Dr Catherine Stewart

Department of Health Research Fellow

Catherine Stewart 

(020) 7040 3404
c.e.stewart@city.ac.uk

 

 

Academic and professional qualifications / memberships

2001PhD Optometry University of Bradford
1995BMed Sci Orthoptics University of Sheffield

Brief outline of career history

2005-Research Fellow, City University
2004Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, Imperial College London
2001-2004Fight for Sight Research Fellow, Imperial College London
1999-2001Research officer, Imperial College London

Administrative responsibilities

  • Contribution to Binocular Vision, BSc Optometry, second year
  • Contribution to Paediatrics BSc Optometry, third year

Professional activities outside the University

  • Member of the British & Irish Orthoptics Society
  • Research Mentor for orthoptists
  • Honorary Orthoptist, St Marys & Hillingdon Hospitals
  • Member of the AHP research forum

Research interests

  • Amblyopia treatment
  • Visual development
  • Visual acuity & Screening
  • fMRI & therapeutic response

Selected publications

  • Stewart CE, Stephens DA, Fielder AR and Moseley MJ (2007). Randomized Trial of Objectively Monitored Patching Regimens for Amblyopia Treatment British Medical Journal 335: 707-711.
  • Stewart CE, Stephens DA, Fielder AR and Moseley MJ on behalf of the MOTAS cooperative. (2007). Modelling Dose-Response in Amblyopia: Towards A Child-Specific Treatment Plan. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 48, 2589-94.
  • Stewart CE, Fielder AR, Stephens DA and Moseley MJ on behalf of the MOTAS cooperative. (2005). Treatment of Unilateral Amblyopia: Factors Influencing Visual Outcome. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 46,3152-60.