Vision Research Studies

We are currently conducting research projects to investigate vision in infants, children, and adults. We are looking for term-born subjects, subjects with a history of premature birth, and subjects with a heritable retinal disease. For all of our studies, premature birth is defined as born at 32 weeks gestation or less, and full-term birth is defined as born at 37 weeks gestation or more.

Heritable retinal disorders that we study include congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB), X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS or XJR), Stargardt disease, vitelliform dystrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital amaurosis, Usher syndrome, Bardet Biedl syndrome, Alagille syndrome, ocular albinism, achromatopsia, and cone-rod dystrophy. To learn more about these conditions, please visit Information for Patients & Families.

If you are interested in participating in one of our studies or would like to learn more about them, please contact us.

To see which vision studies the Infant Vision Lab are currently conducting, please select which group applies to you or your child:

Term-born infants, 10 weeks old

Premature infants, 10 weeks old

Premature children, 12 months old

Term-born children, 10-18 years old

Prematurely born children, 10-18 years old

Term-born adults, 18-35 years old

Prematurely born adults, 18-35 years old

Children and adults with heritable retinal disorders

​Children and adults with structural abnormalities of the eye