DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181883ea4
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PMID: 18772716
Issn Print: 1040-5488
Publication Date: 2008/09/01
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Perhaps not surprisingly, after a first rate “Glaucoma” OVS issue in June and this “Dry Eye” Feature Issue, many colleagues are looking ahead with interest. What else is on the horizon for OVS Feature Issues?
The next Feature Issue, scheduled for the January 2009, is entirely dedicated to Myopia research and its successes and challenges in understanding causes and in suggesting treatments and prevention. It is based on the recent 12th International Myopia Conference (IMC) held in Australia, July 2008. The Guest Editors are Neville McBrien, OD, PhD, FAAO, Ian Morgan, PhD, and our own Glenn A. Fry, Lecturer, Donald Mutti, OD, PhD, FAAO, who also serves on the current OVS Editorial Board. Neville and Ian were the IMC conference organizers. Together they have put together four superb authoritative reviews based on plenary session presentations, followed by 11 Research Reports authored by the moderators of the 11 special symposia sessions; each report is accompanied by four to five abstracts presented in that session. Finally, OVS will publish the full 12th International Myopia Conference program of lectures, symposia, posters, papers, and plenary presentations with on-line access to all the abstracts of the over 100 papers presented. It will also provide, on line, the full poster presentations of more than 40 posters—a first for our readers! As Editor in Chief I am proud that OVS is working closely with the publishers and the Guest Editors to break new ground in this special issue. The four authoritative invited papers will be:
The 11 research reports cover topics including: what molecular studies in humans and animals are telling us about myopia development; twin studies and what they tell us; prevalence, progression and risk factors for refractive error; outdoor activity vs. near work; therapies for myopia; optical strategies, what works and why; lens compensation and emmetropization; accommodation and ocular aberrations; causative links to myopia?; eye shape and peripheral refraction: what are they telling us about myopia; the sclera and its role in the regulation of ocular growth and prevention of myopia; signaling cascades in myopia development; and do we need any more animal models to study myopia?
This month (September) we reach our deadline for submission of papers in our Call for papers on “Infant/Child Vision Research: Present Status and Future Directions.” Then, late in Spring 2009, readers will learn of the latest advances and ongoing research about infant and children's vision in an issue entirely dedicated to this field. It will be an unusual and special issue that also reflects on the considerable advances in this field through research perspectives of those who have contributed to the remarkable discoveries about infant and children's vision over the past 2 to 4 decades. These are invited author perspectives. More than twenty leading authors and researchers have committed to providing their authoritative reflections and insightful expectations for the field in areas where they themselves have typically dedicated all of their professional lives. The Feature issue is lead by Velma Dobson, and OVS will dedicate this Feature Issue to her and very central presence in children and infant vision research. Velma is accompanied by five additional Guest Editors whose credentials will be recognized immediately.
