
Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology), Ophthalmologist (Other), M.D. (Other)
Dr Beatrix Feigl MD, PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology. She completed a Doctor of Medicine at the Medical University Graz, Austria, and specialised in ophthalmology. Her PhD studies were conducted at QUT. Dr Feigl is an internationally recognised expert in the study of melanopsin expressing retinal ganglion cells in eye (macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetes) and neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson's disease). She implements morphological, pupillometric, psychophysical, neuroretinal and genetic techniques for understanding visual and nonvisual (circadian and sleep) functions including during the progression of disease and with treatment.
Additional information
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Keynote lecture at the biannual meeting of the International Color Vision Society in Riga/Latvia
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Invited Speaker at the symposium on melanopsin at the Annual Meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Invited Speaker and Panel member at the International Pupil colloquium.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Associate Editor of Acta Ophthalmologica (Q1 journal)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Honorary Senior Scientist in the Queensland Eye Institute
- Feigl, B., Dumpala, S., Kerr, G. & Zele, A. (2020). Melanopsin Cell Dysfunction Is Involved in Sleep Disruption in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 10(4), 1467–1476. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206828
- Dumpala, S., Zele, A. & Feigl, B. (2019). Outer retinal structure and function deficits contribute to circadian disruption in patients with type 2 diabetes. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 60(6), 1870–1878. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129035
- Joyce, D., Feigl, B., Kerr, G., Roeder, L. & Zele, A. (2018). Melanopsin-mediated pupil function is impaired in Parkinson's disease. Scientific Reports, 8, 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118382
- Maynard, M., Zele, A., Kwan3, A. & Feigl, B. (2017). Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell function, sleep efficiency and depression in advanced age-related macular degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 58(2), 990–996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103852
- Adhikari, P., Zele, A., Thomas, R. & Feigl, B. (2016). Quadrant field pupillometry detects melanopsin dysfunction in glaucoma suspects and early glaucoma. Scientific Reports, 6, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/99614
- Maynard, M., Zele, A. & Feigl, B. (2015). Melanopsin-mediated post-illumination pupil response in early age-related macular degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56(11), 6906–6913. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90217
- Feigl, B. & Zele, A. (2014). Melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in retinal disease. Optometry and Vision Science, 91(8), 894–903. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74907
- Feigl, B., Morris, P., Brown, B. & Zele, A. (2012). Relationship among CFH and ARMS2 genotypes, macular pigment optical density, and neuroretinal function in persons without age-related macular degeneration. Archives of Ophthalmology, 130(11), 1402–1409. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54760
- Feigl, B., Mattes, D., Thomas, R. & Zele, A. (2011). Intrinsically photosensitive (Melanopsin) retinal ganglion cell function in glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 52(7), 4362–4367. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52332
- Feigl, B., (2009). Age-related maculopathy - linking aetiology and pathophysiological changes to the ischaemia hypothesis. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 28(1), 63–86. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/30209
- Title
- Melanopsin Function in Humans
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170100274
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- The rules governing combined rod and cone photoreceptor signalling in visual pathways
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP140100333
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Visual Processing; Retina; Psychophysics
- Five-Primary Display to Measure the Visual Functions of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Andrew J. Zele, Professor Clinton Fookes