Other Details:Professional Experience -
SRM University, Chennai, India, Associate Professor, Optometry, Department of Ophthalmology (March 2012 to June 2014)
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Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Post-doctoral Research Fellow (June 2014 till Feb 2017)
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SRM University, Chennai, India, Assistant Professor, Optometry, Department of Ophthalmology (March 2012 to June 2014)
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Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Post-doctoral Research Associate (October 2010 to February 2012)
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Sankara Nethralaya & Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India, Senior Optometrist & Faculty (April 2003 to August 2010)
Research Interests -
Eye growth & refractive error development in children
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Community-based, behavioral intervention programs for myopia prevention
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Optical interventions for myopia prevention
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Myopia & accommodation
Awards -
OPO Bernard Gilmartin Award, College of Optometry, UK. (2014) for the publication titled ‘Worldwide prevalence and risk factors for myopia’ which summarises the worldwide patterns and trends for the prevalence of myopia and to evaluate the risk factors for myopia in population-based studies.
Journal Reviewer - Plos One
- Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- Optometry and Vision Science
- Scientific Reports
Conference Presentations -
Investigation of near accommodative facility in younger & older myopic children. Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 2006. 26 (Suppl. 1): 1–67. Proceedings of the11th International Myopia Conference, Singapore
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Effect of Non-verbal IQ & Family history of Myopia on myopia progression and axial elongation in myopes & emmetropes. Optom Vis Sci, Vol. 86, No. 1, January 2009. PP. E67-E73. Proceedings of the12th International Myopia Conference, Queensland, Australia
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Predictive factors for myopia progression in Indian children. Asia ARVO 2013. New Delhi, India
Publications -
R Dharani, C-F Lee, Z X Theng, V B Drury, C Ngo, M Sandar, T-Y Wong, E A Finkelstein, and S-M Saw. Comparison of measurements of time outdoors and light levels as risk factors for myopia in young Singapore children. Eye.2012, 26, 911–918
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Pan C-W, Ramamurthy D & Saw S-M. Worldwide prevalence and risk factors for myopia. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2012, 32, 3–16
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C Ngo, S-M Saw, R Dharani, I Flitcroft. Does sunlight (bright lights) explain the protective effects of outdoor activity against myopia? Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2013, 33, 368-72
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Raja M, Ramamurthy D, Srinivasan K, Varadharajan LS. Development of Pocket Vision Screener and its effectiveness at screening visual acuity deficits. Indian Journal of ophthalmology. 2014; 62:1152
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Ramamurthy D, Lin Chua SY, Saw SM. A review of environmental risk factors for myopia during early life, childhood and adolescence. Clin Exp Optom. 2015; 98:497-506
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Verkicharla PK, Ramamurthy D, Nguyen QD, Zhang X, Pu SH, Malhotra R, Ostbye T, Lamoureux EL, Saw SM. Development of the FitSight Fitness Tracker to Increase Time Outdoors to Prevent MyopiaVerkicharla et al. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 2017; 6: 20-20.
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