Dr Ecosse Lamoureux
Dr
Ecosse
Lamoureux
is employed as
a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Eye Research
Australia
, Department of Ophthalmology;
University
Of
Melbourne
. He is also a current NHMRC Public Health
Fellow. He completed his undergraduate studies at
Deakin
University
(
Melbourne
,
Australia
)
in 1992. His post-graduate degrees were obtained at the same university between
1993 and 2001 where he undertook a Graduate Diploma (Grad Dip.), Master of
Applied Science Degree (
M.
App.
Sci
)
and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the areas of public health and physiology.
For a relatively early career researcher, Dr Lamoureux has published
almost 50 peer-reviewed papers, most of which are in high ranking ophthalmic
journals. He currently supervises two PhD research students and is a regular
reviewer for the highest ranking journals in ophthalmology and optometry.
Dr
Lamoureux
heads the
Health Services Research Unit at the Centre. The Unit’s research is focused on
the understanding of the epidemiology, causes and impact of major vision loss
and eye diseases. A substantial amount of the Unit’s work is associated with
public health and translational research and focuses on participation in daily
living, impact of vision impairment, rehabilitation and quality of life in
vision-impaired individuals. A key element of
Dr
Lamoureux
’s
research involves the development and validation of patient-centred measures
including visual disability, quality of life and other latent traits using
psychometrics. Through his work, the Impact of Vision Impairment instrument
(IVI), a tool he has reengineered using Rasch analysis and psychometric
principles, is now internationally recognized as a reliable and valid scale to
assess participation in daily activities, the effectiveness of low vision
rehabilitation and quality of life in people with impaired vision.
Some of the key current projects include:
- Depression
and anxiety in care givers and patients with vision impairment.
- Improving
adherence to medication in people with glaucoma.
-
The
effectiveness of interventions targeting intrinsic and extrinsic vision
factors to improve vision, independence, safety and quality of life in the
residential care setting.
-
The
relationship between medication adherence and ocular signs and symptoms in
patients treated with anti-glaucoma eye-drops.
-
A
Randomized Controlled Trial of education and consultation to improve self-management
of diabetes in people with diabetic retinopathy.
-
The
development and validation of a QoL scale specific to patients with proliferative
and vision threatening diabetic retinopathy.
-
The
development and evaluation of a novel and proactive diabetic retinopathy
screening strategy in people with diabetes.
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