Graham Strong

Professor
Past Director, Centre for Sight Enhancement
Adjunct Research Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI)
Vice President, National Accreditation Council for Blindness and Low Vision Services (NAC)
OD, MSc (Waterloo)

Email: gstrong@uwaterloo.ca
Telephone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 36330
Fax: (519) 725-0784
Office: OPT 377
Labs: OPT 381, ext. 38019

Biography

Graham Strong has worked in the field of low vision rehabilitation since 1970. His primary research focuses on evidence-based low vision services and the development of new assistive devices for people with impaired vision. In addition, Strong is a court-recognized Forensic Optometrist who has been consulted in numerous homicide investigations and prosecutions.

Research

My research is primarily concerned with various aspects blindness and low vision rehabilitation. Several specific areas of interest include:

• Research and development of new assistive technologies for people who are blind or low visioned
• The unique utility and associated assessment ramifications for video-based low vision devices
• Evidence-based vision rehabilitation
• approved Ph.D. supervisor

Clinic duties

• registered optometrist, O.D. (Waterloo)
• supervising clinician
• clinical interests: low vision

Teaching interests

Undergraduate courses

• OPTOM 412 - Case Analysis 3 (Grand Rounds)

Additional information

• Publications (PDF)

Links of interest

• Centre for Sight Enhancement, University of Waterloo
• National Accreditation Council for Blindness and Low Vision Services (NAC)
• ARVO - The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins
• Reddy's Forensic Page
• The Virtual Wall
• Sight Enhancement Systems Inc.
• Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Universal Design
• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Health Technology Exchange (HTX)
• eSight