physiology of Vision

Module Leader

OP3101 (3rd year)

Optometric Practice

Supervisor/Demonstrator

OP3107 (3rd year)

Research Project

Research Project Supervisor

 

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Educational and professional qualifications

2014 FHEA, Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (PCUTL)
Higher Education Academy / Cardiff University
2009 PhD, 'Spatial summation and the structure/function relationship with age and in glaucoma' 
University of Ulster / Moorfields Eye Hospital
2005 Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom)
The College of Optometrists
2004                     BSc (Hons) Optometry
University of Ulster

Academic positions

2015 - Present Senior Lecturer, School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
2012 - 2015 Lecturer, School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
2011 - 2012 Research Fellow, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
(PH Artes & BC Chauhan)
2009 - 2011 Post-doctoral research fellow, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London
(SC Dakin & DF Garway-Heath)

Other positions

2010 - 2011     Specialist optometrist (glaucoma, PT), Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

2006 - 2008

 Sessional optometrist (PT), Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
2005 Locum optometrist, private practice
2004 - 2005 Pre-registration optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

School and University roles and committees

2017 - present Director of Postgraduate Research
2014 - 2017 Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research                                          

External committees

2015 - Present Editorial Board Member, Optometry in Practice
2009 - 2010 Chair of the North London Association of Optometrists
2007 - 2010 Committee member of the North London Association of Optometrists


External links

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Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau

  • 2010     George Giles Prize for Postgraduate Research Excellence, The College of Optometrists

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

  • Registered with the General Optical Council (Reg. no.: 01-21700)
  • Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom)

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Postgraduate Research Committee 

Board of Studies

IT Committee

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Research

My main research interests are in basic and clinical psychophysics, specifically the translation of basic science for improvement of visual field tests both in the clinical setting when investigating conditions that affect retinal performance and for measuring functional endpoints in clinical trials. I am particularly interested in ways in which the major limitations of conventional visual field tests can be addressed.

 

Schematic spatial summation curve

Figure 1. Schematic spatial summation curve, demonstrating how threshold declines as stimulus ara is incresed. From Redmond et al, Optom Vis Sci, 2013.

Spatial summation with age and in disease.
 Since the beginning of my research career, I have been interested in how the sensitivity of the visual field to stimuli of different size changes with age and in disease. My first studies investigated changes in spatial summation with age and in early glaucoma. These papers, published side-by-side in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science showed that although spatial summation is unchanged with advancing age, a loss of sensitivity (to a small spot of light varying in brightness) in early glaucoma can be accounted for by an enlargement of the area of complete spatial summation (Ricco$acirc; s area). This has direct implications for the design of optimum stimuli for measuring the visual field in eye disease.

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency-of seeing curves for Goldmann stimuli I-VI at 36.2 ° visual field eccentricity

Figure 2. Frequency-of seeing curves for Goldmann stimuli I-VI at 36.2 ° visual field eccentricity, measured on an Octopus 900 perimeter (Haag-Streit, Koeniz, Switzerland)

Addressing the limitations of conventional visual field tests
 My most recent work has focussed on characterising response variability to visual field stimuli with psychometric functions and exploring ways in which variability can be minimized to improve the identification of visual changes. I am also interested in how measurements of sensitivity to different stimuli are affected by non-neural changes in the eye that accompany age or eye disease (e.g. increased light scatter within the eye).

 

 

 

 

 

Vanishing Optotypes

Figure 3. Vanishing optotypes. From Shah et al, Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 2011

Visual Acuity
 $acirc; Reading the letters on the chart$acirc; is probably the most familiar test of vision to anyone who has ever had an eye examination. Although the test is quick and simple, measurement variability can be significant, making it rather insensitive to subtle changes in vision that occur over time or in response to treatment. One contributing factor is the wide variation in legibility between letters. A recent study, in which I was involved, showed how vanishing optotype acuity is more uniform across letter alternatives than acuity to conventional letters.

 

 

 

The parafoveal cone mosaic

Figure 4. The parafoveal cone mosaic, imaged with a modified Heidelberg Retina Tomograph III

Cone imaging
 I am principal investigator on a Fight For Sight funded project investigating the relationship between grating resolution acuity and parafoveal cone density, measured with a modified Heidelberg Retina Tomograph III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Support and Awards

 

The College of Optometrists Research Fellowship, 2013

£27,494

The College of Optometrists Postgraduate Scholarship, 2013

£55,878

The College of Optometrists Summer Scholarship, 2013

£2,000

The Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship, 2013

£1,440

Travel grant; oral presentation award (1st  prize) at 23rd  Annual Dalhousie University Ophthalmology Research Meeting, Halifax, Canada

CAD$750

Fight for Sight Dr Hans and Mrs Gertrude Hirsch Award

$acirc; Determining patient-specific baseline ganglion cell density using  in vivo  imaging of the retinal cone mosaic in glaucoma$acirc; .

Lead applicant: T Redmond. Co-applicant: RS Anderson. Collaborators: R Malik, DF Garway-Heath, SC Dakin, 2011-12.

£12,200

George Giles Prize for Postgraduate Research Excellence (College of Optometrists), 2010

£500

iPro Practice-based research grant, College of Optometrists,

$acirc; Assessment of Optic Disc Photographs for Glaucoma by UK optometrists$acirc; .

Lead applicant: SE Hadwin. Co-applicants: T Redmond, DF Garway-Heath, RS Anderson, 2010-11

£9,901

Research excellence oral presentation award, College of Optometrists Research Symposium, York, UK, 2010

£200

Travel grant, (HPSS R&D N. Ireland, Recognised Research Group for Vision) for attendance at ARVO 2009, Ft. Lauderdale, USA

£600

Travel grant, College of Optometrists for attendance at ARVO 2009, Ft. Lauderdale, USA

£400

World Glaucoma Congress poster presentation award (2nd  place), Boston, USA, 2009

 

Training Grant, (HPSS R&D N. Ireland, Recognised Research Group for Vision) for attendance at $acirc; Matlab programming for Cambridge Research Systems equipment$acirc; , Durham University, 2009

£575

Travel grant, (HPSS R&D N. Ireland Recognised Research Group for Vision) for attendance at ARVO 2008, Ft. Lauderdale, USA

£650

Travel grant, International Perimetric Society (IPS) for attendance at IPS 2008, Nara, Japan

US$900

Research Collaborators

Roger S Anderson ,
 University of Ulster, Coleraine / Moorfields Eye Hospital, London / UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, $acirc; Improving clinical measurements of visual function$acirc;

Paul H Artes,
 Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, $acirc; Improving clinical measurements of visual function$acirc;

Bruce JW Evans,
 Institute of Optometry, London, $acirc; Performance of UK optometrists in anterior chamber angle assessment$acirc;

 

Reviewer

Scientific Journals: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Optometry and Vision Science, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, Current Eye Research
Grant bodies: Medical Research Council (MRC)

Supervision

Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol

Skoczek, Kristian

Kristian Skoczek

Research student

Mason Wells

Mason Wells

Research student

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