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Eileen E. Birch is affiliated with the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and neuroscience, with over 100 publications spanning these fields. The main subfields of study include epidemiology, cognitive neuroscience, ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, visual perception and processing mechanisms, corneal surgery and disorders, glaucoma and retinal disorders, retinopathy of prematurity studies, retinal diseases and treatments, and ophthalmology and eye disorders.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology

They have collaborated often with researchers such as Reed M. Jost, Krista R. Kelly, Christina S. Cheng-Patel, Jonathan M. Holmes, and David A. Leske.

Some of Eileen E. Birch's recent papers include:

  • Low-Dose 0.01% Atropine Eye Drops vs Placebo for Myopia Control, 2023, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Association of Strabismus With Functional Vision and Eye-Related Quality of Life in Children, 2020, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • The clinical profile of moderate amblyopia in children younger than 7 years, 2020, PubMed
  • Factors Associated with Impaired Motor Skills in Strabismic and Anisometropic Children, 2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Recent Advances in Screening and Treatment for Amblyopia, 2021, Ophthalmology and Therapy

Best Publications

  • A randomized controlled trial of early dietary supply of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and mental development in term infants.

    Eileen E Birch;Sharon Garfield;Dennis R Hoffman;Ricardo Uauy

  • Effect of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on retinal function of very-low-birth-weight neonates.

    Ricardo D. Uauy;David G. Birch;Eileen E. Birch;Jon E. Tyson

  • Visual Acuity and the Essentiality of Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic Acid in the Diet of Term Infants

    Eileen E Birch;Dennis R Hoffman;Ricardo Uauy;Ricardo Uauy;David G Birch

  • A computerized method of visual acuity testing: Adaptation of the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study testing protocol

    Roy W Beck;Pamela S Moke;Andrew H Turpin;Frederick L Ferris

  • Randomized trial of treatment of amblyopia in children aged 7 to 17 years.

    Mitchell M Scheiman;Richard W Hertle;Roy W Beck;Allison R Edwards

  • Essential fatty acids in visual and brain development

    Ricardo Uauy;Dennis R. Hoffman;Patricio Peirano;David G. Birch

  • A randomized trial of patching regimens for treatment of moderate amblyopia in children.

    Michael X Repka;Roy W Beck;Jonathan M Holmes;Eileen E Birch

  • A randomized trial of atropine vs patching for treatment of moderate amblyopia in children

    Stephen R. Glaser;Andrea M. Matazinski;David M. Sclar;Nicholas A. Sala

  • Dietary essential fatty acid supply and visual acuity development.

    Eileen E. Birch;Dovid G. Birch;Dennis R. Hoffman;Ricardo Uauy

  • Amblyopia and binocular vision.

    Eileen E. Birch

  • Retinal development in very-low-birth-weight infants fed diets differing in omega-3 fatty acids.

    David G. Birch;Eileen E. Birch;Dennis R. Hoffman;Ricardo D. Uauy

  • The amblyopia treatment study visual acuity testing protocol.

    Jonathan M. Holmes;Roy W. Beck;Michael X. Repka;David A. Leske

  • The critical period for surgical treatment of dense congenital unilateral cataract.

    E E Birch;D R Stager

  • Stereoacuity of human infants

    Richard Held;Eileen Birch;Jane Gwiazda

  • A randomized trial of prescribed patching regimens for treatment of severe amblyopia in children.

    Jonathan M Holmes;Raymond T Kraker;Roy W Beck;Eileen E Birch

  • Visual acuity and cognitive outcomes at 4 years of age in a double-blind, randomized trial of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid-supplemented infant formula

    Eileen E. Birch;Sharon Garfield;Yolanda Castañeda;Dianna Hughbanks-Wheaton

  • Stereoacuity development for crossed and uncrossed disparities in human infants

    Eileen E. Birch;Jane Gwiazda;Richard Held

  • Breast-feeding and optimal visual development.

    Eileen Birch;David Birch;Dennis Hoffman;Linda Hale

  • The DIAMOND (DHA Intake And Measurement Of Neural Development) Study: a double-masked, randomized controlled clinical trial of the maturation of infant visual acuity as a function of the dietary level of docosahexaenoic acid

    Eileen E Birch;Susan E Carlson;Dennis R Hoffman;Kathleen M Fitzgerald-Gustafson

  • Visual and brain function measurements in studies of n-3 fatty acid requirements of infants.

    Ricardo Uauy;Eileen Birch;David Birch;Patricio Peirano

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy W. Beck
Roy W. Beck University of South Florida
David G. Birch
David G. Birch The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ricardo Uauy
Ricardo Uauy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Graham E. Quinn
Graham E. Quinn Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chris A. Johnson
Chris A. Johnson University of Iowa
Andrew Turpin
Andrew Turpin University of Melbourne
Stephen R. Cole
Stephen R. Cole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert F. Hess
Robert F. Hess McGill University
Mary L. Courage
Mary L. Courage St. John's University
Shinsuke Shimojo
Shinsuke Shimojo California Institute of Technology

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