November marks the beginning of the Mynamic Project, starting with the Dynamics of Childhood Eye Growth (DoCEG) study. This study will run for five years (potentially more), monitoring changes every six months.
This week, Dr Emily Patterson had the pleasure of attending a Q&A session with parents and an assembly with children at Hatch Ride Primary School.
"I was delighted by the level of interest that the children and their parents showed in the project, with lots of great questions about eye growth and vision. I'm really looking forward to working with such inquisitive and engaged children!"
Emily, with assistance from her Occuity colleague, Ashlesha Mahadar, will spend up to two weeks in the local primary school, measuring height, weight, corneal thickness, axial eye length, and colour vision. They will also collect health and lifestyle data, using a questionnaire. As the project progresses, more measurements will be introduced, such as refraction, accommodation, retinal thickness, and photoreceptor metrics.
The goal of this ambitious project is to build a full picture of why and how the different parts of the eye grow in relation to each other throughout childhood, which will help to identify myopia risk earlier, ultimately leading to better outcomes for patients.
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