Dr Lyle Gray

Reader, Postgraduate Tutor, Chair Vision Sciences Research Committee, Registered Optometrist

ROOM: A122
T: +44 141 331 3391
F: +44 (0)141 331 3387
E: l.s.gray@gcal.ac.uk

Qualifications

• PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University, 1994. Thesis entitled “Retinotopic and spatiotopic classification of ocular motor function”.
• MCOptom, College of Optometrists, 1990
• BSc(Hons) 1st Class in Ophthalmic Optics, Glasgow College, 1989

Profile

Lyle Gray graduated from the forerunner institution of Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in 1989, and after qualifying as an optometrist in 1990, undertook a PhD, which he started at Aston University and subsequently completed at GCU in 1994. He undertook a 1 year Post-doctoral Research Fellow position studying the uses of autorefractors in clinical practice, and then became a Lecturer at GCU. He has subsequently been promoted to Senior Lecturer, and is also the Research Director/Postgraduate Tutor and the Chair of the Vision Sciences Research Committee.

His research interests centre upon refractive error development and its causes, and upon the aetiology, assessment and management of amblyopia in children. Recent projects have been designing a systematic test protocol for amblyopia (funded by a £40K grant from the College of Optometrists) and the structure and visual function in the hyperopic eye (funded by a £50K grant from the College of Optometrists).

Publications

Simmers, A.J., Gray, L.S. and Winn, B. (1999) The effect of abnormal fixational eye movements upon visual acuity in congenital nystagmus. Current Eye Res. 18, 194-202.

Simmers, AJ, Gray, LS, McGraw, PV and Winn, B. (1999) Functional classification of the visual deficit in amblyopia and the effect of occlusion therapy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci 40, 2859-2871.

Heron, G., Charman, W.N. and Gray, L.S. (1999) Accommodation responses and aging. Invest. Ophthalmol. Visual Sci. 40, 2872-2883.

Gray, L.S., Gilmartin, B. and Winn, B. (2000) Continuous and simultaneous measurement of accommodation and pupil responses during sustained viewing of visual display terminals (VDTs). Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 20, 5-10.

Strang N.C., Gilmartin B., Gray L.S., Winfield N., and Winn B. (2000) Open loop accommodation and myopia. Current Eye Res. 20, 190-194. .

McGraw, P.V., Winn, B., Gray, L.S. and Elliott, D.B. (2000) Improving the reliability of visual acuity measures in young children. Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 20, 173-184.

Eadie A S, Gray L S, Carlin P. and Mon-Williams M (2000) Modelling adaptation effects in vergence and accommodation after exposure to a simulated virtual reality Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 20, 242-251.

Simmers, AJ, Gray, LS and Winn, B. (2000). Visual function thresholds in children. Current Eye Res. 21, 616-626.

Simmers, A.J., Gray, L.S., & Wilkins, A.J. (2001). The influence of tinted lenses upon ocular accommodation. Vision Research, 41 (9), 1229-1238.

Heron, G., Charman, W.N., & Gray, L.S. (2002). Accommodation dynamics as a function of age. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 22 (5), 389-396.

Price, E.L., Gray, L.S., Humphries, L., Zweig, C., & Button, N.F. (2003). Effect of exercise on intraocular pressure and pulsatile ocular blood flow in a young normal population. Optometry and Vision Science, 80 (6), 460-466.

Seidel, D., Gray, L.S., & Heron, G. (2003). Retinotopic accommodation responses in myopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 44 (3), 1035-1041.

Seidel, D., Gray, L.S., & Heron, G. (2005). The effect of monocular and binocular viewing on the accommodation response to real targets in emmetropia and myopia. Optom Vis Sci, 82 (4), 279-285.

Day, M., Strang, N.C., Seidel, D., Gray, L.S., & Mallen, E.A. (2006). Refractive group differences in accommodation microfluctuations with changing accommodation stimulus. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 26 (1), 88-96.

MacMillan, E.S., Gray, L.S., & Heron, G. (2007). Visual adaptation to interocular brightness differences induced by neutral-density filters. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 48 (2), 935-942.

Day, M., Strang, N.C., Seidel, D., Gray, L.S (2007) Technical Note: Effect of contact lenses on measurement of the accommodation microfluctuations. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, Online Early publication DOI:10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00522.x

Grant Awards

2000 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland £32K

2002 College of Optometrists £40K

2005 College of Optometrists £50K

Professional Memberships

• Registered with General Optical Council
• College of Optometrists
• Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology
• Applied Vision Association