Ophthalmology

Professor David Mackey
Dr Alla Soloshenko
Sandy Oats
Seyhan Yazar
Dr Alex Tan
Dr Hannah Foward
Dr Charlotte Knight

The Raine Study Ophthalmology group, along with the Raine Study Research team, are currently conducting ophthalmic examinations on 1,500 members of the prospectively followed Raine Birth Cohort in Western Australia when they turn 20 years of age.

Data collected will

• Document the prevalence of refractive error(need for glasses), amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus(eye turn), in young adults;
• Determine the population distribution of eye measurements in young adults;
• Determine genetic and early environmental factors that influence ocular measurements and predispose to ophthalmic disease;
• Investigate the interaction of early life, familial, lifestyle, demographic and genetic risk factors with these conditions, and their measurements;
• Establish an ophthalmic baseline examination for a population cohort that can be followed through later adult life, with particular attention to measurement of the optic disc and cup; and
• Create a normal healthy clinical reference database for researchers investigating diseases affecting young adults including: pterygium, keratoconus and diabetic retinopathy.