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Desmond Fonn
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Latest papers
Magnitude of astigmatism - A comparison between eyes.
Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2022 · senior author
Lifetime Corneal Edema Load Model.
Translational vision science & technology · 2021
Hand hygiene is linked to microbial keratitis and corneal inflammatory events
Contact Lens and Anterior Eye · 2019 · first author
Latest funding
- $5,000
CIHR Team in Refractive Disorders
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
- $400,000
Infrastructure support for research activities of the Institute of Vision Science and Technology (IVST)
CFI · 1999 · Co-investigator
56 publications.
Magnitude of astigmatism - A comparison between eyes.
Luensmann D, Schaeffer JL, Rumney NJ, Stanberry A, Fonn D
Lifetime Corneal Edema Load Model.
Thomson R, Mobeen R, Ho A, Fonn D, Sweeney DF
Hand hygiene is linked to microbial keratitis and corneal inflammatory events
Fonn D, Jones L
Myopia prevalence in Canadian school children: a pilot study
Yang M, Luensmann D, Fonn D, Woods J, Jones D, Gordon K, Jones L
A novel scale for describing corneal staining
Woods J, Varikooty J, Fonn D, Jones LW
Mixed Model Analysis of Between-Subject Variability in Overnight Corneal Swelling and Deswelling With Silicone Hydrogel Lenses
Amir Moezzi, Natalie Hutchings, Desmond Fonn, TREFFORD LEE SIMPSON
Effect of Masking on Subjective Responses to Daily Disposable Contact Lenses.
Keir N, Luensmann D, Woods CA, Bergenske P, Fahmy M, Fonn D
Temporal changes in contact lens comfort over a day of wear.
Woods CA, Bentley SA, Fonn D
Clinical Performance of Three Silicone Hydrogel Daily Disposable Lenses
Varikooty J, Schulze MM, Dumbleton K, Keir N, Woods CA, Fonn D, Jones LW
Variations in observable lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) staining patterns in wearers of silicone hydrogel lenses
Varikooty J, Srinivasan S, Subbaraman L, Woods CA, Fonn D, Simpson TL, Jones LW
CIHR Team in Refractive Disorders
Principal investigators: Robinson, Barbara E
Infrastructure support for research activities of the Institute of Vision Science and Technology (IVST)
Principal investigators: Sivak, Jacob
Keywords: Vision, eye, psychophysics, contact lenses, molecular biology, low vision, optometry
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Lyndon Jones and Trefford Simpson: 56 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and Desmond Fonn: 28 shared papers
- Trefford Simpson and Desmond Fonn: 23 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and Maud Gorbet: 19 shared papers
- Trefford Simpson and Natalie Hutchings: 11 shared papers
- Elizabeth Irving and Vivian Choh: 7 shared papers
- Trefford Simpson and John Flanagan: 4 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and Elizabeth Irving: 3 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and Vivian Choh: 2 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and Natalie Hutchings: 2 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and John Flanagan: 2 shared papers
- Elizabeth Irving and Trefford Simpson: 2 shared papers
- Elizabeth Irving and Natalie Hutchings: 2 shared papers
- Natalie Hutchings and Desmond Fonn: 2 shared papers
- Desmond Fonn and Amir Moezzi: 2 shared papers
- Lyndon Jones and Amir Moezzi: 1 shared paper
- Lyndon Jones and André Stanberry: 1 shared paper
- Maud Gorbet and Desmond Fonn: 1 shared paper
- Elizabeth Irving and Desmond Fonn: 1 shared paper
- Elizabeth Irving and Barbara Robinson: 1 shared paper
- Vivian Choh and Desmond Fonn: 1 shared paper
- John Flanagan and Desmond Fonn: 1 shared paper
- Desmond Fonn and Barbara Robinson: 1 shared paper
- Desmond Fonn and André Stanberry: 1 shared paper
- Optometry & Vision Science
- School of Optometry & Vision Science
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Systems Design Engineering
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Lyndon Jones
Department of Chemical Engineering
28 shared papers, latest 2019
Trefford Simpson
School of Optometry & Vision Science
23 shared papers, latest 2018
Luigina Sorbara
Department of Physics and Astronomy
9 shared papers, latest 2010
Amir Moezzi
Optometry & Vision Science
2 shared papers, latest 2012
Natalie Hutchings
School of Optometry & Vision Science
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Barbara Robinson
Optometry & Vision Science
1 shared papers, latest 2013
André Stanberry
Optometry & Vision Science
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Vivian Choh
School of Optometry & Vision Science
1 shared papers, latest 2013
John Flanagan
Optometry & Vision Science
1 shared papers, latest 2007
John Flanagan
Ophthalmology
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Maud Gorbet
Department of Systems Design Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Elizabeth Irving
School of Optometry & Vision Science
1 shared papers, latest 2013
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