Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Bronstad P Matthew
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford St, Boston, MA 02114-2500, USA
Matthew Bronstad has worked in visual perception and low vision rehabilitation for more than 10 years. This interest started with his work in visual perception with Dr. Judith Langlois at the University of Texas at Austin and in Web accessibility with Dr. John Slatin at UT-Austin. His research there led to a fruitful collaboration with IBM, where his group obtained a patent on automated evaluation of Website accessibility.
Following his work at UT, Dr. Bronstad entered a postdoctoral fellowship program in social neuroscience with Dr. Leslie A. Zebrowitz at Brandeis University, which prepared him to master the literature on the neural mechanisms underlying cortical visual impairment.
Since 2007, he has studied low vision rehabilitation with Dr. Eli Peli at Schepens, where he has led a study of the impact of central visual field loss on driving.
Dr. Bronstad has developed expertise in working with low vision patients, as well as in eye-tracking methodology and vision assessment. His research training and experience with low vision patients is key to a current project: conducting and completing a pilot study of children with hemianopia and strabismus from Children’s Hospital Boston. This exciting project, done in collaboration with Dr. Eli Peli and Dr. Anne Fulton at Children’s, has clear translational significance and great potential to improve pediatric health care.
Low vision, visual perception, strabismus