Professor Michael Collins and researchers from QUT’s Faculty of Health have developed contact lenses with a specific focus on slowing myopia’s development, also known as short-sightedness. Myopia affects about 15 per cent of Australians but based on current trends of increasing prevalence globally, myopia is predicted to affect 50% of the population by the year 2050.
The new lenses use multifocal optics to slow eye growth in children and reduce later vision impairment risk. This research has the potential to help four million Australians who suffer from short-sightedness once the clinical trials are completed.
QUT’s Centre for Vision and Eye Research strives to transform the future of vision through purpose-driven research, working to address eyesight problems like myopia which affect everyday Australians.