Assistant Professor

earthur@uab.edu
HPB 519

(205) 996-6576

Teaching/research interests: Ocular Disease Detection and Diagnosis; Vision Science; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Geometric and Visual Optics; Advanced Retinal Imaging; Retinal biomarkers for early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema; Ocular biomarkers for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias; Biological variable model for screening and early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in underserved populations.

Assistant Professor
Director, Access and Engagement

Kbrown3@uab.edu 
HPB 527

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Community health optometry, primary care, clinical skills, procedures and imaging

Instructor

emmakb@uab.edu 

HPB 415

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Clinical skills and procedures, primary care

Associate Professor
Director, Primary Care Clinic

tlcall@uab.edu
HPB 517

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Clinical methods and skills, injections and minor surgical procedures, ocular disease

Professor
Director, Continuing Education 

kclore@uab.edu
HPB 509

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Contact Lenses and Anterior Segment of the Eye

Instructor

jennifercraig@uab.edu
HPB 415

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Clinical methods and skills, soft and specialty contact lenses, primary eye care

Professor

tgawne@uab.edu
HPB 528

(205) 934-5495

Teaching/research interests: Information processing in the nervous system; retinal signal processing and the development of myopia ("emmetropization"), cerebral cortical dynamics and schizophrenia; science fiction and AI.

Chair, Department of Optometry and Vision Science
Professor
Director, Cornea and Contact Lens Service
Coordinator, Residency Program in Cornea and Contact Lenses

agordon@uab.edu
HPB 507

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Contact lenses in normal and diseased eyes, medical applications of contact lenses, ophthalmic optics

Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

kbhopkins@uab.edu
HPB 520

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Eye teaming and focusing disorders (convergence insufficiency, strabismus, etc), amblyopia, and pediatric vision

Assistant Professor

skhanal@uab.edu
HPB 526

Office: (205) 934-4558

Lab: (205) 934-3093 and (205) 934-0424

Website: https://sites.uab.edu/khanallab/

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Refractive errors; emmetropization and refractive development; retinal, choroidal, and scleral mechanisms of eye growth regulation, myopia onset, progression, and treatment; visual electrophysiology

Professor
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

twkraft@uab.edu
VH 346B

(205) 975-2885

Professor

liul7788@uab.edu
HPB 502

(205) 996-6627

Teaching/research interests: Binocular vision, eye movement, visual function assessment, low vision rehabilitation

Associate Professor

abh18@uab.edu
HPB G060

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Professor
Senior Associate Vice President for Research

jjn@uab.edu
AB 714 and HPB 502

(205) 975-3497

Teaching/research interests: Anterior segment, cornea, contact lenses, dry eye disease, meibomian gland disease

Dean

nicholsk@uab.edu
HPB 121A

(205) 975-9935

Teaching/research interests: Dry Eye Disease

Associate Professor

oechslin@uab.edu
HPB 512

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Pediatric optometry, binocular vision, vision therapy, vision and learning

Assistant Professor

nonken@uab.edu
HPB 508

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Myopia control, contact lenses, binocular vision, and special needs

Professor
Director of Residency Programs

cbeesley@uab.edu
HPB 522

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Residency education, anterior segment ocular disease

Professor
Director, Vision Science Research Center

pittler@uab.edu
VH 375B

(205) 934-6744

Teaching/research interests: Teaching: Biochemistry, Genetics, Ocular System, Posterior Segment

Research: Retina, Photoreceptors, Phototransduction, Transgenic Mice, Gene Editing, Translational Genetics

Assistant Professor

jquinet@uab.edu
Shelby 903

(205) 934-6757

Teaching/research interests: Eye movements, Binocular vision

Assistant Professor

arothstein@uab.edu
HPB 521

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Ocular disease, primary care optometry, community eye care

Professor
Associate Dean for Student Affairs

gsimonod@uab.edu
HPB 304H

(205) 996-4923

Associate Professor
Supervisor, Primary Care Residency

jasims@uab.edu
HPB 510

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Introduction to clinic, compulink, primary care optometry, community eye care, vision screenings, providing eye care and education to underserved areas

Professor
Director of the Graduate Program

sincich@uab.edu
SHEL 911

(205) 975-3446

Teaching/research interests: Anatomy and physiology of the visual system (VIS 613), optics for vision science (VIS 610), visual psychophysics and perception (VS 122, VS 211), graduate educational initiatives.

Professor

srivasta@uab.edu
HPB 437

(205) 975-7630

Professor
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

bsteele@uab.edu
HPB G090C

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Clinical skills and thinking, ophthalmic imaging, ocular disease

Professor

mswanson@uab.edu
HPB 505

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Assistant Professor

jsventek@uab.edu
HPB 514

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Pediatrics, myopia control, vision therapy

Associate Professor

citurner@uab.edu
HPB 523

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Ocular pharmacology, Clinical skills and methods, Clinical management

Assistant Professor

wangyc@uab.edu
VH 390C

(205) 975-0732

Teaching/research interests: Physiology, anatomy, neurobiology and biochemistry of the retina

Associate Professor

sew2@uab.edu
HPB 524

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Community Eye Health, Low Vision, Ophthalmic Optics, Contact Lenses and Special Needs Populations

Professor

kweise@uab.edu
HPB 506

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Assistant Professor

nwest524@uab.edu
HPB 525

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Associate Professor

jfmead@uab.edu

Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020

Teaching/research interests: Sjogren's syndrome, dry eye, MGD, glaucoma diagnosis and management, retinal imaging, assessment of systemic diseases relevant to optometry, recognition and management of in-office emergencies using simulation