Associate Professor Beatrix Feigl

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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
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