Scientists

Janet Szlyk, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Low Vision Laboratory

Research Interests

Methods for assessing vision loss in retinal diseases; relationship between clinical tests of visual function and performance of everyday activities

Education

• Ph.D. 1988 Fordham University
  Experimental Psychology

• M.A. 1985 Fordham University
  Experimental Psychology

• B.A. 1983 Brown University
  Human Biology & Psychology

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Current Clinical Trials

• Measuring Reading Rehabilitation Outcomes
  Department of Vetrans Affairs
  Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
  Janet Szlyk PhD

• Nighttime Simulator Driving with Ophthonix Wavefront Aberration Spectacles
  Sponsored by Ophthonix Inc
  Janet Szlyk PhD

• Comprehensive Functional Assessment Of The iZON Wavefront Guided Glasses
  Sponsored by Ophthonix Inc
  Janet Szlyk PhD

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Representative Publications

Seiple, W., Szlyk, J. P., Paliga, J., Rabb, M. F. (2006). Perifoveal function in patients with  North Carolina Macular Dystrophy: the importance of accounting for fixation locus. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 47(4), 1703-1709.

Stelmack, J. A., Szlyk, J. P., Stelmack, T.R., Demers-Turco, P., Williams, R. T., Moran, D., Massof, R. W. (2006). Measuring Outcomes of Low Vision Rehabilitation with the Veterans Affairs Low Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire (VA LV VFQ-48). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (in press).

Yzer, S., Fishman, G. A., Racine, J., Al-Zuhaibi, S., Chakor, H., Szlyk, J. P., Lachapelle, P., van den Born, I. L., Allikmets, R., Lopez, I., Cremers, P. M., Koenekoop, R. K. (2006). Heterozygous Parents with Leber Congenital Amaurosis Offspring Caused by CRB1 Mutations May Develop a Focal Inferior Retinal Dysfunction. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (in press).

Gupta, B., Paliga, J., Laderman, D. J., and Szlyk, J. P. (2005).  The effect of occlusive patching on visually directed tasks.  Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), 9(5), 485-492.

Seiple, W., Szlyk, J. P., McMahon, T., Pulido, J. S., and Fishman, G. A. (2005). Eye movement training for reading in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 46(8), 2886-2896. 

Szlyk, J. P., Mahler, C. L., Seiple, W., Edward, D., and Wilensky, J. (2005).  Driving performance of glaucoma patients correlates with peripheral visual field loss. Journal of Glaucoma, 14(2), 145-150.

Szlyk, J. P., Paliga, J., Seiple, W., Rabb, M. F. (2005). Comprehensive functional vision assessment of patients with North Carolina macular dystrophy. Retina, 25(4), 489-497.

Szlyk, J. P., Seiple, W., Rana, R., Vajaranant, T. S., Lai, W. W., Seiple, W., Pulido, J. S., Paliga, J., and Blair, N. P. (2005). Assessing responses of the macula in patients with idiopathic macular holes using a new system measuring localized visual acuity and the multifocal electroretinogram. Documenta Ophthalmologica, 110, 181-191.

Szlyk, J. P., Seiple, W., Stelmack, J., and McMahon, T. (2005). Use of prisms for navigation and driving in hemianopic patients. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 25, 128-135.

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