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Dr Catherine Suttle
Dr Catherine Suttle

BSc City Lond., PhD Aston, MCOptom

Lecturer

Room No: 3.028

Office: Level 3, Rupert Myers Building (North Wing)

Phone: 9385 4620

Fax: 9313 6243

Email: c.suttle@unsw.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • OPTM1202 Clinical Optometry 1 Course Lecturer
  • OPTM2101 Ocular and Visual Science 2A Course Authority
  • OPTM2201 Ocular and Visual Science 2B Course Authority
  • OPTM3102 Clinical Optometry 3A Course Lecturer
  • OPTM7113 Human Visual Development Course Authority
  • OPTM7115 Visual Neuroscience
Research Description:

The main focus of my research is visual development in humans. Current research projects include the following:

  • A comparison of electrophysiological and psychophysical assessment of colour vision in children.
  • An investigation of the effectiveness of monocular vision therapy under binocular viewing conditions in children.
  • Electrophysiological assessment of visual function in children with developmental disability.
Selected Publications:

  • Suttle, CM and Turner, AM, 2004, Transient pattern visual evoked potentials in children with Down syndrome. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics In Press.
  • Suttle, CM, Wong, R et al., 2003, A survey of paediatric visual assessment by optometrists in New South Wales. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 86(1): 19-33.
  • Suttle, CM, Banks, MS and Graf, EW, 2002, FPL and sweep VEP to tritan stimuli in young human infants. Vision Research 42: 2879-2891.
  • Suttle, CM, 2001, Visual acuity assessment in infants and young children. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. 84(6): 337-345.
Other Professional Activities:

  • Member of the British College of Optometrists.
  • School of Optometry and Vision Science Postgraduate studies co-ordinator, Postgraduate review panel member.
  • Co-ordinator of monthly research seminars involving vision scientists from Schools of Optometry, Psychology, Anatomy and others in and around Sydney.